SummerWorks Performance Festival presents the 2013 Live Art Series, 12 ground breaking works full of audience interaction. The Festival runs August 8th-18th in multiple venues throughout the city.
SummerWorks Live Art Series performance Midway Along The Journey of Our Life. Created by Daniele Bartolini and Danya Buonastella
Entering its second season, the SummerWorks Live Art Series facilitates an immersive audience experience as they both watch and participate in the piece.
“We get asked what is live art a lot. The answer is that it is a formally inventive, immersive and experiential approach to performance, with a focus on asking what it means to be alive in the present moment. If you’ve never experienced live art then SummerWorks is your chance to change that.” says Tina Fance, Live Art Producer.
This year the Live Art Series features 12 pieces, including the return of internationally acclaimed and homegrown talent bluemouth inc. Their performance allows audience members to navigate life and loss through the streets of downtown Toronto in their poetic and interactive performance entitled Field Guide.
The Festival is thrilled to present the Canadian premiere of Hello For Dummies, from the UK, conceived by internationally renowned artist Ant Hampton and Glen Neath. The piece connects two participants with shared headphones through which they are fed dialogue while not being allowed to see each others faces. Hampton is a critically acclaimed artist who’s work has been featured in The New York Times.
Cathy Gordon’s HAMMER which offers fanciful “processing techniques” for rage, compliance, feminism, and social responsibility, and At Your Service by Israeli artist Aharona Israel, is a one-on-one performance in which the artist leads a blind-folded participant through a chosen sensory experience.
SummerWorks 2013 Live Art Series
At Your Service Created by Aharona Israel
SummerWorks Live Art Series performance Love Behind the Bargain, Creator Alvis Parsley
Conversations with Strangers Created by Sarah Conn, Sara Duplancic, Patrick Dillon, Nadia Ross
Field Guide Created by bluemouth inc
HAMMER Created by Cathy Gordon
Hello For Dummies Created by Ant Hampton and Glen Neath
King Doubt Created by Philip McKee and Rose Plotek
Love Behind The Bargain Created by Alvis Parsley
Midway Along The Journey of Our Life Created by Daniele Bartolini and Danya Buonastella, Directed by, Daniele Bartolini
REBOUND Created by Byron Abalos, Marjorie Chan, Colin Doyle, Darrel Gamotin, Richard Lee, Jeff Yung
Recess Created by Sarah Conn, Guy Marsan, Nadia Ross, Patrick Dillon
Samson and Delilah Created by Holly Timpener
Tackle Me For A Dollar Created by Chris Graham
About SummerWorks Performance Festival
As the largest juried performance festival in Canada featuring predominantly new Canadian work, SummerWorks programs a festival that uniquely reflects Toronto and Canada’s cultural zeitgeist. Since 1991, SummerWorks has continued to explore and respond to the needs and wants of audiences and the performance community. The Festival has grown to become one of the country’s preeminent multi-disciplinary hubs featuring a Music Series, Live Art Series, a mentorship program (SummerWorks Leadership Intensive Program –S.L.I.P.); and the National Series, showcasing works from across Canada. The Festival adds new initiatives yearly, including performance-based programs such as the Performance Bar. The 2013 SummerWorks Festival runs August 8th to 18th in venues across Toronto.
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