Artist
BBB Johannes Deimling

© BBB Johannes Deimling, Hintergrund, 2003. Photo Franz Gratwohl.

b. 1969, Germany
www.bbbjohannesdeimling.de

BBB Johannes Deimling uses everyday objects to create a living image (agierte Bilder) reflecting a society full of contradictions, sentimentality, stupidity, creativity and cooperation. Finding ideas and suggestions from the banality of daily life, Deimling transforms topics such as patience, will, war, religion and transportation into physical images. The artist’s head is often a focus in the work, as an integral part of a living sculpture or as material in the performance.

Since 1988, BBB Johannes Deimling has worked as an artist in the fields of performance art, video, installation, drawing and music. His work has been presented at events and festivals in Europe, Israel, Canada and Cuba. Since 1998, Deimling has devoted much of his practice to lecturing on performance art at various academic institutions including: F+F (Switzerland) and Academy of Arts (Estonia). In 2006, he co-founded Port Performance – Forum for Performance Art, with artist Angelika Fojtuch. He is the founder and Director of PAS | Performance Art Studies, established in 2008.

Performance
Every Rose Has a Thorn by BBB Johannes Deimling

FADO Performance Art Centre is pleased to present two engagements with performance artist and educator, BBB Johannes Deimling, both presented in the context of the 7A*11D International Festival of Performance Art.

The first is a performance art workshop entitled, What is Important?. This intensive workshop takes place in the 5-days leading up to the festival dates. Open to local artists working at any level of their practices or those new to performance practice entirely, the workshop culminates in a public showing of works in progress. 

FADO is also pleased to present a new performance by BBB Johannes Deimling during the festival, entitled Every Rose Has A Thorn. Only a very few images of this performance exists as Deimling asked all but the festival photographer to put down their cameras during the performance.

7A*11D is a not-for-profit, artist-driven collective that curates and produces English Canada’s oldest ongoing biennial of performance art. 7A*11D was established in 1997 by a group of performance artists, collectives, and organizers, eager to develop a forum for performance art in Toronto. The first 7A*11D International Festival of Performance Art, in August 1997, presented the work of 60 local, national and international artists.

What is Important? with BBB Johannes Deimling

This 5-day intensive performance art workshop will be led by internationally recognized performance artist and educator BBB Johannes Deimling. Presented in partnership with the 7A*11D International Festival of Performance Art, the participants will present final performances in the context of festival programming.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Alica Grant
Agnieszka Forfa
Christian Messier
Guillaume Provost
Hélène Lefebvre
lo bil
Rodolphe-Yves Lapointe
Val Desjardins

Workshop dates: October 17–21, 2008
Final performances: October 23–24, 2008

7A*11D is a not-for-profit, artist-driven collective that curates and produces English Canada’s oldest ongoing biennial of performance art. 7A*11D was established in 1997 by a group of performance artists, collectives, and organizers, eager to develop a forum for performance art in Toronto. The first 7A*11D International Festival of Performance Art, in August 1997, presented the work of 60 local, national and international artists.