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FESTIVAL GUIDE

FESTIVAL INFO

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EMMEDIA BOARD OF DIRECTORSLonA.Parker•PresidentAndreaMann•TreasurerSigridMahr•SecretaryEricBecker•Director

EMMEDIA STAFFPeterCurtisMorgan•Director of OperationsVickiChau•Programs & Outreach CoordinatorKyleWhitehead•Production CoordinatorJoelFarris•Archive & Outreach Assistant

EMMEDIA PRODUCTION COMMITTEEEricBecker • NoelBégin • PhilipBowen • RaminEshraghi-Yazdi•JoshuaFraser•CarlSpencer

EMMEDIA PROGRAMMING COMMITTEELiaRogers•JoshuaFraser•JenniferMcVeigh•GrantPoier

2012 EMANIMENTEUR •SandraVida

FESTIVAL GUIDE DESIGNED AND COMPILED BY•VickiChauFESTIVAL GUIDE PRINTED BY•BurntdogCommunicationsFESTIVAL TRAILER BY•PeterCurtisMorganFESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHER•AranWilkinson-BlancFESTIVAL VIDEOGRAPHER•PhilipBowenCONTACT •[email protected]•403.263.2833

EMMEDIA FUNDERS AND SUPPORTERS:

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LiaRogers•DirectorCoriStent•DirectorBradStruble•Director

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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ItismypleasuretoinviteyoutoenterParticle+Wave,afestivalof Media Art presented by EMMEDIA Gallery & ProductionSociety. For over thirty years, EMMEDIA has existed in thedualityofparticleandwave,andtheexistentpropertiesoflight.At once inmotion and at rest, experiments labeled as particleor wave, phenomena that behave differently, isolated systemsinbattlewithentropyandabsolutes,fallingraintothedroplet,between art andwar, customs and family, sacrifice and shifts,talesfromtheprairiesandwalksthroughnature.

Three days from sense to nonsense, to safely(?) back. As aparticipant,asaudience,asavoyeur,itisyourstoexperience.

- LON PARKERPresident,EMMEDIA

MESSAGE FROM HONOURABLE HEATHER KLIMCHUK

MINISTER OF CULTURE

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Congratulations to the organizers andartists of Calgary’s inaugural Particle +Wave festival. Theevent really captureswhatAlbertaCultureDaysareallabout–celebratingandexpressingourprovince’srichheritageandaboundingcreativity!

ForthreeexceptionaldaysinSeptember,communities, governments, businesses,non-profit and voluntary organizationsand individuals all across our province

get together to showcase their talents and enjoy everythingthat is great about our land and people. From theatricalperformances, music festivals and historical experiences toculinary events, behind-the-scenes creative industry tours andinteractive activities where new artists will be born – AlbertaCultureDayshassomethingforeveryone!

CultureDaysisnowalsoanationalphenomenonthatcontinuestogrowexponentiallyeveryyear.InAlberta,thousandsofeventsare planned in communities all over the province. And, at itsheartitremainsavolunteer-driven,grassrootsmovementledbypartnersintheculturesectorincollaborationwithgovernment,publicfundingagenciesandtheprivatesector.CultureDaysaretrulyatestamenttojusthowcultureconnectsusall.

WelcometotheParticle+Wavefestival,andenjoyyourAlbertaCultureDays!

Heather KlimchukMinisterofCulture

MESSAGE FROM THEFESTIVAL PROGRAMMERIttookusquiteawhiletodecideonwhatwewouldname EMMEDIA’s media arts festival. It had to besomethingthatreallyspoketowhatEMMEDIAwasallabout,andmakepeoplefeelexcitedfor it.Thiswasgoingtobeourfirsttimeholdingafestival,andwithastrongreputationalreadyinplace,wedidn’twanttodisappoint.ItwasGrantPoier,oneofthefoundersof EMMEDIA, and also an active participant on myprogramming committee, that struck a chord with“Particle + Wave”. Inspired by our new 2012/2013programming theme,Light, itwasano-brainer thatthis was it. We decided it was about time this cityhad a media arts festival, and if EMMEDIA wasn’tgoingtoholdit,whowill?

For the festival, I knew there were three things I wanted to do. First of all, Iwanted toactivateapublic space, specificallyCentralMemorialPark since it ’spracticallyEMMEDIA’sbackyard.Beforeyouknew it,we roundedup17artiststobepartofanamazingeventcalledBringYourOwnBeamer(BYOB).Imagine,themostbeautiful park in the city lit upwith lights and sounds from someofthemosttalentedartistsinthecity.Ifthat’snotenoughtohookyouin,Ithinka foodtruckor twomightappear… justsayin’.Secondly, Iwantedtoshowcasethe works that have come out from EMMEDIA, made by our many talentedartist-producers.Someoftheseworkswereincludedinthisyear’sPrairie Tales,which is already in its14thyearof celebratingAlbertan filmandvideo!Otherworks were produced in-house through our Compression Camps, all made injustseveraldays!Someofthemweremadebyseasonedproducers,whilesomeof themmade their first video through Compression Camp. It ’s amazingwhatpeoplecanaccomplishinashortamountoftimewiththerightresources.Lastly,Iwanted to throwaparty!What’sa festivalwithout thecelebration?We’llbeclosingthefestivalwithabigbang,activatingthehistoricRoyalCanadianLegion#1Branchwithscreenings,installations,andofcourse,musicanddancing!

Andofcourse,allofthiswouldn’thavehappenedwithouttheongoingloveandsupportfromtheEMMEDIAboard,myprogrammingcommittee,mypartners-in-crimeKyleWhitehead,PeterCurtisMorganand JoelFarris,ourEManimenteurSandra Vida, and all the members, funders and supporters who believed wecoulddothis.

Forsuchajam-packedthree-dayfestival,Ithinkwedidprettyokayforourfirsttime.Ifyou’renotfamiliarwithwhatwe’reallabout,Ihopeyouhaveachanceto really see what’s going on in the media arts community and get inspired,ignite some interest, and justhavea reallygreat time.Whoknowswhere thiswillgo.AllIcansayiswhenwelookback,wecanallsaythatwewerethereatthebeginning.:)

- VICKI CHAUPrograms&OutreachCoordinator,EMMEDIA

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LUMINARIES:PRODUCTION ACCESS 2012

Now in its 29th year, EMMEDIA’s annualProduction Access program has supportedlocal emerging and established mediaartists in the creation of new worksover an intensive four-month period, byprovidingaccess toprofessionalproductionequipment, post-production facilities,hands-on training, as well as conceptualandtechnicalmentorship.Luminaries is theculmination of the 2012 Production Accessprogram,andIampleasedtobepresentingsix diverse and challenging works createdby this year’s participants; Zac Slams,MattMcKinney, Kim Seung Pen, Greg Marshall,LonParkerandBogdanCheta.A luminary isliterallyanobject, a celestialbody like themoonorsun,thatgivesoff light. Incontextof theprogram, it should beunderstood as

anindividualwhoenlightensorinfluencesothers.

This programming year of Light marks the inaugural presentation of Particle + Wave: EMMEDIA’s festival ofmedia arts. The exact nature of visible light isa mystery that has puzzled humanity for centuries. Greek scientists from theancient Pythagorean discipline postulated that every visible object emitsa steady stream of particles, while Aristotle concluded that light travels in amanner similar to waves in the ocean. Wave–particle duality postulates thatall particles exhibit bothwave and particle properties,meaning at times lightbehavesasaparticle,andatothertimesasawave.Thiscomplementary,ordualroleforthebehavioroflightbecomesafittingmetaphorfortheworkscreatedbyourLuminaries.

Creatingworksthatchallengeorsubverttraditionalmodesofpresentation,ourProduction Access participants have broken free of the screen, expanding theimageandbreakingthenarrative.Thefestivalhasaffordedustheopportunitytomove away fromour traditional venue, the historic Plaza Theatre, and intomoreintimatepublicandprivatespaces.Eachoftheworkspresentedchallengeaccepted conventionsofwhat constitutesMediaArt in their ownuniqueway;fromZacSlams’sgender-hackingmulti-channelvideoinstallationattheUnitledArtSociety’sSatelliteGallery, toBogdanCheta’s research-heavyexplorationofrelation-aesthetics,presentedintheformofa48-hourretreat.Alloftheworksexemplify the notion of wave-particle duality by refusing to be contained ordichotomisedbythetoolsorprocessesemployedintheircreation.

- KYLE WHITEHEADProductionCoordinator,EMMEDIA

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Affirmative attitudes towards poverty as expressed through times of change, in Calgary.

Retreat facilitators: Bogdan Cheta & Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed September 25 + 26, 2012Retreat starts at 10AMPart of LUMINARIES: Production Access 2012

A GUIDE TO GETTING LOST:

Part philosophic dialogue,part poetic reverie, partnature walk, Island Night isan extended meditation onthe present – that fleetingmoment occurring once-and-one-time-only in time’svast history. Through theact and space of retreat,participants will be invited

tosharetheirexpertiseandformtheretreat’sfaculty–collectively,wewillraisequestionsaboutthecharacterofoursocietyandthemodesofartisticandculturalinvestigationbeingintroducedtoday,tocreatenewmodesofbecomingandbelonging inanenvironmentwhereeveryonehasavoiceandaplace.Together,thegroupwillformanomadicsociety,which values improvisation, storytelling, and silence. Through theinvaluableaidoftheProductionAccessProgram,andaftertestingtheperformativeprocessesofIslandNightthroughalternativecommunityprojectsitessuchas theChoose Yer Own FestivalandAvalanche– forEMMEDIA, IslandNightwill incorporate new-mediawork through theuseofsoundandvideo, inrelationtothewalk-basedresearch.Anewbook project will also be launched as part of the festival retreat, asa way to map out the sites, walks, conversations and testing in thecommunity, that took place throughout my residency at EMMEDIA,which collectively, give Island Night the tangible possibility to be acompleteandthree-dimensionalexperience.Usingnewlocativesoundrecordings collected from previous test – retreats, that transformsone’ssurroundingsintoavirtualset,participantsmayobservealight-play fromcar reflections, safari in junglesbetween residential homesand the street, and climb inside dormant houses for rest. Calgary asa city of multiplicity – of overlapping bodies, communities, laborers,cultures,languages,andgesture–isourcommongroundofresearch.

ISLAND NIGHT(IF YOU’RE OPEN TO EVERYTHING, THEN EVERYTHING FITS IN THE WORLD)

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HOW IT WORKS:

Island Night is a 48-hour retreat. As a participant, you are invited toformtheretreat’sfaculty,andinreturnwewillofferfreetransportation,meals and accommodation. Each day of the retreat will begin with abreakfastandplanningsessions.Weencourageyoutobringtextbooks,makenotesandshareyourknowledge.

To join us for the retreat, please RSVP your attendance by September 24, to Kyle Whitehead at [email protected]. Once youhave confirmed your attendance, you will be provided with furtherinstructions.Beprepared to improvise, speak,nap,walk,cook, listen,dream,read,hide,takechargeorbepassive-bereadytoretreat!Youarefreetoleaveandcomebackatanypointduringtheretreat,althoughitwouldberecommendedifyouwereable&willingtodisappearwithusforthefulltwodays.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Bogdan lives and works in Calgary.His work has shown at places suchas the Illingworth Kerr Gallery,TRUCK Gallery, Pith Gallery, UntitledArt Society’s Satellite Gallery, theHigh Performance Rodeo and morerecently, EMMEDIA. Last year, heinitiated a series of walk-basedprojects in his hometown Bucharest,Romaniawhich ledhim to re-imaginepossibilities within his ongoing walk-based research in Calgary. Formally,Island Night is in direct relation tothe late-night walks in Bucharest,

in the way that it constructs an ephemeral urban classroom througha cityʼs unexposed, internal secrets. In an aggressively unhip effortto make money, Bogdan cleans toilets at a local gym, then at night,and insecret,hebuildsacomplexworldofsculptureswhicharethenabandoned insideparked railway trains;enablinghiswork the liminalpossibility to travel across Canada, anonymously – like train carsdressed in graffiti. Bogdan home-schools himself to be an artist andinanefforttolearnmoreaboutart,heseeksrelationshipswithotherlocalgayandhomelessmen.Gradually, thesemenbecomepartofhisaudienceandthefacultyinhishome-schoolingprogram.Inthefuture,heisplanningalarge-scaleinstallationforanalternativegalleryspaceinCalgary,whichwillbringIslandNightintothephysicalrealm-andincloserrelationtosculpture.

A PRE-FESTIVAL RETREAT

LOSING ORGANS(HATE CRIMES N DEATH DRIVES)

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Zac SlamsPart of LUMINARIES: Production Access 2012

September 20 – October 3, 2012 Tuesday – Saturday @ 11AM – 4PMUntitled Art Society Satellite Gallery – 343 11 Avenue SWReception: Thursday, September 27 @ 8 – 11PM

Zac Slams screens new all-consuming, masculinity-hacking drone videoprojections, trance-like castration video, sacrificial ritual video slashing,slicing,andcuttingintogendercoherencyandsexualcontinuity.Nonames,nopronouns,noidentifiers.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Zac Slams is a Calgary-based artist whoassembles video projections, pornomagazines, heavily edited blog posts, andPolaroids intomultimedia installations.Hiswork depicts alternatives to body hatred,maleness, and “normal” identities. Thisyear,hehasperformedintheComing Out Monologues, exhibited solo shows at theUniversity of Calgary and Art Central, and

was awarded Best Local Short for his video work at Fairy Tales Queer FilmFestival.Slams’workfunctionsasamuddydescentintoautonomy.

FML... A POLAR BEAR STORY

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Matt McKinneyPart of LUMINARIES: Production Access 2012

September 20 – October 3, 2012 Tuesday – Saturday @ 11AM – 4PM

Untitled Art Society Satellite Gallery – 343 11 Avenue SWReception + Performance: Thursday, September 27 @ 8 – 11PM

ThisShit’sForReelpresentsFML... A Polar Bear Story.Whenhomedisappears,onefamilymuststruggletostayalive.Comingsoontoatheatrenearyou!

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

MattMcKinneyisaperformingartistandownerof 2150 Creative, a small theatre and videoproduction company. He holds a BFA in Actingfrom the University of Alberta, and resides inCalgary, Alberta. He recently participated inFairy Tales and EMMEDIA’s Youth Queer MediaProgram.Asaperformer,Matthasworkedwith:Quest Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, TheatreTransit, Centre Stage Theatre, Studio Theatre,Improv Guild, Sage Theatre’s Ignite Festival,Soulocentric, Against the Wall Theatre, Beyond

ClosedDoors,MobHitProductions,andMischiefandMayhem.Heis lookingforwardtosnowboardingthiswinter,re-workingandperforminghissolo-showPolar Shift,andanupcomingfeaturefilmwithVision10Productions.

FAMILY MEETING

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Wednesday LupypciwEMMEDIA’s 2011/2012 Artist in Residence

September 20 – October 3, 2012 Monday – Saturday @ 10AM – 5PMEMMEDIA – 351 11 Avenue SWReception: Thursday, September 27 @ 8 – 11PM

Adoublechannelvideoinstallationthatexplorestheconceptsoffamily,spiritualbeliefs, personality, outlook, sex, art practice, and things that she’s afraid of.Eachofthesestoriesrelatetoeachotherbecausetheyhaveto, likeafamily,fittinginsideeachotherlikethepartsofaMatryoshkadoll.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

WednesdayLupypciwisfromCalgary,Alberta,whereshepursuesavideoandperformance art practice. She maintains a concurrent practice in textiles -weaving,machineknitting,embroideryandcrochet -but this isdonemostlywhile procrastinating on other, larger projects. One of those projects is theperformanceart collective,The Ladies Invitational Deadbeat Society (LIDS), alooselyknitgroupofpurposefully lazywomenfolk.She isaFibreprogrammeundergraduate fromtheAlbertaCollegeofArt+Design,aproudauntie,anda volunteer for various artist-run initiatives. She has shownwork andmadeprojectsinvariousspacesthroughoutCanadaincludingtheTextileMuseumofCanada,TheArtGalleryOfAlberta,TRUCKGallery,StrideGallery,theKlondikeInstitute of Arts & Culture, The Banff Centre, Harbourfront, Nuit BlancheToronto,andEMMEDIA.

www.wednesdaylupypciw.com|www.ladiesinvitationaldeadbeatsociety.com

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE


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EMMEDIA SCREENING ROOM

UAS SATELLITE GALLERY

JOHN DUTTON THEATRE

10AM - 5PMFamily Meeting

Wednesday Lupypciw

10AM - 5PMFamily Meeting

Wednesday Lupypciw

11AM - 4PMlosing organs

Zac Slams

11AM - 4PMFML... A Polar

Bear StoryMatt McKinney

10AM - 5PMFamily MeetingWednesday L.

10AM - 4PMField Rec + Edit

Josh Fraser

6:30 - 8PM

Prairie Tales 14

6:30 - 8PM

Re.Compression

7 - 8PM f/ash/v/itter

Kim Seung Pen


Zac Slams


Zac Slams

8 - 11PM

Opening Receptions






JOHN DUTTON THEATRE

CENTRAL MEMORIAL PARK

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION#1 BRANCH

6:30 - 8PM

Prairie Tales 14

6:30 - 8PM

Re.Compression

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BYOB Calgary II

8:30 - 9PMTRENCH

Lon Parker

8:30 - 9PMThe War Upon Us

Greg Marshall

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Closing Celebration

LUMINARIES FEATURED EVENTS WORKSHOP PARTIES

F/ASH/V/ITTER


Kim Seung PenPart of LUMINARIES: Production Access 2012

Friday, September 28 @ 7 - 8PMEMMEDIA – 351 11 Avenue SWPWYC

f/ash/v/itter isanexplorationofnewwaystocreatemusic.It isbasedonthebroad concept of light as found inmonitors, televisions, computers, tablets,mobiledevices,andother technologies.Thepremisebehindmonitors is thattheycreateawindowoffakespacethatisaugmented,mediatedandvirtual;itisessentiallyanimitationofrealityorrealities.Sinceourrealitieshavebecomesimulatedwithmonitors,adistortionorglitch inthis“reality”makesviewersawareofthissimulation.Therefore,thesoundsandvisualsoftheperformanceare focused on using the flaws found in technology, because it triggers adisruptioninthesimulation.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Kim Seung Pen is a Canadian artist whoreceived her Bachelor of Fine Arts fromAlberta College of Art + Design (ACAD)in 2011. Her projects focused on audio/visual performances and installations.She experimented within the fields of:sound art, glitch art, experimental film,visual art, and computer art. She wontheBestinShowawardatACAD’sannualperformance show, The Horse Show in2010 and 2011. After graduation, she

wasgivenopportunitiestoexhibitherartworkingalleries,shows,andeventsinCalgary,includingtheSled Island Festival inJune2011,andEPCORCentre’sSoundasaurus FestivalinJanuary2012.

BYOB CALGARY II


“BYOB is a celebration of the new world we live in and a glimpse of what computing could look like in the future. Today, the Internet is confined to screens. Tomorrow, information will surround us, composing our surfaces, defining our spaces, enmeshing itself with the ether. A moving image is never an object, and when it is coupled with the increased flexibility of portable projection, the realm of experience quickly expands.”- Rafaël Rozendaal

BYOB is an international series of one-night exhibitions featuring artists andtheirprojectors.Originally conceivedbyBerlin-basedartistRafaëlRozendaal,theseeventshave takenplace inoverfifty citiesworldwide, involving artistsof an extended and increasingly networked community. Facilitated by JustinWaddell, who co-organized the first edition of BYOB Calgarywith Rick Silva,Calgary-basedmediaartistswillcreateacollaborativeenvironmentofmovinglightandsound inanoutdoorpublic setting.Formore informationonBYOB,pleasegotowww.byobworldwide.com

SPECIAL THANKS:

Acoupleof thevideoprojection technologyyouarewatchingat thisperformancehasbeenmadepossible through the Calgary Foundation’s funding of a unique partnership betweenGhost River Theatre andthePumphouse Theatres.Theseprofessional-gradeprojectors, specificallyselectedtofunctionwellwithina theatresetting,arebeingmadeavailablenotonly to thiscompanybutalso,throughthemanagementandsupportof thePumphouseTheatres, tosmallandmid-sizedCalgaryculturalinstitutionsatanaffordablerentalrate.ThismeansthatthisexcitingbutexpensivenewtoolfortheatricalproductionwillbeaccessibletoinnovativeCalgaryartists,regardlessoftheirbudgets.

Friday, September 28 @ 8 - 10PMCentral Memorial Park – 1221 2 Street SW

ARTISTS INCLUDE: Noel Bégin | Steven Cottingham | Hannah Doerkson | Julia Kansas

Lydia Karpenko | Joe Kelly | Tyler Los Jones | Jessica McCarrel Stephen Nachtigall | Lia Rogers | Sarah Smalik | Lindsay Sorell

Carl Spencer | Teresa Tam | Justin Waddell | Kyle WhiteheadAran Wilkinson-Blanc

INTRO TO FIELD RECORDING+ EDITING: A WORKSHOP


Joshua FraserEMMEDIA’s 2012/2013 Artist in Residence

Saturday, September 29 @ 10AM - 4PMEMMEDIA – 351 11 Avenue SWPWYCLIMITED SEATS, FIRST COME FIRST SERVEPlease reserve your spot by contacting Kyle Whitehead at:[email protected] or 403.263.2838

Capitalizing on the available fieldrecording equipment at EMMEDIA,our 2012/2013 Artist in ResidenceJoshua Fraser, will lead this soundrecording workshop, demonstratingtechniques and considerationsimportanttothepractice.Topicswillincludeintroducingandclarifyingthepractice,brief conceptdevelopmentand project planning, equipmentorientation, recording techniqueswith special attention to outdoor

recordingandbasicaudiopost-production.Participantswillleavetheworkshopwiththebasicunderstandingofthemechanicsoffieldrecording,aswellasabasisforinitiatingtheirownprojects.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

A multi-disciplinary artist born and raised inCalgary, Joshua Fraser utilizes a broad arrayof methods towards his overarching goal: thecodificationofraw,visceralemotion.Thisfocushasemergedfromaneverincreasingrelationshipwith psychotherapy. Fascinations with humantrauma and its processing (as outlined underPrimalTherapy)providethebasisandframeworkforFraser’screativeactivity.Typically,theresultsareeitherhighlyenergetic‘active’pieces,ofteninvolving aggressive, violent outbursts; or

reflectiveandcontemplative‘static’pieces.Fraser’sworkcomestogetherasadeterminedpursuitstrivingtouncoveraunderlying,unifying,etherealthreadbetweenallparticipantsincontemporarysociety.


SELECTIONS FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS

RE.COMPRESSION:

Since 2002, EMMEDIA Compression Camps have offered local artists andmembers of the public, the technical and conceptual resources neededto translate ideas and concepts into short video and/or audio works. TheCompression Camp format is inspired by the immediacy of electroniccommunicationsmedia, approximating the same-day reportage of televisionnewsnetworks.Participantswere invited tocreate (over severaldays)worksrelatedtoachosentheme.Theyhadfreeaccesstoproductionequipmentandsupport, post-production facilities, and creative mentors–senior/establishedmedia artists in the local community who provide critical feedback andinspirationalongtheway.Theselectedvideosthatwerecompletedinthelast10years,respondedtothethemes:ActivistMenu(2002),CanolaOil(2011),andResonance(2012).

Saturday, September 29 @ 6:30 - 8PM

John Dutton Theatre – 616 Macleod Trail SESome artists will be in attendance

Doors open at 6PMPWYC

ACTIVIST MENU (2002)

TheActivist Menu: Compression Camp - G8 MEDIA JAM(s) with SOCIAL POLITICS is the product ofdialogue between Tom Andriuk and Grant Poier,offering artists and activists access to productionand distribution technicians and equipment.Withacollectivegoalofindividualexpressionandvoice,theActivistMenu facilitatesalternativeexpression

surrounding the 2002 G8 Summit occurring in June 2002. Noel Bégin’s roleas host was to coordinate projects on short timelines, demonstrating andoperating software to increase the number of projects finished, and as afacilitatortoactualizethecompressionofvideoontotheActivistMenuwebsiteforstreaming.Theimmediacyofvideoonthewebworkstomimicthedailyandeveningnews,andincreasethepotencyoftheworksincontrast.

VIDEOS SCREENING:

The Signs of the Times|Jasmin Poon|4:23min.G-8 gazing| Anne Marie Nakagawa|3:53min.Summer Quote|Valerie LeBlanc|3:49min.Watching Me Watching You|Penny A.P. Anderson|0:55min.the walls have ears|Daniel Dugas|3:57min.Croppin’|John Greyson|0:57min.


CANOLA OIL (2011)

In 2011, the Compression Camp theme wasCanola Oil. The term Canola ties CompressionCamptoourregionandtoEMMEDIA’s2010/2011programming theme – Grain. Oil was theimportantthematicelement,especiallyinhowit’scontrol is affectingour lives so intenselyof late,from wars and terrorism, large-scale accidentswith serious impact on our surroundings, tohow completely our “lifestyles” depend on oil’s

by-products.Oil, ina sense, is theveryabsenceofgrain,but theproducts itmakes possible break down into a microscopic granularity that clouds theoceansasakindof syntheticand indigestibleplankton.Weare interested incontributing to theglobaldialogueonhow to responsiblymanage thismostamazing andproblematic resource, by assistingour community inmediatingtheirperspectivesonoilandhowwe livewith it.EricBeckerandNoelBéginprovidedthetechnicalandcreativesupportforthiscamp.

VIDEOS SCREENING:

Pumpjack | Lia Rogers|3:16min.

Pumpjacks are symbols of the oil and gasindustry that is alternatively vilified oracclaimed. They convert a rotary movementinto a vertical reciprocating motion to drivethepump shaft, andpull oil or gas out of theground.Theydotthecountrysideandmarkthe

locationofaproducingwell,buttheyareindeclineinthelandscape,asnewer,more improved technology replaces this dinosaur. This video examines thePumpjackwithas littlepoliticalcommentaspossible,concentratingmoreonthemovementandthecomponentsofthiseasilyrecognizedmachine.

Interview with Ms. Canola | Stefan Petersen4:38min.

InterviewwithMs.CanolaisarareandcandidinterviewwithCanadianagricultural superstar,Ms. Canola. Invented in the early seventiesthrough the hybridization of the Rape Seedplant,Ms.Canolareceivedwidecriticalacclaim

and skyrocketed to international stardom, edging outWheat to become thenumberone sellingCanadianagricultural export inhistory.However,despiteindustryandgovernmentalsupport,Ms.Canola’scareerhasbeenplaguedwithscandalinrecentyears....


Synthetic Rhythm|Vicki Chau|5:35min.

“Oil, in a sense, is the very absence of grain, but the products it makes possible break down into a microscopic granularity that clouds the oceans as a kind of synthetic and indigestible plankton.”

-NoelBegin

Super Canola |Xstine Cook|4:25min.

What happens when genetically modifiedCanola takes over the World? Exploring theabsurd notion that a company could own awind-pollinated plant, Super Canola takes akids-eye view of agricultural monopolies vs.smallfarmers.

RESONANCE (2012)

In 2012, we focused on the programmingtheme Resonance. We specifically invitedsenior/establishedartistsandculturalworkersthat have made Calgary their home, and

have continually contributed over the years to the diverse arts and culturecommunity.Thiswasanopportunitytocapturetheirstoriesintheworkstheyproduced, acknowledging the history and legacy of Calgary’s art and culturecommunity.CampfacilitatorswereRitaMcKeoughandJoeKelly.

VIDEOS SCREENING:

Resonance | Sandi Somers|1:53min.

A visual meditation on discoveries during adowntownwalk.

ABOUT FAILURE|John Will |9:30min.

JohnWillpreferstoliveinthepast,andinthistape,reminiscesaboutoneofhisusualfailures.


Venus in Transit|Aurora Landin |4:12min.

June 2 - 9, 2012. What a momentous week!What are the odds that I would be invited tocreate my first video, the same week Venuswas transiting the sun, which I understand isan exceedingly rare astronomical event. TheAstrology lady on TV assured me this transit

wouldhaveapositiveeffectonwomen’sfinancesandIwas indeedrolling indoughon that fateful day! Sadly, though, itwas as a volunteer cashier at acasino.SohadIjustusedupmyVenusluck?HadIsquanderedmyastrologicalchanceforfameandfortune?Seemsthejuryisstilloutonme,butthatsameweekalsosawtheDiamondJubileeofthewealthiestwomanintheworld...I’mjustsayin’...

Performativity Marked by Trading|Dick Averns 10:00min.

The 90 kmh Economy Drive seeks a moresustainablecultureamongmotor-vehicleusers.Itproposesaperformativeprojectdeployinganartmultiple–acustomgreenmapleleafdecalaffixedtotherearofoneʼsmotorvehicle—tobuildacommunitythattradesinslowdriving.

A documentary first for the artist, Performativity Marked by Trading – A Trademarked Performanceweavesnewrelationshipsthatare,intheirownway,probing the commodificationof space. This footage consolidates interests inhow spaces are valued, bought, sold, bartered, exchanged and recalibrated.Whoandhowmanyareimplicatedindrivingforagreenerfuture?

Sit Down|Justin Waddell |3:45min.

Developed out of a process of paper-foldingandquietreflection,thisshortvideoisasimplecompositionwhich, at the lastminuteofpost-production, incorporated Mick Jagger’s on-stageannouncements fromthe1969AltamontConcert.Thecompletedvideoactsasasimplenarrative,whichallowsforaseriesofrelationsandconnectionsbetweenthepresentmomentof experiencing the work and other, morepersonalassociations.


Alive and Behind Me|Richard Brown1:28min.

Alive and Behind Mecomesoutoftwothings:an ongoing attempt in almost all my creativeendeavors, to not know what a particularprojectwillbeinadvanceofitscompletion,andapreoccupationwiththedifficulties,paradoxesandmysteryofpersonalloss.

THREE | Tammy McGrath|3:36min.

In 1992, the National Library in Sarajevo wasdeliberately targeted and burned. Twenty-fivemortarshellswerelaunchedfromfourseparatepoints.Thisisconsideredtobethelargestbookburninginhistoryatonelocation–amillionandaquarterbooksweredestroyedinoneday.

BeforethewarinSarajevo,KemalBakaršićwasthechieflibrarianoftheNationalMuseum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The museum’s library was the oldestscientificlibraryofthewesterntypeinBosnia,andithousedirreplaceablebooksand texts. Bakaršić and his colleagues painstakingly relocated the collectionbefore the museum was targeted and destroyed by aggressors. Not havingmanyboxes, theyhad to take thebooks tosafetybyhand.They risked theirlivestosaveimportantpiecesofhistory.Overseveralmonths,theyevacuatednearlytwokilometresofbooks.

THREE is dedicated to the memory of Kemal Bakaršić and the many braveindividualswhohave,againstallodds,preventedthedestructionofknowledge.

Ride |Jim Goertz |5:44min.

Rideisashort,sketch-stylevideoexercisethatemploys various camera resolutions, angles,framespeeds,supports,andproximitiestoplaywiththe ideaofresonance.Structuredaroundthe actions of a young man’s two-wheeledchoice of transport, we see another of hispastimesgivenapoeticpushbycircumstance.

TRENCH


Lon ParkerPart of LUMINARIES: Production Access 2012

Saturday, September 29 @ 8:30 - 9PMROYAL CANADIAN LEGION #1 BRANCH – 116 7 Avenue SEDoors open at 8PM(Part of Closing Celebration, see page 25 for ticket details.)

In1952,AlexanderGraf,aSwiss-bornNewYorkCity-basedartist,isinterviewedforaDutchlanguagedocumentaryprogram,Dada’s Kinderen (Dada’s Children).During the interview,Alexander recallshis experiencesas abartenderat theCabaret Voltaire, and as a young artist in 1920’sNewYorkCity. Alexander isinterviewedbyDianaMies,afly.Therearenohorsesinthevideo.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Lon Parker evolved from college anduniversitystudiesinActing,DirectingandStageDesign,towritingforthestageandproducing. His experiments in set designlead him into visual art as a painter andsculptor. The purchase of a Super 8 filmcameraleadshimintofilmmaking,mediaartandEMMEDIA.Heisinspiredbyhistoryand human experience, as well as whathe think is interesting and compelling,whatisfunnyorprofound,orcompletely

ridiculouswithnospecificagendabesidescreatingsomethingthatwasn’ttherebefore,ortellingastorythatisofinteresttohim.

THE WAR UPON US


Greg MarshallPart of LUMINARIES: Production Access 2012

Saturday, September 29 @ 8:30 - 9PMROYAL CANADIAN LEGION #1 BRANCH – 116 7 Avenue SE

Doors open at 8PM(Part of Closing Celebration, see page 25 for ticket details.)

The War Upon Usisadocumentaryvideoprojectinprogress,andisfocusedongatheringstoriesfromwarveteransandcivilianswhohaveexperiencedconflict.TheSecondWorldWaristhestartingpointoftellingthesestories,astheprojectaimstorememberthehorrorofwarinitscapacitytodevastatehumanity.Itisanexaminationofwarasaconceptwehavecreatedlongago,andhavecontinuedtocreate.Evenafteracenturyofdestructiononsuchamassivescale,warstillremainsasaviableoptioninthe21stcentury.Thisisaquestionthatoftenhasnoeasyanswers,butitisthehopeofthefilmmakerthatthewitnessesofwarcanoffersomewisdom,afterexperiencingsuchevents.Willwealwayshavewarsomewhereintheworld?

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

GregMarshallisadocumentaryvideomakerandartistfrom Calgary. His previous half-hour documentary,Tracking Distance, examined some of the personalhistoryoftheColdWarinCanada,undertheNORADagreement. It came about largely from his familybackgroundinthemilitary,havingspentalargeportionofhischildhoodgrowingupatvariousmilitarybases

throughoutWesternCanada.TheformerandderelictNORADairdefenceradarbase,CFS DanainSaskatchewan,wasthesettingforthevideo.GreggraduatedfromtheAlbertaCollegeofArtandDesignin1994,andcurrentlyworksasananimatorandvisualeffectsartistatavideoproductioncompanyinCalgary.Heismarriedwithtwoyoungchildren.

CLOSING CELEBRATION


THE SILENT TREATMENT SCREENING PROGRAM

The Silent Treatmentwasa2-daymediajamfaciliatedbyJoeKelly,thatcreatedshort, silent videos used as a looped screening program. Some videoswerecreatedinthetwodaysspecificallyfortheprogram,whileothersrevisitedpastworks.Thisprogramwillbeloopedonmultiplescreensthroughouttheevening.

Eclipse|Joe KellyEmpezar, in pieces|Rosanna TerraccianoFlags|Lia RogersExtreme-Digital Ironing|Lowell Smithand I must scream, with you| Teresa TamShoes|Shelley OuelletElegy|Sandra VidaBlow Me a Kiss|Sandi Somers & Corey LeeCloudscape|Brian BatistaKrystal Trance|Aran Wilkinson-BlancThe SKEP(tic)KS screensaver – Revisited|Grant PoierIn the Interim|Andrea MannTerra Ignota|Carl SpencerLiving Legend |Lon ParkerA Graphic Life|Ramin Eshraghi-YazdiSinz of the Parents|Wednesday LupypciwMr. Brown’s Life in Calgary|Peter Curtis MorganPlanet Overture|Sharon StevensRing|Lia RogersSyzygy|Josh Fraser

Saturday, September 29 @ 9PM - 12AM

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION #1 BRANCH – 116 7 Avenue SEDoors open at 8PM

TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR • $7* Only $5 for EMMEDIA members, seniors and students with ID.** Ticket includes admission to the screening of TRENCH by Lon Parker and The War

Upon Us by Greg Marshall starting at 8:30PM.

We will be closing the festival with an amazing celebration of media art through installations, screenings, music and dancing, all under one roof!

FEATURING:

INTERVIEW TR-505: A CONVERSATION WITH D. PARKS

A communication between decadescapturedliveinanunseenravineofdisposedbedframes and rusted autos, re-interpretedfor the stage in two acts. This performancewill include excerpts from The Parks International Catalogue of Multi-dimensional Experimentation, Genre-hopping, and Equipment Wrecking. Performed by ShawnDiceyasaDarwiniansoundscapecomposedfor synthesizer, drum-machine/percussionandguitar.

THE CEDAR TAVERN SINGERS AKA LES PHONORÉALISTES

The Cedar Tavern Singers AKA Les PhonoréalistesareMary-AnneMcTroweand Daniel Wong. They have beencollaboratingsince2006andhavebeencalled “considerably more entertainingthanthewritingsofClementGreenberg.”The Cedar Tavern Singers will beperformingasetofmusicalartlectures.

DJ SGR

DJ SGR(RyanMcClureScott)willhelpyoushakeyourbumbumallnight.BringyourRock n’ Roll hips and your beer drinkinglips. He has performed for Stride, Pithand Haight Galleries, and the ArtCityand GIRAF festivals. He is available forBirthdaysandWeddings.


MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

EMMEDIA GALLERY & PRODUCTION SOCIETY

351 - 11 AVE SW, #203 | CALGARY, AB | T2R [email protected]

WWW.EMMEDIA.CA403.263.2833

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