SCA | Quick News | April 23, 2021
CAG Prize 2021: Vitória Monteiro and Aynaz Parkas
The School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University and the Contemporary Art Gallery are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 CAG Prize! This year it is a tie! The CAG Prize was awarded to Vitória Monteiro and Aynaz Parkas, two of our exceptional Visual Art students whose work is currently included in the BFA Graduating Exhibition 2021: Supercharged.
The CAG Prize is adjudicated by the Contemporary Art Gallery and is awarded yearly to an outstanding BFA student upon completion of their program of study in Visual Art at the SCA. The Prize entails a four-week self-directed residency in CAG's North Gallery space, providing the recipient with a stipend, studio space, and support to further develop their practice as well as the opportunity to expand their connections to a wider arts community in Vancouver. Over the course of the residency, the recipient will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with artists and curators about their practice, build on their professional skills, and gain insight into the framework of a public art gallery. This year the award is being offered to two students, therefore each will receive separate residencies to be scheduled within the next 12 months.
Congratulations to Vitória Monteiro and Aynaz Parkas!
Photos Without Faces
It’s here! The SCA music + sound’s hybrid ensemble Photos Without Faces just released their self-titled album. Available on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes.
In the endlessly descending twilight, our interactions flat and vacant – then static roars. Paradigms are dragged from chaos and dissonance until a new form of communication emerges. In the residue of our old way of being, we can’t see faces, but we can feel intention. We step away from memories and come together, forging thoughts in digital spaces.
Photos Without Faces is Alex Abahmed, Daniel Blackie, Aysha Dulong, Rodrigo Diaz Nieto, Nick Savoie, Rohini Soedhwa, Da Yun Stella Song, Pascal Fengler, Toni-Leah C. Yake, and Emmanuel (Will) Zorzos. During the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic, Photos Without Faces had the unique opportunity to meet in person for 2 months in a classroom setting. Guided by Mauricio Pauly, Photos Without Faces jammed and created a unique hybrid sound using a variety of instruments and techniques. Eventually, it was time to recede behind Zoom to produce an album from a distance.
Photos Without Faces draws on the simultaneous and paradoxical isolation and new connectivity that its members found during the brief time they were able to spend together. Listen HERE.
Hill @ the MoMa
SCA alumni Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill's exhibition Projects: Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill at The Museum of Modern Art, her first solo museum exhibition in the US, runs Apr 25–Aug 15, 2021, featuring an online "workshop for kids" on Tuesday, June 15, from 3:30 – 4:30 PM. Congrats, Gabrielle! More HERE.
Wlad's Hamlet the Sponger
The SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez has "opened an online theatre show/website thing, Hamlet the Sponger, with Mike Commendatore, Fabian Aguilar, Adrian Giurgea, and students at Colgate University. Check it out HERE.
Video Out with Wei
Join SCA alumni Casey Wei, Video Out's Distribution and Outreach Manager at VIVO Media Arts Centre, for a Zoom info session on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at 1:00 PM (PDT) about Video Out. More HERE.
Joey Chaos and The Ghosts remix themselves
SCA MA student Joseph Malbon and his group Joey Chaos and The Ghosts have released some retro-vibes remixes. Listen HERE.
videocan's videocommentary
Watch the second episode of the "videocommentary series" from SCA alumni Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim's videocan project. Watch it HERE.
Yousefbigloo @ UnDisciplined
SCA MFA student Katayoon Yousefbigloo is presenting at UnDisciplined, "a graduate student conference for scholars whose modes of inquiry intersect the humanities, social sciences, sciences, technology, activism, and the arts," hosted by Queen's University. Yousefbigloo will be part of a panel called “Possibilities and Pitfalls of Digital Collectivities” on Sunday, April 25, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Ontario time). More HERE.
Tedlie-Stursberg @ Trapp Projects
SCA alumni Alex Tedlie-Stursberg has an exhibition, "Sous la plage, les pavés," at Trapp Projects, opening Saturday, April 24, 2021, and showing by appointment on weekends. More HERE.
Marcelle's Kickstarter
Better Lovers, the collaborative duo of SCA alumni Layla Marcelle and Jacob Raeder, have started a Kickstarter to raise funds for Chapter Three: Pacifies a Lier, "the next part of an ongoing series of experimental films conceived of as a guide for learning how to make pottery through hypnotism." More HERE.
Silver Maddock in Dance International
Read an article in Dance International by SCA alumni Rachel Silver Maddock about being a young, independent, and working dancer in Vancouver during the pandemic, featuring other SCA alumni Anya Saugstad and Shion Skye Carter, as well as Jenna Berlyn. Read it HERE.
Skoden "exit video"
Watch a fantastic "exit video" featuring students from the class (CA 389) behind this year's Skoden Indigenous Film Festival, which was lead by Kathleen Mullen and Carr Sappier. Watch it HERE.
Escolán's La Quebrada
SCA alumni María Escolán's La Quebrada is being presented as part of rice & beans theatre's (SCA alumni Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan) DBLSPK initiative, in partnership with C-Space and Electric Company Theatre, on Friday, April 23, 2021, at 6:00 PM (PDT). And it's free! More HERE.
McMann & Muranko @ Speaking of Dance
The upcoming FREE Speaking of Dance: Women Weaving Stories of Transformation event on April 23, 2021, at 11:00 AM (PDT), which is presented by Matriarchs Uprising in partnership with DanceHouse and SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, includes SCA alumni Jessica McMann as one of the speakers and Starr Muranko as one of the facilitators. More info and RSVP HERE.
Yamada profiled
Nice profile of SCA alumni Tomoyo Yamada, who's presenting a short work as part of The Dance Centre's FREE programing on International Dance Day on Thursday, April 29, 2021, which includes work by other SCA alumni, too. Read it HERE.
Funding for SCA folks
Good to see some SCA folks – including Alexandra Tsay, Jean Brazeau, Katie Hyeseung Yeo, Mozhdeh Bashirian, Matthew Toffoletto, and Silas Ng – in this congratulatory post from SFU Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies about the 2019/20 Major External and Government-Funded Award Recipients. Read it HERE.
Aoki profiled
Read a good profile of SCA alumni Jennifer Aoki in the Nikkei Voice. Read it HERE.
Chan interviewed
Read an interview with SCA alumni Derek Chan (rice & beans theatre) about his new work yellow objects, which runs as a "digital experience in three installments" on April 19 & 26 and May 3 HERE, and live in the Firehall Arts Centr's courtyard from May 11 to 22. Read it HERE.
Yassine's advice
SCA alumni Ghinwa Yassine with some advice for all the Overachievers out there. Watch it HERE.
O'Callaghan interviewed
Watch an interview with SCA alumni James O'Callaghan on NYO Canada's "NYO Replay." Watch HERE.
Spring Studio Salons playback
Watch the video archives of Co.ERASGA's 2021 Spring Studio Salons: April 17 with works-in-progress by SCA MFA student Tin Gamboa and Salome Nieto HERE and April 18 featuring works-in-progress by SCA alumni Jeanette Kotowich and Sammy Chien & Caroline MacCaull HERE.
Episode 5 Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast
Listen to Episode 5 of rice & beans theatre's Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast. Listen HERE.