Through self-displacement, successive actions and minimal materials, Intra Muros I proposes a sense of contemplation, as the artist gradually tries to accumulate meanings through a constant folding and unfolding of images. Pursuing a process based on persistence, Viale’s work suggests multiple stages of working, rather then presenting a completed product.

Transformation through time and accumulation plays a major role in the elaboration of the work. The artist’s body becomes a “doing body” engaged in creating, layering and collecting traces of actions, which progressively transform the space and the artist herself.

Martine Viale is a Montreal based performance artist. Viale creates installations using the process of performance. In her work she values time, a direct engagement with the space and process action, allowing her to develop many perspectives at once. Her work has been presented in Montreal, and across Canada and internationally in Brazil, New York, Boston, The Philippines, France, Belgium, Serbia, Scotland, Spain and Denmark.

Thursday February 2 – Saturday February 4, 2012
Performance installation in progress: February 2 + 3, from 2pm-7pm
Closing performance action: Friday February 3, at 8pm (with reception following)
Artist talk: Saturday February 4, from 1-3pm

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Contact:
FADO Performance Art Centre
Shannon Cochrane, Director
info@performanceart.ca
416-822-3219

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