SCA | Quick News | October 18, 2024
Morelli curates the Quebec City Biennale
SCA alumnus Didier Morelli was announced as the curator of the 12th edition of the Quebec City Biennale, set to run in the winter of 2026. And as curator, Morelli also got to choose the theme: “Briser la glace / Splitting ice.” Congratulations, Didier! More HERE.
Chambers in NOTHING#15: a bluff
The SCA's Justine A. Chambers is performing in Autumn Knight's NOTHING#15: a bluff on November 7 – 9, 2024, at 8:00 PM at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (15 NE Hancock St., Portland, OR). More HERE.
Marks shares CJPME's call
The SCA's Laura U. Marks has shared a link to join the Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East's email campaign call on the Government of Canada to "end the sale of Canadian military goods and technology to Israel." More HERE.
Live visual workshops for the Emerging Stage
Attention SCA students! The SCA Music & Sound and Production & Design student unions are teaming up to organize a performance series called Emerging Stage. To help get this going, the SCA's Miwa Matreyek from the P & D area is organizing a few live visual workshops, as well (here's an example). Here's a Doodle Poll for for possible times and dates.
Maier / Sissy XO / Evicshen & Earthball
The SCA's Stefan Maier is playing a show with Evicshen and Earthball, and Sissy XO on Monday, November 4, 2024, from 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM at Red Gate (1965 Main St., Vancouver). More info and tickets HERE.
The Politics of Love
Am Johal, SCA associate member and Director of SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, has published an interview with Michael Hardt on 'The Politics of Love' through Publication Studio Vancouver, operated by the SCA's Kay Higgins and Kathy Slade, which also makes it available through other Publication Studios worldwide, too! Grab one HERE.
Social Sewing with Shore
The SCA's Suze Shore is hosting a free, drop-in Social Sewing Co-Work + Skillshare Mending Circle on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM at Arrieta Art Studio (Suite 106 – 329 Columbia St., New Westminster). RSVP HERE.
Absolute Unit plays
The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz and SCA alumnus Aysha Dulong are performing as part of John Korsrud's 18-piece Absolute Unit, which is playing a free show in the Woodward’s Atrium (111 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 7:00 PM. More HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazd's Dožam/دُژَم
SCA alumnus Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi has just release her newest album, Dožam/دُژَم, on all online platforms. Here's how she describes it:
Dožam, a five-piece album, combines traditional Iranian music with electroacoustic sounds and techniques, with each track being based on a specific Iranian mode. For each piece, I had the privilege of collaborating with a talented performer based in Iran—the place where I learned music and can truly call home.
Play it on your streaming platform of choice through Distrokid HERE.
Mascall Dance Party
Mascall Dance is holding a Dance Party, hosted by Ysadora Dias, Nick Miami Benz, Mario Matias, SCA alumnus Marisa Gold, MC Tobias Macfarlane, and with music by Kathleen Nisbet, Jack Garton, and DJ Anteres, on Friday, October 18, 2024, from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM at Left of Main (211 Keefer St., Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
Yamamoto at PAMS 2024
Maiko Yamamoto, SCA alumnus and Theatre Replacement's Artistic Director, was part of a Canadian delegation attending the Performing Arts Market in Seoul, Korea, organized by the Canadian Association for the Performing Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts as part of the Canada-Korea Year of Cultural Exchanges 2024-2025. More HERE.
Saragih on Bananapost
SCA alumnus Kira Saragih wrote a text about Anna Banana’s exhibition Bananapost (20 Years of Fooling Around with A. Banana), which she discovered while work helping to improve accessibility in the grunt gallery’s digital archive. Read it HERE.
Bhullar calling
SCA alumnus Kaila Bhullar is working with Lobe Studio to organize an "experimental screening/listening event" in December, 2024, and is calling for "any sort of av works, including (but not limited to) short films, animations, music videos, gifs, or any other experimental creations" that "play with sound in immersive ways." Send submissions to kailabhullar1234@gmail.com "in the format of a google file, along with a short bio + artist statement/work description" by November 20, 2024. More HERE.
Silverfox at the Jenni House
SCA alumnus Krystal Silverfox is the artist in residence for October at the Jenni House Artist Residency in Whitehorse, Yukon, organized by the umbrella arts organization ArtsNet in partnership with a collective of Yukon-based arts organizations including the Yukon Arts Centre, Yukon Film Society, Jazz Yukon and Music Yukon. More HERE.
Watt's Infamous Stain
SCA alumnus Douglas Watt's first solo exhibition in Toronto, Infamous Stain, opens October 26 from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM and runs to December 1, 2024, at pumice raft (#103 – 348 Ryding Ave., Toronto). More HERE.
Cleave curating
SCA alumnus Sena Cleave is the guest curator for October, 2024, at Doing&Doing Fine Art (560 Clark Dr., Vancouver). More HERE.
DEAD DRONE coming
Advance notice from Upintheair Theatre for DEAD DRONE, a "new work of speculative fiction," set to run April 11 – 19, 2025, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver), with SCA alumni Alexandra Caprara as the Lighting & Projection Designer and MJ Coomber as Sound Designer. More HERE.
Rashtian's Word Sculptures
School of Interactive Arts + Technology PhD student Hamed Rashtian's exhibition, Word Sculptures, opens Thursday, October 17 and runs to November 16, 2024, at the Equinox Gallery (3642 Commercial St., Vancouver). More HERE.
in it
HaeAhn Paul Kwon Kajander, the collaborative duo of HaeAhn Woo Kwon and SCA alumnus Paul Kajander, is presenting in it from October 18 – November 16, 2024, at Franz Kaka (#208 – 1485 Dupont St., Toronto) More HERE.
The Spirit Has Eyes Toward Longing
Curated by SCA alumnus Ogheneofegor Obuwoma (who is the Curator in Residence at Artspeak), The Spirit Has Eyes Toward Longing runs October 18 – December 14, 2024, at Artspeak (233 Carrall St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Wallgrin at the The Wise Hall
CA alumnus Wallgrin is opening for Carina Round on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at the The Wise Hall & Lounge (1882 Adanac St., Vancouver). And if you use the code "WALLGRIN," you can get $5 off tickets HERE.
Garrick's DCD Discover Dialogue
SCA alumnus Nickeshia Garrick (also know as Keelie) was in "casual conversation" with Emilie Jabouin on Friday, October 18, 2024, via Zoom as part of Dance Collection Danse's DCD Discover Dialogues. Find out more about Garrick and Irma Villafuerte's CinnaMoon Collective project HERE.
The Chef And The Daruma returns
After premiering at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival, The Chef And The Daruma, which has SCA alumnus Natalie Murao as Creative Producer / Writer, is screening again "by overwhelming popular demand" at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver) until October 31, 2024. More HERE.
Postalian's PuSh's Industry Producer
SCA alumnus Brian Postalian is the new Industry Producer for the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival's 2025 Season. Congrats, Brian!
Kanagawa at the PGC Conference
As well as participating in the "Trackways from Theatre Sector to TV-Film Industry – Sharing Experiences from a Canada Arts Council Sector Innovation Project" panel discussion with Mark Crawford, Marcia Johnson, and moderator Colin Rivers, on Monday, October 28, 2024, at 11:30 AM (ET), at the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre (189 Yonge St., Toronto), SCA alumnus Hiro Kanagawa also joins Emil Sher, Erin Shields, and moderator Debbie Patterson for the "ADAPTATIONS (Level 5)" panel discussion that same day at 2:00 PM (ET), and in the same venue, presented as part of the Playwrights Guild of Canada's 2024 PGC Conference. More HERE.
Oostenbrug at The Only Animal
SCA Music & Sound student Stevan Oostenbrug, who's the Assistant Programmer for The Only Animal, which has SCA alumnus Barbara Adler as Artistic Director, has been posting regularly on The Only Animal's Instagram about the company's ongoing projects and activities. Follow them to see what they're up to HERE.
Deradoorian visits M&S
Angel Deradoorian was the latest guest to visit our Music & Sound area. Check out her music on Bandcamp.
Odisea in Barcelona
SCA alumnus Britt Angus' Chaos Emblematic is presenting the world premiere of Odisea as part of the "Xerinola: Shorts from Catalonia and Spain" program at the 2024 Choreoscope: Barcelona Dance Film Festival, which runs October 16 – 20, 2024. More HERE.
Speakable S01E02
Listen to the latest episode of Speakable, the new podcast from the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology. This time, host Natalie Dusek covers FCAT’s Fall 2024 Convocation, featuring interviews with students at the event, Graduand speaker Eden Chipperfield, and FCAT Dean Carman Neustaedter. Listen HERE.
Mochizuki and Kai talk stories best told at twilight
SCA alumnus Cindy Mochizuki will be in conversation with Shizuka Kai on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM at the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam), presented in support of Mochizuki's exhibition, stories best told at twilight, which runs to November 17, 2024. More HERE.
Entropic Fields of Displacement
SCA alumnus Pegah Tabassinejad's 8-channel video installation, Entropic Fields of Displacement, has been selected for the IDFA DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling. More HERE. The work is also being presented at VIVO Media Arts (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver) by the guest curator and SCA alumnus Olumoroti Soji-George, opening October 30 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, and running to November 20, 2024. Soji-George and Tabassinejad will also be in conversation on November 9 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. More HERE.
Protest! at SFU
Special Collections at SFU Library's W.A.C. Bennett Library branch on the hill has an exhibition on Protest!, running to December 31, 2024. More HERE.
Pang in Stemflow
SCA alumnus Lam Tung Pang 林東鵬 is part of the exhibition Stemflow: South by Southeast 莖流: 東南偏南, which runs October 14 – December 31, 2024, at the Osage Gallery (4/F, Union Hing Yip Factory Building, 20 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong). More HERE.
Crazybull at Art Toronto
Macaulay & Co. Fine Art is presenting SCA alumnus Lauren Crazybull, Jeneen Frei Njootli, and Dana Claxton at their booth (C04) at Art Toronto, which runs October 24 – 27, 2024, at the North Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (255 Front St. W, Toronto). More HERE.
Horror in Seconds' deadline extension
The Horror in Seconds, the festival dedicated to 60-seconds-or-less horror shorts from BIPOC filmmakers organized by SCA alumnus Doaa Magdy, has extended the submission deadline to October 28, 2024. More HERE.
Matriarchs Uprising 2025 is coming
Matriarchs Uprising have started to announce their next festival, set to run February 17 – 22, 2025, and including SCA alumnus and Co-Artistic Director of Raven Spirit Dance, Starr Muranko. Follow Matriarchs Uprising on Instagram to stay updated.
O'Brien at The Outlet
SCA alumnus Keely O'Brien is the artist in residence at Port Coquitlam's The Outlet (2248 – 2250 McAllister Ave.) More HERE.
Saugstad's Beautiful Beasts
SCA alumnus Anya Saugstad's Beautiful Beasts, with sound design by SCA alumnus Stefan Nazarevich, is premiering as part of Ballet Edmonton's In the Wake, which runs October 18 & 19, 2024, at the Allard Hall in the Triffo Theatre (11110 104 Ave., NE, Edmonton). More HERE.
Tactical Media: Small File Media in Stages of Siege and Infrastructural Precarity
The Small File Media Festival, which runs October 18 – 19, 2024, at The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St., Vancouver), also includes the panel discussion "Tactical Media: Small File Media in Stages of Siege and Infrastructural Precarity" on Monday, October 21 at 11:00 (AM) at Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society (300 – 1131 Howe St., Vancouver), featuring Mehvish Rather, Francesca DiBona, Nasri Sayegh, Yuri Yefanov, and Mohammad Zaki Rezwan, and moderated by Dr. Radek Przedpełski. More HERE.
Music & Sound costume contest
The SCA Music & Sound Student Union is holding a Halloween costume contest for all current and past Music & Sound folks on Thursday, October 31, 2024, at 11:30 AM in room 4350 here at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver. Prizes will be awarded! More HERE.
How Would Lubitsch Do It? S5E09b
Listen to S5E09b of How Would Lubitsch Do It?, the podcast hosted by SCA alumnus Devan Scott, this time in conversation with Cahiers du Cinéma deputy editor Charlotte Garson. Listen HERE.
baptized.in.prison in PROPULSION
SCA alumnus Toni-Leah C. Yake is performing as baptized.in.prison tonight – Friday, October 18 – at 8:00 PM, as part of the second night of Vancouver New Music's Festival, PROPULSION, which runs October 17 – 19, 2024, at VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver). More HERE.
interplay_2024 lineup
interplay_2024, the festival of live online performance created by SCA alumnus Deanna Peters, has announced the artists for this year's festival, which runs December 12 – 15, 2024. More HERE.
Nieto's Butoh Workshop
SCA alumnus Salome Nieto is teaching a Butoh Workshop from October 19 – November 30, 2024, in Studio 200 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby). More HERE.
UniHeal X: The Dance of Joy
SCA student Michelle Fu is presenting UniHeal X: The Dance of Joy on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM in Room 4525 here at 149 W. Hastings ST., Vancouver). More HERE.
Wylie curates at the VPL
SCA alumnus Ben Wylie is programing art and culture events, especially sound-based events, for the Vancouver Public Library. His first event for them is the installation Caósmosis by the Mexico City-based arts group OTONO, running continuously from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM on October 18 & 25, 2024, at the VPL's Central Library. More HERE.