SCA | Quick News | October 25, 2024
Rodriguez and Caprara talk Technologies in Prague
The SCA's and SCA alumnus presented at the Prague Quadrennial¡¯s symposium on Technologies in theatre, performance, and exhibition design, which ran October 16¨C18, 2024, at the Vzlet Cultural Centre. More .
TPE opens with Cantus Ensemble
Turning Point Ensemble, which has the SCA's as Artistic Director and conductor, is opening their 24-25 season with two "powerful and engaging" concerts by the Zagreb¡¯s Cantus Ensemble, led by the acclaimed conductor and composer Berislav ?ipu?, on Saturday, October 26 at 7:30 & Sunday, October 27, at 2:30 PM, at the Annex (823 Seymour St., Vancouver). More info and tickets .
Read No dick makin¡¯ me stupid
The SCA's Kay Higgins presented the paper "No dick makin¡¯ me stupid" as part of the panel discussion ¡°The Crisis of Masculinity,¡± which was part of Institute for the Humanities at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV's , running October 17 ¨C 20, 2024, and now Higgins has generously shared the paper .
LUCENT Festival
The SCA's (autoharp, lap steel guitar, electronics) is playing with Nikko Whitworth (bass) tonight ¨C Friday, October 25, 2024 ¨C at 8:00 PM at 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver) as part of the 1st Annual LUCENT Festival Indigenous and improvising artists, presented by the NOW Society. Also part of the festival, SCA PhD student (tree-a-kin instrument, software programming) is playing as part of the Branching Songs Ensemble on Saturday, October 26, at 8:00 PM. More .
Sound Journey #8
Back by popular demand! The SCA's is performing with Alcvin Ry¨±zen Ramos on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 11:00 AM ¨C 12:30 PM at High Beam Dreams (350 Glassford Rd., Gibsons, BC). Get tickets .
³¢´Ç·É¡¯²õ What Are Our Supports? at the Vancouver Writers¡¯ Festival
, co-edited by curator, writer and SCA PhD student and art historian Jeff O¡¯Brien, is 1 of 5 books shortlisted for the City of Vancouver¡¯s 2024 Book Awards, which ran on Friday, October 25, 2024, at 1:00 PM, at the at the Revue Stage on Granville Island (1601 Johnston St., Vancouver). Watch the video on all the book finalists .
A new vision for the VIDF
SCA alumnus and Victor Tran, the new Co-Directors of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), share their "new vision" of the future for the VIDF. Read it .
Hill at Art Toronto
Xenia Benivolski includes SCA alumnus 's at COOPER COLE (1134 + 1136 Dupont St., Toronto), running September 21 ¨C November 9, 2024, as one of "Five Shows to See During Art Toronto" in Frieze. Read it .
Sounds' NAG Instagram take over
SCA alumnus is taking over the on October 26 & 27, 2024, done is support of the exhibition, , featuring work by Sound and Eliot White-Hill, Kwulasultun, which runs to January 12, 2025, at the NAG (150 Commercial St.,Nanaimo).
F-O-R-M 2024
With SCA Music & Sound student on the 2024 Artistic Committee and SCA alumnus as a Performer and Assistant Choreographer for Virginia Duivenvoorden's , the Festival of Recorded Movement (F-O-R-M) runs November 8 ¨C 16, 2024, in person and on public screens at various locations (including in our lobby at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), presented by ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV. More .
"Yet we persist"
The Capilano Review, which has SCA alumnus as Art Editor, published this interesting interview with Dr. Robin Gray by Susan Blight, The Capilano Review's Associate Editor, Indigenous Places and Names, on "Place Names as a Mode of Restorative Justice for Indigenous Peoples." Read it .
All Yesterday¡¯s Parties
Vancouver New Music's 50th Anniversary event, All Yesterday¡¯s Parties, featuring SCA alumni and Sapphire Haze ( and ) and Andromeda Monk and Anju Singh, runs Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 7:30 PM at VIVO Media Arts Centre (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver). More .
Ritual-Spective¡ªRE: turning Þ’ÈÚ: Þ’šw
, the collaborative project by SCA alumnus of , with co-artistic director and SCA alumnus , and Chien's father Jackson Chien, is running November 1 from 6:00 PM ¨C 9:00 PM, November 2 from 1:00 PM ¨C 5:00 PM, and November 3 from 11:00 AM ¨C 3:00 PM, all at Chimerik ËƲ»Ïñ's Chinatown Art Space (155 ¨C 288 E. Georgia St., Vancouver), presented by the 2024 edition of the . Sammy Chien º†ÉÏÏè will be in conversation with Andrea Nann at Left of Main (211 Keefer St., Vancouver) on November 2 at 5:00 PM in support of the project. Read more in Pancouver and in The Georgia Straight.
Postalian produces
SCA alumnus was the producer for The Flin Flon Cowboy, which runs October 19 ¨C November 2, 2024, at Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson Ave., Toronto). More .
Unsettled in the Heart of the City Festival
SCA alumnus is the Mentor / Co-Director of Theatrical Production of Unsettled, which is running on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at the Carnegie Theatre (Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main St., Vancouver), presented as part of the Heart of the City Festival. More .
Meet Me at The (Polygon) Gallery
The Polygon Gallery's Meet Me at The Gallery event on November 6, 2024, at 10:00 AM features SCA PhD student talking about her work in the upcoming exhibition, which includes work by all of the Lind Prize finalists: Wei and SCA alumnus , Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie, and Parumveer Walia. The Lind Biennial opens Saturday, November 9, at 6:00 PM, and runs to February 2, 2025, at the Polygon (101 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver). More .
Five Minutes With Sum
Here's the Vancouver Guardian with "Five Minutes With" SCA alumnus . Read it .
Maddock on Yaffe's faith hole
Read SCA alumnus on Nate Yaffe¡¯s , which is being presented by the plastic orchid factory at Left of Main on October 25 & 26, 2024, in The Georgia Straight. Read it .
Dance In Vancouver
The Dance Centre's 14th biennial Dance In Vancouver series, which runs November 20 ¨C 24, 2024, at The Dance Cenre (677 Davie St., Vancouver), includes SCA alumnus 's Paper Mountains at 8:00 PM (with SCA alumni and as two of the dancers and music by SCA alumnus ) and 's Soft Currents (with and as two of the dancers) at 9:30 PM, both on on Saturday, November 23, 2024. More .
Side-Line on Graces
Read Side-Line magazine on , the new EP by SCA alumnus 's dungeon-grunge trio . Read it .
Edmeades at Art Toronto
Work by SCA alumnus is part of ' booth at Art Toronto, which runs October 24 ¨C 27, 2024. More .
Vocal Polyphony S01E03
Listen to Episode 3 of , the podcast hosted by SCA alumnus and Fernando Bustos. Listen on Spotify (in Spanish).
SFMF round up
A sample of films from the 2024 edition of the are being included in the 2024 edition of the Dublin's . More . Also, the SFMF announced this year's winners of the coveted Mini Bear award. More . And the online version of the fest continues to October 27, too. More .
Smith's manifesto
SCA alumnus has posted a series of videos articulating her personal artistic manifesto on her Instagram. Watch the first part .
June's Resurrection
Listen to SCA student 's new song Resurrection .
Slow Social Club and Listening in Relation
, which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, is presenting their first Slow Social Club and Listening in Relation: Reading & Gathering crossover event on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 1:30 PM ¨C 4:30 PM at the Roundhouse Community Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver): a Reading and Walking Group facilitated by Rafael Zen and Khalil Alomar and guest artist Julie Andreyev. RSVP .
Scene Noise on Koochakzadeh-Yazdi¡¯s Do?am / ?????
Read Scene Noise on SCA alumnus ¡¯s new album . Read it .
Mochizuki and Kai talk stories best told at twilight
SCA alumnus will be in conversation with Shizuka Kai on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, from 6:30 PM ¨C 8:30 PM at the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam), presented in support of Mochizuki's exhibition, , which runs to November 17, 2024. RSVP .
Entropic Fields of Displacement
SCA alumnus 's 8-channel video installation, Entropic Fields of Displacement, is being presented at VIVO Media Arts (2625 Kaslo St., Vancouver) by the guest curator and SCA alumnus , opening October 30 from 6:00 PM ¨C 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 ¨C 3:30 PM. More .
Knight at the Libby
Our colleagues from another institution at the are hosting as their Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence from October 1 ¨C December 7, 2024. As part of Knight's residency, she'll be giving an Artist Talk on October 30 at 6:00 PM in the Reliance Theatre at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and a Performance on November 22 at 6:00 PM in the Libby (520 E 1st Ave., Vancouver). We're also fortunate to have Knight as one of the choreographers for The Middle of Everywhere, the upcoming SCA Repertory Dancers performance, running November 21 ¨C 23, 2024, in the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre here at 149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver. We'd like to thank the team at the Libby for helping make this happen! More on the Knight's residency at the Libby .
How Would Lubitsch Do It? S5E10: the finale
Listen to the grand finale of How Would Lubitsch Do It?, the podcast hosted by SCA alumnus host , this time ¨C and for the last time ¨C with guest Tim Brayton on (1946), Lubitsch¡¯s career generallay, and podcast itself. Great work, Devan! Listen .