{"id":1261,"date":"2006-10-19T10:21:43","date_gmt":"2006-10-19T14:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2006-10-19T10:21:43","modified_gmt":"2006-10-19T14:21:43","slug":"i-am-a-wild-public-art-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a wild public art party"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

There is a slew of public space events happening tonight, what with a book launch, tall buildings talk, and activist meeting (see below for details). On top of all that there is also the opening of the 7a*11d<\/a> festival. This fest brings performance art to several galleries and a few different outdoor spaces in Toronto. The one I’m most excited about is a performance by Halifax artist Rita McKeough<\/a>. On October 27 and 28 she’ll be traveling Dundas St just west of Yonge with a motorized tree, picking up vegetation fragments and labeling them with a sonic chip to create a kind of biological\/technological collage. McKeough is serious about performance — in her 1993 piece Take it to the Teeth she chewed up and spat out and entire wall built into a gallery. She is also, in case you are interested, a good drummer.<\/p>\n

In terms of other public 7a*11d stuff, Montreal-based artist Aiyyana Maracle will be performing a piece about native lands on October 27 at Trinity Bellwoods Park. I’m also hoping slated Quebecois ensemble Les Fermieres Obsedees<\/a> will be taking some of their performances outside. Last time I saw them they were changing tattered skirts and drawing chalk outlines on the sidewalks of Halifax, attracting a fair bit of attention.<\/p>\n

This Saturday October 19 will also see a screening of performance videos, some from public space, some not. The image above is from Indonesian artist Yoyoyogasmana whose political performances will be part of the event.<\/p>\n

The opening for 7a*11d happens tonight at Xpace. Performances start at 8, with the party officially starting at 10. Cover is free, $5 suggested donation. For more info, check out www.7a-11d.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next weekend (the 28th<\/sup> and 29th<\/sup>) will also see a couple of interesting public performances created as part of ARCfest<\/a>. One block in Parkdale<\/a> is an outdoor performance on a block of the west-end neighborhood on Saturday October 28. Playground<\/a> on October 29 will mix kids and professional artists at Trinity Bellwoods. ARCfest kicks of October 22nd<\/sup> and finishes up with a closing party called The Wrecking Ball<\/a> on October 29th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

And if you’re not into all that, I heard a wise man once say that you might as well go for a soda<\/a>. (Apparently, nobody hurts, and nobody dies – which we can’t always say for performance art<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of 7a-11d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a slew of public space events happening tonight, what with a book launch, tall buildings talk, and activist meeting (see below for details). On top of all that there is also the opening of the 7a*11d festival. This fest brings performance art to several galleries and a few different outdoor spaces in Toronto.Continue reading “I am a wild public art party”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[3630,315,3631,109,38,3629,3632,19,391,3633,3628],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-events","tag-aiyyana-maracle","tag-artist","tag-good-drummer","tag-halifax","tag-montreal","tag-rita-mckeough","tag-sonic-chip","tag-toronto","tag-usd","tag-www-7a-11d-ca","tag-yoyoyogasmana"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nI am a wild public art party - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I am a wild public art party - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is a slew of public space events happening tonight, what with a book launch, tall buildings talk, and activist meeting (see below for details). On top of all that there is also the opening of the 7a*11d festival. This fest brings performance art to several galleries and a few different outdoor spaces in Toronto.Continue reading "I am a wild public art party"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-10-19T14:21:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leah Sandals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Spacing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Leah Sandals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/\",\"name\":\"I am a wild public art party - Spacing Toronto\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-10-19T14:21:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/a5a327f0ae7b9efc995f8cf68c97b16a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I am a wild public art party\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/\",\"name\":\"Spacing Toronto\",\"description\":\"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered | Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/a5a327f0ae7b9efc995f8cf68c97b16a\",\"name\":\"Leah Sandals\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a79df3780dd72fb7bee2b16477be00b?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a79df3780dd72fb7bee2b16477be00b?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Leah Sandals\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/leah\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I am a wild public art party - Spacing Toronto","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I am a wild public art party - Spacing Toronto","og_description":"There is a slew of public space events happening tonight, what with a book launch, tall buildings talk, and activist meeting (see below for details). On top of all that there is also the opening of the 7a*11d festival. This fest brings performance art to several galleries and a few different outdoor spaces in Toronto.Continue reading \"I am a wild public art party\"","og_url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/","og_site_name":"Spacing Toronto","article_published_time":"2006-10-19T14:21:43+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Leah Sandals","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spacing","twitter_site":"@Spacing","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Leah Sandals","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/","name":"I am a wild public art party - Spacing Toronto","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg","datePublished":"2006-10-19T14:21:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/a5a327f0ae7b9efc995f8cf68c97b16a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.7a-11d.ca\/2006\/images\/yoyo.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/19\/i-am-a-wild-public-art-party\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I am a wild public art party"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#website","url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/","name":"Spacing Toronto","description":"Canadian Urbanism Uncovered | Toronto Architecture, Urban Design, Public Transit, City Hall, Parks, Walking, Bikes, Streetscape, History, Waterfront, Maps, Public Spaces","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/a5a327f0ae7b9efc995f8cf68c97b16a","name":"Leah Sandals","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a79df3780dd72fb7bee2b16477be00b?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9a79df3780dd72fb7bee2b16477be00b?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Leah Sandals"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/"],"url":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/author\/leah\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}