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October 13,1999
For Immediate Release

LIVE AT THE END OF THE CENTURY
PERFORMANCE NETWORK SYMPOSIUM
In conjunction with the festival Live at the End of the Century grunt gallery is hosting the
Performance Network Symposium. This symposium will bring together over 20 curators,
educators and programmers of performance art from across the country to talk about a
network of regular producers coast to coast.
On Sunday, October 24 at 1 p.m. at Western Front there will be presentations by our
guests will discuss activities they are involved with in their own communities. The
symposium will also consist of two days of private meetings. Visiting participants
include:
Brenda Cleniuk, Director (Neutral Ground, Regina), Mathew Reichertz, Curator (Kyber
Centre, Halifax), Barbara Carter, Co-ordinator (Struts, Sackville, NB), Gabriel Doucet
Donida, Curator (Halifax, NS), Josee Tremblay, Curator (Studio 303, Montreal), Paul
Couillard, Curator ( 7a* 1 Id and FADO, Toronto), Sylvie Gilbert, Curator (Oboro,
Montreal), Laura Margita, Curator (SAW, Ottawa), Claude Schryer, Interdisciplinary
Officer, (Canada Council for the Arts), Tanya Mars, Educator, Toronto, Johanna
Householder, Writer, Toronto, Guy Laramee, Interdisciplinary Curator, Montreal.
The Sunday event allows a rare opportunity to gain a national perspective on
Performance Art. The form is highly regional within its practice and differences between
communities range in differences in aesthetics, style and presentation and is indicative of
the variety of art communities within Canada.
For more information Glenn Alteen (604) 875-9516