BARRY DOUPE SCREENING OF PONYTAIL

Ponytail

A Feature by Barry Doupé (in Person)

Saturday, November 29, 8pm

CineCycle,129 Spadina Ave.

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Join us for the Canadian premiere of Ponytail ( 2008, 90 min, computer animation on video). This feature-length video follows several inflicted characters and recounts the ways in which they find resolve. A series of entropic scenarios held together by an attraction to failure and its spectacle describe the characters’ malfunction — their inability to fulfil personal desire. Compelled by the consequences and rewards of their attempts they question their own trajectory. Using elements of melodrama, performative monologue and traditional narrative structure Ponytail presents a unique society of characters that destroy the distinction between memory and invention. (BD)

Ponytail

Ponytail

Ponytail

Ponytail

VTAPE: TALES FROM THE CRYPT

Please join us at Vtape for the first in an occasional screening series entitled TALES FROM THE CRYPT*.

FROM FOUNDATION TO FIXATION:
video art and the face

curated by
KAITLIN TILL-LANDRY

Screening and curator's talk
Friday, November 28, 2008
Screening @ 6 & 7:30pm
Curator's talk @ 7:00pm

This programme will be available on request through
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Self-Portrait (Made-up), Alice Evensen

For over a decade, Vtape has developed an intensive and multi-faceted intern training programme for students and members of the interested public. With this programme - FROM FOUNDATION TO FIXATION: video art and the face - Vtape offers a showcase for the curatorial talents of one of our recent interns.

Some background: In 2006-7, Kaitlin Till-Landry worked as a technical intern at Vtape. During this period of time, she managed the restoration of the early video artwork of Martha Wilson, the founder of Franklin Furnace (New York) and a pioneering feminist artist whose works from her time at NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax) have become part of the canon of early feminist video art. Kaitlin Till-Landry, still a student herself, worked directly with Martha Wilson to ensure that the restoration conformed to the artist's standards.

This process solidified Till-Landry's interest in the connection that many of her contemporaries have with the idea of "the face" as a site for their explorations of identity and engagement. As a result, she put together this programme that combines the works of artists from the early 1970s with works from the immediate present.

Landry's thoughts on this intriguing programme: "In the 1970s, many artists approached the face as a focal point within the unlimited possibilities of video as a newly accessible medium. Largely, in the 80s and 90s video work stepped back from this tight framing. Over thirty years later, a resurgence in video works that center on the face incorporate advances in post-production and accessibility providing a basis for investigation into the way artists interact with the medium within this intimate framing."

*TALES FROM THE CRYPT is one of Vtape's curatorial mentorship programmes that provide opportunities for emerging curators to work with media artworks in creative and challenging ways. With TALES FROM THE CRYPT, Vtape encourages our interns to develop programmes centred around the works that they (the interns themselves) have restored or researched. Often, their efforts have brought works of historical importance back into circulation, both as artworks and also as documents of historically significant events. TALES FROM THE CRYPT will allow the public to engage with these re-discoveries.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT.
FROM FOUNDATION TO FIXATION:
video art and the face

The Contest, Liz Knox, 2:45min. 2004
Deformation, Martha Wilson, 8:00. 1972
Pryings, Vito Acconci, 6:00. [excerpt from 21:00min.] 1971
Self-Portrait (Made-up), Alice Evensen, (silent) 6:00min. 2005
The Art of Autobiography: Redux I, Dana C. Inkster, 5:00min. 2006
full effect, Jeremy Bailey, 2:00min. 2005
Kiss. Robert Bowers, (silent) 5:30min. 1971
Self Portrait, Nolan Natasha, 1:45. 2003

Vtape
401 Richmond St., #452
Toronto, ON M5V 3A8
416 351-1317

Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday 12-4pm
For more information, contact info@vtape.org

www.vtape.org

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: INTERACCESS CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP

Call for applications: Curatorial Internship at InterAccess, Toronto
Deadline: Friday, January 9, 2009

InterAccess is seeking an organized and motivated student or recent graduate for our annual Curatorial Internship.

InterAccess is dedicated to expanding the cultural space of technology. We fulfill our mandate through our internationally renown exhibition programmes, media production studio and innovative educational activities. A unique centre in the country, InterAccess has been at the forefront of electronic and new media arts in Canada since 1983. For more information about InterAccess visit www.interaccess.org .

Nature and Scope of Position

Reporting to the Director and supervised by the Assistant Curator/Public Programmes Manager, the Curatorial Intern is given the opportunity to learn about all aspects of programming within an artist-run, media arts centre environment. This unpaid internship is ideally 7-14 hours per week from February through April, approximately 7-10 hours per week from May through August, and extended hours during the weeks leading up to the exhibition, and is slated to begin February 2009.

This Curatorial Internship programme began in 2001 and is an ideal placement for an undergraduate student in his or her final year of study. Students may also use this internship for independent study credit. Past Curatorial Interns at InterAccess have gone on to work in such institutions as the Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Xpace Gallery in Toronto, Space Media Arts in London UK, FACT, Liverpool, Transmediale in Berlin, Germany, and many go on to complete a masters in curatorial studies.

The primary responsibility of the Curatorial Intern is the development of the annual Emerging Artist exhibition. The intern will develop a coherent and relevant theme for the exhibition, select approximately five works from graduating new media students within Southern Ontario and Canada, assist in drafting an exhibition budget, develop promotional strategies, write a curatorial statement and manage the installation of the exhibition in July 2009. The 2006 Emerging Artist Exhibition, Press Play, received a rave review in the Toronto Star, and the 2007 exhibition, 2 Steps Back, received a glowing review in the Globe and Mail. The curator also publishes a 1500 word essay in the InterAccess brochure series. This opportunity provides wide exposure for both the curator and the artists.

The Curatorial Intern also assists with other duties at InterAccess. He or she is an invited participant on the InterAccess Programme Advisory Council (PAC). Additional duties may include organizing submissions for review, assisting with distribution of listings and other communications duties, assisting with installation and event set-up, researching materials for upcoming exhibitions and events, general office assistance and gallery sitting.

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will be in his or her final year of study in a related programme at a post-secondary institution in the GTA (or within commuting distance). Recent graduates will also be considered.

He or she will possess:

• Strong knowledge of contemporary media and visual art practices, especially within Canada.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills (Mac environment).
• Superior organizational skills.
• The ability to deal with diverse public audiences; must be friendly and tactful.
• The ability to work in a self-directed manner as well as in a team environment.

This unpaid internship offers a small curatorial honorarium upon successful completion. This internship may be used for course credit, if applicable to the intern's programme of study.

How to apply

Submissions must include:

• Your CV.
• A cover letter (maximum 2 pages) detailing your experiences and interest in media arts.
  
• A short statement of a possible theme to be explored for the Emerging Artist exhibition (250 words).
  
• Names and contact information for two referees, preferably one academic and one professional.

Please send submissions to:
Dana Samuel, Director
InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre
9 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, Ontario Canada
M6J 2Y8

InterAccess does not accept email proposals. Please send your application via post. Thanks!

We thank all applicants for their time and interest in InterAccess, however please understand that our application process is highly competitive. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Colin Campbell and Gareth Long @ Oakville Galleries

Please join us for our winter exhibition openings on Friday 5 December from 7:30 to 8:30 pm at Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square. A reception will follow from 8:30 to 10 pm at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens.

A bus to both receptions will depart from The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West, Toronto) at 6:45 pm, returning downtown at 10 pm. $10 per rider.

People Like Us: The Gossip of Colin Campbell
6 December 2008 - 22 February 2009
at Centennial Square

Colin Campbell, The Woman from Malibu, 1976

Pioneering Canadian artist Colin Campbell used video as a flexible and accessible medium for storytelling; his oeuvre is about characters and their words. Campbell's homespun tapes are a perverse collage of tall tales, rumours, conversations and daydreams gleaned from his everyday life. Ever the great collector, Campbell would borrow a bon mot here, a dirty joke there, a dash of tabloid eccentricity and voilà: an unforgettable story, an unforgettable character. Through videotape, he gossiped with and about his real social circle and created a new one, a group of fictional personas who became tangibly real once their tapes were watched, loved (or hated) and talked about.

People Like Us: The Gossip of Colin Campbell surveys the artist's video career from early tapes like True/False (1972) to his final work, Que Sera Sera (2001). It is the first major exhibition of his work since his death in 2001.

Curated by Jon Davies, this exhibition will tour Canada accompanied by a bilingual catalogue.

This project has been made possible in part through a contribution from the Museums Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage.

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Gareth Long
Second, Third, Fourth
6 December 2008 - 22 February 2009
in Gairloch Gardens

Gareth Long, Video Solid (detail), 2006

The work of Gareth Long tends toward conceptual gestures that play with formal ideas of translation, narrative and medium-specificity. His projects frequently turn video into material objects in an effort to explore video's value as infinitely reproducible. Such translations result in pieces far-removed from their source, often barely resembling the original in their new, compromised object form. In crafting modes of video that extend outside the limits of single channel screening, he has generated artworks that not only expand the category of video, but also of animation, sculpture, installation and performance.

This exhibition was programmed to coincide with the Colin Campbell retrospective at Centennial Square; as Campbell's former student, Long's clever experimentations with video are a timely testament to Campbell's ongoing influence.

Equipment for this exhibition has been graciously provided by Ambo Technologies.

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Oakville Galleries has two locations:

Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square is located at 120 Navy Street in downtown Oakville. Open Tuesday to Thursday: 12 - 9pm; Friday: 12 - 5pm; Saturday: 10 am - 5pm; Sunday: 1 - 5pm.
Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens is located at 1306 Lakeshore Road East, 2 km east of downtown Oakville. Open Tuesday to Sunday: 1 - 5pm.

Media inquiries contact Tracey Shepherd, 905.844.4402 ext. 28 or e-mail communications@oakvillegalleries.com.

For more information about Oakville Galleries, our exhibitions or programmes, please call 905.844.4402 or visit http://www.oakvillegalleries.com

New admission fees: Adults $2; Youth 12-16 (with ID) $1; Members (Friends of Oakville Galleries) and children under 12 are free.

Oakville Galleries acknowledges the ongoing support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Corporation of the Town of Oakville along with our many individual, corporate and foundation partners.

PRINT MEDIA SALE NOVEMBER 27th

Vanessa O'Rielly Lecture: Thursday November 27 (B124)