SCA | Quick News | January 29, 2021
Wylie's K BODY AND MIND
SCA alumni Conor Wylie has announced the "launch" of K BODY AND MIND, which he describes as "a sci-fi miniseries you can watch at home from March 6 – 14." Working with A Wake of Vultures, his ongoing collaboration with fellow SCA alumni Nancy Tam + Daniel O’Shea, as well as a good many other SCA folks, Wylie is the project lead, writer, director, and producer for the project. K BODY AND MIND was commissioned for Theatre Replacement's COLLIDER Residency, which is build into T/R and Company 605's PushOFF 2021: Speculative Futures (which also includes a good many other SCA folks in it, too). Read more about K BODY AND MIND HERE.
SCA students interview each other
Here are some smart, interesting interviews done between third year SCA students in this semester's CA 319W: Critical Writing in the Arts class, lead by the SCA's Claudette Lauzon. Read them HERE.
Sappier's man walks with warrior spirit
Watch the SCA's Carr Sappier's man walks with warrior spirit, a short film about Samaqani Cocahq (Natalie Sappier). Watch it HERE.
First of Friedenberg's Body Parts
SCA alumni Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg has shared the first video in the "Body Parts installation series" she's working on with Jessica Wadsworth, Amber Funk Barton, Lisa Gelley, Zahra Shahab, and others. Watch it HERE.
Graveyards and Gardens talkback
The SCA's Peter Dickinson facilitated a "talkback" with SCA alumni Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw about their new work Graveyards and Gardens last night (Thurs., Feb. 28, 2021), after the work's world premiere. Hopefully it'll make it online, too. In the meantime, catch Graveyards and Gardens tonight at 7:30 PM (PST), to finish it's run. More HERE.
Gray for Space52
Here's an interview with SCA alumni Jesse Gray with Space52 in Athens, Greece, about her Artspeak exhibition Mesomonuments, which ran October 31 – December 12, 2020. Read it HERE.
MacCaull and Porebska-Smith showing for The Dance Centre
SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull and Indigo Porebska-Smith join Maria Avila, Liat Har Lev, and Jhoely Triana for an "informal studio showing" on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at 6:00 PM (PST), presented by The Dance Centre. More HERE.
Murao at TIFF's Next Wave
SCA alumni Natalie Murao's short film No More Parties will be playing at the TIFF Next Wave Film Festival, which runs February 12–15, 2021. Congrats, Natalie! watch the trailer HERE.
Wu in discussion
Watch SCA alumni Johnny Wu in conversation with Norman Yeung and host Jasmine Chen in a Gateway Theatre Salon Series discussion. Gateway commissioned Wu's "TRANSFORMATIONS: Relearning Filial Piety," which is streaming on the National Arts Centre / Centre national des Arts website. Watch it HERE.
Film Formally meets Stillman
The SCA alumni behind the Film Formally Podcast (Devan Scott, Will Ross, and Paige Smith) speak with filmmaker Whit Stillman. Listen to it HERE.
craigslist cantata – it's back!
The do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata, featuring SCA alumni Amanda Sum and presented by The Cultch, is back for a short return run from February 5 – 7, 2021. More HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi with balloons and for the IFCA
SCA alumni Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi has real breadth: from music for jellyfish from last week's Quick News to music for smiley-faced balloons and piccolo, which she's working on with musician Mark Takeshi McGregor. Watch HERE. Also, Koochakzadeh-Yazdi is performing Sunday, January 31, 2021, at 10:30 AM, as part of the IFCA Online Series: Electronic Live Sets, presented by Iranian Female Composers Association. It's FREE! More HERE.