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Welcome, Young Joo Lee!

We're excited to announce Young Joo Lee, a multimedia artist originally from South Korea, as a new Assistant Professor in our Theatre Performance area. With work exhibited in national and international institutions and film/video festivals, Lee holds an MFA in Sculpture at Yale University (2017) and an MFA in Film at the Academy of Fine Arts St?delschule Frankfurt (2013). Most recently, she was a Visiting Lecturer in Animation and Immersive Media Art at the Department of Art, Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University. She was also a College Fellow in Media Practice at Harvard University (2018-20), a Fulbright Scholar in Film & Digital Media (2015-18), and a recipient of a DAAD artist scholarship (2010-12). Here's an artist statement from her :

My work investigates the concept of “the other” and “the otherness” found in history, mythology, mass media, as well as in my own experiences of living across three different cultures: South Korea, Germany, and the USA. I utilize animation, performance, drawing, sculpture, and digital media to make tangible experiences of these investigations. Having grown up in a divided country, South Korea, the notion of “the other” is bound to the history of the Cold War and colonialism. The experience of being “the other” living in foreign countries taught me about racial discrimination, the societal structure, and the ideology that affects perceptions of another body. The experience of being a woman and an artist made me more aware of the stories of “the other” that are often unheard and forgotten.

Based on research and first-hand experiences, my work interweaves personal experiences with the collective narrative of history, mythology, and mass media, to create fictional worlds that show, distort, and challenge the relationships between them. These magical realist worlds explore the issues of cultural colonialism, alienation, and assimilation processes resulting from immigration and discrimination based on sex, gender, and economic status. Thus, my work ultimately brings the audience closer to these issues through the sensorial and intellectual engagement of the stories.

Latta's Hidden Stories and HOME / LAND

As well as , the SCA's Erika Latta is part of , which is presenting Hidden Stories, a site-specific sound walk that blends itself into the urban landscape, on September 17 & 18 at 11:00 AM & 4:00 PM as part of European Heritage Days. More . Also, If you're in or around Portland, Oregon, HOME / LAND, a collaboration between Portland’s , Begat Theater, and WaxFactory, ends its run on September 18 at Zidell Yards on the SW Waterfront (3121 S Moody Ave.). More .

Shihab's Echolocation screening schedule

The SCA's 's film will be screening at Metropolis Cinema in Beirut on September 13, at the Camden International Film Festival on September 15, at the Aurora Picture Show theater in Houston on September 21 as part of BlackStar's Best of the Fest experimental shorts program, and at Mizna Twin Cities Arab Film Festival in Minneapolis on September 30. Find out more about Shihab and her work on her .

Eigenfeldt with Chien and at the Blarney

We love to see it! Watch a quick clip of the SCA's working with SCA alumnus on some cool interactive media for , which took place Sunday, September 11, 2022, at the Orpheum Annex. Watch it . Also, catch Eigenfeldt on  with Surrender at The Blarney Stone on Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 8:00 PM. More .

Are you Theatre Replacement's new Senior Producer?

, co-founded by SCA alumni Maiko Yamamoto (Artistic Director) and new SCA faculty member and alumni James Long (Associate Artistic Director), is seeking a Senior Producer. Full call .

Meadahl's Serpente

Listen to Serpente by SCA alumnus , who's one of the 2022 participants in the . Listen .

Eva at Place des Arts

SCA alumnus will be teaching Dress to Express: Upcycling and Sustainable Fashion and Creative Collaging on Monday and Wednesday nights in October in for three age groups (8-12 & 13-17 year-olds and 19+) at Place des Arts in Maillardville, Coquitlam. More .

Sembatya, U, and Ritter in All Over the Map

New Works' All Over the Map programming on September 24, 2022, at 3:00 PM in the Public Market Courtyard at Granville Island includes performances by SCA PhD student Edward Sembatya and Dance Theatre Uganda and SCA alumni 's Stratum, which also includes SCA alumni Jaqueline Ritter. Also performing is Her Tribal Roots. More .

rice & beans' Polyphonic Translation Residency

Don't miss the deadline to apply for 's inaugural Polyphonic Translation Residency, running May 31 to June 9, 2023. Deadline: September 19 at 11:59pm PDT! More HERE.

Dembicki's book launch

For everyone that attended our RE-Orientation Day: Contemporary Art + Climate Change event (plus everyone else concerned about climate change), the book release for our guest speaker 's , takes place Tuesday, September 20, 2022, from 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM, at Container Brewing Ltd. (1216 Franklin Street, Vancouver). More .

SCA in interplay_2022

runs online September 15 & 16, features SCA alumni and (with Brandon Schwinn), as well as Ivetta Sunyoung Kang, and Shereen Ramprashad + Derek Brueckner, presented / produced by SCA alumnus Deanna Peters. More .

New Societies tour – in photos

Click through to see a great collection of photos shared by to celebrate the 22 day long tour of they ran over July and August, which features an ace cast and crew of SCA alumni. Congrats! See them .

Lavery on Valentine-Lewis' Amongst our Contemporary Ruins

Read SCA alumnus and Peripheral Review editor on at Equinox Gallery, which was curated by SCA alumnus . Read it .

Triana in BC Culture Days

SCA alumnus , with Peter Mole (guitar) and Maria Avila (cante), will be presenting three 20 minute pop-up performances of live flamenco dance and music between 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, on Granville Island as part of BC Culture Days, presented by Flamenco Rosario. More .

Vickers' Fish in Astral Projection under Moons

Join SCA alumnus for an artist talk in support of the release of a new limited edition print, Fish in Astral Projection under Moons, on Saturday, September 24, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art (2121 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver), presented as part of BC Culture Days. More .

Angus' Any Colour and HOWL

SCA alumnus is presenting an excerpt from Any Colour, a duet with Mauro Fernandez von Waldenburg, with visuals by Lea Brugnoli, and HOWL, a work for for six dancers, on October 4, 2022, at Berlin's Eschloraque?. More .

Mochizuki's Tides & Moons: Herring Capital

Upcoming: SCA alumnus 's Tides & Moons: Herring Capital at the Nanaimo Art Gallery from October 22, 2022 – January 08, 2023, opening October 21 at 7:00 PM. More .

Stir on Concealed Cultures: Visualizing the Black Vernacular and I see; I breathe; I am!

Read Stir Vancouver on the exhibitions and , running concurrently at the Surrey Art Gallery from September 17 to December 11, 2022, both curated by , which has SCA MA student as a member. Also, Soji-George will be giving a talk and leading an artists talk and panel during the exhibitions' opening this Saturday, September 17, at 6:30 PM. More .

Goodman and Loscil at Chutzpah!

SCA alumnus is getting ready to present Echo Chamber, featuring music by SCA alumnus , on a double bill with Shay Kuebler's Ghost Scripts, Pg. 1, on November 21 & 22 at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, presented as part of the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival. More .

Kamikaze Nurse's Work + Days

Watch the video for Work + Days by , the rock group with SCA alumnus and new PhD student . Watch it .

Johnson and Ermacora in VIFF

SCA alumni J and are presenting the North American Premiere of their documentary Anyox on Friday, September 30, at 8:45 PM at the VIFF Centre's Vancity Theatre and Monday, October 3, at 9:15 PM at The Cinematheque as part of the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival, which runs September 29 – October 9. Also, Johnson and Ermacora did cinematography for Kurt Walker's , which is part of the VIFF Short Forum: Program 1. More .

McMann at the YYC Music Awards

If you're in or around Calgary, plan to check out SCA alumnus performing in support of her nomination of for Classical Recording of the Year at the YYC Music Awards on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at 6:30 PM, at the Grey Eagle Event Centre. More .

Quick trailer for Kotowich's Kisisk?ciwan

Watch a quick trailer for SCA alumnus 's Kisisk?ciwan, which is running Friday, September 30 & Saturday, October 1, 2022, at 8:00 PM at the Scotiabank Dance Centre, presented by . Watch it .

Chambers and Young's One hundred more

SCA instructor and SCA MFA student and her collaborator Laurie Young are presenting One hundred more on Thursday, October 13 + Friday, October 14, 2022, at 8:00 PM at The Dance Centre, presented as part of Global Dance Connections series. More .

叠别濒肠辞耻谤迟’蝉 A Minor Chorus – with Sound

Massy Books, 丁香园AV Public Square, 丁香园AV Library, Massy Arts Society, 丁香园AV Galleries, and Penguin Random House hosted a book release event for , which features SCA alumnus 's artwork on the cover, in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at 丁香园AV's GCA on September 16, 2022, at 6:30. Grab A Minor Chorus at your favourite small, .

Wester's Millennial

presented a work-in-progress screening of SCA alumnus 's Millennial: Memories of Who We Were on Tuesday, September 2, 2022. More .

SCA in VIFF's Catalyst Cohort

Congratulations to SCA alumni , , , and , who are all part of Vancouver International Film Festival's 2022 Catalyst Cohort. More .

Tam and Jacob play Modulus

SCA alumnus and ’s collaborative multimedia performance work, Double Happiness: Detour This Way, leads Music on Main's upcoming 2022 Modulus Festival, which runs November 3 – 8 at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, the Annex, and Left of Main's own space. More .

withintensions' Horizons

, the monthly art mag produced by SCA alumni, is calling for their next issue on the theme of Horizons. More .