SCA | Quick News | March 25, 2022
Skoden in the news
The 2022 Skoden Indigenous Film Festival (SIFF) was covered in The Georgia Straight! Read all about it .
There are two ways to see the festival. One is to catch the Skoden Sampler on March 31, 2022, at the Prospera Credit Union Theatre at SFU's Surrey Campus (), and the other is to catch the complete Skoden Indigenous Film Festival run on April 1 & 2, 2022, at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (). But if you're really keen, you could go to everything! Grab sliding-scale tickets for both the Skoden Sampler and / or the full Skoden Indigenous Film Festival here: ! NOTE: Please make sure to purchase a ticket for each program for the full Skoden Indigenous Film Festival on April 1 & 2 you'd like to attend. Head over to the dedicated 2022 Skoden Indigenous Film Festival page for the complete program and information about the films in the festival. It's going to be great!
Architek Percussion sell out!
Wow! Music on Main's presentation of on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, featuring a "world premiere of an epic new piece" titled Stircrazer I by the SCA's (who's also Music on Main's Composer in Residence), is SOLD OUT! Let's hope some video from the event gets shared for folks who missed a ticket. More .
Daniel talks Fitting (Out-Fitting) In
The SCA's is giving a talk, Fitting (Out-Fitting) In, for the Centre for Culture, Identity and Education at UBC, on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, from 10:00 AM 鈥� 11:00 AM, drawing from his essay with the same title from the book (University of Toronto Press, 2022), edited by Awad Ibrahim, Tamari Kitossa, Malinda S. Smith, and Handel Kashope Wright. RSVP .
Latta and Talijan膷i膰's TRACES
The SCA's Erika Latta and her collaborator Ivan Talijan膷i膰's company presented a preview of TRACES, their "newest immersive, site-specific work in the making," developed in collaboration with . Find out more about TRACES .
Dickinson's At the Speed of Light
The SCA's Peter Dickinson's new audio play At the Speed of Light, presented by Pi Theatre, is "on the air." Head over to to grab some PWYC tickets and start listening!
Gotfrit plays Chanting & Chocolate
The SCA's Martin Gotfrit is part of the band for Chanting & Chocolate on Sunday, March 27, 2022, from 7:30 PM 鈥� 9:00 PM at the Or Shalom Synagogue. More .
Lavery at the Art Shed
SCA alumnus has new work up at . Check some images out on .
Saugstad & Friends in Open Stage #2
SCA alumnus is presenting "a filmed excerpt of Paper Mountains (of Memory)" on Sunday, April 3, 2022, as part of Open Stage #2 at , featuring performances by SCA alumni and plus Daria Mikhaylyuk, Nasiv Sall, and Sabine Raskin, with music by SCA alumnus . More .
Nieto's Impermanent Flower
Upcoming! SCA MFA student is presenting her work Impermanent Flower from May 27 鈥� 28, 2022, at the , presented by New Works. More .
Mitsuhashi helps Mardon's port of everywhere
Check out SCA alumnus 's long-time collaborator 's online project, port of everywhere, for which Mitsuhashi contributed "Spatial considerations/light and projection." More .
B. Marks on Westerkamp's Breaking News
Listen to alumnus in conversation with , a key member of 91泡芙's influential World Soundscape Project, about Westerkamp's latest recording . Listen .
Laiwan moderates and screened
SCA alumnus moderates Erasures: Cultural Activism and Periodicals, a virtual panel discussion with her former collaborators Frederick Thomas Edwards, John Kozachenko, and Joyce Jenje Makwenda on March 31, 2022, at 12:00 PM, co-presented by the and the . RSVP . Also, Laiwan's film was presented by on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in support of the exhibition at the Belkin, running until April 10, 2022.
Hou's Second Spring in The Label Makers
Multifaceted SCA alumnus 's online label is the focus of DOMINIONATED's latest installment of The Label Makers. Read it .
Andreyev and Overstall's EPIC_Tom ++
The SCA's and SCA PhD student are part of the ace group of players (also including Julie Andreyev, Adrian Avenda帽o, Marina Hasselberg, Giorgio Magnanensi, and Anju Singh) performing Andreyev and Overstall's EPIC_Tom ++, which "features three works of live musical improvisation and generative media from Julie Andreyev and Simon Overstall鈥檚 multispecies projects with dogs, crows, and forest communities." Co-presented by and Emily Carr University of Art + Design, EPIC_Tom ++ runs on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 7:30 PM at ECU's Integrated Motion Studio (520 E 1st Avenue, enter from Carolina Street). More .
Wei's Kamikaze Nurse get signed
SCA alumnus 's rock group has signed to local indie stalwarts for their new album Stimuloso. Click through to read about it on Exclaim! and to watch the video for the track Boom Josie. Read it .
Silverfox does the RRR
SCA alumnus is a participating artist in 's Remote Research Residency. Congratulations, Krystle! More .
Sound, Yassine, Liu, Obuwoma, and Walker talk Response: Soft Action
Watch SCA alumni , , and , and current SCA film student , as well as incoming SCA MFA candidate (as host) in a series of conversational videos following up their participation in the exhibition that ran at The Polygon Gallery from January 26 鈥� February 6, 2022. Head over to the Polygon's Vimeo account to watch all the videos .
Hekademia on CBC Gem
SCA alumnus 's film is heading to , starting Thursday, March 24, 2022. Look for it there in the "Canadian Reflections" selection. You can also tune in at 11:30 PM (ET/PT) on CBC TV! Watch it .
Davachi, Maier, and Rahi
Check out this upcoming concert of "solo performances on Vancouver鈥檚 largest pipe organ," with and SCA alumni and , who's also an instructor in our Music & Sound area. Presented by Vancouver New Music, the concert takes place Saturday, May 28, 2022, at 8:00 PM at the Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Avenue). More .
Viitanen works Migration
Go check out the SCA's always excellent creative work as the Set Designer and Technical Director for theatre's presentation of Migration, produced in collaboration with artist . Migration runs March 24 鈥� April 2, 2022, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave, Vancouver). More .
FRIDAY plays The Baby G
SCA alumnus is playing Toronto's The Baby G (1608 Dundas Street West) with Chippy Nonstop and Kat Duma on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 8:00 PM (EDT), presented as part of Box Week Special. Tickets .
McDonald's Jamaican Dance Progression
Attention SFU dancers! Guest instructor and artist will be teaching CA 329 in Jamaican Dance Progression during the upcoming Intersession (May/June). If you are interested in this course and do not have the pre-requisite, please email Professor Henry Daniel for more info.
Kotowich's Nimi虃htowin Aski虃hk
SCA alumnus recognizes the Spring Equinox by sharing Nimi虃htowin Aski虃hk, a collaborative film with Chloe Ziner, Jessica Gabriel, Roxanne Nesbitt, and Kathleen Nisbet, presented on the National Arts Centre's website. Watch it
interplay_2022 鈥� call for works!
Call for works for interplay_2022, which has SCA alumni and as co-curators, along with khattieQ and Roxanne Nesbitt. More .
Wallgrin in Germany
(SCA alumnus Tegan Wahlgren) is heading to Germany for a tour. More .
Vickers' Ancestor Gesture: Diviners
Great photo documentation (including performance images) from SCA alumnus ' exhibition Ancestor Gesture: Diviners, which ran at the NADA project space in NYC from March 11 鈥� April 24, 2022, presented by Macaulay & Co. Fine Art. See it .
Christie in Ghost Stations
SCA alumnus is presenting her 2016 film and a selection of photographs as part of the exhibition Ghost Stations: Amanda Dawn Christie, Thaddeus Holownia and Radio Canada International, running March 25 鈥� April 7, 2022, at Ottawa's 50 Sussex, Canada鈥檚 Centre for Geography and Exploration and the new home of Royal Canadian Geographical Society. More .
St. Albert Smith plays Sankofa
The SCA's Albert St. Albert Smith will be performing at the closing event for the Museum of Anthropology's exhibition Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots, which runs until March 27, 2022. More HERE.
withintensions' call for Fable
withintensions, the monthly art mag by SCA alumni, is calling for submissions on the theme of Fable for their next issue. Deadline is March 28, 2022. More .
Medd's Dreaming Climate Consciousness
SCA alumnus is running Dreaming Climate Consciousness, an online workshop that aims to foster "creative collaboration to make narratives that exist in dialogue with the unfolding realities of climate change." The workshop runs on Saturdays from April 2 鈥� May 7, 2022, from 11:00 AM 鈥� 2:00 PM (MST). More .
Postalian does the Critical Response Process
SCA alumnus just finished a four-day Baltimore visit as part of the Critical Response Process certification with Liz Lerman and John Borstel, where he's with nine other artists in the program's 2022 cohort. More .
Koochakzadeh-Yazdi remixes and plays
Check out SCA alumnus 's remix of Standing Wave's Enlaced on their new, free 4 track EP, 20C Re-Remixed, available now via . Also, listen to new work by Koochakzadeh-Yazdi in this concert video from Purchase College, SUNY, also featuring work by Sarah Hennies, Sarah Belle Reid, Matt Sargent, and Samuel Carl Adams. Watch .
O'Callaghan's 芦 in an archipelago 禄 鈥� in an app!
Listen to / interact with SCA alumnus 's work 芦 in an archipelago 禄 on Standing Wave's new app. Download it for iSO and Android from .
Chien and MacCaull do visuals, Carter's THE KILN PROJECT screens
SCA alumni and produced the visuals for and the 's presentation of Alanna Ho & Mustafa Rafiq on Saturday, March 18, 2022, at the South Hall on Galiano Island. Also on the bill was a screening of , a dance film by SCA alumnus and filmmaker Brenda Kent Colina, with music by Prince Shima, which was produced as part of the 鈥檚 PIVOT: Digital Collaborations, presented by Active / Passive and supported by the . More .
Congratulations, Ermacora and Johnson!
Congratulations to SCA alumni and for the world premiere of their film at the . More .
Calderon's Embodied Character Making
, SCA alumnus and Playwrights Theatre Centre's Dramaturg, Creative Engagement, is running an online workshop on Friday April 22, 2022, on Embodied Character Making. More .
Upcoming: Sapphire Haze
For your events calendar: , aka SCA alumni and , at the Fox Cabaret on April 12, 2022, as part of Music on Main's Emerge on Main programming. More .
脟olak workshops
The SCA's Music & Sound area's Creative Sound Seminar hosted a three day Mixing and Mastering Workshop with composer, producer, and audio engineer Murat 脟olak.鈦� Find out about 脟olak and his work on his .