SCA | Quick News | March 25, 2022
Skoden in the news
The 2022 Skoden Indigenous Film Festival (SIFF) was covered in The Georgia Straight! Read all about it HERE.
There are two ways to see the festival. One is to catch the Skoden Sampler on March 31, 2022, at the Prospera Credit Union Theatre at SFU's Surrey Campus (13450 102 Ave Unit 110, Surrey), and the other is to catch the complete Skoden Indigenous Film Festival run on April 1 & 2, 2022, at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). But if you're really keen, you could go to everything! Grab sliding-scale tickets for both the Skoden Sampler and / or the full Skoden Indigenous Film Festival here: Get tickets! NOTE: Please make sure to purchase a ticket for each program for the full Skoden Indigenous Film Festival on April 1 & 2 you'd like to attend. Head over to the dedicated 2022 Skoden Indigenous Film Festival page for the complete program and information about the films in the festival. It's going to be great!
Architek Percussion sell out!
Wow! Music on Main's presentation of Architek Percussion on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, featuring a "world premiere of an epic new piece" titled Stircrazer I by the SCA's Sabrina Schroeder (who's also Music on Main's Composer in Residence), is SOLD OUT! Let's hope some video from the event gets shared for folks who missed a ticket. More HERE.
Daniel talks Fitting (Out-Fitting) In
The SCA's Dr. Henry Daniel is giving a talk, Fitting (Out-Fitting) In, for the Centre for Culture, Identity and Education at UBC, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, drawing from his essay with the same title from the book Nuances of Blackness in the Canadian Academy: Teaching, Learning, and Researching While Black (University of Toronto Press, 2022), edited by Awad Ibrahim, Tamari Kitossa, Malinda S. Smith, and Handel Kashope Wright. RSVP HERE.
Latta and Talijančić's TRACES
The SCA's Erika Latta and her collaborator Ivan Talijančić's company WaxFactory presented a preview of TRACES, their "newest immersive, site-specific work in the making," developed in collaboration with Rachel Jendrzejewski. Find out more about TRACES HERE.
Dickinson's At the Speed of Light
The SCA's Peter Dickinson's new audio play At the Speed of Light, presented by Pi Theatre, is "on the air." Head over to Pi Theatre's website to grab some PWYC tickets and start listening!
Gotfrit plays Chanting & Chocolate
The SCA's Martin Gotfrit is part of the band for Chanting & Chocolate on Sunday, March 27, 2022, from 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM at the Or Shalom Synagogue. More HERE.
Lavery at the Art Shed
SCA alumnus Lauren Lavery has new work up at The Sointula Art Shed. Check some images out on their Instagram.
Saugstad & Friends in Open Stage #2
SCA alumnus Anya Saugstad is presenting "a filmed excerpt of Paper Mountains (of Memory)" on Sunday, April 3, 2022, as part of Open Stage #2 at The Dance Centre, featuring performances by SCA alumni Eowynn Enquist and Shion Skye Carter, plus Daria Mikhaylyuk, Nasiv Sall, and Sabine Raskin, with music by SCA alumnus Stefan Nazarevich. More HERE.
Nieto's Impermanent Flower
Upcoming! SCA MFA student Salome Nieto is presenting her work Impermanent Flower from May 27 – 28, 2022, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, presented by New Works. More HERE.
Mitsuhashi helps Mardon's port of everywhere
Check out SCA alumnus Erika Mitsuhashi's long-time collaborator Alexa Solveig Mardon's online project, port of everywhere, for which Mitsuhashi contributed "Spatial considerations/light and projection." More HERE.
B. Marks on Westerkamp's Breaking News
Listen to School of Interactive Arts + Technology alumnus Brady Marks in conversation with Hildegard Westerkamp, a key member of Simon Fraser University's influential World Soundscape Project, about Westerkamp's latest recording Breaking News. Listen HERE.
Laiwan moderates and screened
SCA alumnus Laiwan moderates Erasures: Cultural Activism and Periodicals, a virtual panel discussion with her former collaborators Frederick Thomas Edwards, John Kozachenko, and Joyce Jenje Makwenda on March 31, 2022, at 12:00 PM, co-presented by the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and the Western Front. RSVP HERE. Also, Laiwan's film Traces and Intervals was presented by The Cinematheque on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in support of the exhibition Laiwan: Traces, Erasures, Resists at the Belkin, running until April 10, 2022.
Hou's Second Spring in The Label Makers
Multifaceted SCA alumnus Julian Yi-Zhong Hou's online label Second Spring is the focus of DOMINIONATED's latest installment of The Label Makers. Read it HERE.
Andreyev and Overstall's EPIC_Tom ++
The SCA's Stefan Smulovitz and SCA PhD student Simon Overstall are part of the ace group of players (also including Julie Andreyev, Adrian Avendaño, Marina Hasselberg, Giorgio Magnanensi, and Anju Singh) performing Andreyev and Overstall's EPIC_Tom ++, which "features three works of live musical improvisation and generative media from Julie Andreyev and Simon Overstall’s multispecies projects with dogs, crows, and forest communities." Co-presented by Vancouver New Music and Emily Carr University of Art + Design, EPIC_Tom ++ runs on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 7:30 PM at ECU's Integrated Motion Studio (520 E 1st Avenue, enter from Carolina Street). More HERE.
Wei's Kamikaze Nurse get signed
SCA alumnus Casey Wei's rock group Kamikaze Nurse has signed to local indie stalwarts Mint Records for their new album Stimuloso. Click through to read about it on Exclaim! and to watch the video for the track Boom Josie. Read it HERE.
Silverfox does the RRR
SCA alumnus Krystle Silverfox is a participating artist in Arts Assembly's Remote Research Residency. Congratulations, Krystle! More HERE.
Sound, Yassine, Liu, Obuwoma, and Walker talk Response: Soft Action
Watch SCA alumni Michelle Sound, Ghinwa Yassine, and Xinyue Liu, and current SCA film student Ogheneofegor Obuwoma, as well as incoming SCA MFA candidate Taryn Walker (as host) in a series of conversational videos following up their participation in the exhibition Response: Soft Action that ran at The Polygon Gallery from January 26 – February 6, 2022. Head over to the Polygon's Vimeo account to watch all the videos HERE.
Hekademia on CBC Gem
SCA alumnus Gloria Mercer's film Hekademia is heading to CBC Gem, starting Thursday, March 24, 2022. Look for it there in the "Canadian Reflections" selection. You can also tune in at 11:30 PM (ET/PT) on CBC TV! Watch it HERE.
Davachi, Maier, and Rahi
Check out this upcoming concert of "solo performances on Vancouver’s largest pipe organ," with Sarah Davachi and SCA alumni George Rahi and Stefan Maier, who's also an instructor in our Music & Sound area. Presented by Vancouver New Music, the concert takes place Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 8:00 PM at the Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Avenue). More HERE.
Viitanen works Migration
Go check out the SCA's Paula Viitanen always excellent creative work as the Set Designer and Technical Director for Fight With a Stick theatre's presentation of Migration, produced in collaboration with artist Ihaya Tomoyo. Migration runs March 24 – April 2, 2022, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave, Vancouver). More HERE.
FRIDAY plays The Baby G
SCA alumnus DEBBY FRIDAY is playing Toronto's The Baby G (1608 Dundas Street West) with Chippy Nonstop and Kat Duma on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 8:00 PM (EDT), presented as part of Box Week Special. Tickets HERE.
McDonald's Jamaican Dance Progression
Attention SFU dancers! Guest instructor and artist Webster McDonald will be teaching CA 329 in Jamaican Dance Progression during the upcoming Intersession (May/June). If you are interested in this course and do not have the pre-requisite, please email Professor Henry Daniel for more info.
Kotowich's Nimîhtowin Askîhk
SCA alumnus Jeanette Kotowich recognizes the Spring Equinox by sharing Nimîhtowin Askîhk, a collaborative film with Chloe Ziner, Jessica Gabriel, Roxanne Nesbitt, and Kathleen Nisbet, presented on the National Arts Centre's website. Watch it HERE.
interplay_2022 – call for works!
Call for works for interplay_2022, which has SCA alumni Deanna Peters and Sammy Chien as co-curators, along with khattieQ and Roxanne Nesbitt. More HERE.
Wallgrin in Germany
Wallgrin (SCA alumnus Tegan Wahlgren) is heading to Germany for a tour. More HERE.
Vickers' Ancestor Gesture: Diviners
Great photo documentation (including performance images) from SCA alumnus Charlene Vickers' exhibition Ancestor Gesture: Diviners, which ran at the NADA project space in NYC from March 11 – April 24, 2022, presented by Macaulay & Co. Fine Art. See it HERE.
Christie in Ghost Stations
SCA alumnus Amanda Dawn Christie is presenting her 2016 film Spectres of Shortwave / Ombres des ondes courtes and a selection of photographs as part of the exhibition Ghost Stations: Amanda Dawn Christie, Thaddeus Holownia and Radio Canada International, running March 25 – April 7, 2022, at Ottawa's 50 Sussex, Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration and the new home of Royal Canadian Geographical Society. More HERE.
St. Albert Smith plays Sankofa
The SCA's Albert St. Albert Smith will be performing at the closing event for the Museum of Anthropology's exhibition Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots, which runs until March 27, 2022. More HERE.
withintensions' call for Fable
withintensions, the monthly art mag by SCA alumni, is calling for submissions on the theme of Fable for their next issue. Deadline is March 28, 2022. More HERE.
Medd's Dreaming Climate Consciousness
SCA alumnus Evan Medd is running Dreaming Climate Consciousness, an online workshop that aims to foster "creative collaboration to make narratives that exist in dialogue with the unfolding realities of climate change." The workshop runs on Saturdays from April 2 – May 7, 2022, from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM (MST). More HERE.
Postalian does the Critical Response Process
SCA alumnus Brian Postalian just finished a four-day Baltimore visit as part of the Critical Response Process certification with Liz Lerman and John Borstel, where he's with nine other artists in the program's 2022 cohort. More HERE.
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi remixes and plays
Check out SCA alumnus Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi's remix of Standing Wave's Enlaced on their new, free 4 track EP, 20C Re-Remixed, available now via Bandcamp. Also, listen to new work by Koochakzadeh-Yazdi in this concert video from Purchase College, SUNY, also featuring work by Sarah Hennies, Sarah Belle Reid, Matt Sargent, and Samuel Carl Adams. Watch HERE.
O'Callaghan's « in an archipelago » – in an app!
Listen to / interact with SCA alumnus James O'Callaghan's work « in an archipelago » on Standing Wave's new app. Download it for iSO and Android from Standing Wave's website.
Chien and MacCaull do visuals, Carter's THE KILN PROJECT screens
SCA alumni Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull produced the visuals for Garden City Electronic Music Society and the Active / Passive Performance Society's presentation of Alanna Ho & Mustafa Rafiq on Saturday, March 18, 2022, at the South Hall on Galiano Island. Also on the bill was a screening of THE KILN PROJECT, a dance film by SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter and filmmaker Brenda Kent Colina, with music by Prince Shima, which was produced as part of the Dance West Network’s PIVOT: Digital Collaborations, presented by Active / Passive and supported by the LEÑA Artist Research & Residency Centre. More HERE.
Congratulations, Ermacora and Johnson!
Congratulations to SCA alumni Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson for the world premiere of their film ANYOX at the Cinéma du réel's Festival international du film documentaire. More HERE.
Calderon's Embodied Character Making
Davey Samuel Calderon, SCA alumnus and Playwrights Theatre Centre's Dramaturg, Creative Engagement, is running an online workshop on Friday April 22, 2022, on Embodied Character Making. More HERE.
Upcoming: Sapphire Haze
For your events calendar: Sapphire Haze, aka SCA alumni Cindy Kao and Aysha Dulong, at the Fox Cabaret on April 12, 2022, as part of Music on Main's Emerge on Main programming. More HERE.
Çolak workshops
The SCA's Music & Sound area's Creative Sound Seminar hosted a three day Mixing and Mastering Workshop with composer, producer, and audio engineer Murat Çolak. Find out about Çolak and his work on his website.