SCA | Quick News | January 7, 2022
New Societies Online – tonight & tomorrow!
Presented by Rumble Theatre on January 7 & 8, 2022, Re:Current Theatre's New Societies Online is packed full of SCA alumni. Grab tickets HERE.
Shihab's Echolocation
The SCA's Nadia Shihab presented the world premiere of her experimental short film Echolocation at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, which ran November 26 – December 5, 2021. More HERE.
Kitsos' new site
The SCA’s Rob Kitsos has a new website, courtesy SCA alumnus Deanna Peters. Check it out HERE.
Dai's 菠蘿麵包Pineapple Bun
Upcoming as part of the 2022 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: SCA alumnus Howard Dai's DBLSPK: 菠蘿麵包Pineapple Bun, co-produced by rice & beans theatre. More HERE.
withintensions' Performance
Download the latest issue of withintensions, the monthly art mag from SCA alumni, on the theme of Performance HERE.
PushOFF 2022: The Collider Effect
Upcoming! Theatre Replacement and Company 605's PushOFF 2022: The Collider Effect features great SCA representation: K Body and Mind by Conor Wylie / A Wake of Vultures (Nancy Tam, Daniel O'Shea, and Wylie), Mid-Light by Mahaila Patterson-O'Brien, and Amanda Sum's "in development" presentation of New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert. More HERE.
Submit to the 2022 FCAT UGC!
Attention SCA folks! Online project submissions for the 2022 FCAT Undergraduate Conference are now open! Submit your research papers, displays, performances, short films, design demonstrations, or other creative installations and be part of this dynamic, interdisciplinary event. Please note you can submit any project from any of your years at SFU. Submit by January 19, 2022. For more information, visit HERE.
Nass directs I Cannot Lie to the Stars That Made Me
SCA alumnus Fay Nass directed the frank theatre company's presentation of Catherine Hernandez's "musical audio play" I Cannot Lie to the Stars That Made Me, which is available to stream for free on the frank theatre company's website until January 16, 2022. Listen HERE.
Cheyenne wants your clothes
SCA alumnus Tara Cheyenne wants your unwanted clothing to use in her upcoming production of Body Parts, which is "an interdisciplinary project exploring and challenging how we feel about, how we process, and how we live in our bodies." More HERE.
An Undeveloped Sound
Co-presented by our friends and colleagues in SFU Woodward's, Electric Company Theatre's An Undeveloped Sound (working title) features SCA alumnus Scott Morgan (Loscil) as the composer, SCA alumnus Sophie Tang as the lighting designer, and Paula Viitanen, who's both an SCA alumnus and the SCA's Technician, as head of wardrobe. More HERE.
Chien in Touch Light
Watch Touch Light, a new mini documentary about busy SCA alumnus Sammy Chien. Watch it HERE.
Marchenski in John
SCA alumnus Billy Marchenski and Company 605's Josh Martin are performing Helen Walkley’s John, which addresses the 1969 disappearance of Walkley’s older brother John, presented at the Firehall Arts Centre from January 12 to 15, 2022. More HERE.
Do You Mind if I Sit Here?
Upcoming as part of the 2022 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival: Do You Mind if I Sit Here? by Theatre Replacement, an ongoing collaboration between SCA alumni James Long and Maiko Yamamoto. More HERE.
Sum's Cops
New year, new single – Cops from SCA alumnus Amanda Sum! Check back HERE on January 14, 2022.
Valentine-Lewis on Legaré
Read SCA alumnus Andrea Valentine-Lewis on Ginette Legaré for Montréal's Art Mûr gallery. Read it HERE.
rice & beans' 2021
Read the eventful 2021 year in review by rice & beans theatre, which was founded in 2010 by SCA alumni Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan. Read it HERE.
O’Brian heads to the Belkin
Congratulations to former SFU Galleries Director/Curator Melanie O’Brian, who's the new Associate Director/Curator at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. More HERE.
Khakpour needs actors
SCA alumnus Aryo Khakpour is looking for actors for a short film. More HERE.
Johal talks podcasting and climate change
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement's Am Johal talks podcasting and climate change, recorded as part of DOXA Documentary Film Festival's 2021 Vancouver Podcast Festival. Listen HERE.
Sapphire Haze's new site
Sapphire Haze, the composer-performer duo of SCA alumni Cindy Kao (violin) and Aysha Dulong (electronics), have a new website. Check it out HERE.
Sound at daphne
SCA alumnus Michelle Sound's exhibition NDN Aunties at the Centre d'art daphne in so-called Montréal runs January 8 – February 26, 2022. Follow her on Instagram to see images from the show – and more.
Basanta's tech generates poems
Read some timely / untimely "machine-generated poems" by the clever tech in SCA alumnus' Adam Basanta's exhibition Possible Futures, which has reopened to the public at Maison des arts de Laval, and closing February 6, 2022. Read them HERE.
Friday talks gear
Read SCA alumnus Debby Friday going through the production choices for her track FOCUS with MusicTech. Read it HERE.
Grey and Grahauer get public
Congratulations to SCA alumni Jesse Gray and Curtis Grahauer, who have been selected to to present work in the City of Nanaimo's "revamped temporary public art program." More HERE.
Smulovitz on Dante and migraines
Here's the SCA's Stefan Smulovitz's contribution to Vancouver New Music's two day online event, Music and Sound in Dante’s Divine Comedy, which ran December 9 & 10, 2021 on the VNM's YouTube channel. In Smulovitz's case, he also used this as an opportunity to challenge his chronic migraines. Listen HERE.
Peters' When I look at the camera, I'm [still] looking at you
Upcoming from SCA alumnus Deanna Peters: When I look at the camera, I'm [still] looking at you, which runs online on Sunday, January 30, 2022, at 4:00 PM. More HERE.