ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: Governor-General’s Award Ceremony, Rideau Hall, Ottawa; and, Press Conference TIFF Lightbox, Toronto
Je suis reconnaissante de pouvoir travailler comme artiste au Canada. And very grateful for this award so I can make more art.
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Process-based, research-driven performance using the body as a source of knowledge. Performed for WIA Babble/Babel Festival, Bikersteth Library, Hart House, University of Toronto.
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During the OCCUPY Movement, Dragu created a one woman TV station. She broadcast daily video reportage of the city of Edmonton’s local OCCUPY Protest Camp, international OCCUPY footage, architectural mappings of Edmonton & live performance. Verb Woman TV culminated in a live hybrid performance & video streaming event in the gallery for both live & web audiences.
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Made-for-camera performance about the tyranny of white sugar. Lady Justice, 7 Vices/Virtues & Rose Man employ red roses, black umbrellas and a wheel barrow full of sugar to create a dance ritual & social art-aktion framed in the late summer Dutch Light reminiscent of Old Masters’ oil paintings.
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Artists and Community Members gathered to make and eat bread while sharing bread stories about immigration, home, place and family. Performances and workshops for FOOD = NEED FESTIVAL, WIA Projects, Davenport-Perth Community & Health Centre, Toronto
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Artists and citizens of St. John’s gathered for bread making workshops and telling stories about kitchens, mothers, foster care, and sex; Outspoken Word Festival, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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