M:ST 7 Performative Art Biennial

Biennial
September 26 – October 11, 2014
Multiple contributors

Part of

Mountain Standard Time Festival:
Performative Art in Southern Alberta

Lethbridge: September 26-28
Calgary: September 26-October 11

Alberta’s only biennial festival of performative art, the Mountain Standard Time Festival (M:ST) will take place September 26 to October 11, 2014 in Calgary, Lethbridge, and the surrounding area. Now in its seventh edition, M:ST celebrates innovative and critically engaged performative art in the southern Alberta region.

The programming for M:ST 7 highlights the vital, evolving character of contemporary performative art practice. In addition to this season’s exciting lineup, M:ST 7 will also feature lectures, panels, publications, exhibitions, and interactive workshops. The festival is guaranteed to activate public spaces and engage Alberta audiences.


The M:ST 7 lineup includes:

Arbour Lake Sghool, sophia bartholomew, Robin Brass, John G. Boehme, Alysse Bowd,Cedar Tavern Singers, Bogdan Cheta, Raphaëlle de Groot, BBB Johannes Deimling, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Tanya Doody, Kenneth Doren, Nadège Grebmeier Forget, Andrés Galeano, Emma-Kate Guimond, Johanna Householder, Instant Places, Jake Klein-Waller, Alberto Kurapel, Chris Lloyd AKA The Everyday Goalie, Takashi Makino, Jacqueline Mann, Rita McKeough, Andrew McPhail, Stephen Mueller, Francis O’Shaughnessy & Etienne Boulanger, Perfect Uncle, Mireille Perron, Guillaume Adjutor Provost, Coral Short, Joshua Vetivellu, Adam Waldron-Blain, Matt Walker, Cora-Allan Wickliffe, D’Arcy Wilson, Allison Wyper, Terrance Houle & Sam Fox, Johannes Zits

This year we are particularly honoured to present the performance “The Piano Concert” in honor of much loved artist and friend Kenneth Doren, through the support of the National Music Centre.  

M:ST 7 will feature various workshops during the festival. Andrés Galeano’s workshop on Performative Strategies in Contemporary Art will encourage participants to re-think the basic elements of performative art, and experiment with applying performativity to different art practices. BBB Johannes Deimling’s PAS Youth workshop will encourage youth to search for possibilities of seeing and understanding the world in which they live, and turn the questions of “what is tomorrow” into artistic visions and direction. Allison Wyper and Terrance Houle will offer a workshop exploring strategies for applying open source principles to collaborative interdisciplinary performance.

More information and details about the festival can be found on our website and blog by festival animator Jenna Swift and blogger Sheri Nault. This year’s festival is not to be missed!

As with past festivals, M:ST 7 is a collaborative endeavour, and this year will be presented in conjunction with 15 member organizations, including: Alberta College of Art + Design, Avalanche ICA, Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, Contemporary Calgary, EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts, EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society, Nickle Galleries, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Stride Gallery, The New Gallery, Theatre Outre, TRUCK Contemporary Art, University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge and Untitled Art Society.


Thanks to our supporters

M:ST is a direct byproduct of collaborations between artists, administrators, organizations, and volunteers all coming together to make the festival happen. Our sincere and heartfelt thanks go out to our funders, partners and sponsors:

The Canada Council for the Arts, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Alberta Lottery Fund, Calgary Arts Development, the City of Calgary, The Ontario Arts Council, British Columbia Arts Council, ArtBox on 17E, International Avenue BRZ, Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Camosun College, CommunityWise Resource Centre, Frosst Books, FFWD, CJSW, West Village Theatre, Big Rock Breweries, Kaffeeklatsch, 11st B&B

Image: two in one, Jake Klein-Waller. Photo by Monika Sobczak, 2012

M:ST 7 Performative Art Biennial

Programs

CRYBABY

Performance

Friday, September 26, 2014 - Saturday, October 11, 2014

Untitled Art Society

The Lion’s Share

Exhibition

Friday, September 26, 2014 - Saturday, October 11, 2014

Illingworth Kerr Gallery

La Fête Sauvage

Performance

Friday, September 26, 2014 - Saturday, October 11, 2014

The Ledge Gallery, Arts Commons

Be what you want / a trade

Performance

Friday, September 26, 2014 - Saturday, October 11, 2014

Stride Gallery

Adam Waldron-Blain plays Nothing But the Hits

Performance

Friday, September 26, 2014 - Saturday, October 11, 2014

Rubbing One Out

Performance

Friday, September 26, 2014 - Saturday, October 11, 2014

The Truth About Time

Performance

Friday, September 26, 2014 - Saturday, October 11, 2014

Arts Commons

Nomad’s Land

Performance

Friday September 26, 2014 — 8:00pm, Tuesday October 7, 2014 — 8:00pm

Performative Haiku: Silk Landscape

Performance

Friday September 26, 2014 — 8:00pm

Theatre Outre

SLEEPER

Performance

Friday, September 26, 2014 — 8:00pm, Tuesday October 7, 2014 — 3:00pm - 6:00pm

ULTIMATE WORKOUT

Performance

Saturday, September 27, 2014 — 10:00am – 1:00pm | Tuesday, October 7, 2014 — 4:00pm – 7:00pm

Multiple Venues

Flanerie

Performance

Saturday, September 27, 2014 — 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Roving

The Everyday Goalie

Performance

Saturday, September 27, 2014 — 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Roving

Art Is All Over! (If You Want It)

Performance

Saturday, September 27, 2014 — 4:00pm

Casa

From us to you

Performance

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 — 7:00pm

CommunityWise Resource Centre

Vardøgr

Exhibition

Thursday, October 2, 2014 - Saturday, October 10, 2014

TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary

Sibling Rivers

Performance

Friday, October 3, 2014 — 7:00pm

Contemporary Calgary

Between you and me

Performance

Saturday, October 4, 2014 – Sunday, November 30, 2014

UAS +15, Arts Commons

Something we consumed for fun because we were bored and in so dying

Performance

Saturday, October 4, 2014 — 12:00pm - 2:00pm | Monday, October 6, 2014 — 6:00pm - 8:00pm

CommunityWise Resource Centre

1,2,3

Performance

Saturday, October 4, 2014 — 3:00pm - 6:00pm

TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary

A Device for the Emancipation of the Landscape

Performance

Saturday, October 4, 2014 — 3:00pm

Calgary City Centre

Space Noise & Phantom Nebula

Performance

Saturday, October 4, 2014 — 7:00pm

West Village Theatre

Remote Collaboration: exchange and co-authorship across distance and discipline

Workshop

Sunday, October 5, 2014 — 11:00am - 5:00pm

Contemporary Calgary

I Can Be an Island

Performance

Sunday, October 5, 2014 — 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Bow River

Trajectoire

Performance

Sunday, October 5, 2014 — 8:00pm

Art Box on 17E

Embodied Objects

Performance

Sunday, October 5, 2014 — 8:30pm

Art Box on 17E

Sport

Performance

Sunday, October 5, 2014 — 9:00pm

Art Box on 17E

Workshop: Performative Strategies in Contemporary Art

Workshop

Monday, October 6, 2014 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 — 11:00am - 5:00pm

EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society

Inedited

Performance

Monday, October 6, 2014 — 9:00pm

The New Gallery

One on one’s for so called fans

Performance

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 — 7:30pm

West Village Theatre

The Subject of Art 2.0 Alain Badiou / Paul Miller

Performance

Tuesday, October 7, 2014 — 8:30pm

West Village Theatre

The Videos of Kenneth Doren

Exhibition

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 — 7:00pm - 11:00pm

National Music Centre

The Piano Concert

Performance

Wednesday, October 8, 2014 — 9:00pm

National Music Centre

The Lost Twelve Years

Performance

Thursday, October 9, 2014 — 8:00pm

TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary

Island

Performance

Thursday, October 9, 2014 — 9:00pm

TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary

Recalling Your Presence While Calling Your Name

Performance

Saturday, October 11, 2014 — 1:00pm

Documentation