SCA | Quick News | April 16, 2021
SCA wins the FCAT Heat
Big ups to SCA MFA student Giselle Liu, who is the First Prize Winner in the "FCAT Heat" of SFU's 3 Minute Thesis challenge. Watch it HERE. We'd also like to congratulate SCA alumni and current SIAT PhD student Cale Plut for his close second pitch. Watch it HERE. Both Liu and Plut have advanced to the final, which goes down April 15 from 2:30 – 4:30 PM (PDT). RSVP HERE.
Bitter + Weber's new book
The SCA's Sabine Bitter and longtime collaborator Helmut Weber's book Bildungsmoderne / Educational Modernism was recently published by Edition Camera Austria in cooperation with adocs verlag + produktion. More HERE.
Aldazosa behind the scenes
SCA alumni (and our resident technician!) Paula Viitanen Aldazosa and her partner Juan Carlos Aldazosa Bazúa worked as Set Construction Coordinators & Builders on Josh Martin's (Artistic Co-Director of Company 605) Brimming, which is streaming April 29 & 30 at 7:00 PM and May 1 at 4:00 PM (PDT), as part of the 2021 Vancouver International Dance Festival. More HERE.
SCA @ Studio Salon Series
Read about SCA alumni Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull collaboration We Were One 0.1, which is having a work-in-progress showing as part of Co.ERASGA's Studio Salon Series on April 18, 2021, at 5:00 PM (PST). Read more HERE. SCA alumni Jeanette Kotowich is also presenting a work-in-progress as part of the same event, too. RSVP HERE. Also, SCA MFA student Tin Gamboa is presenting as part of the Studio Salon Series on Saturday, April 17, at 5:00 PM (PST). RSVP HERE.
New Spence
Congratulations to SCA alumni Alexandra Spence, whose new album A Necessary Softness is out today on the excellent Room40. Watch a video she made for the album HERE and head to her Bandcamp page for the music.
Yamamoto talks Just Recovery?, Bourcheix-Laporte moderates
SCA alumni Maiko Yamamoto (Theatre Replacement) is part of an upcoming webinar series Just Recovery?: Labour, Organizing and the Future we Want, in a discussion specifically addressing "Building a Just Recovery for the Arts," with moderation by SCA alumni Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte, and organized by the good folks in Labour Studies at SFU. More HERE.
Carter and Gold in Spells for Chinatown
SCA alumni dancers Shion Skye Carter and Marisa Gold are part of dumb instrument Dance's Spells for Chinatown, presented in celebration of Asian Heritage Month at Dr. Sun Yet Sen Classical Chinese Gardens in partnership with the Barking Sphinx Performance Society and the Powell Street Festival. More HERE.
蝦仔 Little Shrimp press
Nice press bump for the Carousel Theatre for Young People's 蝦仔 Little Shrimp AudioPLAY, which was created and performed by SCA alumni Derek Chan, Howard Dai, Nancy Tam, and Natalie T.Y. Gan, and Robyn Jacob. Read it HERE.
Morelli @ FOFA
SCA alumni Didier Morelli and collaborator Arièle Dionne Krosnick are part of Montreal's FOFA Gallery's 𝑰𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 newsletter project. More HERE.
Marks in Post45
Read the SCA's Laura Marks and collaborator Radek Przedpełski essay Bandwidth Imperialism and Small-File Media, presented on the online journal Post45's issue on New Filmic Geographies. Read it HERE.
Long and Youssef on the CBC
Catch SCA alumni James Long (Theatre Replacement) and collaborator Marcus Youssef's Winners and Losers on the CBC podcast PlayMe. Listen HERE.
SCA @ rEvolver
Lots of great SCA representation in Upintheair Theatre's 2021 rEvolver Festival, including SCA alumni Minah Lee, June Fukumura, Daniela Atiencia, Davey Calderon, Kayleigh Sandormirsky, Nita Bowerman, Howard Dai, David Mesiha, Brian Postalian, and Jaewoo Kang. Check out the festival lineup HERE.
Mercer shows at R2R
SCA alumni Gloria Mercer's Hekademia is screening as part of the Reel 2 Real Film Festival, which runs April 14 – 23, 2021. More HERE.
Kong on Trauma Clown
Read the SCA's Yani Kong in Galleries West on Vivek Shraya's Trauma Clown at the SUM Gallery. Read it HERE.
Kang and Hubert for VIVO
SCA alumni Jae Woo Kang and Steve Hubert have work in the upcoming screening, Video Out Presents: Inter- Multi- Trans-, on April 22, 2021, at 8:00 PM, presented by VIVO Media Arts Centre. More HERE.
Judgeo's virtual panel
Watch the "virtual panel" with SCA alumni Vishal Judgeo, novelist Anuk Arudpragasam, poet Dr. Dhiren Borisa, and collaborator vqueeram, presented in support of the screening of Judgeo and vqueeram's film, Does Your House Have Lions, shown on The Museum of Contemporary Art's screen. Watch it HERE.
Ghamsari-Esfahani premiered
The Kathryn Ladano: Premieres concert (TONIGHT!) on Friday, April 16, 2021, at 5:00 PM (PDT), presented by Numus Concerts, includes a world premiere of Stratosphere, a work by SCA MFA student Kourosh Ghamsari-Esfahani. Tickets HERE.
Made in Canada E4
Listen to Episode 4 of rice & beans theatre's Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast. Listen HERE.
Peters' Orange reviewed
Read The Dance Current on Orange, SCA alumni Deanna Peters (Mutable Subject) collaboration with Less San Miguel (LessIZM), presented by the plastic orchid factory. Read it HERE.
withintensions' nature call
withintensions, the online art mag produced by SCA alumni, is calling for submissions on the theme of "nature." More HERE.
Skoden winners!
With a jury that included Jesse Anthony, Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn, and Melissa Calliou, the 2021 Skoden Indigenous Film Festival announced its Festival Winners! Find out more HERE.