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Discography
2007                Québec Émergent, SOPREF
2006                deep fried album 3" cd-r, le son-666
2005                rythmo tropicale: noises da isla de montréal, 
                        le son-666 (compilation)
2003                apartment sounds, C.R.U.M (compilation)


Performances, Interventions, Concerts
28.09.19            WWKA20, VIVA, Montréal, QC

03.05.18            WWKAMAUVE, VOX, Montréal, QC

03.06.11            WWKA 99%,WWKA OCCUPY, Dans les rues, Montréal, QC

26.02.11            WWKAMUTEK, Mutek Electronic Arts Festival, Montréal, QC

26.02.11            WWKAROTONDA, Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal, QC

11.22.10            WWKA PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, SBC GALLERY, Montreal, QC

10.02.10           PERFORMANCE, 5e Biennale d'art performatif de Rouyn-Noranda- L’ÉCART

06.02.10           PERFORMANCE, The Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University,                                     Montreal / Congress for Humanities and Social Sciences

05.08.10          RESIDENCY PROJECT AND ANNUAL FAIR OF ALTERNATIVE ART (FAAS),                                                 Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario

2.27.10            NUIT BLANCHE – FESTIVAL MONTREAL EN LUMIERES, Centre Canadien                                                 d'Architecture [CCA], Montreal, QC

2.24 – 26.10     LIVE SOUND ART AND PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP Performance Art                                                 Festival, Alma, QC
29.07.09            WWKA ALFRESCO, Baie St. Paul’s 27th International Symposium of                                                   Contemporary Art, outdoor interactive performance for the festival opening                                                 weekend 
12.02.09            WWKAROYALE, Setting the Table: Bargaining Women’s Equality                                                             Conference/Conférence nationale sur les négotiations pour l’égalité des                                                 femmes, CUPE/SCFP (Canadian Union of Public Employees/Syndicat                                                 canadien de la fonction publique). Cabaret performance in association with the                                     MAYWORKS festival, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, QC
           
10.02.09          LIVE INTERVIEW & PERFORMANCE, CBC Radio – DEFINITELY NOT THE                                     OPERA with Sook Yin Lee, Winnipeg/Montreal  - live and interactive performance                                     with Sook Yin and her washing-up liquid container
18.11.08            ART STORM, ELAN (English Language Arts Network) Performance, Sala                                                 Rossa, Montreal

08.06.08          FORUM L’OBJET RETOURNÉ, 3e Imperial (Granby), Performance for                                                             conference, QC 
                                  
24.05.08          DON’T TAKE YOUR WIFE FOR GRANTED, TAKE HER TO A WWKA                                                             CONCERT, exhibition and performances
                        Triennale québécoise, Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme at                                                 Musée d’art contemporain [MAC] de Montréal
                       
19.04.08          OBEYWWKA, Signal and Noise Festival
Performance, Video In Video Out, Vancouver

20.10.07          WWKACONTROL, Festival HTMlles,
Performance, Le Savoy, Metropolis, Studio XX, Montreal
20.06.07          WWKAPLAYA
                        Performance, on SIRIUS, Festival Suoni per il popolo, Bande à part                                                             (CBC) at the Casa del Popolo, Montreal
10.04.07        WWKA à l’école : Two performances in front of teenagers at Georges-Vanier High School in      Montreal

09.02.07          WWKAGLAMOUR, Nuit Blanche
                        Performance in collaboration with Milutin Gubash,
                        Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal  [MAC]

09.02.07          BODY AND SOUL 4, Festival Voix d’Amériques
                        Performance, Les Filles Électriques, Montreal
30.11.06          DÉCODES
                        Performance, Divan Orange, Dare-Dare, Montreal
21.10.06          KITCHEN PARTY, The Art of Intervention
                        Performance,Third Space Gallery, Saint John, NB
12.10.06          JEUDIS TOUT OUÏE
                        Performance and disk launch, Deep Fried WWKA, Galerie B-312, Montreal

08.09.06          ORANGE, seconde édition Performance and public action in ING cafeteria,                                                 Expression, centre d’expositions de St-Hyacinthe, Curator: Catherine Nadon

19.08.06          Symposium d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul
                        Performance and kitchen certification (restaurant), Baie-Saint-Paul
                        Curator: Guy Sioui-Durand

_.19.06            BOOM-CHIX-A-BOOMperformance during the St-Laurent Street sale,
                        La Centrale, Montreal
           
_.02.06             WWKA fête les 20ans du RCAAQ !
                        performance, 20e anniversary of RCAAQ, Patro-Vys, Montreal



2004.2008      WWKA Kitchen Certification de Cuisines WWKA:
                        Performances in private kitchens, in different communities

_.07.08                        Thomas Grégoire (Trois-Rivières)
_.02.08                        Jérôme Fortin (Montreal)
_.10.06                        Kitchen Party (St-John, NB)
_.09-05                        Lebanese Cooking Class (Montreal)
_.08.05                        Artist Residency Certification (QC)
_.08.05                        Gaspesie Tour : Gaspé, Percé, Carleton, Saint-Omer
_.06.05                        First Anniversary Le Plumard B&B (Montreal)
_.05.05                        Kitchen Certification : Paméla Landry (Montreal)
_.04.05                        NeibourGhood PotLuck: Johanne et Théo Montreal)
_.10.04                        Ratatouille improvisée chez Edwidge Leblanc (Carleton-sur-mer)
_.06.04                        7154 St-Urbain, BelgiumBBQ (Montreal)
_.07.04                        Tusket Kitchen: Tammy Forsythe (Montreal)
_.05.04                        Spring: Tagny Duff (Montreal)
_.05.04                        Vin printanier et plancher propre : Benoît Chaput (Montreal)

_.11.04            USED GOODS
Performance in the kitchen section of the Salvation Army, Notre-Dame Street,
curator: Lorraine Oades, Articule Gallery, Montreal

04.04 to10.04  D_CALAGE
                        Curators: Joanna Empain and Caroline Pierret in collaboration with the                                                             GIV performance and video exchange project between Quebec and                                                             Belgium, Performance and lab day (workshop) at Théâtre Mercellis,                                                             Bruxelles, Belgium
                        Performance at OBORO, Montreal
                        Performance at La Salle Multi, Québec
                        Performance at Para-l'oeil, Rimouski
                        Performance at the Quai des Arts, presented by Vaste et Vague, Carleton
           
27.03.04        Brave New Waves 20th anniversary event,
                        Sala Rossa, Montreal

29.02.04     NUIT BLANCHE
                        Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Festival Montréal en Lumières

14.01.04            BACON IS A VEGETABLE
Big Sound Art Commission: Brave New Waves, CBC Radio, Montreal

11.03 to 01.04   KITSCH – 4000:
                          Pratiques Baroques et Festives Désolé, on prend ça au sérieux
Curators: Céline LaTerreur et Joyce Yahouda
Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal

25,26,27.07.03 Festival du théâtre de rue de Shawinigan
                         9 in situ performances, 3 nights, Shawinigan, QC

04.06.03          APPARTMENTSOUNDS  performances + cd launch
                        Le centre de recherche urbaine de montréal (CRUM) has linked several Montréal                                     sound artists for the production of a cd and a cd-launch/ performance event                                                 revolving around ‘apartment sounds’. At Casa del popolo, in Montreal


24.05.03          WWKADOMES! performance
                        Scheduled performance in the ballroom and public infiltration (May 4) for the                                                 second edition of the Triennial event, Art qui fait boum! at Marché                                                             Bonsecours in Old Montreal. The mission of this festival is to stress the links                                                 between contemporary art and the general public

04.05.03          WWKADOMES! disruption
                        Public infiltration in main lobby area (three floors) of the market; Art qui fait boum!                                     at Marché Bonsecours, Montreal

26.04.03         FIESSETA, Soirée bénéfice revue ESSE: art + opiniosn
                        Collaboration (live WWKA sampling) with DJ Scrap, local scratch artist, Montreal

08.03.03          ÔDE 2 to International Women’s Day
                        Public intervention in the Complexe Desjardins, in the Métro grocery store at                                                 Papineau metro station, and on the green line of the Montreal metro system

25.10.02          WWKA plays Studio XX “ALWAYS BE PLUGGED IN
                        Invited to perform at Studio XX’s (Mtl) 1st Salon Femmes Branchées                                                             announcing the launch of its upcoming season notions of ‘home’

15.06.02         WWKA PLAYS NYC.
                        Invited to perform at MOOV a sound.video.performance festival at Whitebox in                                                 NYC. This edition of the festival (previously known as Outerlimits) included artists                                     from in Mexico, Quebec and New York

17.05.02          AQUAWWKA : WWKA plays at Shout at Eternity
                        Invited to present a new water sound piece for this performance event at Le Bain                                     Saint-Michel (Articule) in Montreal

08.03.02          ÔDE to International Women’s Day
                        On-Site performance in the lobby of a corporate office building [Complexe Guy-                                                Favreau, Complexe Desjardins et Place des arts de Montreal]

16.02.02         B/EAT MY HEART/ Démangeaisons
                        Invited by Aude Moreau (Montréal) to perform at Anticorps  during an evening of                                     performative reactions to the capitalistic and carnal reality of Valentine’s Day

25.01.02            Opening of ‘La Filature’: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
                        Invited by Daïmon (Hull, QC) to perform for the opening of this new centre devoted to the                         creation and presentation of visual and media arts

20.10.01         BFO PROJECTS ROOM+BOARD
                        Invited by Dare-Dare (Montreal) who gave us the mission to create a ‘hostile environment’                         during the vernissage. The collective BFO had to produce, within these 3 hours, an                                     installation, which resulted in a joint exhibition shown until November 24 2001

14.10.01          TRANZTECH 2001:The Toronto Media Arts Biennale
                        Invited to perform “Rock You Like a Hurricane”, a 20-minute long performance at                                                 the Latvian House, curated by Charles Street Video, Toronto, ON

11.06.01          JOLEEN, Joleeen, Joleeeen, Joleeeeeeeeeen!
                        Invited to play during the National Campus and Community Radio Conference,                                     presented by CKUT (Ottawa University Radio) at SAW, Ottawa, ON


09.04.01          THE PROM 2001 – The subversion of a tradition
                        Invited to present “Raining on Prom Night”, Just for Laughs Museum, Montreal

24.03.01          VEG-O-MATIC ; Edgy Women
                        Invited to present a sound piece for this yearly event at Studio 303 in Montreal

01.12.00          Electronic cabaret électronique
                        Invited to present a 25-minute set at the World Summit on the Arts and                                                             Culture, organized by the Canada Council for the Arts, as part of a series of                                                 evenings launching the new E-Lounge at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa

17.11.00          Strange Sisters Cabaret
                        Invited to perform a 10-minute set for the 13th “It’s All About Food” cabaret at                                                 the Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto, ON

11.11.00           WWKA LIVE
                        Collaboration with the Ladies Afternoon Art Society during their opening at                                                 Skol (as part of their special year-long programming on Relational Art Les                                                 Commensaux) in Montreal

20.09.00          BLACK OUT
                        Outdoor performance, VAV Gallery in VA Courtyard at Concordia U., Montreal

05.08.00          LES YEUX ROUGES
                        A performance at the crack of dawn during the 24 hours of performance and art                                                 action presented at PassArt by les Événements 3L and the Centre d’exposition de                                     Rouyn-Noranda in the Osisko Lake Amphitheatre.Curated by Sylvie Cotton.

22.07.00          Explosions Underground Music Now!
                        A festival of strange underground music presented by the mind and the moon at                                                 Casa del Popolo in Montreal

03.06.00         Poupées Exposée Closing Rawk Art Show
                        A benefit for Elle Corazon at Hotel 2 Tango in Montreal

02.03.00         VIVA LA VULVA
                        A Zone Rouge coalition riot tour benefit presented by Blood sisters, McGill                                                 Women’s Union and QPIRG at Jailhouse Rock Café in Montreal

29.01.00          HEARTHBREAK HOTEL
                        A four-part music series highlighting women artists at Artishow in Montreal

04.12.99         Re.Vol.t.6.12
                        An event in commemoration of December 6th, a resistance to violence against                                                 women, by the McGill Women’s Union, QPIRG and Blood sisters at Jailhouse                                                 Rock Café in Montreal

27_28.10.99      PERFORMATUATION
                        Two pieces presented during the week dedicated to performance art at the VAV                                                 Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal

02.08.99        Women With Kitchen Appliances, Thus and I can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
                        Live concert at Jailhouse Rock Café in Montreal



15.06.99        Le Boudoir ’99
                        Annual evening organized by Miriam Ginestier at the Lion D’Or in Montreal

11.03.99        Automatic for the Ladies
                        An International Women’s week benefit for Stella
                        Jailhouse Rock Café, Montreal



Radio, tv, web interviews

THE SUDBURY STAR – EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED AT THE SUDBURY ALTERNATIVE FAIR, May 2010
CBC – DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA with Sook Yin Lee, Winnipeg/Montreal – Feb. 2009
CISM Radio , Un show de Mot’art, Montreal, Spring 2007
BANDE À PART avec Hélène Prévost, Espace Musique, Montreal, Spring 2007
LES MOQUETTES COQUETTES, Cibl, Montreal, Spring 2007, 1hr-long live interview
MANGE TA VILLE, ARTV, Montreal, Fall 2006
CBC RADIO-1, Montreal/Newfoundland, Summer 06, CBC Radio-1, interview aired twice in July
CBC ARTSPOTS, Montreal/Halifax, Spring 2006, CBC Television
TERMINUS 1525, Toronto, Winter 2006, http://www.terminus1525.ca/featur and click WWKA
ZED TV, interview and video by Marites Carino, Montreal, March 2005
To view video : http://zed.cbc.ca/go?POS=6&CONTENT_ID=231771&c=contentPage&FILTER_KEY=62603
CKOI, Carleton, Octobre 2004
Radio Centre-Ville, avec Arnaud, Juin 2004
CISM Radio, La grande traversée du mardi, Violette vilaine et ses voyous; 1hr-long live interview and jam session, avec l'animatrice Roxanne Arsenault, May 28th 2002, 4pm, Montreal
Radio Canada Outaouais ; live interview on January 26th , 2002, 8:30 am, Hull, Qc
CBC Radio-1 Ottawa; interview aired on January 25th , 2002, 5:30 pm, Ottawa, Ontario
Société Radio Canada Television, Espresso; January 26th 2002, 4 pm, Hull, Qc
CKUTRadio, Venus; live interview with Laura on May 11th, 2000, 12-1pm, Montréal, Qc


Articles, catalogues, publications

2018 Marie-Ève Charron
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/526240/montreal-plus-ou-moins-sous-la-loupe-des-chercheurs

2015 UQAM, mémoire de maîtrise Marie-Claude Gingras " Fermières obsédées et Women with kitchen appliances : le collectif comme espace dialogique des pratiques performatives en art actuel et d' une troisième vague féministe au québec "

https://archipel.uqam.ca/8165/1/M14010.pdf

Festival voix d’Amériques, Caroline Montpetit, La Devoir, 28 janvier 2007

Les performances technologiques : Art techno en scène, catalogue et DVD publiés par Daïmon : art médiatique et photographie, 2007

Krakow en Québec : Practiciens férus de l’art action, Guy Sioui Durand, Inter Art Actuel, print.-été 2006, no.93

Un art féministe par ricochet, Jérôme Delgado, La Presse, 6 mars 2004

Kitsch et de bon gout, Jérome Delgado, La Presse, 18 janvier 2004

Expérience de l’intime et autres rendez-vous urbains, Marie-Ève Charron, esse arts+ opinions, dossier nourriture, no. 50, 2004

Le retour: La galerie Joyce Yahouda, LC, Vie des Arts, no 193, Hiver 2003-2004, p.33

Serious fun, Henry Lehmann, The Gazette, November 29, 2003, Arts 3

“Nouveau(x) Territoire(s)” au Festival de Théatre de rue, Pascale Gilbert, Le Sorteux, juillet 2003

Intrigants intérieurs, Ève Dumas, La Presse, 28 juillet, 2003, B6

Various-Apartmentsounds (CRUM), CD review, Raf Katigbak, Mirror, 12.06. to 18.06 2003, Montréal

“WWKA Fondue”, WWKA, Matrix, p.58, Spring 2003, Montréal

“ARTS VISUELS: Sensations Fortes”, Sophie Pouliot, Elle Québec, p.48, May 2003, Montréal

“moov”, Catalogue, White Box Gallery, New York, June 2002

“WWKA à l'ouverture de la Filature”, Julie Desnoyer, Le Droit, 26.01.02, Ottawa

“Appliance Panorama and LIVE”, in Les commensaux / When Art Becomes Circumstance under the direction of Patrice Loubier and Anne-Marie Ninacs, SKOL, Montreal 2001, 248 pages.

“Riot at the Vernissage”, Christine Redfern, Mirror, 25.10. to 31.10. 2001, Montreal.

“TRANZTECH 2001: The Toronto Media Arts Biennal”, Catalogue, Toronto, October 2001.

“Culture Worker, A random review of alternative culture”, Nathaniel G. Moore, THIS, July/August 2001, Toronto.

“Montreal: Edgy Women Festival”, Nathaniel G. Moore, broken pencil, issue 16, Summer 2001, Tor.

“Cacophony of Caterwauls: the Explosion Festival Tests the Limits of Noise”, Maria Simpson, Hour, 07.20. to 07.26. 2000,Montreal.

“Channeling the Avant-Garde: Performance art at Concordia challenges notions of new art.” Margot Berrill, The McGill Daily, November 22nd, 1999.

“Cuisine-art cooks up hot new sounds”, Martin Deckert, Link, October 26th, 1999, Montreal.

"Making noise with mother’s kitchen gear”, Bruce Deachman, The Ottawa Citizen, January 24th 2002




Grants


2008                        CALQ travel grant : Signal & Noise, VIVO, Vancouver

2006                        CAC Artists in the community program, research and creation

2004                        CAC Artists in the community program, research and creation

2003                        CALQ travel grant ; D_Calage, événement vidéo + performance, Bruxelles

2002                        CALQ travel grant : Moov, festiv