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253469 is not ruled by commerce, academia, politics or common sense. The artist project 253469 began in 2009 and has created opportunities for collaboration and participation in short art films, live performance, experimental theatre, audio, screenings, exhibitions and installations with artists pursuing experimental and avant-garde work. Based in Toronto, the 253469 project has worked with such artists as Maggy Perry, Art Szombarthy, Ullysses Castellanos, Eugénie Cliche, Istvan Kantor, Jubal Brown, Brooke Stubbings, William Davison, Christina Kozak and Henry "Banger" Benvenutti.

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Aaron Pollard and Stephen Lawson

“Besides doomed divines, other theatrical spirits conjured up include East Village performance artist Jack Smith, the late Charles Ludlam (founder of NYC's Ridiculous Theatre), even Canada's own Tanya Mars. At its best, camp exposes the questionable nature of gender, class, and race, while also creating empathy for its subjects. This is very much the territory that Lawson and Pollard travel…”

3e impérial centre d'essai en art actuel

Founded in 1984, 3e impérial, centre d'essai en art actuel proposes an artist in residence program that combines art production and presentation with the aim of placing contemporary practices in meaningful contexts. In this way, it facilitates the emergence of new public art practices that infiltrate the physical and social environment.

7a*11d International Performance Art Festival

7a*11d formed in January 1997 out of a collective interest in Toronto''s burgeoning performance art activity. By August 1997, 13 foudning artists produced the first annual 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, featuring approximately 60 artists from Canada, the US, and Australia. 1998's 2nd International Festival of Performance Art was a two-part festival (in August and October), again with over 50 artists from Canada, the US, and Europe.