SCA | Quick News | August 26, 2022
Schroeder's Stircrazer I – now on video!
The good folks at Music on Main have shared the video of Architek Percussion's performance of the SCA's Sabrina Schroeder's Stircrazer I, filmed live on Tuesday, March 29, 2021, at the Heritage Hall. Watch it HERE.
Boisjoly's talks "Resisting Mastery" – now on video! – and in Out of Control
Watch the archived livestream of the SCA's Raymond Boisjoly's talk "Resisting Mastery," given on July 18, 2022, for the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)'s MFA in Studio Arts program. Watch HERE. Also, Boisjoly is among the artists participating in Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding, which is running September 17, 2022 – January 8, 2023, at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler, guest curated by Trapp Projects' Patrik Andersson. Click through to Trapp Projects' Instagram to watch a preview flip-thru of the exhibition catalogue. Watch HERE.
Dongnier at The Watermill
The SCA's NiNi Dongnier presented Sun and Moon Have Rotated to this Extended Present Moment, the 99 Verbs and Wishes for You My Dear, and to Our Nomadic Life at The Watermill Center's 30th Anniversary and Annual Summer Benefit in Long Island, NY, on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Click through to Dongnier's Instagram to see some images.
Clark's Persistence and Loss and on George Hunt
SCA instructor Joseph Clark's short film Persistence and Loss is being presented as part of the The Festival of (In)appropriation at the Los Angeles Filmforum this fall. Follow Clark on Instagram for updates and sweet dog posts. Also, watch a video presentation by Clark and Tom Child, N̓a̱msg̱a̱mk̓ala (Kwagu’ł First Nation) about the "Ethnographic Films of George Hunt," presented at the NYU Orphan Film Symposium on Counter-Archives on June 16, 2022. Watch HERE.
The Dummy Factor plays Gig Harbor
The SCA's Corbin Saleken's film The Dummy Factor is screening twice at the Gig Harbor Film Festival, which runs September 22 – 25, 2022. More HERE.
Carter's Residuals (住み・墨) and Omote (面)
Read a quick "2022-2023 Season Spotlight" from The Dance Centre on SCA alumnus and Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award recipient Shion Skye Carter's Residuals (住み・墨), which runs November 4 & 5, 2022, at the Scotiabank Dance Centre, co-presented with the Powell Street Festival. Read it on The Dance Centre's Instagram. Also, Omote (面), Carter's collaborative dance film with Miya Turnbull, is screening as part of Halifax's FIN Atlantic International Film Festival, both live (and on the big screen) on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at 3:30 PM at the Cineplex Park Lane Theatre 8, and online (within the Atlantic provinces) from September 15 – 23. More HERE.
Ariaratnam at 8East
Feeling restless? Join SCA alumnus Matthew Ariaratnam and a group of other good players at 8EAST (8 East Pender Street, Vancouver) tonight – August 26, 2022 – for some improvised music. More HERE. Also, Ariaratnam played 8East in a duo with SCA alumnus Leif Hall on August 24, as well.
Spence on tour and a veil, the sea is coming
SCA alumnus Alexandra Spence is going on a European tour. Click through to her Instagram for the itinerary. Also, Spence has a new album coming, a veil, the sea, which is available to pre-order now from mappa.
Lee, Leung, and Yeung's Discounted Hotpot Centre
Anthony Kit Chun Lee, Hin Hilary Leung, and Carlie Cheukiu Yeung are presenting Discounted Hotpot Centre at the 2022 Vancouver Fringe Festival September 8 – 11 and September 15 – 18 at 5:00 PM at the Granville Island Picnic Pavillion. More HERE.
Peripheral Review's block party
Peripheral Review, the online art magazine edited by SCA alumni Lauren Lavery, is hosting an "exciting outdoor block party event" on Saturday, August 27, 2022, from 2:00 PM – 9:30 PM at Toronto's the plumb (1655 Dufferin Street), marking the end of their online auction. More HERE.
Morelli moderating and on Doyle
In his capacity as s Associate Editor at Espace art actuel, SCA alumnus Didier Morelli is moderating a roundtable at Montréal's Foire Papier / Papier Art Fair on Saturday, August 26, 2022, at 4:00 PM with Julia Eilers Smith, Cécilia Bracmort, and Itay Sapir about Espace's forthcoming issue on "Flesh/Chair," which Morelli directed. More HERE. Also, read Morelli on Maura Doyle for Vie des arts HERE.
After School with Galindo and Gamboa
The latest episode of After School, the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology produced podcast that features FCAT students in conversation with FCAT alumni, including SCA folks, has SCA student (at the time of this recording) Andrea Isea Galindo talking with SCA alumnus Tin Gamboa. Listen HERE.
Work for After School
If you've been listening to the After School podcast, as described above, and feel like you'd like to be involved (and get paid!), now's your chance. FCAT is hiring a Podcast Producer, Hosts (including one for the SCA's episodes!), and Assistants. More HERE.
FCAT Indigenous Fall Picnic
Attention Indigenous FCAT students! Follow the link to RSVP for the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology's Indigenous Fall Picnic, which takes place Thursday, September 15, 2022, from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the Burnaby campus (AQ 4000 North West). RSVP HERE.
O'Callaghan's doubts
While on the way to relocate to Berlin, SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan's "doubts series" is being performed on September 6, 2022, at La Sala Rossa (4848 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal) as part of Innovations en concert’s 28th season launch, co-presented by NO HAY BANDA. More HERE.
Lin curates the ADAM Artist Lab
SCA alumnus Anchi Lin [Ciwas Tahos] is the guest curator for the 2022 ADAM Artist Lab on August 27 & 28, 2022, from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the 臺北表演藝術中心 / Taipei Performing Arts Center. More HERE.
Kyle-Moffat's outdoor adult ballet barre class
SCA alumnus Karley Kyle-Moffat is running a by donation adult ballet barre class in Mount Pleasant Park on September 23, 2022, at 6:30 PM. Reach out directly to her if you're interested.
Watch Nass and Sungshine's What If?
What If? A Short Film on Language & Queerness, a collaboration by Fay Nass, an SCA alumnus and Artistic & Executive Director of the frank theatre company, and Love Intersections' Jen Sungshine, is out now. Watch it HERE.
Hou plays
If you're in (or going to be in) Toronto on Thursday, September 8, 2022, SCA alumnus Julian Yi-Zhong Hou will be playing a show with Fortunato Durutti Marinetti and Joyful Joyful at the Owls Club (847 Dovercourt Road). More HERE.
Wu in For Now
SCA alumnus Johnny Wu is a performer and a cultural consultant for Green Thumb Theatre's presentation of Scott Button's For Now, which is part of Green Thumb's 2022 – 2023 season. More HERE.
Vickers up for an Alberta Magazine Award
SCA alumnus Charlene Vickers is a finalist for the Alberta Magazine Awards, with winners announced September 22, 2022, at the annual conference of the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association. Make sure to click through: Galleries West have shared a great video portrait of Vickers from October, 2021. Watch HERE.
Soji-George co-curates
As a member of The Black Arts Centre in Surrey, SCA MA student Moroti Soji-George co-curated two upcoming exhibitions – I see; I breathe; I am! and Concealed Cultures: Visualizing the Black Vernacular – at the Surrey Art Gallery, running September 17 – December 11, 2022.
Clala Dance Project seeks sound designer / music producer
Clala Dance Project, the collective of SCA alumni Tomoyo Yamada and Charlotte Telfer-Wan and SCA student Ana Daria Vieru, is looking for a sound designer / music producer to work with them on their new project. More HERE.
Dai, Chien, and Kim in The Five Vengeances
SCA alumni Howard Dai, Sammy Chien, and Jonathan Kim are all part of Affair of Honor's presentation of Jovanni Sy's The Five Vengeances – "a hilarious, modern, epic theatre adaptation of a classic Jacobean tragedy, told in the style of a kung fu movie that promises to entertain with its spectacular martial arts choreography, gleeful dark humour, and groovy homage to the 1970s" – which has launched a fundraising campaign. More HERE.
Rahi at HCMA
SCA George Rahi was the 2022 artist in residence at HCMA Architecture + Design, where he explored their "materials library to listen to the timbres and resonance of various building materials," and then "created some methods of augmenting a building into musical instrument, playing on the notion of architecture as 'frozen music'." Click through to his Instagram for images a bit more explanation.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi at the Skirball
SCA alumnus Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi will be presenting work at the Skirball Center at NYU on October 15, 2022, at 7:30 PM, presented by the International Contemporary Ensemble, NYU Skirball, and the Iranian Female Composers Association - IFCA. More HERE.
Belcourt on Sound
The Burrard Arts Foundation has updated the page for SCA alumnus Michelle Sound's exhibition Aunties Holding It Together (which runs to October 22, 2022) to include the exhibition text by Billy-Ray Belcourt. Read it HERE.
Gold at The Dance Deck Neuf
SCA alumnus Marisa Antoinette Gold is performing as part of The Dance Deck Neuf, presented by Alexis Fletcher and Sylvain Senez, which runs August 20 + 21 and 27 + 28, 2022, from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. More HERE.
withintensions' Relaxation
withintensions, the monthly art mag from SCA alumni, is calling for content for their next issue on the theme of Relaxation. Deadline is August 27, 2022. More HERE.
interplay_2022
Running September 15 & 16, the 2022 edition of interplay_, a festival of live online performance, features SCA alumni Ghinwa Yassine and Luciana Freire D'Anunciação (with Brandon Schwinn), as well as Ivetta Sunyoung Kang, and Shereen Ramprashad + Derek Brueckner, presented / produced by SCA alumnus Deanna Peters. More HERE.
Dubois, Bhullar, feng, Walters, and Cheung in I SPY...
SCA alumni Hannah Dubois, Kaila Bhullar, kathy feng, Samantha Walters, and Snack Witch / Joni Cheung are among the 2022 participating artists in Unit/Pitt Society for Art & Critical Awareness' next iteration of I SPY.... More HERE.
rice & beans' Polyphonic Translation Residency
rice & beans theatre, which has SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale as its artistic director, are "seeking proposals from multilingual theatre artists and translators across Canada for rice & beans theatre’s first ever Polyphonic Translation Residency from May 31st to June 9th, 2023." More HERE.
McMann's Sunstreams
Listen to Sunstreams, a new track from SCA alumnus Jessica McMann. Listen HERE.
Stewart shares The Legacy Project video
SCA alumnus Megan Stewart, who's also the co-founder (with the SCA's Ker Wells) and artistic director of The River Clyde Pageant, has shared a video about The Legacy Project, which she says was "an outdoor art experience that honoured Tom Young and his endless imagination." Watch HERE.
Sum's New Age Attitudes at The Cultch
SCA alumnus Amanda Sum is holding the release show / party for her new album, New Age Attitudes, on Saturday, September 10, 2022, at 8:00 PM at The Cultch. Grab tickets HERE.
JPEG 2000 rock Small File
If you missed the Dance Party part of the Small File Media Festival, which ran August 8 – 14, 2022, here at our place, check out this video sample from the SCA's Joey Chaos' group JPEG 2000. Watch HERE.
Kanagawa in Orphan: First Kill
Fancy a little Winnipeg-filmed thrilling horror? Catch SCA alumnus Hiro Kanagawa in Orphan: First Kill in theatres and online.
New Societies goes to Taiwan
Very exciting news from SCA alumnus Brian Postalian about Re:Current Theatre's New Societies: this fall it's going to be "produced by the National Theatre and Concert Hall of Taipei, translated into Mandarin," and presented by "a local Taiwanese cast." More HERE.
Listening to Pictures: Laiwan on Yoon
The final episode of SFU Galleries’ Listening to Pictures podcast series features SCA alumnus Laiwan on the SCA’s Jin-me Yoon. Listen HERE.