This mail reached us from our friends in Boston, they are asking for your support:

Hello everyone near and far!

i'm sending this bulk email out to all of you hoping that you might want to support a performance art event i will be performing at in boston in february. it is called NEAR DEATH performance art experience and is curated by vela phelan. a complete description of the event as well as a video and a place to donate can be found at this link:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/95698578/near-death-performance-art-experience

press release can be found here:

http://zillaboston.com/2012/11/14/%E2%98%A0-near-death-%E2%98%A0-february-2013-%E2%98%A0/

thanks so much for considering supporting the event, every little bit helps. please fwd this email to anyone you think might be interested. and if you are in the boston area february 2nd and 3rd please come out and experience the event!

all the best,

travis

TMF

www.tmf.templeofmessages.com

VIVA! Art Action – 4th edition, October 2013 in Montreal, Canada

DEADLINE: November 15, 2012

Founded by six Montreal-based artist run centres in 2006, VIVA! Art action is a biennial festival dedicated to the support and dissemination of action art, including- but not limited to- performances, happenings, public interventions, body art and furtive actions. Concentrated in and around the Bain St-Michel, an old public pool located in Montreal’s lively Mile-End neighbourhood, VIVA!’s fourth edition will offer artists a vibrant context for the dissemination of emerging, ephemeral, unpredictable and constantly shifting action art practices.

Beginning with a two-day period dedicated exclusively to festival participants, VIVA! 2013 will focus on creating an open and convivial setting in which to meet, create and exchange. The artistic programming will provide both structured and spontaneous occasions for participating artists to present work and, as a result, each artist will have the possibility to intervene several times during the course of the weeklong event.

VIVA! invites local, national, and international artists and collectives to describe their practices and intentions to us. All forms of action art will be considered, whether that work is to be presented in VIVA! locations (Bain St-Michel or partnering gallery spaces), public space, the private sphere, or non-sites.

VIVA! respects the artist fee rates established by RAAV/CARFAC 2012, offers free daily communal meals, and contributes towards travel and accommodation expenses.

Submission must be sent electronically to: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! Sie müssen JavaScript aktivieren, damit Sie sie sehen können.

With the exception of visual material, your submission must be in a PDF format and include:

- A curriculum vitae

- An artist statement and, if pertinent, a project description (max. 2 pages)

- A descriptive list of the visual material (title, date, duration etc.)

Digital images:

- A maximum of 20 digital images (.JPEG, 1MG maximum per image). Images must be titles as follows: Last Name_First Name_1.jpeg, Last Name_First Name_2.jpeg, Last Name_First Name_3.jpeg, etc.

Videos:

- No video files will be accepted via email. To share video documentation, please integrate links to Vimeo or YouTube into your descriptive list of visual material. Private accounts can be created but please be sure to include the access password in your submission (if needed).

Only complete submission will be considered.

Inquiries can be sent to: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! Sie müssen JavaScript aktivieren, damit Sie sie sehen können.

For more information regarding the VIVA! Art Action festival and to browse the archives of past editions, please visit our website: www.vivamontreal.org.

VIVA! 2013 partners:

www.articule.org

www.clarkplaza.org

www.dare-dare.org

www.lacentrale.org

www.artactuel.ca

www.skol.ca

www.oboro.net

Für die Installation / Performance "Living Ornament- Version: Carpet" der Künsterin Nezaket Ekici, für eine Performance am 9. April 2012 in dem Möbelhaus: Moabiter Möbel, Turmstraße 25, 10559 Berlin am 9. Oktober 2012.

Der Künstlerin liegt zusammen mit 16-20 Modellen (Frauen) in einem weißen Kostümen auf dem Boden. Die Künstlerin und die Modelle bilden mit ihren Körpern die Form des Ornaments eines Teppichs nach. Jedes der Modelle liegt mit ausgebreiteten, geflochtenen Haaren in einer vorgegebenen Köperhaltung. In der Living-Installation isst jedes Modell sehr langsam eine Tomate nach der anderen, jeweils mit ihrem Arm zur nächsten Tomate greifend. Die Living Installation dauert bis zu 2 Stunden. Am Ende verlassen die Modelle in unterschiedlichen Zeitabständen das virtuelle Teppich Ornament. Zurück bleiben wenige Tomaten unsystematisch im Raum verteilt. Die Idee zu der Living Installation entstammt der Beschäftigung mit  der Bedeutung des Ornaments, die per Definition von der Wiederholung der Formen lebt. Die „Tomate“  steht für lebendiges Gemüse und symbolisiert darüber hinaus das „Leben in sich selbst“, das an einem symbolischen Baum wächst.

Dimanche Rouge will hold a special edition in Tallinn, Estonia on October 20th & 21st, 2012.

We are currently considering proposals for experimental art performances in all formats including but not limited to multimedia, dance, performance art, video, sound, actions, body art, interventions, street art, spoken word and installations.

Events will take place at Kumu Art Museum of Estonia and Culture Factory Polymer. Kumu is the largest museum in the Baltics and one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe. The former toy factory Culture Factory Polymer, became in 2003 one of the main strong points for alternative un-institutionalized culture in Tallinn.

Dimanche Rouge Estonia is endorsed by institutions and partners including Ile de France, the French Institute in Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Estonian Embassy in Paris, Culture Factory Polymer, and Kumu Art Museum of Estonia.

Through our partner Culture Factory Polymer, we will be able to provide free accommodation for the participating artists.

Please note that Dimanche Rouge works without a budget, therefore we will not be able to provide any funding. We may be able to help you find funding and are currently working on sponsorships and partnerships. Please apply by clicking on the link below and we will send you further details about accommodation, the program, and funding packages/letters of invitation.

http://dimancherouge.wordpress.com/tallinn-estonia-october-21-2012/

WHAT IS DIMANCHE ROUGE?

Since the start, in February 2011, Dimanche Rouge’s events have showcased the work of over 500 artists from 52 countries.

Dimanche Rouge’s mission is to promote contemporary art performances reaching a large and diverse public, providing a permanent platform for experimental art, and fostering international exchanges. Dimanche Rouge’s core development is a monthly and free experimental performance event based in Paris, France. This event was born out of a need for a permanent platform for experimental performances in Paris, and is now established at different venues for international artists to perform.  Dimanche Rouge is currently developing projects abroad intended to create sustainable cultural and artistic exchanges.

Videos/Photos: http://dimancherouge.wordpress.com/presskit/

An invitation to enter a discourse on Humanity.

Following on from last years successful 11 hours of Performance

11 11 11 ~ in remembrance - Manchester

11 11 11 brought 11 of the UK’s most questioning, curious and audacious artists into one location to perform

11 new performances that ‘attempt to re-acknowledge, re-address, re-surface, re-action, re-speak the remembrance’

of past events and past lives on this day of ‘remembrance’.

Made in art are now proposing a new one day event for the 12th 12th 12th that will last for 12 hours and will                                        focus on humanity as its driving focus.

Made in art wish to experience art that asks us to question, reflect, engage, expose and gain some insight into                                     humanity and so a species.

12 12 12 asks artists from any discipline to consider the humanity of a species in all its attributes.