Alberta’s only biennial festival of performative art, the Mountain Standard Time Festival (M:ST) will take place October 21 - 26 in Calgary. Now in its eighth edition, M:ST celebrates innovative and critically engaged performative art in the southern Alberta region.
The programming for M:ST 8 highlights the vital, evolving character of contemporary performative art practice. In addition to this season’s exciting lineup, M:ST 8 will also feature community meals, facilitated discussions, artist talks, and exhibitions to promote thoughtful engagement with the artistic works.
We are excited to announce the full festival line up with artists: sophia bartholomew / Alana Bartol / Nathalie Mba Bikoro and Terrance Houle / Tom Brown / Caitlind r.c. Brown, Lane Shordee and Nikki Martens / Christian Bujold / Desearch Repartment / echo + seashell / Serge Olivier Fokoua / Geneviève et Matthieu / Heather Hermant and Alvis Parsley / Serena Lee / James Luna with Sheila Skinner / Lisa Lipton / Patrick Morarescu / Hugo Nadeau / Grayson Richards / Jessie Short / and Alexander Steinitz
M:ST 8 will feature a three day workshop by the TouVA Performance Art Research Collective. The Infiltrating and Relational Practice in Public Space workshop will focus on various exercises such as centering, observing and energy channeling in order to inspire the creative process of each participant, regardless of their discipline and their artistic creation interests.
Presented in conjunction with the 8th edition of the M:ST Festival, a meeting of the National Performance Art Presenters will take place in Calgary, Alberta on October 25 and 26. This groundbreaking retreat assembles representatives of organizations that are dedicated to the promotion and exhibition of performance art across Canada.
Our sincere and heartfelt thanks go out to our funders, partners and sponsors: Canada Council for the Arts / Alberta Foundation for the Arts / Alberta Lottery Fund / Calgary Arts Development / Calgary Foundation / Arusha Centre / and Big Rock Breweries.
For more information regarding the society or details concerning the festival line-up please visit mstfestival.org
