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Chambers, Watt, and Hill on the long list

Triple congratulations: current SCA MFA students and and SCA alumnus are all included on the just-announced long list for the 2023 Sobey Art Award. More .

Performance Matters: Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023)

The newest issue of Performance Matters, the house journal of the 丁香园AV Institute for Performance Studies (IPS), edited by the SCA's Peter Dickinson (who's also the Director of IPS), is out now. Titled The Syllabus is the Thing: Materialities of the Performance Studies Classroom, Issue Editors and frame the issue like this:

What does a performance studies syllabus instantiate or call into being in the classroom? In this special issue, contributors respond to this question, while simultaneously seeking to reframe the performance studies syllabus. If the syllabus (from its Greek origins, meaning “title,” “slip” or “label”) is a protocol for an experiment, how might we design syllabi to serve radical spaces of knowledge-making and modes of coming-to-know? In turn, how might syllabi create new structures within which to learn, reformulating the dynamics and relationships between teacher, student, and institution? 

Read it .

Yoon interviewed by Steidl & a final soundbite

Watch an interview with the SCA's by German photo-book publisher about the book that accompanies Yoon's , which runs April 29 – August 5, 2023, at The Image Centre (33 Gould St, Toronto). Watch it . Also, here's the latest and last soundbite of Yoon shared by the (1205 Pinetree Way #1, Coquitlam) about Yoon's , which closes Sunday, April 30, 2023, presented as part of the 2023 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program. Listen .  

Pham on Slade

The SCA's 's , which is at the Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Nelson Street, Vancouver) until May 7, 2023, is reviewed by Tak Pham for Esse arts + opinions. Read it .

Props for Rodriguez & team

"Brian: I am quite excited for the projections and video design. From conception to presentation, it’s been a fascinating creative process."

Props here to the SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez, who's on Projection Design duties (working with SCA alumni June Hsu and Isabelle Romas and current SCA undergrad  and SCA MFA student ) in this Q&A with Brian Deedrick, Director of the Vancouver Opera's upcoming presentation of , which runs April 29 – May 7, 2023, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (630 Hamilton St., Vancouver). Read the full Q&A . Also, read more from Stir Vancouver .

SHIHAB'S SISTER MOTHER LOVER CHILD at DOXA

The SCA's 's Sister Mother Lover Child is screening Saturday, May 6 at 12:00 PM at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver) and Tuesday, May 9 at 3:00 PM in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at 丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) as part of the 2023 DOXA Film Festival. More .

Tacata? cleans up

Click through for images of the SCA's ? cleaning the carpet that was the stage / platform for his set of performances in at ECU's Libby Leshgold Gallery, which also included work by the SCA's and SCA alumnus . 

Priest?'s The New Daydream Imaginary

The New Daydream Imaginary: On the Ethico-Aesthetics of Spontaneous Thought?, a one-day conference organized by the SCA's , runs June 16 – 17, 2023?, in the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre? here at 丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts? (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver?). More .

Cheyenne and Sum in Femme Festival

Here's The Georgia Straight on the The Cultch's 2023 Femme Festival, which includes SCA alumni from May 3 – 6 and from May 11 – 14, both running at the Cultch's Historic Theatre (1895 Venables St., Vancouver). Read it . Watch Sum put books together for the event on . Also, read a little more about Cheyenne's Body Parts from Stir Vancouver .

Free duos at the Jazz Fest

Great FREE double bill of a duo of duos – SCA alumnus and Adrian Avenda?o and Giorgio Magnanensi () and Andromeda Monk, who was part of the 2023 SCA Ensemble in Residence – playing The Revue on Granville Island (1601 Johnston St., Vancouver) on Saturday, July 1, at 5:00 PM, presented as part of Coastal Jazz's Vancouver International Jazz Festival. More .

Thompson leading some Working Classes

SCA alumnus and PhD student is leading some Working Classes on April 24, 26 & 28, 2023, from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM at The Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver) for the Training Society of Vancouver. More .

Silverfox in Bright Futures and on Airplay

SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition Bright Futures at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art (639 Hornby St., Vancouver), which opens Tuesday, April 25, 2023, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and runs to January 14, 2024. More . Also, while art is always different (better?) in real life, not mediated (even if images are the way most of us likely see most work), Macaulay & Co. Fine Art (293 East 2nd Ave., Vancouver) posted some installation images of Silverfox's exhibition In the Air, which runs to May 27, 2023. See them . Also, listen to Silverfox on CBC Radio's Airplay, based in the Yukon, talking about her work being added to . Listen .

O’Callaghan and Paterson do Encounters – Samplings

SCA alumnus is collaborating with turntablist Cheldon Paterson () for Soundstreams' Encounters - Samplings event on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at 8:00 PM, at The Redwood Theatre (1300 Gerrard St. E., Toronto), "remixing from a joint library of their own unique sounds," which will then be shared as "a sample pack so that Soundmakers far and wide will have an opportunity to create their own mixes." More .

High Water in Berlin

Macromatter, aka SCA alumnus , working with SCA alumni and , is presenting High Water on April 28 – 30, 2023, at various times (check the link!) at Schaubude Berlin (Greifswalder Stra?e 81—84, 10405 Berlin). More .

Koochakzadeh-Yazdi in Toronto

SCA alumnus ? and Matti Pulkki, with visuals by Andrew O’Connor, are playing May 13, 2023, at 8:00 PM at Toronto's Small World Centre? (180 Shaw Street, Suite 101), presented by Link Music Lab?. More .

Dream Safely images

Click through to the SCA's 's Instagram to see some pictures of , SCA alumnus and curator of ?, leading an open critique of Dream Safely, the 2023 SCA BFA Graduating Exhibition, on Friday, April, 21, 2023. See them . Also, Bitter shared a set of installation shots, too. See them . Featuring work by Tanha Binte Azam, Ayesha Beg, Kaila Bhullar, Karry Hon, Marwah Jaffar, Huong Anh Pham, Iver Smith, and Hana Steinwand, Dream Safely runs to May 6 at 丁香园AV Galleries?’ Audain Gallery (丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver).

How Would Lubitsch Do It S2E06

S2E06 of , the podcast hosted by SCA alumnus , has guest Paul Cuff on to discuss Lubitsch’s . Listen .

Nancarrow for piano and organ

SCA alumnus and current PhD student posted an excerpt of 's Study No. 37 arranged for automated piano and organ on his Instagram. As Rahi notes, "It's always fun to hear this work up close and explore how a multi-timbral setting can change the perception of its innerworkings, where the harmonic series and its implied rhythmic relationships are fused into one." Listen .

Morelli? talks with Fortin, then Verviers

SCA alumnus ? was in conversation with Amélie Laurence Fortin on April 27, 2023, in the Main Hall at Fonderie Darling (745 rue Ottawa, Montréal) about her exhibition Yarn of a Short Night, which runs to May 14, 2023. More . Also, Morelli? will be in conversation with Anouk Verviers on Saturday, April 29, 2023, from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, about her exhibition Qu'est-ce qu'on peut construire sur un sol en mouvance, which is at Optica (5445 avenue de Gaspé, espace 106, Montreal) until June 17. More .

After School with Braithwaite and Tang

Listen to the the latest episode of , the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology produced podcast that has FCAT alumni in conversation with FCAT students, including from the SCA. This time, SCA student host Zo? Braithwaite chats with lighting and set designer . Listen HERE.

Albert talks Sh*t with Cheyenne

is the guest of the latest episode of SCA alumnus 's podcast Talking Sh*t with Tara Cheyenne! Listen .

Visit Gachet

Gallery Gachet (9 West Hastings St., Vancouver), which has SCA alumnus as its Artistic Director, has updated the texts and images for the pages for their current exhibitions, and , which both run to May 20, 2023. Click through for a look, and then make the trip.

Peripheral Review? sale!

Founded by SCA alumnus ? and Adriana Lademann and edited by Lavery, Peripheral Review? is holding a "spring cleaning" sale until Friday May 5, 2023. And if you use the coupon code SPRINGCLEAN, you get free shipping, too. Get shopping .

Gamboa in PI?A

SCA alumnus is one of the dancers in 's FakeKnot?: PI?A, which runs May 4 – 6, 2023, from 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM, with a post-show Talkback on May 5 & 6, in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre here at 丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), presented by 丁香园AV Woodward's?. More . Also, Stir Vancouver did an interview with Escamillan, which you can read .  

Bhullar's The Audiovisual Perception Test

Click through for some shared by of their work The Audiovisual Perception Test, which is in Dream Safely, the 2023 SCA BFA Graduating Exhibition, which runs to May 6, 2023, at 丁香园AV Galleries?’ Audain Gallery (丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). Also, as we reported in our last Quick News, Bhullar and Hana Steinwand are recipients of this year's CAG Prize, so this is an award winning work! Finally, if you can make it to Dream Safely, make sure to grab the collaborative zine “how 2 dream safely,” with all proceeds going to ?'s emergency mass decampment fundraiser for folks in the DTES.  

FRIDAY's GOOD LUCK: THE FILM

Watch 's "pseudo-autobiographical," psychological thriller short film , co-directed by FRIDAY and Nathan De Paz Habi, courtesy . Watch it .

Kotowich in YIRRAMBOI

SCA alumnus is presenting as part of the YIRRAMBOI Festival on May 5 & 6, 2023, at 8:00 PM at the Arts House in North Melbourne Town Hall (521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne). More .

Pancouver talks with Ybarra

Here's an interview with SCA alumnus by Pancouver, talking about Ybarra's , which is on display at Richmond's Aberdeen Skytrain Station until February 29, 2024, presented as part of the Canada Line Art Program, curated by SCA alumnus , in partnership by the Richmond Art Gallery, where Palad is a Curatorial Assistant, and the Capture Photography Festival. Read it .

Lavery?'s DOXA picks

Editor of ?, Managing Editor of ?, and SCA alumnus ? shares her "top picks" for the 2023 ?. Click through to to see her choices.  

Murao curates おやすみ

SCA alumnus is the curator of おやすみ (oyasumi), a screening of of Japanese Canadian short films, including SCA alumnus 's Amabie, which runs Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 7:00 PM at The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St., Vancouver), co-presented with the . More .

What Are Our Supports? update

SCA PhD student ? has been touring , the anthology she co-edited with Jeff O'Brien, which was co-published by ?, , ?, and ?. She reports it's currently at , the Hong Kong Art Book Fair at Tai Kwun Contemporary 大館當代美術館?, after the ?'s 2023 Conference in Mexico City. Available online and in-person from Information Office, who also designed the book, and Art Metropole, it's also stocked by (Amsterdam), (NYC), the (Montreal), ? (Toronto), (Oshawa), the ? and (Vancouver), and the Richmond Art Gallery. Don't forget to check your local university library, too!

Stir on Happy Valley

Here's Stir Vancouver on ’s production of SCA alumnus 's , which runs May 25 – June 4, 2023, at the (280 E Cordova St., Vancouver). Working behind the scenes are SCA alumni (Director), (Dramaturg), (Set/Props/Costume Designer), (Video Designer), (Lighting Designer), and and / (Sound Design). Read it .

A forged spider’s web extended

Unit 17? (2954 W. 4 Ave., Vancouver) shared some installation shots on of work by the collaborative duo (SCA alumnus and HaeAhn Kwon) from the exhibition , curated by Anne Low, which has been extended to May 14.

Order of the New Hyphae

Click through for a two-post introduction to the team behind SCA alumnus ' Order of the New Hyphae, including SCA students Avery Chapman, Blake Hobson-Dimas, Clare Noble, Tamlin Vetter, Viviane Wu, and Denise Faith Cachero, which is being presented as part of Rumble Theatre?'s , which runs May 18 – 20, 2023, at Progress Lab 1422? (1422 William St., Vancouver). Read part one , and part two .

McMann at work

Presented as the culmination of ?'s Feature Artist Program, SCA alumnus all these things collide inside of me runs May 4 – 6, 2023, at Edmonton's La Cité Francophone? (8627 Rue Marie-Anne Gaboury). More . SCA alumnus McMann also composed the music for Re:Naissance's sci-fi podcast The Apocrypha Chronicles, which is now on its second season. More . And also with Re:Naissance, Mcmann is one of the composers for The Queen of Carthage, a new collaboration with Early Music Vancouver that runs Thursday, July 27, 2023, at 8:00 PM in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre here at 丁香园AV Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), which also features SCA alumnus Marisa Gold as Choreographer and Dancer. More .

Wallgrin's Every Fall, I Fall in Love and in Victoria

Watch SCA alumnus 's video for Every Fall, I Fall in Love from Wallgrin’s sophomore album, . Watch it . Also, Wallgrin is playing Victoria Event Centre's 20th birthday party on May 5, 2023, at 8:30 PM, along with Khari Wendell McClelland and The Happy Failure. More .

Give Birth Love Tooth – tonight!

, the "multidisciplinary performance collective" of SCA alumni , Wryly Andherson, and Tadafumi Tamura are presenting Give Birth Love Tooth at the Nanaimo Art Gallery, which opens tonight, April 28, from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, and runs to June 25, 2023. More .  

U's Silent Howl

SCA alumnus is presenting Silent Howl on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at 3:30 PM at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver), presented as part of The Dance Centre's International Dance Day programming. More .

Hini and Joey Chaos and The Ghosts play Verboden

SCA student 's Hini project and SCA alumnus Joseph Malbon's are playing the Verboden Festival, which runs May 12 – 14, 2023, at the Rickshaw Theatre (254 E. Hastings St.), Green Auto Body (1822 Pandora St.), and the Vault (247 E. 1st Ave.). More .

Liquidation World calling

(a.k.a. SCA alumnus , SCA PhD student , and Maya Beaudry) shared that they're "seeking submissions of video, media art, and film *WITHOUT SOUND* for a show on May 13. Videos should be under 10 minutes, anything goes and everything submitted will be screened as long as it can be played without sound. Submit your work as a downloadable Vimeo or Youtube link, or a mp4 file to liquidationworld2000@gmail.com by May 10th to secure your spot!"