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SAW VIDEO CLOSED DURING EASTER WEEKEND MARCH 21-24
ANALOGUE SCREENING SERIES
ANALOGUE PANEL DISCUSSION
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Also in this issue:

UPCOMING FESTIVAL DEADLINES
CALLS FOR SUBMISSION
SCREENINGS AND EVENTS
OTHER

SAW VIDEO NEWS:

SAW VIDEO CLOSED DURING EASTER WEEKEND MARCH 21-24
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SAW Video will be closed Friday, March 21st to Monday, March 24th. Equipment pickups for bookings over the long weekend must be picked up by 6pm on Thursday March 20th. SAW Video will open regular hours again on Tuesday March 25th at 10am.

For editing over the long weekend closure, booking arrangements must be made before March 20th.

 

ANALOGUE SCREENING SERIES
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Screening Series                                                              (version française ci-dessous)

Analogue: Pioneering Video from the UK, Canada and Poland (1968-88)

Presented by Vtape (Toronto) in collaboration with the Ottawa Art Gallery and SAW Video


Pierre Falardeau and Julien Poulin, Continuons le combat, 1971

This presentation of 5 exciting programs seeks to illuminate the little-known early histories of video art in the UK, Canada, and Poland. By examining twenty years of artists' video from these three countries, it also aims to broaden our understanding of this versatile medium, while charting its transition from the politicized margins of artistic practice to the mainstream.

March 14 - 16, 2008

Arts Court Theatre
2 Daly Ave
Ottawa, Ontario 

Free admission

UK and Canadian Programs
Friday 14 March 2008
7:00-10:00 pm  / Refreshments will be served

UK Program 1:
David Critchlen, Pieces I Never Did, 1979 excerpt 4:50
Marceline Mori, Second and Third identity, 1977, 4:00
Akiko Hada, Oi Hoi Bang Bang!, 1988, 6:00
Stuart Marshall, Distinct, 1979, excerpt 3:36
Sera Furneaux, Lessness, 1986, excerpt 3:30
Chris Meigh-Andrews, Interlude (Homage to Bugs Bunny)1983, 4:00
Judith Goddard, Electron, 1987, 5:00
Marty St. James and Ann Wilson, Beatnik, 1984, 5:00
Peter Donebauer, Moving, 1980, 5:00
Pratibha Parmar, Sari Red, 1988, 5:44
John Scarlett-Davis, Chat Rap (Volker), 1983, excerpt, 2:10
Mona Hatoum, Measures of Distance, 1988, excerpt 5:00
Tina Keane, Demolition/Escape, 1983, excerpt 4:00
Gorilla Tapes, The Commander in Chief, 1985, 4:00

Canadian Program 1:
Pierre Falardeau and Julien Poulin, Le Continuons de Combat, 1971, excerpt 10:00.
Colin Campbell, Sackville I’m Yours, 1972, excerpt 6:00 
 David Askevold, My Recall of an Imprint of a Hypothetical Jungle, 1973, 5:30
Jeffrey Spalding, Video Wash, 1973, excerpt 5:00  
Eric Cameron, Contact Piece: A Nude Model (Donna), 1973, excerpt 6:00
Lisa Steele, Birthday Suit, 1974, 12:00
Rodney Werden, Say, 1978, 3:00
Paul Wong, 60 Unit Bruise, 1976, 4:30
Daniel Dion and Phillippe Poloni, Division de la Nature, 1981, 5:00

UK and Canadian Programs
Saturday 15 March 2008
7:00-10:00 pm  / Refreshments will be served

UK Program 2:
Mick Hartney, State of Division, 1979, 6:00
Mike Stubbs, Greetings from the Cape of Good Hope, 1985, 5:00
Cerith Wyn-Evans, Degrees of Blindness, 1988, excerpt 5:10
George Barber, Branson, 1985, 4:00
Katharine Meynell, Medusa, 1988, excerpt 4:15
Pictorial Heroes, Reflections on the Art of the State, 1988, excerpt 4:00
John Hopkins, Video Space, 1970, excerpt 5:00
Steve Littman, Crisps, 1982, 4:00
Catherine Elwes, Kensington Gore, 1980, 4:00
Jeremy Welsh, I.O.D., 1984, excerpt 4:08
Ian Bourn, The Wedding Speech, 1978, 5:00
Steve Hawley, Extent of Three Bells, 1981, 4:00
Graham Young,  Accidents in the Home: Gas Fires no. 17, 1984, 4:00

Canadian Program 2:
Tom Sherman, Televisions Human Nature, 1977, excerpt 9:00
Alex Poruchnyk, Live Wire, 1982, 5:50
Jayce Salloum, In the Absence of Heroes (Warfare – a case for context), 1984,  excerpt 5:00
Su Rynard, A Tape About Memory, 1985, 3:30  
Vera Frenkel, The Last Screening Room: A Valentine, 1984, excerpt 9:45
Robert Morin, Thief Lives in Hell, 1984, 19:40

Polish Program and Closing Reception
Sunday 16 March 2008
7:00-8:30 pm  / Closing reception sponsored by the Embassy of Poland

Polish Program:

Pawel Kwiek, Video A, 1974, 3:15
Pawel Kwiek , Video C, 1974, 3:00
Pawel Kwiek, Video O, 1975, 2:45
Ryszard Wasko, Corner, 1976, 3:45
Andrzej Paruzel, Video-Photographic Situations, 1976, 2:00
Janusz Kolodrubiec, Transformations, 1977, 5:15
Janusz Szczerek, Disturbance, 1977, 1:45
Janusz Szczerek, Submerge Messiah, 1984, 5:00
Zbigniew Libera, How to Train Little Girls, 1986, 16:25
Jerzy Truszkowski, Farewell to Europe, 1987, 12:45
Józef Robakowski, My Videomasochisms, 1989-90, 3:40
Adam Rzepecki, Every Dog Has His Day, 1989, 5:00
Józef Robakowski, Dance with the Trees, 1985, 2:45
Józef Robakowski, My Foot is Painful, 1989, 2:45
Józef Robakowski, Videosongs , 1989, 9:15
Józef Robakowski, Art is Power, 1985, 9:10
Igor Krenz, Solidarity TV (Reconstruction of the Solidarity TV from the 1980s), 2006, 3:53

Curators
Catherine Elwes and Chris Meigh-Andrews (UK Programs)
Lisa Steele and Peggy Gale (Canadian Programs)
Lukasz Ronduda (Polish Program)

OAG and SAW Video are pleased to collaborate on the Ottawa presentation of this program. Analogue: Pioneering Video from the UK, Canada and Poland (1968-88) is funded by the Media Arts Section of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Touring and Collaborations Program of the Ontario Arts Council, and Vtape. It also received the generous support of Arts Council England, the Polish Cultural Institute (London), Camberwell College of Arts at the University of London, and the University of Central Lancashire. It is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue edited by Catherine Elwes and Chris Meigh-Andrews.

 


Série de programmes vidéo

Analogue. Les débuts de la vidéo au R.-U., au Canada et en Pologne (1968-1988)

Présentée par Vtape (Toronto),en collaboration avec SAW Video et la Galerie d'art d'Ottawa

Cette série de cinq programmes passionnants tente d'éclairer les débuts peu connus de l'art vidéo au R.-U., au Canada et en Pologne. Grâce à vingt ans de vidéos d'artistes des trois pays, il sera possible d'approfondir notre compréhension de ce médium versatile, tout en retraçant son passage des marges militantes au courant dominant de l'art.

Du 14 au 16 mars 2008

Théâtre de la Cour des arts
2, avenue Daly
Ottawa (Ontario)

Entrée libre

Programmes du Royaume-Uni et du Canada :
Le vendredi 14 mars 2008
19 h à 22 h
Des rafraîchissements seront servis

Programme du R.-U. 1

David Critchlen, Pieces I Never Did, 1979 extrait 4:50
Marceline Mori, Second and Third identity, 1977, 4:00
Akiko Hada, Oi Hoi Bang Bang!, 1988, 6:00
Stuart Marshall, Distinct, 1979, extrait  3:36
Sera Furneaux, Lessness, 1986, extrait 3:30
Chris Meigh-Andrews, Interlude (Homage to Bugs Bunny)1983, 4:00
Judith Goddard, Electron, 1987, 5:00
Marty St. James and Ann Wilson, Beatnik, 1984, 5:00
Peter Donebauer, Moving, 1980, 5:00
Pratibha Parmar, Sari Red, 1988, 5:44
John Scarlett-Davis, Chat Rap (Volker), 1983, extrait , 2:10
Mona Hatoum, Measures of Distance, 1988, extrait  5:00
Tina Keane, Demolition/Escape, 1983, extrait  4:00
Gorilla Tapes, The Commander in Chief, 1985, 4:00

Programme canadien 1
Pierre Falardeau et Julien Poulin, Le Continuons de Combat, 1971, extrait  10:00.
Colin Campbell, Sackville I’m Yours, 1972, extrait  6:00 
 David Askevold, My Recall of an Imprint of a Hypothetical Jungle, 1973, 5:30
Jeffrey Spalding, Video Wash, 1973, extrait  5:00  
Eric Cameron, Contact Piece: A Nude Model (Donna), 1973, extrait  6:00
Lisa Steele, Birthday Suit, 1974, 12:00
Rodney Werden, Say, 1978, 3:00
Paul Wong, 60 Unit Bruise, 1976, 4:30
Daniel Dion et Phillippe Poloni, Division de la Nature, 1981, 5:00

Programmes du R.-U. et du Canada :
Le samedi 15 mars 2008
19 h à 22 h
Des rafraîchissements seront servis

Programme du R.-U. 2

Mick Hartney, State of Division, 1979, 6:00
Mike Stubbs, Greetings from the Cape of Good Hope, 1985, 5:00
Cerith Wyn-Evans, Degrees of Blindness, 1988, extrait  5:10
George Barber, Branson, 1985, 4:00
Katharine Meynell, Medusa, 1988, extrait  4:15
Pictorial Heroes, Reflections on the Art of the State, 1988, extrait  4:00
John Hopkins, Video Space, 1970, extrait  5:00
Steve Littman, Crisps, 1982, 4:00
Catherine Elwes, Kensington Gore, 1980, 4:00
Jeremy Welsh, I.O.D., 1984, extrait  4:08
Ian Bourn, The Wedding Speech, 1978, 5:00
Steve Hawley, Extent of Three Bells, 1981, 4:00
Graham Young,  Accidents in the Home: Gas Fires no. 17, 1984, 4:00

Programme canadien 2

Tom Sherman, Televisions Human Nature, 1977, extrait  9:00
Alex Poruchnyk, Live Wire, 1982, 5:50
Jayce Salloum, In the Absence of Heroes (Warfare – a case for context), 1984,  extrait  5:00
Su Rynard, A Tape About Memory, 1985, 3:30  
Vera Frenkel, The Last Screening Room: A Valentine, 1984, excerpt 9:45
Robert Morin, Thief Lives in Hell, 1984, 19:40

Programme polonais et réception de clôture :
Le dimanche 16 mars 2008
19 h à 20 h 30

Programme polonais :

Pawel Kwiek, Video A, 1974, 3:15
Pawel Kwiek , Video C, 1974, 3:00
Pawel Kwiek, Video O, 1975, 2:45
Ryszard Wasko, Corner, 1976, 3:45
Andrzej Paruzel, Video-Photographic Situations, 1976, 2:00
Janusz Kolodrubiec, Transformations, 1977, 5:15
Janusz Szczerek, Disturbance, 1977, 1:45
Janusz Szczerek, Submerge Messiah, 1984, 5:00
Zbigniew Libera, How to Train Little Girls, 1986, 16:25
Jerzy Truszkowski, Farewell to Europe, 1987, 12:45
Józef Robakowski, My Videomasochisms, 1989-90, 3:40
Adam Rzepecki, Every Dog Has His Day, 1989, 5:00
Józef Robakowski, Dance with the Trees, 1985, 2:45
Józef Robakowski, My Foot is Painful, 1989, 2:45
Józef Robakowski, Videosongs , 1989, 9:15
Józef Robakowski, Art is Power, 1985, 9:10
Igor Krenz, Solidarity TV (Reconstruction of the Solidarity TV from the 1980s), 2006, 3:53

Les commissaires :
Catherine Elwes et Chris Meigh-Andrews (programmes du R.-U.)
Lisa Steele et Peggy Gale (programmes canadiens)
Lukasz Ronduda (programme polonais)

La GAO et SAW Video sont fiers de collaborer à la présentation de cette série à Ottawa. Analogue. Les débuts de la vidéo au R.-U., au Canada et en Pologne (1968-1988) est financée par la section Arts médiatiques du Conseil des Arts du Canada, le programme Tournées et collaborations du Conseil des arts de l'Ontario et Vtape. Elle a également reçu l'appui généreux du Arts Council England, du Polish Cultural Institute (Londres), du Camberwell College of Arts de l'Université de Londres et de l'Université du Central Lancashire. Elle est accompagnée d'un catalogue illustré préparé par Catherine Elwes et Chris Meigh-Andrews.

ANALOGUE PANEL DISCUSSION
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Analogue Panel Discussion

Sunday, March 16th - 2-4pm
with Richard Fung, Peggy Gale and Tom Sherman
Moderated by James Missen
Free admission

As part of Analogue: Pioneering Video from the UK, Canada and Poland (1968-88), OAG, SAW Video and Vtape have organized a panel discussion concerning early artist video in Canada. Please join us and our distinguished panelists for a lively exchange concerning video's place in Canadian art history.

 

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
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2 day-Introduction to Final Cut Pro

Sat March 29th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Sun March 30th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Learn the basics of FCP from A to apple Z! This 2 day course will cover all steps of the process from setting up a project and capturing from a dv device, to using the timeline based interface, and outputting back to dv. Day 1 of the workshop will focus on a complete overveiw of the FCP software demonstrated by the instructor. Day 2 of the workshop will be hands on for all participants to practice editing a brief sequence under the supervision of the instructor.

This workshop includes 3 hours of practice time which may be booked with the Technical Coordinator according to availability. Workshop is limited to 6 participants. On day 2 participants will be seated in pairs at each editing workstation. Deadline for registration is Monday February 18th, 2008

Instructor: Ryan Stec

Ryan Stec is an artist and curator who's work deals with the idea of plurality in audiences experience of media. He started the Remix project(artengine.ca/remix) in 2002 with co-curator Anne Clarke, and it has become a popular local commissioning program producing over 30 new works from local video artists. He has also recently completed a residency at Platform Gallery (www.platform.fi) in Vaasa, Finland where he curated a program of nordic media art which was presented as a performance where the work was remixed in a live context.

Members $125.00
Non Members $150.00
Duration: 10 hours

Deadline for registration is Monday March 24th, 2008

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2-Day Introduction to Video Production

Sat April 19th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Sun April 20th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm


Register for this workshop and April Intro to Avid Workshop and receive 10% off!


This two-day workshop teaches the basics of camera, audio and lighting through hands on training.

On the first day of the workshop, participants will receive basic instruction on SAW Video's prime 3-chip HDV and Mini DV cameras -- such as the, Sony Z1U and V1U and the Panasonic AG-DVX100. Participants will be introduced to three point lighting and dealing with power on location. A variety of mics will be used and their applications will be discussed.

Day two of the workshop provides the added opportunity for more hands on time and instruction. Shooting exercises will be indoors and outdoors (weather permitting) simulating varying conditions and situations.

WORKSHOP LIMITED TO 6 PARTICIPANTS

Deadline for registration is Monday April 14th, 2008

Instructor: TBD

Members $125.00
Non Members $150.00
Duration: 10 hours


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2-Day Introduction to Avid Xpress Editing

Sat April 26th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Sun April 27th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm


Register for this workshop and the April Intro to Production Workshop and recieved 10% off!

The course will cover all steps of the editing process from setting up and capturing from a DV device, using the timeline based interface, and outputting back to DV or exporting for the web.

Day One of the workshop will focus on a complete overview of the Avid Xpress software demonstrated by the instructor.

Day Two of the workshop will be hands on for all participants to practice editing a brief sequence under the supervision of the instructor. Depending on the size of the class, participants on Day Two may be seated in pairs at each editing workstation.

This workshop includes 3 hours of practice time which may be booked with the Technical Coordinator according to availability.

Workshop is limited to 6 participants.
Registration deadline is Monday April 21st, 2008

Instructor: Jacob Hanna

Members $125.00
Non Members $150.00
Duration: 10 hours

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The Art of Lighting for Video

Sat May 10th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Sun May 11th, 2008
12:00pm - 5:00pm

This 2-day hands on intensive intermediate workshop will focus on the art, aesthetics and techniques of commercial and feature film lighting. Expand your skills of manipulating and controlling the quality, direction and quantity of light in order to create a great mood and look for your project. Participants will gain hands on experience with SAW’s versatile Arri kits, and lowell kits as well as a chance to use HMI’s, Fresnels, Kino Flo kits, and industry quality Flags and Silks - all donated to us for use in this workshop by our friends at Cinequip White.

Previous experience and basic understanding of lighting for DV production is a required prerequisite for this workshop.

Limited to 6 participants.
Deadline for registration is Monday May 5th.

Book early, this workshop will fill up fast!

Instructor: Anthony Seck

After graduating from film school in the early 90’s, Anthony began producing and directing music videos for his friend's bands, winning awards at Canada's MuchMusic for his quirky narrative concepts and poppy style. Several of his music videos have played like short films, appearing in several festivals including The New York Underground Film Festival, The Toronto International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Artists he has worked with include; Feist, Tom Noonan, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Tom Green, Amy Millan, Kinnie Starr, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sam Roberts, Ted Nugent, Ron Sexsmith, and The Be Good Tanyas. He has currently completed his first independent narrative short film Mercy Seed, starring Tom Noonan (Manhunter), and Deirdre Smith. A rural tale in the spirit of Sam Shepard, about a pig farmer who goes out on the road to confront an abusive trucking company. The film was shot in 35mm color, 1:85 aspect ratio and is 27 minutes in length. Anthony works as a Producer, Director, and Director of Photography. He specializes in HD greenscreen photography, shooting with both the Panasonic and Sony Vari-cams, as well as all film and video formats including HD, MiniDV 24p., 8mm, 16mm, Super 16mm and 35mm.

Members $75.00
Non Members $100.00
Duration: 10 hours


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Advanced Avid Adrenaline

Wed May 14th, 2008
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Thu May 15th, 2008
6:00pm - 9:00pm

AVID Adrenaline is one of the leading editing tools of choice in the broadcast television and film world.

If you’ve been cutting with Avid Xpress and are wondering what the advantages might be or if you've been using the Adrenaline and now want to move on to more advanced techniques with it, then this workshop is for you!

This two part evening workshop will provide both demonstrative and hands-on instruction to increase your efficiency with and knowledge of the Adrenaline. Come prepared with your questions. Topics covered will include:


· Capturing uncompressed formats
.Advanced colour correction
.Trim mode in depth
· Customizing the keyboard
· Decomposing and Consolidating
· 3D and other effects
· Compositing and Alpha Channels
· Working with 3rd party plug-ins
· Editing tips and tricks

….and much more….

This workshop comes with 3 hours of practice time which can be booked with a technical staff based on availability.

Workshop is limited to 4 participants.

Deadline for registration is Monday May 12th.


Instructor: Edward Folger

Edward Folger studied physics at Columbia University in New York City but opted to become an artist rather than a scientist, after becoming depressed by Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. He has worked as a writer/director, still photographer, cameraman, and editor; apprenticed in feature films with John Cassavettes, Alain Resnais, Milos Forman, and others; wrote and directed a film for PBS in the Canadian Arctic (1975); and discovered the Inuit to be most amazing people on earth. He moved to Baffin Island to teach and produce the earliest Inuktitut TV programming and used all his skills in the struggle for Inuit land claims and the establishment of the Nunavut Territory. He moved to Ottawa in 2004.

Members $60.00
Non Members $85.00
Duration: 6 hours

UPCOMING FESTIVAL DEADLINES
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Video Pool 2008 / 2009 (Winnipeg)

Video Pool invites submissions pertaining to the theme Resistance for the 2008/09 programming season. Resistance is a movement, a position, an attitude, and a measure. It is an individual or collective response. It can be political, or it can relate to physical properties of the known universe. It concerns citizens. It concerns artists. It concerns that which is local as well as that which is global. It is about forces, agency, strategy, play, and subversion. It is an argument. It seeks change, or it fights to stay the same. It mobilizes. It is unconscious. It is a side effect. It is intentional and affirmative. Video Pool’s 2008/09 programming season will include two programs specifically focused on new media performance and single channel film and video that resist conventional thinking and/or assumptions about what constitute video and new media art practices, and possibly the environs within which they take are expected to place. Please send submissions to: Programming Committee, c/o Video Pool Media Arts Centre, #300 – 100 Arthur St., Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3 Canada.

DEADLINE: March 21, 2008
Info: Milena Placentile, Programming Coordinator (204) 949 9134 #1 - vpprogramming@videopool.org

 

CALLS FOR SUBMISSION 

CFC FEATURE FILM PROJECT

CFC FEATURE FILM PROJECT
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SCREENINGS AND EVENTS  

SAW GALLERY: WA, TEMPORARY SURFACE
CFI PRESENTS "A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN"
THE REEL FOOD FILM FESTIVAL
DRUNKEN MASTER REVUE PRESENTS: "BLACK BELT JONES"

SAW GALLERY: WA, TEMPORARY SURFACE
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English follows.

WA, surface d'autonomie temporaire

Exposition organisée et mise en circulation par CULTURESFRANCE et présentée par la Galerie SAWGallery avec l'appui de l'Ambassade de France au Canada

Artistes : Ivan Fayard (Paris), Olivier Millagou (Bandol) + Bruno Peinado (Douarnenez)
Commissaires : Anne Roussel +Pascale Samuel
Coordonnatrice : Delphine Cayrel, Ambassade de France à Ottawa

Lieux : Galerie SAW Gallery + Club SAW (67, rue Nicholas, Ottawa)

Dates : Du 13 au 29 mars 2008 (deux peintures murales seront permanentes)

Fête d'ouverture : Le jeudi 13 mars de 20 h à 2 h. En présence des artistes Ivan Fayard et Olivier Millagou. Contributions volontaires. Musique avec le djBEARwitness (Ottawa). Vin offert par l'Ambassade de France.

Galerie SAW Gallery
67, rue Nicholas, Ottawa ON, Canada K1N 7B9
Renseignements : (613) 236-6181
www.galeriesawgallery.com
Heures d'ouverture : Du mardi au samedi de 11 h à 18 h

Directrice :Tam-Ca Vo-Van, sawgallery@artengine.ca
Commissaire : Stefan St-Laurent, sawprogramming@artengine.ca

WA, surface d'autonomie temporaire par Anne Roussel et Pascale Samuel

Ni feuille ni toile ! Depuis quelques années, la peinture et le dessin échappent au cadre pour préférer des surfaces d'intervention plus vastes. S'attaquant directement aux sols, aux murs ou aux plafonds, les artistes explorent une nouvelle utilisation de l'espace. Ils varient les échelles et les formats, composent des allers-retours entre le détail et le monumental.

Cette pratique intervient au croisement de plusieurs domaines : peinture murale traditionnelle, expression urbaine ou encore héritage des procédures conceptuelles. Les emprunts aux arts décoratifs, au design, les références à l'Op Art, au Pop, au cinéma et à la littérature se croisent dans ces ouvres décloisonnées, symboliques du bouillonnement de la jeune scène française. Récemment, plusieurs expositions ont témoigné de cette évolution - en France, l'on citera ainsi Urgent Painting en 2002 au musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Lee 3 Tau Ceti Central Armory Show à la villa Arson de Nice en 2003 et, la même année, Mursollaici au Centre culturel suisse de Paris.

WA est une exposition de peinture murale contemporaine, mais pas seulement. Seize artistes - Virginie Barré, Simon Bernheim, Stéphane Calais, Stéphane Dafflon, Philippe Decrauzat, Pauline Fondevila, Ivan fayard, Édouard Levé, Philippe Mayaux, Mathieu Mercier, Olivier Millagou, Petra Mrzyk et Jean-François Moriceau, Bruno Peinado, Guillaume Pinard, Lili Reynaud Dewar - proposent une ouvre qui pourra être réalisée par eux ou par un tiers. WA mène une réflexion sur l'exposition comme mode de diffusion, prolongeant une expérience comme Do It initiée en 1995 par Hans Ulrich Obrist. L'exposition WA pousse davantage la logique d'occupation et de ramifications à l'ouvre dans la peinture murale contemporaine en proposant aux artistes invités un terrain de jeu éclaté aux quatre vents. Au fur et à mesure que ses propositions se matérialiseront en différents sites, WA donnera naissance à un réseau.

WA ne se transporte pas mais se transfère. La délégation à des étudiants d'école d'art pour la réalisation des projets regroupés ici s'impose comme un moyen privilégié : transfert de communication, transfert de culture. Chaque artiste offre une interaction avec la pièce originellement conçue. Il ouvre différentes latitudes aux étudiants. Les réalisations constitueront une exposition mouvante dans l'espace et dans le temps, qui s'adaptera à tous les lieux et offrira un support à l'organisation d'événements, de rencontres, d'ateliers et de conférences.

À rebours, c'est sous la forme d'un catalogue que se présente d'abord WA. Tout en offrant un panorama de la jeune scène française, des travaux et du parcours de chacun, le présent ouvrage est le premier vecteur de l'exposition. Il regroupe les instructions permettant la réalisation des ouvres. Avec ses fichiers informatiques, ses rhodoïds, ses diapositives et ses patrons, la boîte envoyée aux partenaires de l'exposition est le seul compagnon matériel de l'expérience. Boîte en valise, camouflée en carton à pizza, elle est un outil de transmission.

Modulable, WA se déploie à partir d'une ou de plusieurs interventions dans un espace unique ou morcelé. Modulable, WA est à chaque fois différente, nourrie de ses précédents et déjà changée par ses futures apparitions dans un cadre aux frontières sans cesse repoussées.

Toutes ces ouvres existent à l'état de projet, pour les réactiver, la métaphore musicale s'applique, il s'agit d'ouvres à partition. Les instructions de l'artiste, ses consignes écrites, ses schémas permettent de jouer et de rejouer chaque projet en fonction des caractéristiques des lieux d'exposition. L'artiste peut en être l'interprète, mais la matérialisation de son projet peut aussi être déléguée. À l'occasion de chaque exposition, il s'agit nécessairement de rejouer la pièce, de réinterpréter la partition tout en respectant les instructions plus ou moins strictes laissées par les artistes. À côté de l'espace de liberté laissé dans l'adaptation de chaque ouvre aux lieux d'exposition, un ensemble de règles du jeu a été établi pour que l'intégrité de l'ouvre soit respectée.

TOURNÉE INTERNATIONALE

Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Centre culturel de Belgrade, Belgrade
Centre Culturel Français - Salemba (Parc Club), Jakarta
Centre Culturel et de Coopération Linguistique, Vientiane
École des Beaux-Arts, Alger
Galerie commerciale de Gaysom Plaza, Bangkok
Alliance Française (SG Private Banking Gallery), Singapour
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, Rosario
Gyeongnam Art Museum, Séoul
Arrondissement de Baruta / Baruta borough, Caracas
Centre Culturel Français, Hanoi
Université des Arts, Taipei
Galerie 100°, Reykjavik
Gare de Busan / Busan Station, Busan
Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa

BIOGRAPHIES DES ARTISTES

Les distinctions constituent un fondement décisif des déclarations picturales d'Ivan Fayard. Dans des séries distinctes, il poursuit des stratégies aux frontières de la peinture en dépouillant le contexte pictural de toute marque de l'artiste, en faisant la démonstration d'une composition négligeant le sujet. Ivan Fayard multiplie les procédures et les recherches simultanément à des investigations portant sur l'image et la représentation. Les hiérarchies sont mises en cause lorsqu'il flâne en périphérie de la peinture. Lui-même se reflète dans les facettes les plus diverses de ce médium lorsqu'il se révèle dans la mise à l'épreuve de ses différentes stratégies.

L'ouvre d'Olivier Millagou se pose depuis son origine comme une vaste entreprise de relecture du réel et de falsification des codes et des images qu'on y rattache. Faisant siennes des séries de motifs issues de la culture populaire la plus vulgaire (personnages de BD ou de dessins animés, imagerie liée au surf ou à la musique rock, cartes postales touristiques...), il s'empare des mythologies personnelles et de leurs réminiscences pour en proposer, sous des formes variées (dessins, cartes postales, « drawing pins »...), des visions à la fois lisses et saturées où le naturel immédiatement identifiable ne peut manquer de soulever la question du souvenir et de son devenir. Ainsi de ses « drawing pins » - vastes compositions murales effectuées avec des punaises dorées - avec lesquels Olivier Millagou réécrit des épisodes de fiction en inscrivant avec cette technique leur caractère évanescent dans notre réalité. Les protagonistes sont souvent connus (Goldorak ou Kelly Slater, Captain America ou ZZ Top), mais l'artiste devient scénariste d'une histoire existante à laquelle il donne un autre point de vue, rajoute un épisode, tout en s'autorisant des clins d'oil délicieusement grinçants comme lorsque des noms de groupe de rock dégoulinent sur le mur. L'usage des punaises brillantes, qui accrochent la lumière comme elles pourraient accrocher des souvenirs, lui permet de jouer des contrastes qu'il affectionne : « un univers sombre dans le monde clinquant du business et du show-biz ».

Bruno Peinado puise dans un vaste répertoire de formes, symboles et autres slogans pour se défaire de toutes logiques de pureté. Ses ouvres sont des fragments d'un paysage fait d'emmêlements et de glissements. S'il peut de prime abord rappeler l'esthétique et le projet « pop » des années 1960, par la confusion qu'il propose entre haute et basse culture dans le cadre des arts plastiques, le travail de Bruno Peinado s'inscrit dans un horizon tout autre. Reproduire, déconstruire, remanier, partir du détail, les gestes pratiqués par Bruno Peinado sont ceux d'un « baroque mondialisé » (Édouard Glissant), à comprendre comme une expérience simultanément intime et collective. Il ne rejoue pas le jeu connu d'un contraste et d'une confrontation, mais reflète avant tout une culture du métissage qui sait manier différentes sources dans une pratique proche du remix musical. Ici l'image d'une mire vidéo, passée par le spectre du minimalisme, est donnée à peindre à même le mur. Moment de pause dans le flux des images et étalon test des récepteurs, le motif prend par sa matérialisation et son agrandissement une valeur de manifeste.

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WA, Temporary Autonomy Surface

Artists: Ivan Fayard (Paris), Olivier Millagou (Bandol) + Bruno Peinado (Douarnenez)
Curators: Anne Roussel +Pascale Samuel
Coordinator: Delphine Cayrel, Embassy of France in Ottawa

Locations: Galerie SAW Gallery + Club SAW (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa)

Dates : March 13 - 29, 2008 (two murals will be permanent)

Opening Party: Thursday, March 13, 8PM - 2AM. With artists Ivan Fayard and Olivier Millagou in attendance. Pay What You Can. Music with DJ BEARwitness (Ottawa). Wine provided by the Embassy of France.

Exhibition organized and circulated by CULTURESFRANCE and presented by Galerie SAWGallery with the support of the Embassy of France in Canada

Galerie SAW Gallery
67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa ON, Canada K1N 7B9
Information:(613) 236-6181
www.galeriesawgallery.com
Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11AM- 6PM

Director: Tam-Ca Vo-Van, sawgallery@artengine.ca
Curator: Stefan St-Laurent, sawprogramming@artengine.ca

WA, Temporary Autonomy Surface by Anne Roussel and Pascale Samuel

No paper, no canvas! In recent years painting and drawing have been freed from picture frames to cover wider working surfaces. Working directly on floors, walls or ceilings, artists are exploring a new use of space. They vary scales and formats, and compositions switch back and forth from detail to the monumental.

This art form is developing at the crossroads of several different fields, including traditional mural painting and urban expression, and even borrows from the heritage of conceptual procedures. Borrowings from decorative arts, from design, references to pop art, op art, cinema and literature mix in these decompartmentalized works in a symbolic expression of the ferment of the young French scene. Recently several exhibitions have illustrated this development. Thus in France one may mention Urgent Painting in 2002 at the Paris museum of modern art, Lee 3 Tau Central Armory Show at the Villa Arson in Nice in 2003, and in the same year Mursollaici at the Swiss cultural centre in Paris.

WA is an exhibition of contemporary mural painting, but not only that. Each of sixteen artists-Virginie Barr, Simon Bernheim, Stéphane Calais, Stéphane Dafflon, Philippe Decrauzat, Pauline Fondevila, Ivan fayard, Édouard Levé, Philippe Mayaux, Mathieu Mercier, Olivier Millagou, Petra Mrzyk and Jean-François Moriceau, Bruno Peinado, Guillaume Pinard, Lili Reynaud Dewar-propose a work that might be carried out by them or by a third party. WA experiments with the idea of the exhibition as a means of dissemination, thereby expanding an experiment begun in 1995 in Do It by Hans Ulrich Obrist. The WA exhibition takes the idea of occupation and ramifications of the work in contemporary mural painting a step further by providing the artists invited with a playground exploded to all four points of the compass. As each of its projects takes form on various sites, WA will give birth to a network.

WA does not transport, but rather transfers itself. Delegating the task of carrying out the projects gathered here to a group of art school students is seen as the best way of transferring communication and culture. Each artist provides interaction with the work as it was originally designed, opening a wide scope of choices to the students. The work will form an exhibition that moves in space and in time, adapting itself to the settings, and will provide a support for organizing events, meetings, workshops and talks. Seen the other way round, WA appears first in the form of a catalogue. While providing a broad view of the young French scene, of the works and progress of each individual, this work is the primary vector of the exhibition. It lists the instructions needed for carrying out the work. With its computerised data files, rhodoids, slides and patterns, the box sent out to those taking part in the exhibition is the only material companion in the experiment. This box, in the form of hand luggage or disguised as a pizza box, is a transmission tool.

As WA is flexible, it takes the form of one or several events at a time in a single or a fragmented space. Since it is flexible, WA is different every time, feeding on precedents and already changed by its forthcoming appearances in an ever expanding framework. All these works already exist in the form of projects. To reactivate them, one may use a musical metaphor: these are scored works. The artist's instruments, his written instructions, his outlines, enable each project to be replayed according to the characteristics of the venue. The artist can be the performer, but the actual carrying out of his project can also be delegated to others. At each exhibition, the piece must of necessity be replayed, reinterpreting the score while following the more or less strict instructions left by the artists. Alongside the area of freedom left in adapting each work to the exhibition venue, a set of rules has been laid down to ensure that the original intent of the work remain intact.

INTERNATIONAL TOUR

Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Centre culturel de Belgrade, Belgrade
Centre Culturel Français - Salemba (Parc Club), Jakarta
Centre Culturel et de Coopération Linguistique, Vientiane
École des Beaux-Arts, Algiers
Galerie commerciale de Gaysom Plaza, Bangkok
Alliance Française (SG Private Banking Gallery), Singapore
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, Rosario
Gyeongnam Art Museum, Seoul
Arrondissement de Baruta / Baruta borough, Caracas
Centre Culturel Français, Hanoi
Université des Arts, Taipei
Galerie 100°, Reykjavik
Gare de Busan / Busan Station, Busan
Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa

ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES

Distinctions are a decisive foundation in Ivan Fayard's pictorial work. In distinct series, he carries out a strategy at the limits of painting by stripping the pictorial context of any imprint by the artist, by displaying a composition in which the subject is ignored. Ivan Fayard repeats his procedures and research while at the same time continuing his investigations of image and representation. Hierarchies are challenged when he wanders at the periphery of painting. He himself is reflected in the most diverse facets of this medium when he reveals himself in the testing of his various strategies.

Right from the beginning Olivier Millagou's work has set out to be a vast enterprise in re-reading reality and falsifying the codes and images we associated with it. Using series of motifs drawn from the commonest level of popular culture (cartoon strip and film characters, images linked to surfers or to rock music, picture postcards, etc.), he takes legendary figures of this culture and their memories and turns them, in various forms (drawings, postcards, "drawing pin pictures," etc.), into images that are both smooth and saturated, in which their immediately identifiable naturalness cannot fail to raise the question of memory and its future. This is so of his "drawing pins," vast mural compositions done with golden drawing pins, in which Olivier Millagou rewrites episodes from fiction, using this technique to emphasize their evanescent nature in our reality. The protagonists are often well-known (e.g. Goldorak, Kelly Slater, Captain America and ZZ top), but the artist rewrites the script of an existing story, looking at it from another point of view, or adds a new tale, all the while allowing himself flashes of delightfully dark humour, as for instance when he has the letters in the name of a rock group dribbling down the wall. The use of shiny drawing pins, which catch the light as they might capture memories, allows him to play with the contrasts he likes so much: "that dark universe beneath the brash worlds of business and showbiz."

Bruno Peinado draws from a vast repertoire of forms, symbols and other icons to free himself of all principles of purity. His works are fragments of landscapes that tangle and slide. If at first sight they might remind one of the aesthetics and intent of pop art of the 1960s, through their confusion of high and low culture in the context of visual arts, Bruno Peinado's work is set in quite a different scene. Reproducing, deconstructing, reworking, starting with details, Bruno Peinado's method of working are those of a "globalized baroque" (in the words of Édouard Glissant), to be understood as an experiment that is at the same time personal and collective. He does not play the old game of contrasts and clashes, but above all mirrors a culture of blending that handles various sources in a manner similar to musical remixes. Here the image of a video test card, reduced in the mill of minimalism, is to be painted straight onto a wall. A moment frozen from amongst the flow of pictures, and a yardstick test in reception, the pattern, by being materialised and enlarged, takes on the value of a statement.

 

CFI PRESENTS "A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN"
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CFI Presents: A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN
Director: Peter Raymont (Canada 2007, 92 min.)

Sunday, March 16, 19:00
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St.

The CFI is pleased to present as part of its TOP TEN CANADIAN FILMS OF 2007 Showcase A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN, by Peter Raymont. This personal and political documentary follows celebrated writer Ariel Dorfman (DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, et al) on his emotionally charged return visit to Chile, having left after dictator Augusto Pinochet came to power. The film boasts startling archival footage and heartbreaking contemporary sequences which explore the impact of Pinochet's rule and death on Dorfman and others. The filmmaker, Ottawa native Peter Raymont, will be in attendance to introduce and discuss the film.

Tickets are $10 without a CFI membership, and only $6 for members. Annual memberships are available at all screenings for only $10. Phone the CANADIAN FILM INSTITUTE at (613) 232-6727 or visit www.cfi-icf.ca for further details.

 

THE REEL FOOD FILM FESTIVAL
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The REEL FOOD FILM FESTIVAL


presents
3 evening screenings and a matinee

March 6th, 13th and 27th
March 12th – Matinee (Ottawa Public Library)

Saint Paul’s University Auditorium
223 Main Street

Doors Open at 6:30pm, films begin at 7pm

Admission is Free
For those who can afford it a donation of $5 is suggested.

Consider dinner and a movie – The Green Door restaurant (198 Main Street) is the Reel Food Film Festival sponsor and it is located directly across from the University. A great night of good food and food films.

See below for descriptions of the film screenings.

For more information visit: www.justfood.ca.


Each evening will feature a full length film, shorts and a short presentation and discussion.


Thursday March 6

Farmer’s Requiem
Ramses Madina, Canada, 2007, 8min
Selected as one of Canada’s Top Ten Shorts in 2007 by the Toronto International Film Festival Group, this film passionately recreates and revisits the world of family farming. Vivid images of farms from the Cornwall area are paired with beautiful narration provided by Victor McGregor. This film is a beautiful meditation that examines the complex relationships between past and present and the state of family farming.

In Search of Good Food
Antonio Roman-Alcala, USA, 2008, 12min
In Search of Good Food follows filmmaker Antonio Roman-Alcala as he engages in a quest to find out if people know where their food comes from. Employed by an urban farm in California, Antonio’s experience as a first generation farmer leads him to question the state of farming across the United States.

ASPARAGUS! (A Stalk-umentary)
Anne Demare & Kristen Kelly, USA, 2007 53min
Oceana County was the USA’s self-proclaimed ‘Asparagus Capital of the Nation’ and this film examines its struggle to sustain its way of life in face of massive imports of Peruvian asparagus. This quirky film depicts the real struggle of farmers to earn a living while working the land they love, producing the 'green king', asparagus.

Wednesday March 12th – Matinee

Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the WereRabbit
Followed by a children’s gardening craft
An animated film that will have your children asking when they can start gardening! This fun, creative and engaging film introduces children to the hazards of furry friends in the garden.

Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, film starts at 1pm

Thursday March 13th

Mouth Revolution
Free Range Studios, USA, 2007, 5:54min
An over-the-top funny and quirky short film showing why our mouths should be staging a revolution against the food that we are eating. A must see!

Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving
Paul Aflalo, Sandra Lombardi & Tomoe Yoshihara, Canada, 2006, 18 min
Follow a group of dumpster divers on a musical journey through the back alleys of Montreal. Between song and dance routines about waste and the joys of reusing other people's garbage, five young adults discuss the philosophy of living off society's excess. Going through other people's garbage provides these young Montrealers with food, furniture, clothing and luxury items they could never afford if they had to buy them.

We Feed the World
Erwin Wagenhofer, Austria, 2006, 96min
A film about food and globalisation, fishermen and farmers, long-distance lorry drivers and high-powered corporate executives. It is a film about scarcity amid plenty. With its unforgettable images, We Feed The World provides insight into the production of our food and answers the question what world hunger has to do with us.

Thursday March 27th

Shit and Chicks
Kees van der Geest, Netherlands, 2006, 10 min
Shit and Chicks is a peaceful portrait of a farmer in the remote savannah of Northwest Ghana. He uses an age-old technique to feed his chickens. Detached, and seemingly unnoticed by the farmer, the camera registers the man's activities. Initially, it is hard to tell what exactly he is doing, but in the end, the pieces come together in a thrilling close-up.

Ethiopia: Feeding the Future, 15 minutes
This short features breathtaking photography, a glimpse into one of the most ancient civilizations and explorations into a profound agricultural development. Ethiopia is working to save landrace seeds through traditional time honoured methods, as it is the Seed that hold the secret of success for food producing nations around the globe.

BULLSH*T
Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian, 2005, 73 min
Vandana Shiva is an Indian environmental activist and nuclear physicist. Her opponents call her "The Green Killer". They gave her "The Bullshit Award" for sustaining poverty. TIME says she is a hero of our times, an icon for youngsters all over the world. The film follows Shiva over a two-year period, from her organic farm at the foot of the Himalayas to institutions of power all over the world. She does battle with one of her toughest opponents, Monsanto, when they try to patent an ancient Indian strain of wheat.

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The REEL FOOD FILM FESTIVAL Presenting Partners:

World Inter-Action Mondiale (WIAM), Just Food, USC Canada, The Good Food Box and Canadian Organic Growers- Ottawa Chapter.

SAW Video, the Ottawa Public Library and St. Paul's University.

Jolynn Sommervill
Director of Programs
World Inter-Action Mondiale (WIAM)
323 Chapel Street
3rd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 7Z2
Ph: 613-238-4659
Fx: 613-238-1888
www.wiam.ca
jolynn@wiam.ca

DRUNKEN MASTER REVUE PRESENTS: "BLACK BELT JONES"
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Saturday Night Sinema continues the last Saturday of every month with classic grindhouse movies from around the world!

$5.00 at the door!

 

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IFCO ARTIST TALK AND SCREENING: LEE GORDON DEMARBRE
ARTENGINE WORKSHOPS

IFCO ARTIST TALK AND SCREENING: LEE GORDON DEMARBRE
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Independent Filmmakers Cooperative of Ottawa to host artist talk and screening with The Drunken Master himself, filmmaker Lee Gordon Demarbre

The director of The Dead Sleep Easy, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter and Harry Knuckles will screen selections from his films and discuss the art and craft of finding your voice – and finding success – in truly independent cinema.

What: Filmmaking with Lee Gordon Demarbre – An Artist Talk and Screening
When: Saturday, March 15th, 2008 – 11:00am to 4:30pm
Where: Club Saw (The Arts Court), 67 Nicholas St.
Cost: $75.00 full IFCO members, $85.00 basic IFCO members, $100.00 non-members

Ottawa independent filmmaker and IFCO alumnus Lee Gordon Demarbre returns to the Arts Court this Saturday, March 15 for the latest installment of IFCO’s Filmmaker Series.

Drawing on his own experiences and examples from his films, Demarbre will review how he approaches the various phases of filmmaking, from pre-production to the shoot to distributing and marketing his films.

The talk and screening will be followed by a Q&A session – and with a resume as varied and wild as Demarbre’s, the Qs are bound to have some interesting As!

Ferociously dedicated to his art and his craft, Demarbre looks for influences and gains education where others might not. Demarbre’s aesthetic is a new and unique addition to the evolving identity of Canadian films, equally at home with Jean-Luc Goddard or Burt Reynolds, Takeshi Kitano or Herschell Gordon Lewis, Tsui Hark or Sam Fuller, Guy Maddin or Melvin Van Peebles. With influences coming from so many seemingly divergent sources, the course of Demarbre’s future is hard to chart. But one thing's for sure: we'll all be able to watch it, up on the screen.

This event is the latest in IFCO’s ongoing Filmmaker Series, which celebrates the works of some of Ottawa's and Canada's most compelling and innovative independent filmmakers. This edition features an artist talk and a screening of selected works by the filmmaker.

IFCO is a non-profit artist-run organization promoting independent filmmaking in the National Capital region. Since 1991, IFCO has supported the creation of over 200 independent film productions by providing access to training programs, equipment rentals, on-site facilities, production grants and more. The Cooperative currently has nearly 200 members.

 

ARTENGINE WORKSHOPS
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You + Electricity = Circuit Bending Fun!

Artengine's Circuit Bending workshop is back for more fun. Bringing new life to discarded toys this afternoon will provide you all the skills you need to turn your speak and spell into a next level instrument.

Join instructors Stephanie Brodeur and Kerry Campbell on this fantastic March afternoon in the new Artengine M70 Lab.

$50 for Artengine members / $65 for non-members

Fill up our few remaining spaces!

Sunday, March 9th, 2008, 12 pm to 5 pm
M70 Lab
Artengine
2 Daly Ave.
$50 for Artengine members / $65 for non-members

Special $40.00 Student Rate!

Contact Marlène Barré for further information on upcoming workshops and to reserve a space in these great instructors at operations@artengine.ca or
613.686.1941.

 


SAW Video receives financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Many thanks too, to our corporate sponsor, Integrating Solutions and to our artist-members.

SAW Video
67 Nicholas Street
Ottawa, ON, Canada
K1N 7B9

East of the Rideau Centre in Arts Court (which is at 2 Daly Ave).

T: (613) 238.7648
F: (613) 564.4428
www.sawvideo.com