Video: Acceptance Speech
Margaret at The National Gallery GG from Sarah Sheard
Past
MARGINALIA: getting out of the house
Marginalia: Getting out of the House was presented at Richmond Art Gallery (RAGA) in Richmond, BC, in 2008 as an installation of two flying houses suspended from the ceiling accompanied by the artists’ square-correspondence printed on 4″x6″ recipe cards and hung on gallery walls like multiple clotheslines; the artists invited members of the local community to …
What is Performance Art?
Back to Text WHAT IS PERFORMANCE ART? By Margaret Dragu All performance artists are repeatedly asked, “What is performance art?” The question is both a joy and an aggravation. A joyous opportunity to, once again, search for a savvy-ful description of what is so important to us. And an eye-rolling moment of “not again, how …
Tiny Town
Back to Text THUMBNAIL SKETCHES FROM A TINY TOWN (A BLOG BY MARGARET DRAGU) “You should apply to Edmonton’s VISUALEYEZ festival,” suggested friends Paul Couillard (Toronto), Kirsten Forkert (Vancouver), and Tagny Duff (Montreal). When I was accepted, they were happy for me, assured me I would have a fabulous time, and also cautioned me it …
The Bridge
Back to Text THE BRIDGE by Margaret Dragu I don’t remember ever being afraid of the bridge. I could be wrong about this. I am, after all, a LIFELONG COWARD. I am afraid of bats, spiders, and snakes. I worry that electricity is leaking out from electric sockets. I get seasick on moving docks. Ladders …