Centre for Art Tapes. Newsletter: 17 February 2012.
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CFAT News:
1. Event: OUT OF THE CENTRE: MEDIA ART SCHOLARSHIP SCREENING+CATERED RECEPTION
2. Announcement: Electronics Lab Workshop Series
3. Announcement: Audio Video Workshop Series
4. Announcement: VHS, Betacam and T-shirts
Local News:
5. Call: I Have Made But One Mistake
6. JOBS: 4Cs Art Bikers
7. EVENT: Oscillations 2012: Vocal Infusion
8. EVENT: Celebrating Portia White's 100th Year
9. EVENT: MSVU Ursula Johnson
10. EVENT: AGNS Stop-Motion Animation Workshop
11. CALL: Feature Film Outlines
12. CALL: CBC Short Film Face Off
13. CALL: Roberts Street Residency
General News:
14. CALL: Everyday Heroes Film Festival
15. JOB: Director, Ministry of Casual Living
16. JOB: Mount Allison Department of Fine Arts
17. CALL: 16th Annual Reel Asian International Film Festival
18. EVENT: Pleasure Dome & AGO
19. JOB: Memorial University Art History/Visual Culture
20. ANNOUNCEMENT: Moving Image Review & Art Journal FREE
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1. OUT OF THE CENTRE: MEDIA ART SCHOLARSHIP SCREENING+CATERED RECEPTION
WHERE: Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle St, Halifax NS
WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 7PM
Tickets are available for purchase at Neptune Theatre or Online
$8 in advance $10 at the door or purchase them online:
http://www.neptunetheatre.com/default.asp?mn=1.181.199
Proceeds go to the Media Arts Scholarship Program
The Centre for Art Tapes is pleased to present Out of the Centre: CFAT Media Arts Scholarship Program Screening, an annual event in its twenty-third year. The Scholarship Program gives local artists the chance to explore for the first time an aspect of media art such as video production, audio recording, animation, or interactive technologies. The six month long program includes a series of workshops and one-on-one mentorship from an established media artist for each participant.
The artists included in the screening are Susan Feindel, Karen Hawes, Ruth Marsh, Shauntay Grant, Eric Stotts, Sarah Burwash, Ellen Murphy and Lorraine Field. All ticket proceeds go towards the next year's scholarship program. Spread the word and help keep this educational program thriving! Join Scholars after the screening for a catered reception!
The Media Arts Scholarship Program is support by the National Film Board, The Nova Scotia Film Corporation, Canada Council for the Arts and the Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage.
For more information please contact CFAT Communications Coordinator
Kristen Atkins at 902-422-6822 or cfat.communication@ns.sympatico.ca
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2. Electronics Lab Workshop Series
Electronics Lab
Workshop Series
Reading Week: February 18th – February 26th
Schedule
Tuesday, February 21st, 1pm – 5pm
Javascript Programming
Lukas Steinman
This workshop will introduce participants to Javascript, the programming language that powers the modern web. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Javascript programming and use powerful open-source libraries to make webpages dynamic, interactive, and animated. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 1pm- 5pm
Arduino
Lukas Steinman
This workshop will introduce participants to Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping and physical computing platform. It will cover the fundamentals of microcontrollers and computer programming for sensing and control applications, and participants will learn how to sense the environment with various sensors as well as control lights, motors, and other actuators. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of electronics. For more information on Arduino, visit www.arduino.cc
Thursday, February 23rd, 1pm – 5pm
Processing
Lukas Steinman
This workshop will introduce participants to Processing, an open-source programming language and environment. It will cover the fundamentals of computer programming for graphics, video, and audio applications, and participants will learn how to manipulate data in real-time to create emergent and interactive works. For more information on Processing, visit www.processing.org.
Saturday, February 25th, 1pm – 5pm
Circuit Bending
Jesse Mitchell
Circuit-bending is the creative short circuiting of consumer grade instruments and toys to create unique electronic instruments. This simple method requires little to no electronics skills and opens up a wide and strange world of sounds. In this workshop you will see a variety of circuit bent examples, learn a variety of methods, a small amount of history, important guidelines, and helpful shortcuts. We will bend an instrument together and I will assist anybody that brings their own instruments to play with.
Sunday, February 26th, 1pm – 5pm
Locative Media
Leola Leblanc
Locative Media explores the relationship between urban space and media using networked mobile devices like smartphones. It allows us to augment our surrounding spaces with audio, image or video by creating media and ‘dropping’ that media in urban environments that include private and public spaces. Students will learn about the city in new ways that connect past and present while developing skills to engage their city by creating invisible digital spaces that can be experienced and accessed sonically, visually, and by foot through the use of mobile technology that has either a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
Cost
$35 (plus applicable taxes)
Registration
To sign up, phone 422-6822 or email cfat.lab@ns.aliantzinc.ca. Seats in workshops are available on a first come first serve basis. To secure your seat in a workshop, please register by paying in full at least one week before the workshop series. A workshop may not run if there are insufficient participants. Refunds will only be given in the event of a workshop cancellation.
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3. Audio Video Workshop Series
Reading Week: February 18th – February 26th
Schedule
Monday, February 20th, 6pm – 10pm
Introduction to Lighting
Chuck Clark
This workshop will introduce participants to the subjective and objective elements of lighting and exposure - why considerations of lighting and exposure still matter even when using the latest High definition formats. It will cover various techniques and various equipment, and participants will have the opportunity to use CFAT's compliment of lighting and grip equipment.
Tuesday, February 21st, 1pm – 5pm
Personal Documentary
Rob Santaguida
This workshop will provide participants with a comprehensive knowledge of the mechanics involved in making a first-person personal documentary. Through a five-step process, participants will be helped to discover the cinematic equivalent for their ideas and for topics with which they are concerned. Participants will develop their own unique conceptual and production approach by the end of the workshop.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 1pm – 5pm
Approach to Dramatic Picture Making
Dean Brouseau
This workshop will look at the lessons to be learned by performing a script read through. Participants will gain an understanding of the practical skills and items required to effectively approach location scouting, as well as major technical and creative considerations for establishing a cohesive photographic plan in the shooting of dramatic productions.
Thursday, February 23rd, 1pm - 5pm
DSLR Video Production
Tim Tracey
This workshop will introduce participants to DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) video production. It will cover the use of the Panasonic Gh2 and the Ninja Pro Rez recorder.
Friday, February 24th, 1pm - 5pm
Stop-motion Animation
Tim Tracey
This workshop is a hands on approach to the fundamentals of stop motion animation. Explore various techniques that can be used with any still camera.
Saturday, March 3rd, 1pm - 5pm
Adobe Premier
Anne Macmillan
This workshop will introduce participants to Adobe Premier. Participants will be shown through the Premier workflow and will learn skills to be able to realize a variety of video projects.
Sunday, March 4th, 1pm - 5pm
After Effects
Sebastian Harder
This workshop will introduce participants to After Effects, the industry standard for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film and video. Whether you need a simple animated title sequence, colour correction, or an advanced composite involving hundreds of different layers and effects, After Effects can do it.
Cost
$35 (plus applicable taxes)
Registration
To sign up, phone 422-6822 or email cfat.lab@ns.aliantzinc.ca. Seats in workshops are available on a first come first serve basis. To secure your seat in a workshop, please register by paying in full at least one week before the workshop series. A workshop may not run if there are insufficient participants. Refunds will only be given in the event of a workshop cancellation.
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4. VHS, Betacam and T-shirts
Centre for Art Tapes still has lots of VHS and Betacam Tapes for free! Drop on by during operating hours to pick up as many as you would like!
Centre for Art Tapes still has some T-Shirts left for sale! We have been selling a lot of them! Limited sizes available. They cost $20 +tx. Check out the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/centrefor-arttapes/centre-for-art-tapes-t-shirts-have-arrived/302016719836108
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5. Call: I Have Made But One Mistake
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – I HAVE MADE BUT ONE MISTAEK
In 81 AD, upon his deathbed, Titus, beloved emperor of Rome, utters
his last words: "I have made but one mistake", a statement that
historians have been speculating ever since.
I HAVE MADE BUT ONE MISTAEK will be a night of video and performance
art that will take place at the Khyber Centre for the Arts on the week
of April 9th, 2012.
Applicants are encouraged to interpret the title/theme imaginatively.
I HAVE MADE BUT ONE MISTAEK will seek work that is bold and
reflective.
Video Submissions:
Maximum 7 minutes long.
Burned DVD, must be playable on DVD players.
Mail or Drop off at:
I HAVE MADE BUT ONE MISTAEK
c/o The Khyber Centre for the Arts
1588 Barrington St
Halifax, NS
B3J 1Z6
Performance Art Submissions:
Write a brief description of your performance and an estimated length.
E-mail to: lrbell9752@gmail.com
Deadline for submissions: MARCH 30th 2012
No Submission Fees
Prizes for top three videos
Prize for audience choice for best performance
Got Questions? E-mail: lrbell9752@gmail.com
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6. JOBS: 4Cs Art Bikers
The 4Cs Foundation is accepting applications for our 2012 Art Bikers
program.
· You can’t stay out of the studio or stop creating,
producing, sewing, performing;
· You have strong legs, a quick mind, playful spirit, and
abundant energy;
· You have experience working with children/youth as a
workshop facilitator or camp counselor;
· You are passionately interested in working at a grass roots
community level using the arts to build connections between people of
all ages;
· Your bicycle is your main transportation mode and you have a
high level of urban biking experience.
· Arts skills are a MUST and multi or interdisciplinary arts
skills are an asset.
Full job description at http://www.4csfoundation.com
Application by email only to info@4csfoundation.com
No phone calls or email inquiries, please. Please read the job
description carefully before applying.
• Submit your employment resume with the names and contact
information of three references. You may include a c.v.
• Please address your level of urban biking skills in your cover
letter, and include any related volunteer experience, education, and
training in arts-based community development, youth development, or
community development as it related to the position.
Deadline for applications: March 2, 2012
Please post and share this opportunity widely.
Terri Whetstone, Executive Director
4Cs Foundation
www.4csfoundation.com
Suite 104, 5663 Cornwallis Street
Halifax, NS B3K 1B6
(902)422-4805
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7. EVENT: Oscillations 2012: Vocal Infusion
A festival of electroacoustic music celebrating the human voice
Lush soundscapes
Powerful themes
Enveloping sonic experiences
Saturday and Sunday, February 18th & 19th, 2012, 8:00pm (pre-concert
talks at 7:30pm)
Gallery 2053, 2053 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tickets: $20 General / $15 Students/seniors; Festival Pass: $35 / $25
Last chance to get advance price tickets (extended to February 16th)
$18 General / $13 Students
Oscillations 2012 Festival presents two rare concerts of
electroacoustic music exploring the human voice. Discover exotically
strange sounds and rediscover those most intimately familiar, all
lovingly assembled and reinvented by contemporary composers from
Canada and abroad.
At Electroacoustic Divas (February 18th) witness vocalists Janice
Jackson and Helen Pridmore traverse striking soundscapes and tackle
issues both controversial and touching. Hear works by Derek Charke,
Richard Karpen, Martin Arnold, Emily Doolittle and WL Altman, as well
as a world première of a mini-opera by Anna Pidgorna. Tune in to CBC
Radio Thursday afternoon (around 3:55 pm) to hear an interview with
Anna and Janice discussing this new piece.
On February 19th experience a unique concert of electroacoustic music
performed on a multi-channel surround sound system. The Phantom Voice
delivers four exquisite works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hildegard
Westerkamp, Bob Bauer and Steven Naylor, all incorporating recorded
voice. Be enchanted by delicate poetry and challenged by striking
social commentary as you travel through landscapes stark and lush.
Enjoy a pre-concert talk by electroacoustic music specialist Kevin
Austin.
For more info and to buy tickets online: oscillations.ca
Our sponsors and partners: The Government of Nova Scotia, SOCAN
Foundation, Vocalypse, Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)
Anna Pidgorna
http://soundcloud.com/annapidgorna
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8. EVENT: Celebrating Portia White's 100th Year
Dalhousie University’s Department of Music presents:
Celebrating Portia White’s 100th Year – Film Screening and Musical
Performance
Monday, February 27, 2012; 7:30 pm
Room 406, Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue
Free Admission
Celebrating African-Canadian singer Portia White’s centenary, the
evening will feature a screening of Sylvia D. Hamilton's documentary,
Portia White: Think On Me, as well as performances by special musical
guests, including mezzo soprano Marcia Swanston, and singer-songwriter
and pianist Marko Simmonds. Host for the evening will be CBC radio
personality Shauntay Grant, who will engage in a post-screening
conversation with the Director. A reception will follow in the
Sculpture Court of the Dalhousie Arts Centre.
Born in Nova Scotia, singer Portia White was the first African-
Canadian woman to achieve international recognition. In her 100th
year, Portia White remains a cultural icon for Nova Scotians, with the
province’s most significant cultural award bearing her name.
This celebration is co-sponsored by Dalhousie's Department of Music,
the Humanities-HEALS program of the Division of Medicine Education in
the Faculty of Medicine, and Sylvia D. Hamilton.
Media inquiries, contact: Jessica Mailhiot, Production Administrator,
Department of Music, Dalhousie University, tel. 902.494.8517, Jessica.mailhiot@dal.ca
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9. EVENT: MSVU Ursula Johnson
MSVU Art Gallery invites you to:
URSULA JOHNSON’S
END OF RESIDENCY CATALOGUING PARTY
Organized by MSVU Art Gallery
with support from HRM Residency Initiative
www.msvuart.ca
CATALOGUING PARTY Enjoy a drumming performance and refreshments at
Johnson’s end of residency celebration. All are welcome to view the
pieces created during Johnson’s residency and to assist in naming
them. The pieces will be catalogued and tagged for a future
exhibition. Saturday, 18 February, from 12 to 3pm
As the transit strike is still in effect, please consider carpooling
to this event, or sharing a cab with friends.
From 10 January through 18 February, Mi’kmaw artist Ursula Johnson
will work in a studio space within the gallery, hosting basket-making
workshops, open studio days and other events. As an activist, Johnson
employs contemporary, theatrical and traditional Aboriginal practices
to engage viewers in social situations. A skilled basket maker, she
frequently combines basketry with performance and relational
aesthetics. For example, in the performance Elmiet (2010, detail
above), Johnson’s actions and basketry “scalp” headpiece reminded
a crowd on the Grand Parade of the continued existence of the 1756
Scalping Proclamation in Nova Scotia legislation. In Ke’Pitemn
(2008), she served tea and bannock to strangers in the North End, to
reinforce a sense of community among persons of various backgrounds.
As an urban resident, she interprets the sense of urgency of
aboriginal cultural preservation. Johnson has exhibited widely and
participated in artist’s residencies across Canada.
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For more information, contact Katie Belcher at 902-457-6291, katie.belcher@msvu.ca
MSVU Art Gallery
Mount Saint Vincent University, Seton Academic Centre, Ground Floor
166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS
www.msvuart.ca
902 457 6160
Free Admission
Tuesdays to Fridays 11am to 5pm; Saturdays, Sundays 1 to 5pm; closed
Mondays
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10. EVENT: AGNS Stop-Motion Animation Workshop
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is offering a drop-in Stop Motion
Animation Workshop with artist Graeme Patterson on Saturday, February
18th, from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Join artist Graeme Patterson for a casual, quick, and fun workshop
tutorial for creating stop-motion animation for all ages. Much like a
game of charades, each participant will animate at least one short
video using their own body as a puppet. Group animations will also be
encouraged. Participants will see how each animation is filmed and
processed through the use of a DLSR camera and a laptop using stop-
motion animation software.
Drop in, no registration required and great for all ages! Stop by the
exhibition, Material World to see how artist Kristan Horton uses stop
motion animation in his work.
Also this weekend, join the Curator and Artist Talk at 2:30pm on
Sunday, February 19. This talk will be an interview between artist
Lisa Lipton and Chief Curator Sarah Fillmore on the exhibition, Lisa
Lipton: Stop @ Forever
For more information visit: http://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca
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11. CALL: Feature Film Outlines
http://www.atlanticfilm.com/industry/industry-sessions
Every great feature film begins with a well-written and dynamic
screenplay. As original ideas and highly developed scripts are key
elements to the success of the screen industry, the Atlantic Film
Festival is looking for the best and most talented writers from the
Atlantic region to participate in our annual script development program.
Open to writers from the four Atlantic Provinces, this program offers
a unique opportunity to develop a feature film idea from an outline,
to treatment and eventually into a first draft. The final concept will
be presented to a room of film producers during the Script Pitch Event
at the 32nd Atlantic Film Festival. It will be during this event that
the writers will vie for a $10,000 prize in development funding. This
program is presented in partnership with Telefilm Canada and Astral's
Harold Greenberg Fund.
Click HERE to download the application form and program details.
Deadline for applications is Monday, March 12, 2012 at 5PM.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Workshop #1: May 4-6, 2012
Workshop #2: June 15-17, 2012
Workshop #3: August 10-12, 2012
Script Pitch Event: September 16, 2012
32nd Atlantic Film Festival: September 13-22, 2012
For more information on the program please contact:
Alyson Sanders, Industry Programs Coordinator
p: 902-420-4577
e: alysons@atlanticfilm.com
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12. CALL: CBC Short Film Face Off
CBC’s SHORT FILM FACEOFF 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/shortfilmfaceoff/
CBC Television is pleased to announce another season of Short Film
Face Off. The program is Canada's only television magazine program
which features short films from across the country. The critically
acclaimed show has already enjoyed four successful seasons and has
brought a new mainstream audience for short films and increased
profile for filmmakers. The CBC is looking for the best short films
from every region to take part in this program.
In Short Film Faceoff films are screened and a panel of industry
professionals will provide commentary as well as discuss the creative
and technical aspects of the films with the filmmakers.
The series has a competitive component. The studio audience will vote
to choose three finalists and the viewing audience will ultimately
vote for the top film. The CBC and sponsors will be offering a prize
made up of cash and production services to be used by the winning
filmmaker towards his or her next film.
Films must be under 12 minutes in length, must have been completed in
the past two years, and must not have been broadcast on network
television. We are looking for comedies and dramas. Music videos and
documentaries are not suitable for this program. Directors must be
available for tapings at CBC Halifax from May 15 to 18., 2012.
If you are interested in entering your film in Short Film Faceoff
please get in touch with one of the following people in your part of
the country.
Maritimes: Stewart.young@cbc.ca
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13. CALL: Roberts Street Residency
http://robertsstreet.org/
We’ve started accepting applications for our 2012 artist in residence
program. However, due to circumstances beyond our control we
anticipate choosing fewer residents this year. To request the
application forms, or if you have any questions concerning the
program, please email the Residency Committee at residency@robertsstreet.org
. Applications are due February 24th.
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14. CALL: Everyday Heroes Film Festival
Everyday Heroes Film Festival
Submission Deadline: March 1st, 2012
The 3rd Annual Everyday Heroes Film Festival is looking for great
film, video and animation with an environmental focus by Canadian
youth aged 13 - 24.
Announcing our Guest Judge - Director Rob Stewart
Rob Stewart, born in Toronto, Canada, is an award-winning wildlife
photographer and the director of Sharkwater. His work underwater and
on land has appeared in nearly every media form worldwide, from BBC
Wildlife, Asian Diver, Outpost and GEO magazines to the Discovery
Channels, ABC, BBC, night clubs and feature films.
Prizes
1st Prize: Panasonic Built-in Memory Camcorder with 1920 x 1080p
recording, LEICA lens and surround sound.
2nd Prize: Apple iPad2 with Wi-Fi + 3G and 64GB
3rd Prize: Pentax Optio WG-1 GPS Digital Camera: waterproof shock-
proof, crush-proof.
2012 Theme
Going environ-MENTAL: cool tricks to solve climate change.
Our actions are changing our climate in a way that is negatively
affecting our health and the ability of some parts of the world to
meet the basic necessities of life (food, clothing, shelter).
Show us a cool trick you think could help solve climate change, or
tell us about someone who's already doing something about climate
change. Either way, we want to know what you think!
We'll share the best videos online, and with an audience of 2 million
in shopping centers and transit systems across Canada.
Submissions must be 60-seconds and silent. You must be living in
Canada and between the age of 13 and 24 to take part in this Festival.
Submission is free. More details online.
Deadline: March 1st, 2012
www.everydayheroesfestival.com
Produced By: Onestop Media Group, Art for Commuters, Earth Day Canada,
Planet in Focus, and the NFB Mediatheque. Prizes sponsored by Aeroplan.
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15. JOB: Director, Ministry of Casual Living
Call for New Director
The Ministry of Casual Living seeks a cracking new Director/Curator,
or “Minister”. The nature of exhibitions and operations is entirely
determined by the Minister with Board support. Right now the Ministry
is at its most flexible in terms of new directions and is enjoying
record support. It is an auspicious time to be involved as Minister,
so we are looking for bold strokes. Compensation is derived from self-
generated revenue (you are paid whatever you pull in).
The Ministry of Casual Living is a non-profit artist-run centre in
Victoria BC. It has thrived for over a decade, programming weekly.
Traditionally the Minister position changes hands annually. Currently,
the Ministry programs three downtown window spaces. It is eligible for
all levels of government arts funding. A degree of financial security
has been accomplished and will assist in generating more capacity.
We do not accept formal applications! Get in touch and ask questions.
ministryofcasualliving@gmail.com
ministryofcasualliving.ca
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Ministry of Casual Living
1442 Haultain
Victoria BC
V8R2J9
ministryofcasualliving.ca
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16. JOB: Mount Allison Department of Fine Arts
The Department of Fine Arts at Mount Allison University invites
applications for a full-time nine-month position for an art historian.
The Fine Arts Department offers a studio based BFA degree and a BA
degree with a major or minor in studio arts and art history. Teaching
responsibilities will include a Survey of World Art from the First
Peoples to the Present (FINH 2001 and 2011), Nineteenth Century Art
(FINH 3141 and 3241), Advanced Seminar in Art History (FINH 4091), and
Independent Studies in Art History.
The successful applicant should have or be nearing completion of a
Ph.D. in art history and have a strong commitment to undergraduate
teaching and research. Teaching experience at the undergraduate level,
an informed awareness of critical theory, and an ability to
incorporate theory into art history are essential. The appointment
will commence 1 August 2012 at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant
Professor, subject to budgetary approval. The appointment end-date is
30 April 2013.
Applications should include: a letter of application; a curriculum
vitae; a teaching dossier; three letters of reference forwarded by the
referees, a short sample of research, and other appropriate material.
To ensure full consideration, complete applications, including letters
of reference, should be submitted by Friday, March 30, 2012 to:
Professor Thaddeus Holownia
Chair of the Search Committee
Department of Fine Arts
Mount Allison University
53 York Street
Sackville, NB E4L 1C9
e-mail: holownia@mta.ca
For further information see our website: http://www.mta.ca/finearts
Mount Allison is a highly respected small (2500 students)
undergraduate institution which aims at excellence in undergraduate
education. The Department of Fine Arts, with 11 full- and part-time
faculty and technical staff and approximately 148 students, offers
courses in drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture,
open media and art history. The Owens Art Gallery, with a program of
contemporary and historical exhibitions and visiting artists'
presentations, provides important support for the Department.
Mount Allison University welcomes diversity in the workplace and
encourages applications from all qualified women and men, including
aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible
minorities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however,
Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Canadian and
permanent residents should indicate their citizenship status in their
application.
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17. CALL: 16th Annual Reel Asian International Film Festival
16th Annual Edition Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Call for Submissions Opens: February 13, 2012
Early Bird Deadline (No Submission Fee): April 2, 2012
Final Deadline ($20 Submission Fee): June 1, 2012
16th Annual Edition: November 6-11 (Toronto), November 16-17 (Richmond
Hill)
Reel Asian is Canada’s largest and longest-running showcase dedicated
to contemporary Asian cinema and media arts from Asia, North America
and all over the world. Annually, the festival attracts thousands of
attendees to eight exciting days of screenings, industry events and
galas. Visit www.reelasian.com for complete submission guidelines.
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18. EVENT: Pleasure Dome & AGO
The 2011 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts recipients
Barbara Sternberg and David Rimmer have used a range of techniques to
explore the medium of film throughout their respective careers. In
particular, optical printing has allowed them both to achieve
complexly layered imagery and intricate patterns of repetition,
enabling each to craft their own unique poetics of cinema. Subjects in
their work range from the minutia of daily life, such as women playing
on a beach in Seashore (Rimmer, 1971), or people at work in factories
in Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (Rimmer, 1970) and Opus 40
(Sternberg, 1979), to meditations on life and death as in C’est La
Vie (Sternberg, 1997) and Migration (Rimmer, 1969).
We are especially excited to open the program with the world premiere
of Sternberg’s latest film, in the nature of things (42min. 2011).
Organized around a central image of the forest as a transitional
space, the film continues her exploration of dialectics: the human and
the natural world, young and old, living and dying. From its layering
of images upon images and frames within frames, to its rich colour
palette and dense polyrhythms, it is a film that demands to be
experienced rather than simply watched.
Toronto filmmaker Barbara Sternberg has been making films since the
mid-seventies. Her films have been screened widely across Canada as
well as internationally at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, Kino Arsenal
in Berlin, The Museum of Modern Art and Millennium Workshop in New
York, and the Ontario Cinematheque, Toronto. Her work is in the
collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of
Canada. Sternberg's films work at the intersection of film and life-
questions of vision, perception, motion and temporality.
The Vancouver experimental filmmaker David Rimmer is one of Canada’s
best-known and most internationally acclaimed film artist. His
frequently contemplative films investigate both the nature of the film
medium and the quality of perception, and go beyond the structuralist/
materialist approach to film: they explore the structure of the
medium, yet simultaneously operate on a metaphoric or poetic level.
Programme:
in the nature of things, Barbara Sternberg, 2011, 42:40
Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper, David Rimmer, 1970, 8:30
Opus 40, Barbara Sternberg, 1979, 14:30
Seashore, David Rimmer, 1971, 11:00
C'est la Vie, Barbara Sternberg, 1997, 10:00
Migration, David Rimmer, 1969, 11:00
Upcoming...
LIFT and Pleasure Dome present No Reading After the Internet: Thomas
Bernhard’s The Voice Imitator: 104 Stories as selected by Barbara
Sternberg, in Person!
Wednesday, February 22, 7 pm, Free! @ LIFT , 1137 Dupont Street
http://noreadingaftertheinternet.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/thomas-bernhards-the-voice-imitator-104-stories-as-selected-by-barbara-sternberg/
In conjunction with Pleasure Dome’s world premiere presentation of
Barbara Sternberg’s in the nature of things (2011) a selection of
excerpts from Thomas Bernhard’s The Voice Imitator: 104 Stories have
been selected by Sternberg to be read aloud and discussed by
participants. Participants are encouraged to attend the screening!
Please note that the film will not be screened at the salon.
No Reading is a salon series that aims to provoke theoretical
illumination on particular art works and the broader scope in which
they exist. No Reading means to offer an engaged pedagogical space
where participants can retrace the steps used in constructing
understanding, productively challenging individual and collective ways
through the realms of language and interpretation. To participate in
No Reading is to invoke an exuberant not-knowing, seeking out moments
of collective illumination.
The central image of in the nature of things is the Forest–
sometimes fearful, sometimes a refuge, always mysterious–and the
multiple associations and myths embedded in it. But, unexpected
moments, intensified fragments, catch us unawares: the present
confronts us. in the nature of things continues Sternberg’s
examination of the oppositions played out dialectically and enmeshed
in our experience of living: culture/nature, experience/
representation, belonging/destroying, communal/individual, innocence/
danger, young/old, living/dying. This is an autumnal film–twilight–
a film of old age. Just as the Forest is a transitional space, so Old
Age is a transitional time.
Thomas Bernhard’s The Voice Imitator is a darkly comic work. A
series of parable-like anecdotes—some drawn from newspaper reports,
some from conversation, some from hearsay—this satire is both subtle
and acerbic. What initially appear to be quaint little stories
inevitably indict the sterility and callousness of modern life, not
just in urban centers but everywhere. Bernhard’s text is a central
reference in Sternberg’s in the nature of things and these short
excerpts will provide a lens through which to read Sternberg’s film
and her filmmaking practice more generally.
Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and
poet. Bernhard, whose body of work has been called "the most
significant literary achievement since World War II," is widely
considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of
the postwar era
No Reading After the Internet (Toronto) is supported by the Liaison of
Independent Filmmakers of Toronto.
www.pdome.org
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19. JOB: Memorial University Art History/Visual Culture
Teaching Term Position in Art History/Visual Culture at Grenfell
Campus, Memorial University, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
The Visual Arts Program at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of
Newfoundland invites applications for a 8.5 month teaching term
position in Art History/Visual Culture. Applications will be accepted
until March 7, 2012. A letter of application along with a curriculum
vitae including research/creative/scholarly record, teaching dossier,
teaching philosophy, examples of recent work and the names and
addresses of three references should be sent in electronic and/or hard
copy form to: The Associate Vice-President, (Grenfell Campus)
Academic, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL A2H
6P9. Telephone: (709) 637-6231; fax (709) 637-6218; email: vice-principal@swgc.ca
Position Description: 8.5 month teaching term appointment in Art
History/Visual Culture starting August 15, 2012 and ending April 30,
2013. Areas of teaching focus will include Art History/Visual Culture
Survey courses and teaching experience in two of the following: a)
Indigenous, Native North American, b) Non Western Art or c) Canadian
Art though other areas of expertise will be considered. Undergraduate
teaching experience in Art History/Visual Culture and Ph.D. or the
equivalent combination of education, training and professional
experience are required.
Grenfell Campus is a small (1300) liberal arts and science institution
and the Corner Brook Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland. At
Grenfell Campus, our emphasis is on a small-class environment and
teaching excellence in distinctive multi and interdisciplinary degree
programs with four-year Bachelor's degrees in Arts, Fine Arts,
Science, Social Science and Nursing.
All appointments are subject to budgetary approval. Salary will
reflect qualifications and experience in accordance with the
Collective Agreement governing faculty at Memorial University of
Newfoundland.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians
and permanent residents will be given priority. Memorial University is
committed to employment equity and encourages applications from
qualified women and men, visible minorities, aboriginal people and
persons with disabilities.
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