Video screening: 7a*11d Festival in Toronto. October, 2010
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE Director's Jill McDErmid and Erik Hokanson will be travelling to Toronto to witness the fabulous artists in the 7a*11d Festival, 2010
We will return to Brooklyn and share what we saw. Join us!
About 7a*11d
About 7a*11d 7a*11d formed in January 1997 out of a collective interest in encouraging Toronto's burgeoning performance art activity. By August 1997 13 founding artists (representing several loosely organized artist collectives) produced the first annual 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, a successful event bringing together approximately 60 artists from Canada, the US, and Australia. 1998's 2nd International Festival of Performance Art was a two-part festival (in August and October), again with over 50 artists from Canada, the US, and Europe. After the 1998 festival, we decided to move to a biannual programming structure - presenting the International Festival every 2 years with dynamic performance projects (residencies, exchanges, conferences, etc.) in the alternate year. The 1999 project was a residency with acclaimed artist Rachel Rosenthal. The 3rd International Festival of Performance Art took place in October/November 2000, with over 40 artists from Canada, the US, Europe, and Australia. In 2001 we organized ReciproCity/R�ciproCit�, a site sensitive series of performances and panels linking Vancouver, Montr�al and Toronto. This sought to initiate and extend the discourse around site specific performance art as a vehicle for social commentary. In 2002 we organized the 4th International Festival of Performance Art; in 2004, the 5th International Festival of Performance Art, and in 2006, the 6th International Festival of Performance Art. In 2008, we celebrated our "7-11" anniversary, the 7th festival in 11 years, with 7 creative residencies and a stellar roster of artists from around the world.
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GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
Grace Exhibition Space follows the We Have a Voice Collectives Code of Conduct to Promote Safe(r) Workplaces in the Performing Arts For more information and resources, visit: www.wehavevoice.org