SCA | Quick News | July 19, 2024
Daniel talks Re-Choreographing Cortical & Cartographic Maps
Watch the SCA's Henry Daniel talk about his book, Re-Choreographing Cortical & Cartographic Maps: Going West to Find East Going East to Find West (Intellect, 2023), on the Intellect Books & Journals YouTube channel. Watch it HERE.
Edwards/Pauly/Da Yun Song
The SCA's Mauricio Pauly is playing in a trio with SCA student Aidan Edwards and SCA alumnus Stella Da Yun Song on a bill with Nightbus Nap (Cordelia Donovan M’Sadoques, Lisa Cay Miller, and Morgan Sidky) on Friday, July 19, 2024, from 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM at the mighty 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Tacata's Saturday Session
The SCA's Ryan Tacata is leading a Saturday Session for the Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Nelson St., Vancouver), on Zoe Leonard's exhibition View from Below (which runs to September 8, 2024) on July 27, 2024, starting at 12:00 PM. More HERE.
Amorphous Folk Collective at Leña
The SCA's Ben Rogalsky (who's also an SCA alumnus) and SCA alumnus Emmalena Fredriksson and the rest of the Amorphous Folk Collective (Bevan Bartlett, Dylan Brown, Natalie Davidson, Ailsa Mcfadyen, Jessica Keeling, and Corrina Keeling) are doing a week-long Leña Artist Residency on Galiano Island to research group singing, folk songs, and storytelling. While there, they'll also be holding a youth workshop on July 26, 2024, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM and later performing, from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, at the Yellow House Art Centre (2517 Sturdies Bay Rd., Galiano Island), and participating in a writing workshop facilitated by Rosemary Georgeson.
Slip Slap Trip Wack
The SCA's Steven Hill and Leaky Heaven Performance are presenting the world premiere of Slip Slap Trip Wack, a "family-friendly work" that "brings to life the imaginative worlds of 8–12-year-olds," from July 26 – 28, 2024, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). More HERE.
Vancouver Art Book Fair
Publication Studio Vancouver (the SCA's Kay Higgins and Kathy Slade), The Capilano Review (which has SCA alumni Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross as Art Editor), Gallery Gachet (which has SCA alumnus Olumoroti Soji-George as Artistic Director), ReIssue (which is edited by SCA PhD student Casey Wei), and our friends SFU Galleries are all participating in the Vancouver Art Book Fair, which runs July 26 & 27, 2024, at the Roundhouse Art & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver). More HERE.
Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital
SCA alumnus Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill is part of the exhibition Town + Country: Narratives of Property and Capital, which is running at both the Kamloops Art Gallery (from July 20 – September 21, 2024 – more HERE) and then the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (from January 10 – April 13, 2025 – more HERE).
Panaclásica
SCA alumnus Mar Alzamora, Fernando Bustos, and Pablo Bas have launched Panaclásica, a new "documentary podcast about the history of Classical Music in Panama." Listen HERE (in Spanish).
Szepty/Whispers on demand
Rumble Theatre have reminded us that Veronique West's Szepty/Whispers, which includes SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull, Sammy Chien, Cindy Mochizuki, David Mesiha, and Jack Chipman as part of the production team, is available to watch for free via their Rumble On-Demand service. Watch it HERE.
Morelli on Mathieu
Read SCA alumnus Didier Morelli for CBC Arts on Manuel Mathieu. Read it HERE.
FRIDAY on tour
SCA alumnus DEBBY FRIDAY is going on a EU/UK tour. Find the itinerary HERE.
On The Tempest Project
Here's Pancouver (read it HERE) and the Vancouver Sun (read it HERE) on Music on Main's The Tempest Project, which runs July 17 – 22, 2024, at the Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton St., Vancouver), which includes SCA alumnus Nancy Tam as sound designer and one of the composers.
Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance
Here's a call for participants from SCA MFA student Kevin Jesuino:
Kevin Jesuino invites gay, bi, and trans men to participate in his socially engaged dance project, Tender City: The Silent Slow Dance, as part of his MFA graduating project this summer. Through public silent slow dancing, this project explores the histories of cruising, male tenderness, and urban alienation. There are various activities to join, including a workshop in partnership with the Health Initiative for Men (HIM). For more information and to get involved, please visit this form.
It begins with knowing and not knowing
SCA alumni Ogheneofegor Obuwoma and Michelle Sound are part of the exhibition It begins with knowing and not knowing, which opens (with a tour and reception) on Saturday, July 20, from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, at the Richmond Art Gallery (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond), and runs to September 29, 2024. Also, Obuwoma is hosting a free, online "Artist Salon" in support of the exhibition on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, from 7:00 PM – 8:15 PM at the RAG. More HERE.
Pancouver on the Powell Street Festival
Here's Pancouver on the upcoming Powell Street Festival, running August 3 & 4, 2024, in and around Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park, which features a screening of SCA alumnus Cindy Mochizuki’s Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama. Read it HERE.
Vines Art Festival
SCA alumni Jhoely Triana, Salome Nieto, Paula Viitanen, and Samantha Walters are all participating in Vines Art Society's Vines Art Festival, which runs August 7 – 17, 2024, at various parks and sites in so-called Vancouver. More HERE.
ALLEY FEST 2024
Kamikaze Nurse, the rock group with SCA PhD student Casey Wei, are playing Red Gate's "all ages" ALLEY FEST 2024 (also a celebration of Red Gate's 20th Anniversary!), which runs July 20 & 21, 2024, from 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM, in the alley behind Red Gate (1965 Main St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Sum at Green Auto
SCA alumnus Amanda Sum is playing Sunday, July 21, 2024, as part of Green Auto Fest, which runs July 18 – July 21, 2024, at Green Auto (1822 Pandora St., Vancouver). Grab tickets or a whole Deluxe Bundle HERE.
Clala in Kyoto
The Clala Dance Project (SCA alumni Sam Mason, Charlotte Telfer-Wan, and Tomoyo Yamada, who founded it) have a two-week in residency at Kyoto Arts Center and will be presenting a new work at Kyoto's UrBANGUILD on Saturday, July 27, 2024. More HERE.
Sparvier-Wells' Cognitive Dissonance
Musica Intima and Early Music Vancouver are co-presenting the world premiere of SCA alumnus V. Jessica Sparvier-Wells' Cognitive Dissonance on August 3, 2024, from 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM at the Bill Reid Gallery (639 Hornby St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Support Two-Eyed Seeing
As well as keeping up with their own busy schedule of events, The Only Animal, which has SCA alumnus Barbara Adler as Artistic Director, is raising funds to help realize Rosemary Georgeson and Lara Aysal's Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing. Find out more and make a donation HERE.
Active / Passive 2024
The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz (with Giorgio Magnanensi), SCA alumni Cindy Kao and Aysha Dulong (as Sapphire Haze), and SCA PhD student George Rahi are all participating in the 2024 edition of Active / Passive, which runs August 9 – 11 at various venues on Galiano Island. More HERE.
Lin / Tahos on the BBC
Listen to SCA alumnus Anchi Lin / Ciwas Tahos talk about their work on the BBC's In the Studio. Listen HERE.
Chimerik 似不像's Virtual Live Art Database
Chimerik 似不像, which has SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien as co-artistic directors, are presenting their Virtual Live Art Database on August 8, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in the Backspace area of Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto), presented as part of SummerWorks. More HERE.
Branching Songs Ensemble
The Branching Songs Ensemble, which includes SCA PhD student Simon Overstall and Julie Andreyev, Keira Madsen, Myles Veltenhill, and Giorgio Magnanensi, are playing in Xwayxway (Stanley Park) on July 20, 2024, presented by the Stanley Park Ecology Society. More info to come HERE.
Yousefbigloo on Desire Paths
SCA alumnus Katayoon Yousefbigloo wrote the exhibition text for Olga Abeleva & Nadya Isabella's exhibition Desire Paths, which on now at Unit 17 (Suite 310 – 207 West Hastings St., Vancouver. Buzz 596). Read it HERE.