Yules Wai (right) and the other TouVA Offspring mop up honey after Christina Mayder’s performance.

Mountain Standard Time 6 is officially over. The last few artists stumbled away on Sunday afternoon. Thanks to everyone who sent in tips, and everyone who put up with me standing a bit too close to them, scribbling in my notebook. To commemorate, here are a few good parting clean-up shots.

Les Fermières Obsédées and a team of M:ST volunteers mop up at the ContainRs.

l-r: Gledhill, Videkanic, Bride, Les Fermières Obsédées

This hot Halloween tip came in on our tipline Saturday afternoon:

“Performance art outfits easily turn into Halloween costumes with minimal outlay of cash.
Source: Some hawt sailor hanging outside of Emmedia.”

Great idea, anonymous tipster!

ps: I think I saw the aforementioned pair of sailors while returning gear to Emmedia this afternoon. Hot indeed!

• A bucket of horse urine (Randy Gledhill)
• “At least a dozen babies or small children” (Bojana Videkanic & Nahed Mansour, presumably for kissing)
• “A chainsaw, on fire if possible” (Jack Bride)
• Three dozen jars of marshmallow fluff and a bottle of lighter fluid (Les Fermières Obsédées)
• Caffeine pills and an espresso machine (Megan Morman)
• A live frog (Pauline Cummins)

Dick Averns‘ caravan left the Epcor Centre shortly after 10:30am on Sunday. Missing was the vehicle carrying Les Fermières Obsédées, reportedly driven by a chronically-speeding, caffeine-addict volunteer. The caravan stopped in Claresholm for lunch at Roy’s Place, which sported a sign saying “Hippies Use Backdoor”.

MacKenzie Boyle & Karly Mortimer

After the lecture and performances at the SAAG, festivalgoers walked and drove around the city to half a dozen closed-for-Sunday-night bars before ending up at TenTen on Mayor Magrath Drive. The kitchen was closed, but artists munched on free popcorn and told stories of puking during and after performances.

An informant emailed this photo of Randy Gledhill to artgossip.ca.

At TenTen, Randy Gledhill made good on his promise to finish Wednesday’s story of his road trip with the Hell’s Angels. In this episode, they save him from another run-in with gayhippy-bashing cowboys, and, as thanks, he gets them high on weed.

Near the end of the night, confusion over where the visiting artists would stay became acute as people grew tired and tipsy. “I have no fucking idea where I am and I have no idea where I’m supposed to be!” exclaimed Andy Paterson. Artistic Director Tomas Jonsson left to book a hotel room while Sarah Jane Christensen ordered Domino’s pizza delivery directly to the bar.

Allison Cummings lifted and carried by Intimate Apparel actor Andre Sills.

In an interview with Allison Cummings, the choreographer and performance artist admitted that most of the YouTube views of Burden documentation seem to have come from “Lift & Carry” enthusiasts.

Johanna Householder crushes chips.

Johanna Householder laid out and then mercilessly crushed All Dressed Ruffles under the heel of her shiny black stiletto during W.O.R.K.S. on October 16.

Les Fermières Obsédées at the ContainRs, October 19, 2012

However, those for whom the craving for performance art is only satisfied by the wettest, messiest acts were surely set aquiver by Les Fermières Obsédées‘ orgiastic spectacle. The artists finished their filthy, filthy performance covered with cola, chocolate sauce and other unmentionables cannibalized from a doll that they alternately beat and ate. Plus, they gave out candy!

You can catch the collective’s second performance at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery on Sunday.

Les Fermières Obsédées