Bozzini Lab 2014: Young Composers Shine in Exploration of New Music
Montreal's superb contemporary- and experimental-classical string quartet premiers thrilling new works by emerging Canadian composers.
On a peerless, cloudless, 20º Friday, with the early evening sun still drenching the city and people abandoning their workweek for the beaches and neighbourhood parks in droves, an audience of nearly 60 others filled a dark, black-box-of-a-room deep within SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. They had come to the Assembly Room of the […]
Seeking Communion
A journey through faith and healing
Words by Brit Bachmann At first glance, Tyler Hagan’s In The Similkameen is a homecoming for those from the British Columbia Interior. We are situated geographically in a place through his landscape photography, where scree slopes meet agriculture, where horses are left to gnaw on fence posts, and where the nearest gas station is at […]
The Wide Perspective: Filmmaker Rami Katz Talks LAUNCH Festival
written by Justin Ramsey edited by Faber Neifer Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk “I love Vancouver,” states Rami Katz affirmatively. “I love the landscape and the environment here—it’s just a beautiful place to live.” This is quite the declaration, given today’s quintessentially-Vancouver weather: grey, chilly, and drizzly, even on a Sunday morning in late May. Nevertheless, […]
Feeling Visions: Choreographer Julianne Chapple Talks LAUNCH Festival
Written by Justin Ramsey Edited by Kaylin Metchie Photos by Ash Tanasiychuk I am sitting in Kafka’s, a charming café in Vancouver’s fashionable Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, enjoying a fabulously foamy London fog. The white walls are decorated with art, and the large front windows fill the spacious room with a pale, natural light. At 9:53, […]
Duality: An Art Experiment
Local photographer Shannyn Higgins pairs Vancouver artists in art show and book launch at East Van Studios
Photography by Ravi Gill Text from Duality’s press release Duality is an art experiment that binds a passage of words into two different narratives. Art, music and literature can have an intrinsic influence on how we see the world. Individuals hear music and see art differently. Based on our emotions, experiences and individuality, the narrative […]
Medical Drama: Theatre Artist Yvette Lu Talks LAUNCH Festival
written by Justin Ramsey edited by Christopher Millin Yvette Lu has a distinction to her name that is unusual for an artist: the prestigious suffix MD. “I wanted to be a doctor for a long time,” Lu recalls fondly, “ever since I was a small child.” We are sitting in Revolver Café, a trendy coffee […]
Perpetual Motion: Dance Artist Meredith Kalaman Talks LAUNCH Festival
Written by Dillon Ramsey Edited by Christopher Millin For Meredith Kalaman, it seems that inertia doesn’t exist: from her full schedule, to her physically-demanding practice, to her constant creative process, the Vancouver-based performance artist is always on the move. After all, she has been honing her dance talents since she was three, has studied many […]
Do Your Actions Make Me Who I Am?
A review of FurryN@vel’s "We’ll Need A Piece of Cake Before We Die"
Written by Kaylin Metchie Photos provided by the artists Let’s go on a journey. Close your eyes for a moment and think deeply about who you are. Which events in your past do you attribute to making up your character? The school you studied at? The jobs that have hired you? The lovers and the […]
Live Art Generation
Official website launch for Permanent Deviation
Video shot and edited by Harley Spade Photography by Kendra Archer and Ash Tanasiychuk Text largely pulled from official Permanent Deviation promo documents In March 2014, the official website launch party for Permanent Deviation kicked off at VIVO Media Arts. Permanent Deviation (http://permanentdeviation.com) is an online Processing compiler and simultaneous participatory exhibition space conceived by […]
Catherine Falkner Cracks Up The Toast Collective in Space, Baby
Emerging SFU talent counts down for blast off at local artists' space
Written by Jen Dunford Photos provided by Flick Harrison Walking down Kingsway in the early evening across from Robson and McAuley parks, I nearly passed the Toast Collective, a small artists’ space nestled in to the microcosm of storefront businesses at Fraser Street, nearby to neighbourhood icons like the Black Lodge and Les Faux Bourgeois. […]