SCA | Quick News | November 7, 2025
We who have known tides
The SCA's has work in the exhibition We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection, which is at the Vancouver Art Gallery from November 6, 2025 – April 12, 2026. More (but let's hope the gallery adds more info there, please!).
The Brutal Joy in Ottawa
The SCA's is presenting The Brutal Joy (with sound by the SCA's and lighting by James Proudfoot) from November 20 – 22, 2025, at 7:30 PM, in the Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave., Ottawa), co-presented by the National Arts Centre with ODD / Series Dance 10. More .
Small Files for a Small World and Talismanic Media
The SCA's Laura U. Marks is giving a talk, "Small Files for a Small World and Talismanic Media," on Friday, November 21, 2025, at 2:00 PM in The New School's Wollman Hall (Room 500 – 65 W. 11th St., NYC), presented as part of the Speaking of Media talks series hosted by the School of Art, Media, and Technology's MA Media Studies Program at Parson's School of Design with the Tishman Environment & Design Center. More .
Collaborations in Art and Abolition
The SCA's joins Adad Hannah for Collaborations in Art and Abolition, "a free screening, performance and discussion event by the Prison Arts and Abolition Collaborative," on November 14, 2025, from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM, in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema here at SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts (149 West Hastings St., Vancouver), presented by The Circle Project. RSVP .
What We Come to See and Hear in Joshua Bonnetta’s The Two Sights
The SCA's has contributed the essay, "What We Come to See and Hear in Joshua Bonnetta’s The Two Sights," to Cinematic Ecosystems: Screen Encounters with More-than-Humans in the Era of Environmental Crisis, edited by Mary Hegedus and Jessica Mulvogue, which is out now from Vernon Press. More .
Matreyek at PAM CUT
The SCA's is presenting Infinitely Yours and This World Made Itself on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at and , at PAM CUT (3530 SE Division St. Portland, OR), presented as part of PAM CUT's PLUS PLUS series. More .
Fui's Camera Trap
The SCA's 's Camera Trap is screened as part of Catalogs Without Order on November 6, 2025, at ARS Kunstilinnak (Pärnu mnt. 154, 11317 Tallinn, Estonia). More .
Maier in the field
The SCA's 's "field-recording/machine listening project," Rewilding Synthetic Natures, was broadcast on German national radio on the Klangkunst program (download it ). He's also performing at Hotelier in Porto, Portugal, on November 26 (more ), and at , also in Lisbon, on November 29, and then Maier and Ragnhild May are presenting their collaborative work, Bellows, at Koncerkirken in Copenhagen as part of the 2025 Organ Sound Art Festival (more ).
Solum I Soil
Solum I Soil, a dance film by the SCA's and SCA alumni and that features SCA alumni dancers Kayla De Vos and Lillian Wallman, is screening as part of Festival Desassossego, which runs November 8 – 16, 2025, at PAZ (311 Rua do Duque de Saldanha, Porto, Portugal). More .
A Dream Pointing to Aadchit
SCA alumnus 's short film A Dream Pointing to Aadchit is screening in the Beirut Shorts Selection: Land, Peace, & Justice Competition as part of the 2025 Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, running November 2 – 7, at the Metropolis Cinema (Pharoun St., Beirut, Lebanon). More .
Sonic Embodiment and Creation
SCA alumnus is holding a "Sonic Embodiment and Creation" workshop on December 13, 2025, from 10:00 Am – 1:00 PM, at the Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver). More .
Choreographic Series November 2025
SCA alumnus joins Isak Enquist and Peter Bingham presenting new work as part of EDAM Dance's Choreographic Series November 2025, running November 19 – 22, 26, 28 & 29 at 7:00 PM at EDAM (303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver), with post-show artist talk-back on November 19. SCA PhD student is performing live sound and music for Mitsuhashi work, and SCA alumnus is the costume consultant. More .
Jessie winners!
Congratulations to all of the 2025 winners of the The Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, but especially our SCA alumni, including (Outstanding Lighting Design for The Hobbit and Behind the Moon), (Outstanding Sound Design or Original Composition for SWIM), and (Outstanding Design: Projection Design and Projection Illustration for Middletown), (Outstanding Performance for Otosan, with Shizuka Kai, Lisa Goebel, and Randi Edmundson), and (Outstanding Design for Otosan, with Shizuka Kai, Laura Fukumoto, Randi Edmundson, John Webber, Vanka Salim, Malcolm Dow, Monica Emme, and Stephanie Elgersma). See all of the winners and nominees (including many other SCA alumni) .
Building Together II: Acoustic Reactions
SCA PhD student is performing as part of Building Together II: Acoustic Reactions, which runs November 7 – 9, 2025, at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver), presented by the busy folks at Music on Main. More .
O’Callaghan interview and review
SCA alumnus James O’Callaghan was interviewed (in French) by PAN M 360 (read it ), and they shared a quick review of O’Callaghan's show on Halloween, too (read it ).
UNIT/PITT 50th Anniversary Exhibition and publication launch
UNIT/PITT 50th Anniversary Exhibition, , which is also the launch of the publication (co-edited by Kira Saragih and featuring content by SCA alumnus SCA alumni and the SCA's Kay Higgins), is tonight (Friday, November 7, 2025), from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM at UNIT/PITT Gallery (2954 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver), featuring "live archival audio-visual interventions" by SCA alumnus and Jefferson Alad.
Have your say in the Burnaby Arts Council’s Renewal!
Burnaby Arts Council has asked us to share this call:
(BAC), a non-profit community organization is reimagining how they support arts and culture in Burnaby and they want to hear from you! With support from the City of Burnaby, BAC is going through an exciting renewal to build a sustainable operating plan for the next three years. That means listening closely to what Burnaby’s creative community needs and shaping their work to serve the community better.
Add your ideas to a Community Kudoboard () – post a digital sticky note, add photos, and community projects that have inspired you! How can the Burnaby Arts Council be a resource for you? Your input will directly shape BAC’s priorities, programs, and direction.
Rahi and Gajraj at Pacific Spirit
SCA PhD student , playing parts from his Music for the Augmented Pipe Organ, is opening for Maria Gajraj, who's debuting Invisible Rivers, on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, from 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM, at Pacific Spirit United Church (2195 W 45th Ave, Vancouver), presented by Publik Secrets. Get tickets .
Lee moderates and on the cover
SCA MFA student is moderating a conversation with Laura Taler at The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St., Vancouver) on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 7:00 PM, following a screening of Taler's the village trilogy and Matryoshka Crush. More . Also, Lee shared that their work Dance Machine is discussed in Pil Hansen's Performance Generating Systems in Dance: Dramaturgy, Psychology, and Performativity, published by intellect books in 2023, and they're also on the cover! More .
Cheladyn at the Dance Centre
The Dance Centre is presenting on December 3, 2025, as part of their series of talks, "Dance Dialogues," on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (677 Davie St., Vancouver). More .
Burnt Tongues
SCA alumnus is participating in the exhibition Burnt Tongues, which runs November 13 – 27, 2025, at 4277 Fraser St., Vancouver. More .
Ballet BC Annex dances Goodman
Ballet BC Annex at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby) on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 3:00 PM, and at the Evergreen Cultural Centre's Studio Theatre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) on November 13, 2025, at 7:30 PM, features choreography by Alexis Fletcher and SCA alumnus . Get tickets for the Shadbolt, and for the Evergreen.
Vendetta's Rev Up
Watch the video for Rev Up by Vendetta (SCA alumnus ), directed by SCA alumnus . Watch a sample on Vendetta's Instagram () and then click through for the full thing and the EP its from.
Inverso's Performance Research Project Showing
SCA alumnus joins Josh Martin and Lesley Telford for Inverso Productions' Performance Research Project Showing on November 13, 2025, at 8:00 PM, at Left of Main (211 Keefer St, Vancouver). Get tickets .
Finn at La MaMa
SCA MFA student is part of Jump Start, a works-in-progress showing in the La MaMa Puppet Series, running November 13 – 16, 2025, at La MaMa (74A East 4th St., NYC). More .
Blenkarn talks over, under, and 2021
Watch SCA alumnus talk about whats "over and under," while also promoting , co-created by Blenkarn, Cole Lewis, and Sam Ferguson, which is running January 9 – 18, 2026, at Mitu580 (Unit A – 580 Sackett St., Brooklyn, NY), presented as part of the Under the Radar festival. Watch .
Creating Kodama with Mochizuki
SCA alumnus is running a "Creating Kodama workshop" on Sunday, November 9, 2025, from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, at SFU's Gibson Art Museum (SFU Burnaby), presenting in support of , which includes Mochizuki work Arboreal Time. More .
Does it make me naive if i’ve never been part of something where i’ve meant more to them than they did to me?
SCA alumnus 's short film Does it make me naive if i’ve never been part of something where i’ve meant more to them than they did to me? is screening on November 8, 2025, at 12:00 PM, at the International Village Cinemas (88 W Pender St., Vancouver), presented as part of the Vancouver Asian Film Festival's "Program #5: Be Different – Westcoast Tales." More .
2 late 4 this
Watch the video for 2 late 4 this by san (SCA alumnus h) on YouTube .