SCA | Quick News | February 12, 2021
Sappier's Sakhi Pitiyahte (bright light comes forth from it)
Watch the SCA's Carr Sappier's short film Sakhi Pitiyahte (bright light comes forth from it) on CBC Gem. Also, remember to keep track of Carr and co-teacher Kathleen Mullen as they work with SFU students to realize this year's Skoden Indigenous Film Festival, which will screen online from March 26 – April 5, 2021. Watch it HERE.
Wei's Friend Poems
SCA alumni Casey Wei is a contributor, participant, and co-organizer (jointly by Wei's Agony Klub and Publication Studios Vancouver) of this launch of Friend Poems, also featuring readings by contributors Kay Higgins (Publication Studios Vancouver), Tiziana La Melia, Steffanie Ling, and Colin Osler. More HERE.
Marks in the Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures
The SCA's Laura Marks contributed "Coda: Flashes of Arab Communism" to the just-launched Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures, edited by and with contributions from Aga Skrodzka, Xiaoning Lu, and Katarzyna Marciniak. Watch the launch, featuring the editors and contributors Lindiwe Dovey and Dana Healy, HERE.
olive theory's reach close (2 home)
olive theory, the collaborative duo of SCA alumni Shion Skye Carter and Stefan Nazarevich, are presenting their work, reach close (2 home), tomorrow – February 13, 2021 – at 7:00 PM, followed by a live Q&A. Presented by the fine folks at VIVO Media Arts Centre. More HERE.
Joey Chaos and The Ghosts' Immolation
SCA MA student Joseph "Joey Chaos" Malbon and his group Joey Chaos and The Ghosts has released a new EP, Immolation. Listen to it HERE.
Sundin in Capture
SCA alumni Vilhelm Sundin will be presenting new work at the Monte Clark Gallery from April 1 – May 1, 2021, as part of the 2021 Capture Photography Festival. More HERE.
Performance Matters' Sound Acts, Part 1
Read the latest issue of Performance Matters, the house journal of the Institute for Performance Studies, which is directed by the SCA's Peter Dickinson. This issue, "Sound Acts, Part 1," is the first of two linked special issues that explore the resonances of sound in the field of performance studies, asking, "how the materiality of sound acts as a form of aesthetic and political possibility." Read it HERE.
Han in profile
"Lights, camera, action" – read a great profile of lighting designer, theatre technician, stage manager, filmmaker, and SCA alumni Jessica Han. Read it HERE.
Kong on Sanctuary and PuSh
Read the SCA's Yani Kong on Damian Gillis, Cease Wyss, and Olivier Leroux's installation Sanctuary: The Dakota Bear Ancient Forest Experience and the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, which the work is part of. Read it HERE.
Klinke teaches Live
SCA alumni Alexandre Klinke is teaching an Ableton Live workshop for Langara. More HERE.
Cheyenne Friedenberg's Body Parts
SCA alumni Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg is presenting Body Parts on Friday, February 19, 2021, from 7:00 – 8:30 PM, presented by the Bulkley Valley Concert Association. More HERE.
SCA @ VIDF
The Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) has announced its 2021 program, which includes WANTED by the "artist run entity" CAMP, which includes SCA alumni Eowynn Enquist and Stefan Nazarevich. More HERE.
Sum at home!
Always busy SCA alumni Amanda Sum has an upcoming Solo Livestream performance on Thursday, February 25, 2021, from 7:00 – 8:15 PM (PST). More HERE.
O'Callaghan wins
Congratulations to SCA alumni James O'Callaghan for winning the Opus Composer of the Year Award, receiving $10,000 from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and the Conseil québécois de la musique (CQM). More HERE (in Français).
Slade talks
The SCA's Kathy Slade gives an interview about her work in the three-artist exhibition, Nadia Belerique, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Kathy Slade, at the Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, which runs Nov 7, 2020 – Apr 5, 2021, shared on the Mónica Reyes Gallery's page HERE.
Somera Jr. @ DanceLab 2021
SCA alumni Antonio Somera Jr. is participating in Company 605's DanceLab 2021 Online Showing + Discussion on February 16 at 4:00 PM (PST), along with Kate Franklin, Jamie Robinson, Zahra Shahab, and Jessica Wilkie, and all of them in collaboration with filmmaker Brian Johnson. More HERE.
Congratulations, Howard!
rice & beans theatre (founded by SCA alumni Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan) have announced SCA alumni Howard Dai as their Associate Artistic Producer for the rest of the 2021 season. Find out more about Howard HERE.