Public Energy presents:

Totally Multi: Dennis Tourbin’s World of Art and Performance

An event celebrating the legacy of poet/painter/performance artist Dennis Tourbin (1949-1998), a pioneer of Peterborough’s contemporary art scene. 

September 13, 2014 at 8pm

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte Street 

Tickets: 1984 rates – just $5 – donations accepted

Available at the door or in advance from the Market Hall Box Office. 

Phone 705-749-1146 or on line at markethall.org

Totally Multi will feature artists who Dennis worked with, going back to the 1970s, as well as today’s generation of performers, artists and writers. They will perform Dennis’s work, and in some cases present new interpretations of Dennis’s varied output, which included paintings, video, performance art and poems. The event will cast a light on an important time – 1974 to 1984 – in the development of Peterborough’s contemporary arts culture. A full line-up and description can be seen at publicenergy.ca

Totally Multi is happening in conjunction with two other related programs: The Language of Visual Poetry, an exhibition of Tourbin’s work presented by the Art Gallery of Peterborough and hosted by Artspace, institutions Dennis had a strong association with and which are both celebrating their 40th anniversaries in 2014; and Paris La Nuit, a restaged performance by Niagara Artists Centre (St. Catharines) of one of Tourbin’s painted plays, presented by Artspace and Public Energy in partnership with the Art Gallery of Peterborough.