SCA | Quick News | October 29, 2021
PPE Waves: A New Normal? – the trailer and more
Watch the trailer, produced by the SCA's Joseph Malbon, for PPE Waves: A New Normal?, the Fall SCA Repertory Dance performance running November 17 – 20, 2021, at 8:00 PM in the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, featuring work by guest choreographer Amber Funk Barton, SCA students, and SCA faculty choreographer Dr. Henry Daniel, with guest dancers Diane Sowter and Zaarah Ibarra Lopez, music by SCA MFA student Charlie Cooper, and sets by Alan Storey. Watch it HERE. Daniel will also be presenting an excerpt from PPE Waves: A New Normal? as part of A New Normal: Digital Media Arts Symposium on November 6, 2021, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 at the Surrey Art Gallery (13750 88 Ave) and live on their YouTube channel. More HERE. And Daniel will also be presenting a "keynote" work, performed by SCA alumni dancers Amanda Damaren and Seana Williams, and with music by Emily Wood, at the 17th Annual NeuroMusic vConference, streaming from the LIVELab at McMaster University on November 20, 2021, at 6:30 PM (EST). More HERE.
Marks on the bad feedback loop
Read the SCA's Laura Marks on her blog about the "feedback loop of infrastructure expansion —> more consumer demand—> more infrastructure expansion." Read it HERE.
Nazarevich and Chien support whip
SCA alumni Stefan Nazarevich is the sound designer and Sammy Chien is the media designer for Ralph Escamillan and FakeKnot's premiere of whip at the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), running November 3 - 6, 2021. More HERE.
Cheung talks at arm's length
Watch SCA alumni Joni Cheung and her collaborators Sanaa Humayun and Jasmine Piper talk about their at arm's length project, presented by the John & Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery. Watch it HERE.
Daniel and Chambers respond to ballroom
In case you missed it, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement posted the video archive of Michael Roberson's talk "Between Two Pandemics, Ballroom Has Something to Say," which included a discussion with the SCA's Henry Daniel, SCA Sessional Instructor Justine A. Chambers, Travis Salway, and Ralph Escamillan, with moderation by Am Johal. Watch it HERE.
Abu Hamdan in video
Watch a video interview with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, who's the 2021 Fall Audain Visual Artist in Residence, produced by the SCA's Joseph Malbon. Abu Hamdan's exhibition For the Otherwise Unaccounted runs until December 4, 2021, at the Audain Gallery. Watch it HERE.
icaza-largaespada in I SPY…
Check out SCA alumni andi icaza-largaespada's contribution to the Unit/Pitt Society for Art & Critical Awareness' online photography exhibition, I SPY…, which runs October 25 – February 28, 2022. Check it out HERE.
Chien talks Digital Creation Hacks and celebrates Taiwan
SCA alumni Sammy Chien gave an online artist talk, "Digital Creation Hacks: techniques for elevating your digital art," for Lucky Penny Opera's 48 Hour Opera Project, on Friday, October 29, 2021. Follow Chien on Instagram to keep up with his bus schedule! Also, watch excerpts from Chien, SCA alumni Caroline MacCaull and the Chimerik 似不像 crew performing at the Celebration of the 110th National Day of Taiwan at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Watch HERE.
Chambers, Gerecke, and Vaughan talk embodied knowledge
Current SCA Sessional Instructor Justine A. Chambers and Alana Gerecke will be in conversation with architect Annabel Vaughan about "embodied knowledge and everyday gestures choreographed by the urban environment" on November 9, 2021, at 5:30 PM here at the GCA (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) in the World Art Centre, presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. RSVP HERE.
Made in Canada live
rice & beans theatre (founded in 2010 by SCA alumni Pedro Chamale and Derek Chan) brings Made in Canada: an agricultural song cycle to Oppenheimer Park (488 Powell) on on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, as part of the Heart of the City Festival. More HERE. Made in Canada: an agricultural song cycle playing on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at 7:30 PM at the Presentation House Theatre (333 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver), presented as part of the inaugural S.T.A.N.D. Festival – For Immigrant & Refugee Artists. More HERE.
Clare on creativity and the arts during COVID-19
Check out the research findings of Carolyne Clare, who was a post-doctoral fellow supervised by the SCA's Peter Dickinson, completed in partnership with BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, and Global Public Affairs examining "creativity and the arts during the COVID-19 pandemic." Read it HERE.
Sum in Alice in Wonderland
SCA alumni Amanda Sum is part of Theatre Replacement's East Van Panto: Alice in Wonderland, which runs in-person and online from November 24 – January 2, 2021, at The Cultch's York Theatre. More HERE.
Sapphire Haze takeover
SCA alumni Cindy Kao and Aysha Dulong, who perform as the duo Sapphire Haze, are doing a "takeover" of Music on Main's Instagram on October 28 & 29, 2021. Head over to see what they're up to!
Tjahyana calls for Centre A's Holiday Art Market
SCA alumni Rachelle Tjahyana, who's the Communications Officer at Centre A, asked us to share their "Call for Submission for Centre A's Holiday Art Market." More HERE.
Carter in Made In Voyage
SCA alumni Shion Skye Carter is performing as part of Made In Voyage – Dance In Vancouver on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at 5:00 PM, presented by Dumb Instrument Dance. More HERE.
SCA do BQFKN!
Join SCA alumni Davey Samuel Calderon, Anthony Kit Lee, June Hsu, and Andie Lloyd, and Chris Lam for Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night! Online on Monday, November 1, 2021, at 7:30 PM (PDT). More HERE.
Aoki-Bolcsfoldi and Kotowich's Small Stage videos
Watch a video from SCA alumni Jen Aoki-Bolcsfoldi's Small Stage Spring 2021 Creative Residency HERE. Check out other videos from other residency participants, including SCA alumni Jeanette Kotowich, HERE.
Priest's Earworm and Event listed
The SCA's Eldritch Priest's next book, Earworm and Event: Music, Daydreams, and Other Imaginary Refrains, is listed on Duke University Press' site, to be released March 2022. More HERE.
Pauly's Sky Destroys Dog
The SCA's Mauricio Pauly is releasing Sky Destroys Dog, performed by collaborator Daniel Brew, on November 1, 2021. Follow Pauly on Bandcamp for more.
Creamer on Below the Radar
SCA alumni Andrea Creamer, also a former staff member of SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, is the guest on the latest Below the Radar. Listen HERE.
Work for Vines
Vines Art Festival, created by SCA alumni and festival director Heather Lamoureux in 2015, are hiring a Marketing Manager (contract position with the possibility of renewal for 15-20 hours per week, starting January 17). Applications are due November 26, 2021. More HERE.
Light and Shadow on video
Watch the archive video of Light and Shadow, the first of two showings by the CA 470 Design-Led Creation class, lead by the SCA's Wladimiro A. Woyno R. Watch it HERE.
Kong talks for Reed
The SCA's Yani Kong will be giving a talk via Zoom on Friday, November 19, 2021, at 4:00 PM, as part of Reed College's Fall Art History Speaker Series. More HERE.
Rahi's azenha
SCA alumni George Rahi's work azenha will be performed as part of a free concert by organist Angelique Po on Friday, October 29, 2021, at 7:30 PM on Vancouver Pro Musica's YouTube Channel. More HERE.