Shane Waltner at Siobhan Davies Studios

Drawn to motion, written in space, stitched over time by Shane Waltener
12 January – 11 March 2012, Free entry, drop-in at Siobhan Davies Studios

Shane Waltener, an artist renowned for his large-scale interactive textile installations, presents an exhibition of new works designed specifically for Siobhan Davies Studios. By using the Studios’ Creative Dance class participants and members of the public as human bobbins to weave thread throughout the building, Waltener explores the performative dimensions of his craft.

 

Choreographic sequences offer a reflection on weaving and stitching processes, and the relationship between object and action. I’m interested in revealing and discovering something about this through the silent negotiation between dancers, space and materials, which you can capture with dance. -Shane Waltener

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Mile Zero Dance | Call for Submissions

Mile Zero Dance is searching for original, short works (10 min or less) of any performance medium for our January 21st Salon- “Unplugged”. This season, MZD is exploring the connections between power and performance, between electronics and energy.

Our salons have a cabaret-like atmosphere of interested audience members who like to be exposed to what is new and intriguing in the city, and sometimes from afar. Works in progress, film/video, installations are also considered; please circulate wildly. Please include a short bio/cv, statement of intent, description of work, and pertinent links or dvd’s.

Submissions can be emailed to info@milezerodance.com or mailed directly to mail:

Mile Zero Dance/ Submissions
PO Box 52058
Edmonton AB
Canada
T6G 2T5

For more visit www.milezerodance.com

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Saw this show at the Showcase Grand Theatre last night and it was incredible. This was my first time seeing the dance company from Quebec. (Thank you Kristofer.) For more information about The Golden Mean and other work visit the Marie Chouinard Company’s website.

The Golden Mean (Live) is the first show in Theatre Junction‘s anniversary season.

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Deborah Valoma, Longing, 2011, installation and performance integrating the sensual, spatial, and rhythmic dynamics of weaving and dance. Improvisational movement by Victor Alexander and Yismari Ramos Tellez. Music and sound by Arianna Brame and Petra Valoma. Filmed at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, during an artist residency in conjunction with “Weaving, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” a retrospective of the work of weaver Laurie Herrick curated by Namita Wiggers.

A film by Ian Lucero
ianlucero.com

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Invisible Drawings: Put a stop to (Experiments in the studio)

Invisible Drawings: Put a stop to (Experiments in the studio) from Invisible Drawings – GREY AREA on Vimeo.

Further experiments for the collaboration project between painter Christine Cheung and SeedSew. These explorations were carried out in Cheung’s studio in Berlin, featuring Natalie Adams of SeedSew.

In responding to one another a dialogue between painter and dancer is established whereby watching, listening and replying keep the process of mark making and improvising an ever-changing piece of live performance and art.

Invisible Drawings was inspired from an activity that Cheung first saw during a residency in China. Using homemade giant brushes and water as a medium, calligraphers practice their writing in the parks of Beijing. Part performance, part graffiti, part social experiment, this investigation has led to workshops and collaborations.

More images can be found HERE. ​

Music composed by Hillman Mondegreen AKA The Soundcheck Quartet specifically for Invisible Drawings.

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Invisible Drawings is an ongoing project by visual artist Christine Cheung. Lately she has been collaborating with dancers Natalie Adams and Benjamin Martin of Seed Sew and documenting these experiments with video.

all images courtesy the artist

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Nick Cave’s latest exhibition Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, first mounted in March of 2009 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is now at the  Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (July 30 to November 29, 2009) and will travel to the Fowler Museum at UCLA (January 10 to June 1, 2010 and to the Seattle Art Museum in 2011. Road trip anyone?

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