THE 7th SENSE (PUBLICATION)
TOUVA COLLECTIVE
Sylvie Tourangeau, Victoria Stanton, Anne Bérubé
Book launch / Performance / Conference
December 8th, 2017
- 5 – 7pm: Launch, presentation & book signing
- 8 – 11pm: Gala Performance Soirée
December 10th, 2017
- 2 – 4pm: Collective conversation: Practicing Dialogues, Practicing Workshops, Practicing the Daily Performative, Practicing Performance Art.
Project description
The publication The 7th Sense considers the performative through essays, images, artist writings and a lexicon. Bringing together artist-run centres and artists that have punctuated TouVA’s trajectory, this collaborative and multifaceted event reflects the collective’s artistic process: an evening of 20 short performative actions by artists from Montreal, Canada and beyond followed by an afternoon of collective conversation, hosted by TouVA.
Featured performers include: Caroline Boileau, Evelyne Bouchard, Christine Brault, Jack Bride, Sophie Castonguay, Catherine Cédilot, Louise Dubreuil, Rachel Echenberg, Janine Eisenächer, Danny Gaudreault, Massimo Guerrera, Tomas Jonsson, Nicole Panneton, Vida Simon, karen elaine spencer, Francis O’Shaughnessy, Holly Timpener, Martine Viale, and more to be confirmed !
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Bringing together artist-run centres and artists that have punctuated TouVA’s trajectory,
the publication The 7th Sense considers the performative through essays, images, artist writings and a lexicon.
TouVA Collective
Founded in the spring of 2007, the TouVA Collective (Sylvie Tourangeau, Victoria Stanton and Anne Bérubé) is a Montreal-based performance art trio that has been researching the practice of performance through multiple frameworks and approaches. In addition to conducting workshops, creating dynamic artist talks and offering coaching to artists in a variety of contexts – including international festivals – TouVA is a group of artist-researchers interested in a profound exploration of “the performative.” Working consistently from a model of exchange and dialogue, their activities have included participating at the M:ST festival in Calgary (2016), performances for the 30th anniversary of EXPRESSION centre d’exposition in Saint-Hyacinthe (2016) as well as for the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent (2015), at the Darling Foundry in Montreal (2013, at the invitation of Berlin-based curator Janine Eisenächer), and at Fait Maison in Gatineau (2009). They have collectively facilitated workshops with M:ST (2012, 2016, 2017) and at SKOL in Montreal (2009) and given performative lectures at VIVA! Art action in Montreal (2009), at the 7a*11d Festival of Performance Art in Toronto (2010), and again at M:ST (2014). They have also taken part in research and creation residencies, notably at Le 4330 and at the Centre d’information Artexte in Montreal (2011, 2008-09). The production of their book, The 7th Sense, received support through the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, The Canada Council for the Arts, and Heritage Canada.
Photo: Résidence FRESH CANDY / Post-apocalyptique, 4330, Montréal, 2011, photo : Thomas Miau and Guy L’Heureux