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Thursday, May 7, 2026
10:30 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
10:30 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.
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Street Actions | Actions de rue
Women Performing in Montréal and Toronto (1970-1980) | Femmes en performance à Montréal et à Toronto (1970-1980)
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This event is free.
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4TH SPACE
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
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This one-day symposium builds on the key elements of the exhibition Street Actions: Women Performing in Montreal and Toronto (1970-1980). This includes moving geographically between Toronto and Montréal, as well as linguistically across French and English; focusing on the importance of dance, movement, and the kinesthetic in shaping experimental practices of the 1970s; looking at questions of changing feminisms as they evolved in public and cultural spaces; and attesting to historical and current practices by artists infiltrating outdoor and institutional sites with their bodies.
By bringing together different generations of artists, curators, and cultural worker, this day of conversation and exchanges aims to acknowledge and record the past while making room for new and intersectional conversations.
How can you participate? Join us online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.
Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca
10:40 a.m. Experimental Performance and Dance in Toronto in the 1970s
Moderated by Marie Claire Forté , with Elizabeth Chitty , Johanna Householder
In English
1:15 p.m. Art and Feminism in Quebec from 1970 to the Present
Moderated by Analays Alvarez Hernandez, with Rose-Marie Arbour, Marie Décary, Lise Nantel, Women with Kitchen Appliances
In French
3 p.m. Infiltrating Practices, Stealth Actions.
Moderated by Po BK Lomami , with Kama La Mackerel , Kamissa Ma Koïta , and Map.
In English and French
Speakers
Organized by OPTICA, un centre d'art contemporain
Description: A day of panels and presentations centered on the importance of dance and movement across the 70's from Montreal to Toronto, and how the experimental art reflected and changed the evolution of feminism in public and cultural spaces.
Organized by: Didier Morelli
Participants:
Rose-Marie Arbour
Elizabeth Chitty
Marie Décary
Marie Claire Forté
Analays Alvarez Hernandez
Johanna Householder
Kamissa Ma Koïta
Map
Lise Nantel
Po B.K. Lomami
Kama La Mackerel
Women with Kitchen Appliances
Didier Morelli
With: OPTICA; un centre d'art contemporain
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