SCA | Quick News | August 5, 2022
SMALL FILE 2022 is nigh
While the Small File Media Festival's Ultra Dance Party on August 12, featuring. Devours, HiNi, and JPEG 2000, is sure to be a rather grand, fun, and climactic part of the overall Third Annual Small File Media Festival, which runs August 9 – 14 here at our place, it's only one sweet part of the altogether delightful programming the Small File team has organized this year. Check out the full SFMF package HERE.
Marks talks indivisible
In response to the exhibition indivisible, running June 5 – August 14, 2022, at the New Media Gallery, SCA's Laura Marks will be in conversation with Dr. Monika Stachura from TRIUMF, "Canada's national particle accelerator centre," on Monday, August 8, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (PDT), moderated by Sharad Khare, the co-Founder of Human Biography. More HERE.
After School E9
Here's the latest episode of After School, the podcast from the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology featuring FCAT students in conversation with FCAT alumni, including from the SCA. This episode has SFU' School of Communication student Jake Friedrich in conversation with CMNS alumnus Adam Brayford. Listen HERE.
Alzamora's HOME
SCA alumnus Mar Alzamora's score for HOME was shared by the The Center for Deep Listening's A Year of Deep Listening project, "a 365-day celebration of the legacy of Pauline Oliveros." See it HERE.
Big City's Vicious video
Watch the video for Vicious, the lead signal from the upcoming album Liquid Times by Big City, the duo of SCA MFA student Katayoon Yousefbigloo and PhD student (and MFA alumnus) Dave Biddle. Liquid Times comes out September 9, 2022, courtesy Perennial and K Records. Watch HERE.
Silverfox at the KDCC
SCA alumnus Krystle Silverfox is hard at work "in the red culture cabin" at Whitehorse's Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, where she was a 2020/2021 Shakaat Artist-in-Residence. More HERE.
McMann's Incandescent Tails in Vancouver
SCA alumnus Jessica McMann's Incandescent Tails tour is in Vancouver tonight – Friday, August 5, 2022 – at the at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, presented by re:Naissance Opera as part of the Awaken Chinatown: Enchanted Evenings Concert series. More HERE.
Charles for the school board
Good luck to SCA alumnus Roxanne Charles, who is running to be a school board trustee with Team Surrey Schools. More HERE.
O'Callaghan talks to Elektramusic
Watch an interview with SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan by Paul Clouvel from Berlin's Elektramusic. Watch HERE.
Nass and Sungshine's What If
Fay Nass, an SCA alumnus and Artistic & Executive Director of the frank theatre company, and Love Intersections' Jen Sungshine have collaborated on What If, a "Short Film on Language & Queerness," which is premiering online on August 22, 2022. More HERE.
Dance International on Dancing on the Edge + more
Read a Dance International review of the 2022 Dancing on the Edge Festival, which featured many SCA folks, as well as other recent dance events. Read it HERE.
Follow The Couch
Head over to the Instagram account of The Couch, the art space / collective / duo / project run by SCA alumni Debbie C and Sena Cleave, to see the work in their recent exhibition, Just Out Of Reach, which was presented as part of the 2022 edition of Unit/Pitt Society for Art & Critical Awareness' Wrong Wave Festival, this year curated by Liquidation World (SCA MFA student Katayoon Yousefbigloo, SCA PhD student [and MFA alumnus] Dave Biddle, and Maya Beaudry).
Hammond in LAND ART
SCA alumnus Julie Hammond is part of the group exhibition LAND ART at Portland's Blackfish Gallery (420 NW 9th Ave.), running August 2 – 27, 2022. More HERE.
The Indigenous Tutoring & Mentoring Program
Are any SCA folks up for this call: The Indigenous Tutoring & Mentoring Program (2021 SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition Grand Award Winner) is currently seeking undergraduate students to serve as volunteer tutors/mentors. Volunteers will receive credit on their co-curricular record for taking part. More HERE.
We Were One in Kassel
Chimerik 似不像 collective members and SCA alumni Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull are in Kassel, Germany, presenting their project We Were One as part of MotionDAO, a residency at K.Format that explores international and collective creative experimentation using Web3 technologies. Click through to see a set of images of We Were One in action HERE.
The Big Bad Wolf at Vines
The Big Bad Wolf, with SCA alumni Valerie Christiansen, Davey Samuel Calderon, and Janelle Reid, is one of many great events (and not the only one to feature SCA folks) to see as part of the 2022 Vines Art Festival, which runs August 3 to 13. More HERE.
Carter and Turnbull's Omote (面)
SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter and her collaborator Miya Turnbull are presenting their film, Omote (面), as part of the group exhibition, Fashion for Bank Robbers, which runs until October 16, 2022, at Munich's MaximiliansForum. More HERE.
attuning flesh and bone pix
SCA soon-to-be-alumnus Tin Gamboa is sharing some great pictures from the presentation of her MFA work, attuning flesh and bone, which took place here in Studio D on June 17 & 18, 2022. Check them out HERE. Also, watch a video of the performance, filmed and edited by the SCA's Joseph Malbon, HERE.
Wahlgren's other site
While also very active under the name Wallgrin, SCA alumnus Tegan Wahlgren is also active in other ways as a composer, vocalist, and violinist. Check out her newly updated website (separate from her one for her Wallgrin project) to see what she's up to.
Tedlie-Stursberg's COPE shirt
Sure, Vancouver politics can be complicated, unclear, and even sometimes a drag, but perhaps this fine, sunny t-shirt for COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors, designed by SCA alumnus Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, might engage your interest and participation. Grab one now HERE (or just grab an eyeful). And don't forget to read up and vote (one way or another), because it still matters.
Around Us virtually
If an in-person visit isn't possible, check out this virtual tour of Around Us, featuring work by SCA MFA student Katie Kozak and Olga Abeleva & Shizen Jambor, Rebecca Bair, Jeff Downer, Dennis Ha & Sylvain Sailly, Jake Kimble, and Gloria Wong, which was co-curated by Jenn Jackson and SCA alumni Andrea Valentine-Lewis and Lucien Durey, and produced collaboratively by Burrard Arts Foundation and Project Society. Visit NOW.
Listening to Pictures: Carranza and MacKenzie on Thauberger
Episode 8 of SFU Galleries' Listening to Pictures series features Fabiola Carranza and Michelle Helene MacKenzie on Althea Thauberger. Listen HERE.
Hou in You Can't Trust Music
SCA alumnus Julian Yi-Zhong Hou's 2020 album Grass Drama is addressed in Chanelle Adams' essay, "This is the Deal," in the smart and interesting project, You Can't Trust Music, curated by Xenia Benivolski and produced by e-flux, which is available online HERE.