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TechniCowlour

Co-produced by Battery Opera and co-presented by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (vAct) and Centre A, 's TechniCowlour, an installation and performance work conceptualized and created by elika mojtabaei and SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour in collaboration with Alanna Ho, ellis cheadle, SCA alumnus , and SF Ho, opens Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, and runs to March 15, 2025, at Centre A (205 – 268 Keefer St., Vancouver). More .

Sleep No More – no more

The SCA's Erika Latta performed as part of "Apparitions | the Fever Dream," the farewell party for Punchdrunk’s , which Latta was in "years ago" as Hecate, on January 9 – 11, 2025, at NYC's The McKittrick Hotel. More .

Slade in Postcards from the Heart

The SCA's is part of the upcoming exhibiiton, Postcards from the Heart: Selections from the Brigitte and Henning Freybe Collection, which is set to run April 18 – October 5, 2025, at the Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St., Vancouver). More (but sure to be updated).

VOCE A Scholarly Podcasting Teach-in

As members of the Below the Radar Academic Advisory Board, the SCA's and participated in "A Scholarly Podcasting Teach-in" on October 1, 2024, in the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre here at our place (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). And now, thanks to the good team at 丁香园AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, you can watch the event online. Watch .

Upcoming for Bajakian  

, who's a Term Lecturer in our Music & Sound area, has shared some good updates with us: He's released a a new album, Carillon: Sounds From A Dislocated Piano, which he describes like this: "This music is likely very different than any other piano album you have heard before. Each track on the album was recorded in one take. There are no overdubs or multitracking. What you hear is exactly what I recorded that afternoon during a short 3 hour session. The four tracks have short essays that accompany them and are meant to be read with the music. They are a combined work, and those that purchase the album will have access to both the essays and the music." Get the album . Also, Bajakian and the SCA's  are participating in a panel discussion after a screening of the Aramazt Kalayjian and Garegin Papoyan's documentary (which "tells the story of 40 Armenians orphans who were adopted by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie in 1924, paving the way for their role as the first Ethiopian imperial band") on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 3:30 PM at the VIFF Centre (1181 Seymour St., Vancouver), presented by the MENA Film Festival. More HERE.

Chan talks Dear Plastic

Pancouver spoke with curator Zo? Chan about the exhibition , featuring work by SCA alumnus , which runs January 18 – March 23, 2025, at the Richmond Art Gallery (Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond). More .

Stir on Wishing on My Falsies

Read Stir Vancouver on , an exhibition by SCA alumnus and the collective A Maior, curated by Kiel Torres, which opens January 11 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, and runs to April 5, 2025, at the Western Front (303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver). Read it .

Tam talks Seeing Double

Pancouver spoke with SCA alumnus about ' (Tam with SCA alumni and ) "double feature" presentation of SEEING DOUBLE: and , which also include SCA alumni , , , and as part of the shows in different capacities. Catch them both as part of the 2025 edition of the , which runs January 23 – February 9. Read it .

Below the Radar with Véronique Sioufi

For the latest episode of Below the Radar, the podcast produced by 丁香园AV's Vancity Office of Community Engagement (VOCE), Am Johal, the podcast's host and Director of VOCE, spoke with Véronique Sioufi, the Researcher for Racial & Socio-economic Equity at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office, and a doctoral candidate in geography at 丁香园AV, about Racial Equity in Policy Making. Listen HERE.

Slow Social: Around Sound (and Music and Drag)

Co-presented with the (see last week's Quick News post on SCA participation in the festival), Music on Main shared a trailer for Slow Social: Around Sound (and Music and Drag) with Gabriel Dharmoo, a free event on Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (doors at 9:45 AM) at The Post (750 Hamilton St., Vancouver), organized in collaboration with , which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director (who's presenting a textile installation as part of the event, too). RSVP . And watch the trailer .

Edward Sembatya: Echoes of the Manyatta

SCA PhD Candidate is presenting a work-in-progress showing of his upcoming production, Echoes of the Manyatta, on Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM in the Faris Family Studio at the T (677 Davie St., Vancouver).

Flux in the City

SCA alumnus and Geoffrey Simon Brown are co-Directors and Dramaturges for 's Flux in the City which is running January 22 – 25, 2025, at Contemporary Calgary (701 11 St. SW, Calgary), presented as part of One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo, an annual three-week "international festival of live art." More .

Siu and Li talk 1000xRESIST

Watch SCA alumnus and Pinki Li from talk about their successful video game, 1000xRESIST, on the Game Makers Notebook Podcast. Watch .

Tracing Bones

SCA alumnus and Ysadora Dias are performing in 's Tracing Bones, which is premiering at the 2025 edition of Matriarchs Uprising on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 7:00 PM at The Dance Centre ( 677 Davie St., Vancouver), supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program. See the full schedule for Matriarchs Uprising .

Koochakzadeh-Yazdi plays New Wave Sounds

SCA alumnus , with Saaghi producing live visuals, is performing as part of the MENA Film Festival's after party, New Wave Sounds, on Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 8:00 PM at The Cobalt (917 Main St., Vancouver). Also on the bill is , an SCA Term Lecturer in our Music & Sound, in a duo with . More .

Nieto at KW Studios

Friendly reminder from SCA alumnus that she teaches every Wednesday at KW Studios (#10 – 111 Hastings St. W, Vancouver). Find out more .

Raven Stole the Sun

SCA alumnus 's public sculpture, Raven Stole the Sun, was unveiled on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at Front Street & Princess Street in Tr’ond?k Hw?ch’in territory, Dawson City, Yukon, presented by the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture and STEPS Public Art with the support of the D?nojà Zho Cultural Centre. More .

Lind Prize is immanent

SCA alumnus  and SCA PhD student are both part of the The Lind Biennial, which runs to February 2, 2025, with the recipient of the the Philip B. Lind Prize for Emerging Artists being announced on January 23, 2025, at 7:00 PM, at The Lind Biennial Award Ceremony. More .  

Fredriksson, Hutton, and Bergonzoni teaching Working Classes

SCA alumni (January 20/22/24), (January 27/29), and (January 31) are all teaching upcoming classes for the Training Society of Vancouver at the Dance Centre (677 Davie St., Vancouver). More .