performance art festival – Chun Hua Catherine Dong

Performance -Nuit Blanche

I am very pleased to announce that I will perform ” A Fair Day’s Work,” at Nuit Blanche, presented by Art Souterrain, 7:00pm-10:00pm March 3, 2018, Place Bonaventure, and other different public spaces in Montreal.

Feb 26, 2018, 7:00pm-8:00pm, dans le hall de Bibiotheque (BAnQ), Montreal
March 3, 2018, 7:00pm-10:00pm, Place Bonaventure
Mar 19, 2018, 12:00pm-13:00pm, 1000 de la Gauchetirere, Montreal
Mar 20, 2018,12:00pm-13:00pm, Montreal’s World Trade Centre, Montreal
Mar 22, 2018, 12:00pm-13:00pm, Complexe Guy Fauvreau, Montreal

“A Fair Days’ Work” is a durational performance piece that explores relationship between time and labor in working environment. “Work” is often defined as paid actives links to the market. While paid work remain visible, the unpaid work in arts, as a phenomenon, remains unrecognized and undervalued. “A Fair Days’ Work” is not only a test of mental and physical endurance, but also a satire that echoes the condition of artistic labor in relation to capitalist economy and subsidy culture, providing a justification for the artists’ vulnerability.

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Performance – 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art

My performance, ” The Arrival,” will be performed at 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, Toronto, Canada

Performance: The Arrival
Time:7:30 pm, October 14, 2016
Location: Geary Lane , 360 Geary Avenue, Toronto

“The Arrival” is a participatory research-based performance that examines identity, place, and belonging through languages and gestures. This performance starts from field research where I ask random people I meet on streets to say, “ Where are you from?” with different tones and emotions, I record their voices. I also invite people who I cannot meet in person to participate by asking them to record their own voices of saying“ Where are you from?” and send them to me. The final project will be presented at 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art in Toronto where I use the recorded voices, salt, and paper boats to respond my research.

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Performance – Visualeyez Festival of Performance Art

My performance, ” To Begin,” will be performed at Latitude 53, Edmonton, Canada, as part of the 17th Visualeyez Festival of Performance Art.

Performance: To Begin
Time: 8:30 pm-11:30pm, September 23, 2016
Location: Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture
10242 – 106 Street Edmonton,
Alberta T5J 1H7 CANADA

“To Begin” investigates social transformation through repetition and labor. In this work, the stack of books is the burden of both history and unsustainable civilization. In our current social climate, collapse seems inevitable. This performance demonstrates that the process of social transformation can be slow, but changes can happen anytime and anywhere. It examines how the collapse of power structures shift social dynamics, and how this inevitable collapse influences our daily existence and creates new beginning.

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