SCA | Quick News | November 10, 2023
HOLD ON LET GO
(which has SCA alumnus Maiko Yamamoto as Artistic Director and Yamamoto and the SCA's James Long as co-founders) and have changed the name of PushOff, their annual collaborative programing series, to HOLD ON LET GO, and also announced its two-part run 鈥� PART I: January 23 鈥� 27, 2024 and PART II: January 30 鈥� February 2, 2024 鈥� at The Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver). The full programme will be announced the week of November 13, which we'll also post. More .
Hopeful Monster on the list
, the collaborative album from Eve Egoyan and the SCA's , released by , is included in the list of Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp for October 2023. Read it .
XINEMA's One Year Cine-Celebration
The SCA's Patricia Gruben, SCA MFA students Niloufar Samadi and , SCA PhD student , and SCA alumni , , , , , and all have films in XINEMA's One Year Cine-Celebration, which runs Thursday, November 16, 2023, at 7:00 PM at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver). More .
Chambers and Kwan's Timeless Talk
The SCA's and the Libby Leshgold Gallery's Vanessa Kwan are holding the "third and final installment" of the Contemporary Art Gallery's Timelines Talk series, which "invite open reflection on the future of 'Vancouver,'" on December 7, 2023, at 7:30 PM (555 Nelson St., Vancouver). More .
Disrupting the Everyday: Women鈥檚 Experimental Video and Film
Co-convened by Gallery curators Sameena Siddiqui and , who is also an SCA PhD student, the Surrey Art Gallery鈥� have announced Disrupting the Everyday: Women鈥檚 Experimental Video and Film, the 2023 edition of their annual media arts symposium, running Saturday, November 18 from 12:00 PM 鈥� 4:30 PM, featuring Abedar Kamgari, Faraz Anoushapour, Nimisha Srivastava, Abeer Khan, the SCA's Patricia Gruben, Sharlene Bamboat, and Sunera Thobani (Vancouver). More .
DBLSPK: Hymn of the Weaver Birds
, which has SCA alumnus Pedro Chamale as Artistic Director, has announced their first DBLSPK of the season: SCA alumnus and Jocelyn Yuchia Chang's Hymn of the Weaver Birds. Wu and Chang are presenting on their "explorations in Regional Mandarin and English" on Monday, December 11, 2023, at 6:00 PM in the Alice MacKay Room at Vancouver Public Library's Main Branch (350 W. Georgia St., Vancouver), and it's FREE! More .
Bergonzoni talks Translating Movement
SCA alumnus , who is a 2023 Shadbolt Fellow with 51社区黑料Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, is presenting Translating Movement, a FREE talk "about audio described projects she has been involved with in partnership with the inclusive dance company, ," on November 16, 2023, at 6:30 PM in Room 2245 at 51社区黑料Harbour Centre (515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). RSVP and more .
On Film and Media Working for and Against the Environment
SCA alumni and , SCA PhD student , and SCA alumni and Small File Media Festival co-organizer joined UBC's Claire Cao for a conversation about Film and Media Working for and Against the Environment on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, in the Coach House at Green College (UBC, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver). More .
鈥reckage upon wreckage鈥�
Under the artistic leadership of SCA alumnus , ' 鈥reckage upon wreckage鈥�, "a durational performance installation for solo performer accompanied by an immersive soundscape," runs December 2 & 3, 2023, at 's Morrow (910 Richards St., Vancouver). More .
Educate and Act: Resources on Palestinian Refusal
ReIssue, the "interdisciplinary art writing platform" edited by SCA PhD student , has shared a collection of resources and links on Palestinian Refusal. More .
Intro to Gamelan Workshop
, the multi-disciplined group with Robyn Jacob, SCA PhD student , I Putu Swaryandana Ichi Oka, and Adrian Avenda帽o, are holding an Intro to Gamelan Workshop on Saturday, November 18, 2023, from 2:00 鈥� 3:30 PM at the Hadden Park Fieldhouse (1015 Maple St., Vancouver). More .
The Refrain: getting in sync with the world
SCA alumnus provided the "Sound composition" for Fight With a Stick Performance's The Refrain: getting in sync with the world podcast. Listen .
Rodgers + Hammerstein鈥檚 Cinderella
SCA alumnus is the co-Set and Props Designer and Lighting Designer for Gateway Theatre鈥�'s presentation of Rodgers + Hammerstein鈥檚 Cinderella, which runs December 14 鈥� 31, 2023 (6500 Gilbert Road, Richmond). More .
How Black Mothers Say I Love You reviewed
The Georgia Straight鈥� reviewed Trey Anthony鈥檚 , directed by SCA alumnus , which runs at The Cultch's Historic Theatre (1895 Venables St., Vancouver,) from November 2 鈥� 12, 2023. Read it .
Horror in Seconds at the Fox
Organized by SCA alumnus , the , dedicated to 60-seconds-or-less horror shorts from emerging BIPOC filmmakers in Canada, opens November 22 at the (2312 Manin St., Vancouver). Grab tickets .
Ross' Night Work
SCA alumnus has a text in Asia Art Archive. Read it .
Exquisite Pressure x The Biting School
What Lab鈥�'s upcoming Exquisite Pressure will be organized with (SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour and Arash Khakpour). Exquisite Pressure is "a performance residency culminating in a public showcase," which gives participants "30 hours of studio time and a paid stipend to create a 15-20 minute work-in-progress piece, to be shared at a public showing." The application deadline is November 26, 2023, at 11:59 PM. More .
Silverfox鈥� at KIAC
SCA alumnus is beginning an Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC)鈥� artist residency at the historic Macaulay House in Dawson City. More .
I Have My Mother鈥檚 Eyes: A Holocaust Memoir Across Generations
Read Pancouver鈥� on SCA alumnus 's new chamber opera, , which is premiering at Chutzpah! Festival from November 18 & 19, 2023, at 8:00 PM at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre (950 W. 41st Ave., Vancouver). Read it .
Basanta's Small Movements
SCA alumnus is presenting his "all-feedback set" Small Movements on November 14, 2023, at Bar Orwell (1595 Dundas St. W., Toronto) and November 15 at Ateliers Belleville (545 rue Legendre Ouest, Montreal). More .
Prairie Dusk live
SCA alumnus is performing Prairie Dusk on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at 7:30 PM at The Annex (823 Seymour St., Vancouver), presented by Re:Naissance as part of IndieFest. More .
Zahak, the Serpent King
The World Premiere of Zahak, the Serpent King by (SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour and Arash Khakpour) runs November 30 鈥� December 2, 2023, at 8:00 PM at The Annex (823 Seymour St., Vancouver), presented by New Works鈥�. More .
Armour on Below the Radar
SCA alumnus and "legendary BC arts impresario" guests on Below the Radar, the podcast produced by our colleagues in SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement鈥�. Listen HERE.
Maddock reviews Kidd Pivot
SCA alumnus reviewed Kidd Pivot's for The Dance Current鈥�. Read it .
Yamada and Aoki at Morrow
Collaborating with SCA alumnus collaborator , SCA alumnus 鈥� is doing a Foray residency at , and will be presenting a free informal showing on November 12, 2023, at 5:00 PM at Morrow (Suite 204 鈥� 910 Richards St., Vancouver). RSVP to communications@instrumentdance.com.
Vancouver Art Blog visits Crazybull
Click through to to read a quick text about and see images from a recent studio visit with SCA MFA student , who has contributed the painting Red Touch to the .
Low on Hill
Read SCA PhD student in Artforum on SCA alumnus 's exhibition M, which ran May 26 鈥� September 3, 2023, at the Contemporary Art Gallery. Read it .