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Excited to be launching the Call for Artists for Digital Carnival 2019: FIRE for Cinevolution Media Arts Society! Digital Carnival will be part of the Richmond World Festival, with an anticipated attendance of 50,000!
Applications are being accepted online NOW until April 15, 11:59pm PST at our online form:
Digital Carnival has been making media art accessible by bringing cutting-edge projects by diverse artists into public spaces since 2012. We welcome the full range of technology engaged projects that respond to the theme of FIRE.
DC2019 is the final installment in a 4-year exploration of elemental themes co-produced and curated by Cinevolution with Guest Curator Wynne Palmer.
We are grateful to the BC Arts Council, the City of Richmond, BC, and Richmond World Festival
for their generous support!
theme: FIRE | artists: 10-12
pay rate: CARFAC rate for group exhibition per project
deadline: April 15 | selection: May
exhibition: Aug. 30 & Aug. 31, 2019
audience: Richmond World Festival 2019
attendance: 50,000+
* out of province + country proposals gladly accepted and handled on an individual basis!
Cinevolution Media Arts Society:
e: info@cinevolutionmedia.com
fb: https://www.facebook.com/cinevolution/
w: http://cinevolutionmedia.com/
Very pleased to be invited to participate and offer a photo for this year's Access Gallery auction and fundraiser, workhorse show pony! Supporting artist run galleries with progressive programming!
Preview Nov. 21 @ 6pm | On View Nov. 21 - 23 | Auction Nov. 24 @ 7pm
Access Gallery 2018 Auction, 222 E. Georgia St Vancouver, BC
Lisa Birke & Terrance Houle - "Different Ways." Richmond Art Gallery. Photo: Lisa Birke
Very proud to present the third edition of my element - themed curatorial quartet
WATER (2016), LAND (2017), AIR (2018), FIRE (2019)
for Digital Carnival with Cinevolution Media Arts Society.
Working closely once again with the Cinevolution Media Arts Society Team over this past year, along with Richmond Art Gallery and the Richmond World Festival organizers has been an amazing learning experience! With curation and production being an intregal part of my personal art practice, these exhibitions have been a joy to produce. From highlighting the universality of storytelling to pushing boundaries in public art; promoting cutting edge technology; showcasing westcoast to international media artists have allowed me to learn from so many! I continue to be amazed and grateful!
Lisa Birke & Terrance Houle - "Different Ways." Richmond Art Gallery. Photo: Sheng Ho
Artist Terrance Houle's ethereal notes from a theremin drift through the gallery as he invites his Kanai/Ojibwe ancestors to join a performance art piece called "Different Ways", while Lisa Birke simultaneously wades through a fountain with floating canoe pieces and text, referencing the power of words in light of reclamation and reconciliation. The peak of their exhausting endurance performance, paddling a canoe in circles in the Minoru Plaza pubic fountain, whimsically, yet powerfully references and reimagines first encounters and exploring contemporary relations between settlers and the Indigenous community.
Terrance Houle theremin performance. Richmond Art Gallery. Photo:Wynne Palmer
Lisa Birke performance Minoru Plaza Fountain. Photo: Sheng Ho
Lisa Birke & Terrance Houle "Different Ways." Minoru Plaza Fountain. Photo: Sheng Ho
Over 5,000+ people attended this exhibition, with three sites, with an overall attendance to the Richmond World Festival topping 50,000+ people to this free, family-friendly cultural event!
18 artists | 1 catalogue | 2 workshops | 2 evenings |
Mirjana Prpa & Philippe Pasquier & Kivanç Tatar "Respire." Minoru Field. Photo: Sheng Ho
Exhibition details, bios & statements:
Featured artist exhibition article:
Digital Carnival 2018: AIR
Featured Artist: Lisa Birke & Terrance Houle
present "Different Ways"
2018 Exhibition Artists:
Angleica Poversky, asmaa al-issa & Patrick Blenkarn, Hiba Ali, George Ho, Isabelle Hayeur, Mark Nazemi & Maryam Mobini (Intentions Lab), Mirjana Prpa & Philippe Pasquier & Kivanç Tatar, Sean Wirz & Hannah Rocchi, Tony Bowden and Josephine Massarella (posthumous)
Cecelia Point, First Nations traditional welcome
We acknowledge that this event takes place on unceded Indigenous land belonging to the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations.
Cinevolution Media Arts Society Team
Yun-Jou Chang, Project Coordinator/Co-Producer
Lynn Groppi, Artistic Director/Co-Producer
Wynne Palmer, Curator/Co-Producer
Minah Lee, Curatorial Assistant
Asia Jong, Media/Marketing
Andrew Lee, Volunteer Coordinator
Richmond World Festival Team
Bryan Tasaka, Manager Major Events & Film, City of Richmond, BC
Camyar Chaichian, Coordinator, Richmond Arts Centre
John Donnelly, President, John Donnelly & Associates
James Cowan, Vice President of Operations, JD&A
Sarah Shandl, Production Manager, JD&A
Eduardo and Marian, Technical Assistance
Richmond Art Gallery Team
Shaun Dacey, Executive Director
Nan Capogna, Curator
PJ Booker, Curatorial Assistant
Paula Hickey, Exhibition & Gallery Coordinator
Kathy Tycholis, Education & Public Programmes Coordinator
Matthew Brown, Preparatory
Gallery Attendants
Documentation + Press
Video Team: Alfonso Chin (Lead), Max Bentsianov
Still Photography: Sheng Ho (Lead), Yoko Takei Do
Other Support
Milton Lim, Equipment support
Thomas Groppi, Karen Palmer and Robert N. Brown, Volunteers
Special Thanks to our Funders & Sponsors
Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, City of Richmond, Richmond World Festival,
Richmond Art Gallery, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Hammer & Tong.
I'm very happy to announce my official appointment as Advisor to the Board of Directors for The James Black Gallery, an 1889 heritage building and home to the indepenent artist run space in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant area!
Photo: JBG
Transitioning from a former local art collective work space, The James Black Gallery came under the watchful eye of current Executive Director/Founder, Zandi Dandizette in 2014.
The James Black Gallery is dedicated to providing low cost space for emerging artists to experiment, create, and show works of art. Today the gallery boasts a solid administrative staff and board, an artist in residency program, a rotating list of collective members, a ceramics studio, workshops and over two dozen events and exhibitions per year for local to international artists. In the heart of the Main Street gallery district, programming often includes community tie ins with other artist run galleries, academic institutions and community partners.
Photo: JBG
The James Black Gallery Links:
Looking forward to curating + co-producing the next installment of a quartet of exhibitions;
WATER (2016) LAND (2017) AIR (2018) FIRE (2019) for Your Kontinent, Digital Carnival
for Cinevolution Media Arts Society! Digital Carnival will be part of the Richmond World Festival!
Digital Carnival 2018 call for submissions!
theme: AIR // artists: 10-12
pay rate: CARFAC for group exhibition
deadline: March 31 // selection: May 2018
exhibition: Aug. 31 & Sept. 1, 2018
audience: Richmond World Festival 2018
attendance: 50,000+
* out of province + country proposals gladly accepted and handled on an individual basis!
Cinevolution Media Arts Society:
e: info@cinevolutionmedia.com
fb: https://www.facebook.com/cinevolution/
w: http://cinevolutionmedia.com/
Photo: Jeremy Isao Speier
In a common work area of the MakerLabs building east of downtown on a rainy night, a group was gathered in a lively discussion. Topics ranged from data collection to identity politics, from neuroplasticity to occult cyber feminism. Welcome to 'Science Fictions for the Robot Class' at Vancouver's Open Science Network.
I was very happy to share the current state of my art practice, including recent light and sound projects. This was the first lecture where I have spoken publicly of the influence on my work over the years from having worked at a public science centre production department. Art informed from science and art-science collaborations are currently finding platforms for presentations much easier these days!
Speakers: JG Mair (Jeff Mair), Gunther Seyfried (Jugo Charmas), Miki Aurora,
Jeremy Isao Speier, Rita Wu, Polly Gibbons, Judy Jheung, Zandi Dandizette,
Yu Li, Wynne Palmer, Chris Mills.
Special Thanks: Open Science Network's Xenia Common at x-o-x-o-x.com
Cindy Mochizuki, "Compass." Photo: Ash Tanasiychuk/VANDOC
I was happy to be given the opportunity to curate and co-produce the 2nd exhibition of my themed curatorial quartet for Digital Carnival: WATER (2016), LAND (2017),AIR (2018), FIRE (2019).
Working with both Cinevolution Media Arts Society and the Richmond World Festival organizers has been an amazing journey thus far, with this year being no different, by expanding to two days and with the theme of LAND! On September 1 & 2, 2017 we launched Cinevolution's Digital Carnival 2017: LAND in the 3rd edition of the Richmond World Festival in Richmond, BC.
Two evenings at the Richmond Cultural Centre's (RCC) Theatre featured Vancouver-based Japanese/Canadian artist Cindy Mochizuki in two sold out performances of Compass. Storytelling features prominently in Cindy's use of theatre, live video, puppets and projections in retelling of her grandmother's stories of growing up in Richmond.
Minah Lee & Marcelo da Silva - "Ferment Love." Photo: Wynne Palmer
14 projects by 22 local to international media artists rounded out the rest of the programme in the RCC Media Lab, on the LED Stage and in the 5 interconnected tents on Minoru Field. Friday evening included a live audio/vj performance of eye of the storm by artists Constantine Katsiris (Scant Intone) + Ian Ross (C130) on the LED Stage. Saturday evening featured two performancs of whitepages #1 by Milton Lim.
Over 8,000+ people attended this public art exhibition, with an overall attendance to the Richmond World Festival topping 40,000+ people!
Exhibition details, biographies & statements:
Cinevolution Media Arts Society website
Featured exhibition review:
Constantine Katsiris (Scant Intone) & Ian Ross (C130) - "eye of the storm." Photo: Wynne Palmer
The scope and span of works included: Performace art and theatre; integrated media; video and film; interactive installations; video mapping; generative/software art; 3D anaglyph; hands-on interactive audio demo; live audio/vj; activist/community art and a hands-on shadow puppet theatre.
Photo: Ash Tanasiychuk/VANDOC
Digital Carnival 2017: LAND
Featured Artist: Cindy Mochizuki
presents Compass
2017 Exhibition Artists: Alanna Ho/Nathan Marsh, Constantine Katsiris/Ian Ross, Ella Cooper, Isabelle Hayeur, Katharine Yi, Laura Lee Coles/Rob Scharein, Marina Szijarto/Glen Andersen, Milton Lim, Minah Lee/Marcelo da Silva, Mind of a Snail Puppet Co., Patrick Blenkarn, Sara Gold, Sarah Shamash/Gabriela Sepulveda/Osveldo Castillo and Sonny Assu.
Cinevolution Media Arts Society Executive Team
Yun-Jou Chang, Project Coordinator/Co-Producer
Lynn Groppi, Artistic Director/Co-Producer
Wynne Palmer, Curator/Co-Producer
Richmond World Festival Executive Team
Bryan Tasaka, Manager Major Events & Film, City of Richmond, BC
Camyar Chaichian, Coordinator, Richmond Arts Centre
John Donnelly, President, John Donnelly & Associates
James Cowan, Vice President of Operations, JD&A
Sarah Shandl, Production Manager, JD&A
Cristy Houston, Media/Marketing
Adam Hori, Technical Assistance LED Wall, Briere Production Group
Dustin Fergusson-Vaux and Marian Greksa, Technical Assistance for Digital Carnival
James Dobbs, Judy Lo, Ashley Dunne, Loryn LeGear
Cindy Mochizuki's Team
James Proudfood, Lighting Design; Nancy Tam, Sound Design; Asa Mori, Technical Assistance; Cherry Wen Wen Lu, Production Assistant; Minoru Yamamoto, Set Construction
Documentation + Press
Jian Ping Su, Video Lead with Picture's Up Media; Paige Smith and Heeju Kim
Ash Tanasiychuk, VANDOCUMENT - Photography
Justin Ramsey, VANDOCUMENT - Event Review
Other Support
Chuck Lee, Assistant to artists Laura Lee Coles & Rob Scharein
Remy Siu, Equipment support
Volunteers
Andrew Lee, Volunteer Coordinator; Jamie Lam, Moko Lee, Jennifer Pham, Sandra Pham, Sourav Aggarwal, Luan Li, Tri Nguyen, Barbara Meneley, Avneet Amera Kalsi,
Haige Wu, Thomas Groppi, Ying Wang, William O, Robert N. Brown
Special Thanks to our Sponsors & Funders
BC Arts Council, City of Richmond, Richmond World Festival, Video Out,
VIVO Media Arts Centre (Special thanks Alex Muir!)