EPCOR CENTRE PRESENTS...

Venue / Location:
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, 205-8 Ave SE, Engineered Air Theatre and throughout the Centre

1 Mar 2012 - 6:00am

Ticket Price:
Free

Event Description:

While you're in the EPCOR CENTRE on First Thursday for Theatre Calgary's "Shirley Valentine" or ATP's "Drama" or "Good Fences", check out the window exhibitions by Calgary's artist-run-centres in the +15 level near the Jack Singer Concert Hall, the video art presented by GAMA on 3 monitors in the public areas of the building, and the EPCOR CENTRE's own art exhibitions in the windows near the Max Bell Theatre (Theatre Calgary) and in the Ledge Gallery.

 

 
History and Heritage
6am – midnight
EPCOR CENTRE, Window Galleries (outside Max Bell Theatre)
 
EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present works by Alberta-based artists, Sarah Clark, Cassandra Paul, Michael Leeb, Neil McClelland, Kib Sreng and Emma Sacco. The new works showcase a beautiful balance between traditional and non-traditional drawing, painting, sculpture and installation art practices resulting in thought-provoking themes of identity, heritage and history.
 
FREE
 
 
Holding Pattern by Sandra Vida
6am – midnight
EPCOR CENTRE’s Ledge Gallery – located above Centre Court, T2G 0K9
 
Local veteran artist Sandra Vida creates a scene in the Ledge Gallery with a cast of thought-provoking characters that reference a wide range of historical and cultural archetypes:  the corn maiden, the scapegoat, the sacrificial offering.
This new installation depicts the delicate balance between destruction and creation, offering a moment of contemplation between past and future.  The figures portray a feeling of powerlessness by setting a scene in which opposing forces are held in equilibrium.
 
FREE
 
Exposed: three films by John Price
Gallery of Alberta Media Arts (GAMA)
6am – midnight
Three video monitors:
+15 near CKUA; second level of Jack Singer Concert Hall west end
West end of Jack Singer Concert Hall main floor foyer
Near Baraka Café and the stained glass window

EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is proud to partner with the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society and the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers to present a selection of films by John Price as part of the $100 Film Festival.
 
CSIF programmer, Melanie Wilmink curates three films from well‐known independent filmmaker John Price who has produced experimental documentaries, dance and diary films since 1986. Price works with a wide range of motion picture film techniques and camera formats to produce images that communicate a powerful subtext.
 
“These works by John Price are magnetic,” says curator Melanie Wilmink. “Perhaps it is the beautiful photography, perfect compositions and frozen memories that draws us to his films, but I believe that the attraction is rooted in the way that Price collages those images together. Each of these films illustrates kids playing, hunters hunting, boats floating, or beachcombers enjoying the sun, but also innocence transformed through violence, isolation, and human impact on the environment. They are a childlike exploration of the world, through the eyes of the camera and its subjects, that sees everything as magical, dreamlike, and surprising.”
 
Partnership with Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society and Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers. 
 
After party:  March 10, 2012 @ Cafe Koi - #100, 1011 - 1st Street SW Calgary, AB.; 10pm onwards
 

 

FREE