Roadworks : Performance Festival and Exhibition

Wednesday July 17
Shannon Cochrane In the theatre, authors give speeches. In galleries, artists give book reports. 5 Important Books is the working model for a long play or a short performance about reading. Conceived with Jacob Wren.		Shannon Cochrane, Serenade in 62, 2001. Performance at the Gladstone Hotel. Video Still, video by Louise Liliefeldt
BIOGRAPHY Shannon Cochrane has presented performance-based works at artist-run centers, galleries and events in Toronto, London, Montreal, Cleveland, Chicago, and was commissioned twice in the last year to create new works in celebration of the Art Gallery of Ontario's 100th anniversary. She is one of the founding members of 7a11d International Performance Art Festival. In March, Shannon performed in Montreal with Compagnie PME*, her one and only foray into experimental theatre. In August, Shannon performs the straight man to a comic at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland.
Andrew Pommier and Tullis Rose As skateboarders the living room/basement is considered by most as the training room of our youth. Winter was a curse and a fact of life for most young Canadian skaters. We were forced by seasonal change to readapt our habits. For a few months every year, we would retreat to our stronghold, the basement. There we would spend countless hours working on the fundamental tricks. In the beginning all tricks were stationary, but as we gained experience we looked for new challenges. We began to see other possibilities in the furniture layout. It started as an unconscious exercise, the couch worked just as well as our favourite park bench. After this first reinterpretation, the living room/basement became a microcosm of adaptability--the once static and utilitarian view of the living room was forgotten. The couch no longer had one agreed upon purpose. The lessons learned in the basement would later be turned towards the urban environment. Nothing would or could be seen with only one use.		Photo: Dylan Doubt
BIOGRAPHIES Andrew Pommier worked on his kickflip in snowy Sudbury. As well as being a skateboarder, Andrew is also a painter who has shown internationally. These days he can be seen cruising the streets of Parkdale in Toronto. Tullis Rose fashions basement skateparks in picturesque Oshawa. Tullis is the managing editor of SBC Skateboard Magazine, as well as a sculptor and printmaker. He now lives and works in rosy Little Italy, Toronto.