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Everyday life words in progress

March 16 - 24, 2007

Toronto... From March 16 - 24, 2007, Fado is proud to introduce Toronto audiences to the work of renowned Mexican artist Elvira Santamaria. Drop by Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects at 1080 Queen St. W. to visit the artist as she creates a new piece in situ, working with the concept of "everyday life words in progress."

For this project, Santamaria begins with the minimal idea of installing herself in a Toronto window front space and responding to the words found in two different Toronto newspapers each day. Engaged in a sensitive process of daily response Santamaria will create a progressive series of actions, images and objects that speak to immediate conditions. View her from the street, or enter the space and interact with her. Starting with an 18-hour day, the performance will become progressively shorter each day until the final 2-hour action on March 24.

Santamaria writes of her way of working: "I am interested in instant creation. I think that the need for real human communication demands freedom and spontaneity, far away from seeking determinate answers. Action artists are inventing new relationships among others and at the same time they are discovering and reinventing themselves." (published on New Moves International).

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Fado Performance Inc. is pleased to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, and the Department of Canadian Heritage for their support of this project.

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