SCA | Quick News | November 7, 2025
We who have known tides
The SCA's Raymond Boisjoly has work in the exhibition We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection, which is at the Vancouver Art Gallery from November 6, 2025 – April 12, 2026. More HERE (but let's hope the gallery adds more info there, please!).
The Brutal Joy in Ottawa
The SCA's Justine A. Chambers is presenting The Brutal Joy (with sound by the SCA's Mauricio Pauly and lighting by James Proudfoot) from November 20 – 22, 2025, at 7:30 PM, in the Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave., Ottawa), co-presented by the National Arts Centre with ODD / Series Dance 10. More HERE.
Small Files for a Small World and Talismanic Media
The SCA's Laura U. Marks is giving a talk, "Small Files for a Small World and Talismanic Media," on Friday, November 21, 2025, at 2:00 PM in The New School's Wollman Hall (Room 500 – 65 W. 11th St., NYC), presented as part of the Speaking of Media talks series hosted by the School of Art, Media, and Technology's MA Media Studies Program at Parson's School of Design with the Tishman Environment & Design Center. More HERE.
Collaborations in Art and Abolition
The SCA's Jin-Me Yoon joins Adad Hannah for Collaborations in Art and Abolition, "a free screening, performance and discussion event by the Prison Arts and Abolition Collaborative," on November 14, 2025, from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts (149 West Hastings St., Vancouver), presented by The Circle Project. RSVP HERE.
What We Come to See and Hear in Joshua Bonnetta’s The Two Sights
The SCA's Christopher Pavsek has contributed the essay, "What We Come to See and Hear in Joshua Bonnetta’s The Two Sights," to Cinematic Ecosystems: Screen Encounters with More-than-Humans in the Era of Environmental Crisis, edited by Mary Hegedus and Jessica Mulvogue, which is out now from Vernon Press. More HERE.
Matreyek at PAM CUT
The SCA's Miwa Matreyek is presenting Infinitely Yours and This World Made Itself on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM, at PAM CUT (3530 SE Division St. Portland, OR), presented as part of PAM CUT's PLUS PLUS series. More HERE.
Fui's Camera Trap
The SCA's Chris Chong Chan Fui's Camera Trap is screened as part of Catalogs Without Order on November 6, 2025, at ARS Kunstilinnak (Pärnu mnt. 154, 11317 Tallinn, Estonia). More HERE.
Maier in the field
The SCA's Stefan Maier's "field-recording/machine listening project," Rewilding Synthetic Natures, was broadcast on German national radio on the Klangkunst program (download it HERE). He's also performing at Hotelier in Porto, Portugal, on November 26 (more HERE), and at Nariz Entupido, also in Lisbon, on November 29, and then Maier and Ragnhild May are presenting their collaborative work, Bellows, at Koncerkirken in Copenhagen as part of the 2025 Organ Sound Art Festival (more HERE).
Solum I Soil
Solum I Soil, a dance film by the SCA's Rob Kitsos and SCA alumni Meagan Woods and Beau Han Bridge that features SCA alumni dancers Kayla De Vos and Lillian Wallman, is screening as part of Festival Desassossego, which runs November 8 – 16, 2025, at PAZ (311 Rua do Duque de Saldanha, Porto, Portugal). More HERE.
A Dream Pointing to Aadchit
SCA alumnus Ghinwa Yassine's short film A Dream Pointing to Aadchit is screening in the Beirut Shorts Selection: Land, Peace, & Justice Competition as part of the 2025 Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, running November 2 – 7, at the Metropolis Cinema (Pharoun St., Beirut, Lebanon). More HERE.
Sonic Embodiment and Creation
SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman is holding a "Sonic Embodiment and Creation" workshop on December 13, 2025, from 10:00 Am – 1:00 PM, at the Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver). More HERE.
Choreographic Series November 2025
SCA alumnus Erika Mitsuhashi joins Isak Enquist and Peter Bingham presenting new work as part of EDAM Dance's Choreographic Series November 2025, running November 19 – 22, 26, 28 & 29 at 7:00 PM at EDAM (303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver), with post-show artist talk-back on November 19. SCA PhD student Elisa Ferrari is performing live sound and music for Mitsuhashi work, and SCA alumnus Jaewoo Kang is the costume consultant. More HERE.
Jessie winners!
Congratulations to all of the 2025 winners of the The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, but especially our SCA alumni, including Jonathan Kim (Outstanding Lighting Design for The Hobbit and Behind the Moon), David Mesiha (Outstanding Sound Design or Original Composition for SWIM), Keely O’Brien and Daniel O’Shea (Outstanding Design: Projection Design and Projection Illustration for Middletown), June Fukumura (Outstanding Performance for Otosan, with Shizuka Kai, Lisa Goebel, and Randi Edmundson), and Cindy Mochizuki (Outstanding Design for Otosan, with Shizuka Kai, Laura Fukumoto, Randi Edmundson, John Webber, Vanka Salim, Malcolm Dow, Monica Emme, and Stephanie Elgersma). See all of the winners and nominees (including many other SCA alumni) HERE.
Building Together II: Acoustic Reactions
SCA PhD student George Rahi is performing as part of Building Together II: Acoustic Reactions, which runs November 7 – 9, 2025, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver), presented by the busy folks at Music on Main. More HERE.
O’Callaghan interview and review
SCA alumnus James O’Callaghan was interviewed (in French) by PAN M 360 (read it HERE), and they shared a quick review of O’Callaghan's show on Halloween, too (read it HERE).
UNIT/PITT 50th Anniversary Exhibition and publication launch
UNIT/PITT 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 50: Half a Century of UNIT/PITT, which is also the launch of the publication UNIT is U (co-edited by Kira Saragih and featuring content by SCA alumnus SCA alumni Lauren Han and the SCA's Kay Higgins), is tonight (Friday, November 7, 2025), from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM at UNIT/PITT Gallery (2954 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver), featuring "live archival audio-visual interventions" by SCA alumnus Kaila Bhullar and Jefferson Alad.
Have your say in the Burnaby Arts Council’s Renewal!
Burnaby Arts Council has asked us to share this call:
Burnaby Arts Council (BAC), a non-profit community organization is reimagining how they support arts and culture in Burnaby and they want to hear from you! With support from the City of Burnaby, BAC is going through an exciting renewal to build a sustainable operating plan for the next three years. That means listening closely to what Burnaby’s creative community needs and shaping their work to serve the community better.
Add your ideas to a Community Kudoboard (HERE) – post a digital sticky note, add photos, and community projects that have inspired you! How can the Burnaby Arts Council be a resource for you? Your input will directly shape BAC’s priorities, programs, and direction.
Rahi and Gajraj at Pacific Spirit
SCA PhD student George Rahi, playing parts from his Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ, is opening for Maria Gajraj, who's debuting Invisible Rivers, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, at Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Ave, Vancouver), presented by Publik Secrets. Get tickets HERE.
Lee moderates and on the cover
SCA MFA student Lee Su-Feh is moderating a conversation with Laura Taler at The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St., Vancouver) on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM, following a screening of Taler's the village trilogy and Matryoshka Crush. More HERE. Also, Lee shared that their work Dance Machine is discussed in Pil Hansen's Performance Generating Systems in Dance: Dramaturgy, Psychology, and Performativity, published by intellect books in 2023, and they're also on the cover! More HERE.
Cheladyn at the Dance Centre
The Dance Centre is presenting Ileanna Sophia Cheladyn on December 3, 2025, as part of their series of talks, "Dance Dialogues," on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (677 Davie St., Vancouver). More HERE.
Burnt Tongues
SCA alumnus Julian Yi-Zhong Hou is participating in the exhibition Burnt Tongues, which runs November 13 – 27, 2025, at 4277 Fraser St., Vancouver. More HERE.
Ballet BC Annex dances Goodman
Ballet BC Annex at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby) on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 3:00 PM, and at the Evergreen Cultural Centre's Studio Theatre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) on November 13, 2025, at 7:30 PM, features choreography by Alexis Fletcher and SCA alumnus Vanessa Goodman. Get tickets HERE for the Shadbolt, and HERE for the Evergreen.
Vendetta's Rev Up
Watch the video for Rev Up by Vendetta (SCA alumnus Bethlehem Mulat), directed by SCA alumnus Claine 'Gorgoth' Lamb. Watch a sample on Vendetta's Instagram (HERE) and then click through for the full thing and the EP its from.
Inverso's Performance Research Project Showing
SCA alumnus Shion Skye Carter joins Josh Martin and Lesley Telford for Inverso Productions' Performance Research Project Showing on November 13, 2025, at 8:00 PM, at Left of Main (211 Keefer St, Vancouver). Get tickets HERE.
Finn at La MaMa
SCA MFA student Sarah Finn is part of Jump Start, a works-in-progress showing in the La MaMa Puppet Series, running November 13 – 16, 2025, at La MaMa (74A East 4th St., NYC). More HERE.
Blenkarn talks over, under, and 2021
Watch SCA alumnus Patrick Blenkarn talk about whats "over and under," while also promoting 2021, co-created by Blenkarn, Cole Lewis, and Sam Ferguson, which is running January 9 – 18, 2026, at Mitu580 (Unit A – 580 Sackett St., Brooklyn, NY), presented as part of the Under the Radar festival. Watch HERE.
Creating Kodama with Mochizuki
SCA alumnus Cindy Mochizuki is running a "Creating Kodama workshop" on Sunday, November 9, 2025, from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, at SFU's Gibson Art Museum (SFU Burnaby), presenting in support of Edge Effects, which includes Mochizuki work Arboreal Time. More HERE.
Does it make me naive if i’ve never been part of something where i’ve meant more to them than they did to me?
SCA alumnus Amanda Sum's short film Does it make me naive if i’ve never been part of something where i’ve meant more to them than they did to me? is screening on November 8, 2025, at 12:00 PM, at the International Village Cinemas (88 W Pender St., Vancouver), presented as part of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival's "Program #5: Be Different – Westcoast Tales." More HERE.
2 late 4 this
Watch the video for 2 late 4 this by san (SCA alumnus Stefan Nazarevich) on YouTube HERE.