March 20th 2008  |  (613) 238.7648  |  SAWVideo.com

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SAW VIDEO CLOSED DURING EASTER WEEKEND MARCH 21-24
FEEDBACK EXPERIMENTAL PRESENTATION SERIES
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Also in this issue:

UPCOMING FESTIVAL DEADLINES
CALLS FOR SUBMISSION
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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.

 

FEEDBACK EXPERIMENTAL PRESENTATION SERIES
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  SAW VIDEO LAUNCHES
NEW EXPERIMENTAL PRESENTATION SERIES
FEEDBACK, with local video artists
Ryan Stec and Philip Rose


Presented by SAW Video
March 27th 7h30 PM in Club SAW
67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa
Free Admission

Join us for the first edition of SAW Video’s FEEDBACK Series, a new presentation lab showcasing a variety of selected artists from the Ottawa-Gatineau region who push the boundaries of the video medium.  Composed of video screenings and live performances (live remix, dance and performance art), new creations and explorations are presented to the public in a informal context aiming to create an exchange between the audience and the artists around their creation process. 

SAW Video’s first Feedback lab features two local media artists, Ryan Stec and Philip Rose.

Ryan Stec’s creative work strives to fuse media and curatorial practices into new directions in audio-visual expression. Turning the sampling and creation tools of VJ culture towards the work of independent artists, Stec creates a special brand of media art mixed tapes.  For this edition of FEEDBACK, Stec will perform his live remix entitled Film to Video Transfer. Originally commissioned by the New Forms Festival, this work examines the collaborative works of renowned Canadian film-maker Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, who together perfected a technique of creating synthesized sound through the exposure of shapes and patterns on the soundtrack portion of 35mm film. Film to Video Transfer will use a variety of live a-v techniques to explore these established experimental concepts (drawing directly onto celluloid for example) with new technologies.

Philip Rose's work is indirectly informed by traditions of Canadian experimental filmmaking and has an affinity with painting, sculpture and music.  His film and video work demonstrates a strong interest in the formal and material properties of film-making and with screen space/time. Rather than offering transparent windows on the world, images slide away from their originating subject towards something more unstable and dreamlike. Rose’s FEEDBACK presentation will survey his output since 1998 and feature excerpts of work shot and hand-processed on film and finished on video, as well as low-tech video experiments and will wind up with a more extended exposition of a recent installation work entitled Continuous Condition.

Ryan Stec is the Artistic Director at Artengine and is well established in Ottawa's night life scene as a VJ accompanying the best local DJs (such as Jokers of the Scene).  Venues where he performed as a VJ include Babylon, Heaven and the National Gallery of Canada. This evening is an opportunity to see another approach of Stec’s live audio-visual performances. 

Philip Rose is an established Ottawa-based film/video maker and visual artist.  His long-time interest in moving images has resulted in many real-time film-based performances with other sound and media artists. His single-channel and video installation work has been shown in Canada and Finland.  His video x(trace), studies for a self-portrait was also broadcast on TVOntario. A long-standing member of the Available Light Screening Collective, Philip Rose is currently employed as a video production technician at Daïmon in Gatineau.

 

SAW VIDEO INAUGURE
LA NOUVELLE SÉRIE DE PRÉSENTATION
EXPÉRIMENTALE : FEEDBACK

avec deux artistes de la région :
Ryan Stec et Philip Rose

Présenté par SAW Video
Le jeudi 27 mars à 19h30 au Club SAW
67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa
Entrée libre

Joignez-vous à nous pour la première édition de la série FEEDBACK de SAW Video, un nouveau laboratoire de diffusion présentant une sélection d’artistes de la région d’Ottawa-Gatineau qui poussent les limites du médium vidéo.  Sous la forme de projections et d’interventions en direct (remix vidéo, danse, performance), de nouvelles créations et explorations sont présentées au public dans un contexte informel facilitant les échanges entre les spectateurs et les artistes autour de leur processus de création.

Le premier laboratoire de diffusion présentera deux artistes d’Ottawa : Ryan Stec et Philip Rose.

Le travail créatif de Ryan Stec vise à combiner la pratique d’art médiatique et le travail de commissariat, vers de nouvelles directions en expression audiovisuelle. . En appliquant le sampling et les outils de création de la culture des VJ au travail des artistes indépendants, Stec crée une forme spéciale de bandes d’arts médiatiques mixées. Pour cette édition de FEEDBACK, Stec présentera son remix en direct intitulé Film to Video Transfer. Commandée à l’origine par le New Forms Festival, cette œuvre pose un regard sur les travaux réalisés en collaboration par Norman McLaren et Evelyn Lambart, qui ont perfectionné ensemble une technique de production de sons synthétisés en exposant des formes et des motifs sur la portion de la bande sonore d’une pellicule 35mm. Dans Film to Video Transfer, plusieurs techniques audio-visuelles en direct seront utilisées pour explorer ces concepts expérimentaux établis (comme le fait de dessiner directement sur le celluloïd) à l’aide des nouvelles technologies.

Le travail de Philip Rose est indirectement nourri par le cinéma expérimental canadien, notamment par son refus des formes narratives et dramatiques conventionnelles, son inventivité formelle et l’insistance sur la matérialité du médium.  Partageant des affinités avec la peinture, la sculpture et la musique; il fait preuve d’un intérêt marqué pour les propriétés formelles et matérielles du cinéma et pour l’espace-temps de l’écran. Plutôt que d’offrir des fenêtres transparentes sur le monde, les images s’écartent de leur sujet d’origine pour migrer vers quelque chose de plus instable, de l’ordre du rêve.  Pour sa présentation dans le cadre de FEEDBACK, Philip Rose donnera une vue d’ensemble de sa production depuis 1998, et présentera des extraits tournés et traités sur film, puis complétés en vidéo, ainsi que des expériences vidéo effectuées au moyen d’équipement rudimentaire.  Il terminera en abordant plus longuement une installation récente intitulée Continuous Condition.

Ryan Stec est le directeur artistique de Artengine  et est reconnu dans le night life d’Ottawa pour son travail de VJ acccompagnant les meilleurs DJ de la région (incluant Jokers of the scene).  Babylon, Heaven et le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada font partie des institutions qui ont reçu les performances de Stec. Cette rencontre Feedback sera une opportunité de découvrir une autre forme de performance audiovisuelle pratiquée par Stec.

Philip Rose est un cinéaste, vidéaste et artiste visuel établi.  Son intérêt de longue date pour l’image en mouvement a donné lieu à plusieurs performances filmiques en temps réel, en collaboration avec d’autres artistes audio et médiatiques. Il a présenté ses bandes et installations vidéo au Canada et en Finlande.  Sa vidéo x(trace), studies for a self-portrait a aussi été diffusée sur TVOntario. Membre du Available Light Screening Collective depuis plusieurs années, Philip travaille actuellement comme technicien en production vidéo au centre de production Daïmon (Gatineau).

 

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
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SPACES STILL AVAILABLE!
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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20th Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Out On Screen, producer of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, invites you to submit your film or video for consideration for our 20th annual event, to be held from August 14th - 24th, 2008. The VQFF is the largest queer media event in Western Canada, and each year we host 11 days and nights of outstanding cinema, performances, networking events and parties, all in the backdrop of beautiful mountain and ocean views. The Vancouver Queer Film Festival privileges outstanding innovation, regularly showcasing work that confronts stereotypes, pushes boundaries, provokes and titillates, and, above all, highlights the tremendous diversity of queer artists working in Canada and internationally. We present over 120 films each year, including short- and feature-length documentaries, narrative and experimental works. Situated in one of the most spectacular cities in the world, we welcome visiting artists and industry professionals, and provide great opportunities for both work and play. We offer over $5000 in juried and audience choice awards, masterclasses, workshops, and industry networking events in addition to an array of parties and galas. Please note we are also accepting year-round submissions for our Out In Schools program, which brings queer cinema to high school classrooms. No entry fees.

DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
Info: www.outonscreen.com


2008 Montreal Underground Film Festival

MUFF celebrates and promotes low-budget filmmakers and those who challenge the boundaries of mainstream Hollywood and the conventional film aesthetic attitude. We encourage you to confront your artistic freedom, through the experimentation of filmmaking and art production, making the world a more exciting, challenging place to live. Hit us with your best shot and come forth with the goods. As the term suggests, the experimental film is often, but not necessarily made to test an audience's reaction to certain performances or types of presentation not normally found in mainstream cinema. Such films are usually avant-garde and may shock or surprise their viewers, intentionally or otherwise. Of all of cinema, experimental film tends to have the closest relationship to the other visual arts and their avant-gardes. Send submissions to: MUFF 5311 St-Urbain Montreal Quebec Canada, H2T 2W8

DEADLINE: April 1, 2008
Info: www.muff514.com

 

CALLS FOR SUBMISSION 

TOURISM/TRAVEL HALIFAX
EXHIBITION YEAR AT THE ALTERNATOR (KELOWNA)
AGH CALL FOR ENTRIES - BELL CANADA AWARD
MPS FILMMAKER RESIDENCY
THE CITY OF OTTAWA PUBLIC ART PROGRAM

TOURISM/TRAVEL HALIFIAX
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The Centre for Art Tapes, once again is partnership with the Dalhousie University Art Gallery, has an open call to Canadian artists and distributors for videos dealing with the theme of Tourism/Travel as it relates to questions of "the other", alien adventures, neo-colonial tropes, worst nightmares, and mistakes, both humourous and tragic, based on cultural misinterpretations. The videos will be presented on May 10th, 2008 at a one-night screening, following which they will be presented in the Dalhousie Media Gallery for three weeks. Artists' fees will be paid.

Specification: Shorts and longer works up to 20 minutes, completed since 2000. Submission Preview Formats: Please send description of video and bio of artist(s) with your submission, preferably on DVD or VHS. Only those included in the screening will be contacted. If you would like your submission previews returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped return envelope.

DEADLINE: March 28, 2008
Info: www.centreforarttapes.ca

 

EXHIBITION YEAR AT THE ALTERNATOR (KELOWNA)
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The Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art is now accepting submissions for the 2009/2010 Exhibition Year in our Main Gallery Space. The Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art in Kelowna, B.C., is a non-profit artist-run centre with a mandate to support the development of a broad range of high-quality innovative and critically engaged work by local, national and international emerging and mid-career artists. The Alternator operates a gallery composed of three exhibition spaces; hosts a visiting artist program; undertakes exchanges and other special projects; and provides access to video production equipment through the Alternator Media Arts Centre.

DEADLINE: April 15, 2008
Info: www.alternatorgallery.com

 

AGH CALL FOR ENTRIES - BELL CANADA AWARD
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Art Gallery of Hamilton International Film & Video Festival 10
August 7, 2008

Call for Entries 2008:
Bell Canada Award
Short Film & Video
Deadline for Entries: April 20, 2007
Select this link for complete Entry Information and for the Entry Form:
<http://www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/wo_film_fest-call.php>

The AGH International Film and Video Festival is the Art Gallery of Hamilton's 10th annual festival of film, video and contemporary media; an international Festival celebrating innovation, excellence and diversity. This Festival culminates with the Bell Canada Award Screening of the award winning work and 10 - 12 selected short films and videos all under 15 minutes.

This Call for Entries is for the Bell Canada Award and selection of short films and videos to be featured at the Bell Canada Award Screening. Award winning work is selected by jury from international submissions.

Bell Canada Award:
The winner of the Bell Canada Award for short film or video will receive $1000.00

Honorarium for selected works:
The 10-12 finalists selected for the Bell Canada Award Screening will each receive an honorarium of $150.00

Entry information:
Entries must be received by April 20, 2008. There is a $10 entry fee. A completed, signed entry form must accompany your submission.

Eligibility:
Entries may be from any genre. Total running time must not exceed 15 minutes. Entries must have been completed after January 1, 2006.

Format:
Eligible short works can be produced with any media or any combination of media such as film, video, cell phone camera, computer etc. However preview entries must be on DVD and, if selected, must be able to be screened on mini-DV.

For complete entry information and the entry form, go to link <http://www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/wo_film_fest-call.php> or email: film@artgalleryofhamilton.com or call 905 527-6610 x 232 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

 

MPS FILMMAKER RESIDENCY
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Department of Media Production & Studies at the University of Regina is currently soliciting applications for its 2008/2009 filmmaker-in-residence.

The MPS resident filmmaker will be an established or mid-career filmmaker selected for a ten to twelve month residency based in the Department of Media Production & Studies (MPS) on the University of Regina campus, commencing August/September 2008.

Primary activities of the guest filmmaker will be directing a short dramatic film produced through the MPS Funded Film Production Course; teaching an undergraduate film course; presenting their film work at public screenings and leading filmmaking workshops/master classes in Regina and Saskatoon. The filmmaker will also use their residency time to develop their current and future projects.

The Funded Film Production Course, for which the guest filmmaker will direct the short film, develops student filmmaking skills through hands-on experience on the professionally-run set of a production made through MPS, with support from Saskatchewan film industry organisations. Students work within specific crew roles through pre-production and production alongside local professional industry members who mentor students and/or upgrade their own skills on the production. ACTRA member actors will make up the cast. The dramatic script will come from an open call to Saskatchewan scriptwriters; one script (max. 30 mins) will be selected for production by the producer/professor, the MPS Filmmaker-in-Residence, and a representative of the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN). Pre-production will begin in September 2008; production will take place in March 2009; postproduction will be ongoing for approximately one year following production, with arrangements being made in the case that travel is required for the director.

The MPS Filmmaker Residency is open to all residents of Canada. Filmmakers should ideally want to work with a Saskatchewan script that addresses social issues, challenges the status quo, has unique content and/or storytelling method. Residency applications from women, members of cultural or ethnic minorities, Métis and First Nations people are encouraged.

Accommodation in a downtown furnished and serviced apartment for the guest filmmaker will be covered by the residency program. S/he will receive an honorarium for directing the film, a residency honourarium and stipend, a fee for teaching the MPS course (approximately $5000.00), and fees associated with screenings/workshops conducted at Saskatchewan arts organisations. Exact amounts are being finalized and will be known at the time of offer for the residency position.

Residency applicants will be notified of the results by June 2008. Three final candidates will be interviewed by telephone before the final decision is made.

This MPS initiative follows on the success of the short drama Out In The Cold that is the template for the Funded Film Production Course. Out In The Cold was written by Cheryl Jack, directed by Colleen Murphy, produced and edited by Sarah Abbott. It will be released in May 2008.

The Funded Film Production Course and the MPS Filmmaker Residency associated with the course is supported by the University of Regina, the Faculty of Fine Arts, MPS, SCN, ACTRA, SMPIA, IATSE, the DGC, William F. White Inc., SaskFilm, Java Post Production, and Talking Dog Post and Sound Studio.

Deadline: April 28, 2008

Send Applications to:
MPS FILMMAKER RESIDENCY
Department of Media Production and Studies
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A4

Faxed or email applications will not be accepted.
For more information, please contact Sarah Abbott in the Department of Media Production & Studies at sarah.abbott@uregina.ca or (306) 585-4437.

 

THE CITY OF OTTAWA PUBLIC ART PROGRAM
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Public Art Program presents a RE-ADVERTISED Opportunity for Artists
Request for Proposals

The public art commission for the Shenkman Arts Centre plaza is being re-advertised with an increased commission fee as well as information about the chosen artwork for the Glazed façade. Adrian Göllner won the commission for the Glazed Façade for his proposal entitled Stand.

The City of Ottawa Public Art Program invites artists to apply to develop, design, and implement a public art project located on Shenkman Arts Centre exterior plaza. Artist teams may also apply. In keeping with the Percent for Art policy, the City of Ottawa is accepting proposals for public art for the exterior plaza space.

The Shenkman Arts Centre is currently under construction. Implementation of the Percent for Art project will begin after the competition process, in July 2008, with an opening envisioned for the Spring of 2009.

The complete call to artists (including eligibility, design requirements, supporting documents, and selection criteria, etc.) is available on our website, ottawa.ca/arts, or can be emailed to you upon your email request to: publicartprogram@ottawa.ca.

BUDGET
The total artist fee for the project is $65,000 plus GST. The commission budget must include all costs required to design, fabricate and install the project. Below ground foundations will be absorbed by the overall project budget.

DEADLINE
Submissions must be received by mail or by hand no later than Monday, April 21, 3 p.m. (This is not a postmark deadline). Fax or e-mail submissions will not be accepted. Incomplete or late proposals will not be reviewed.

For more information:
Website: ottawa.ca/arts
Email: publicartprogram@ottawa.ca
Phone: 613-244-4261

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Le Programme d'art public lance un appel aux artistes
Demande de propositions

La commande d'oeuvres d'art publique pour l'esplanade du Centre des arts Shenkman est annoncée à nouveau à des frais plus élevés et accompagnée de renseignements sur l'oeuvre d'art choisie pour la devanture vitrée. Adrian Göllner a gagné la commande pour la devanture vitrée avec sa proposition intitulée Stand.

Le Programme d'art public de la Ville d'Ottawa convie les artistes à proposer leurs services en vue de l'élaboration, la conception et la mise en oeuvre d'un projet d'art public situé sur l'esplanade du Centre des arts Shenkman. L'invitation est également lancée aux équipes d'artistes. Conformément à la politique Pourcentage pour les arts, la Ville d'Ottawa accepte les propositions d'oeuvres d'art publiques à intégrer à l'espace extérieur de l'esplanade.

Le Centre des arts Shenkman en est actuellement à l'étape de la construction. Sa mise en oeuvre, conformément à la politique Pourcentage pour les arts, débutera à l'issue du concours, en juillet 2008. L'inauguration du Centre est prévue pour le printemps 2009.

L'appel aux artistes intégral, notamment admissibilité, exigences pour la conception du projet d'art public, critères de sélection, est sur le site Web de la Ville à ottawa.ca/lesarts ou sur demande de courriel à publicartprogram@ottawa.ca.

BUDGET
Le total des honoraires de l'artiste pour le projet s'élèvent à 65 000 $ (TPS non incluse). Le budget de la commande doit inclure tous les coûts de conception, de fabrication et d'installation du projet. Les coûts des fondations sous terre seront prévus dans le budget total du projet.

ÉCHÉANCE
Les artistes doivent remettre leur présentation par la poste ou en mains propres au plus tard le lundi 21 avril, à 15 h. (Il ne s'agit pas d'une échéance de mise à la poste). Les propositions incomplètes, présentées par télécopieur, par courriel ou en retard seront systématiquement rejetées.

Pour plus de renseignements :
Site Web : ottawa.ca/lesarts
Courriel : publicartprogram@ottawa.ca
Téléphone : 613-244-4429

 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES   

OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
LESSER MEN PRODUCTIONS
CANADIAN SCREEN TRAINING CENTRE

OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL
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Ottawa International Animation Festival Employment Opportunities

Special Event Assistants

The Ottawa International Animation Festival is currently seeking a number of contract special event personnel to work on the upcoming edition running September 17 to 21. Be a part of the team that runs this non-stop showcase of animation with screenings, workshops, trade events and parties.

The positions are staffed through Employment Ontario's Job Creation Program. It's a work-training program that gives you a chance to upgrade your skills and jazz up your resume - while you get paid.

To be eligible you must:

> Currently be in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) payments or have received EI payments within the last 3 years (Reach back status)
> Live in the Ottawa area
> You must not leave employment to participate in JCP
> You must not be a current full-time student
> You must have your Employment Insurance status verified
> You may only participate in the JCP once in a 2 year period

Some of the duties you might be doing depending on your skill set:

· Organizing a media conference.
· Processing pass orders and ticket sales.
· Writing media releases.
· Answering emails and phone calls.
· Handling guest travel arrangements.
· Writing correspondence.
· Maintaining the contact database.
· Watching cartoons
· Writing letters
· Working with sponsors
· Fighting chaos

Qualifications

· Excellent communication, writing and people skills
· Good organizational skills
· Able to work in a busy environment (open concept office)
· Various language skills. (spoken French is an asset)
· Strong computer skills - word processing, database and internet programs
· Love animation and/or film

Some of the particular skill sets that would be useful:

Special Events Planning
Media Experience
Box-office and Sales
Bookkeeping (Quickbooks)
General Office

Salary: You will be paid the maximum EI earnings ($413) per week. Contracts begin April 7 and end October 3.

To apply, let us know about your skill set, what your ideal job is and why you should work for us.

Send us your resume with a cover letter by March 28 to jennifer@animationfestival.ca. Call (613) 232-8769 if you have any questions.

Kelly Neall
Managing Director
The Ottawa International Animation Festival
2 Daly Ave, Suite 120
Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2
Phone: (613) 232-8769
Fax: (613) 232-6315

This year's event takes place September 17 to 21, 2008

 

LESSER MEN PRODUCTIONS
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Employment Opportunity – lesser men productions

Posting Date: Monday, March 17, 2008.

Cinematographer, for feature-length documentary
Lesser Men Productions, Will Inrig Film Productions.

Provides a unique opportunity for youth to break into the competitive world of independent filmmaking.

12 month contract, beginning in September of 2008
Non-union

Employment Requirements:
Ideally 25 years of age or younger (will consider part-time students and high school graduates)
Past experience in photography/cinematography (professional or non-professional) necessary
An understanding of media, video, and the filmmaking process is required

Documentary outline:

The Fantastic Ballet of the Mind and Its Master
‘The tragic beauty of the autistics’. HD, 90mins.

Following a group of severely autistic adults and teenagers, the film seeks to explore the extraordinary enigma of the autistic world. Drawn into the inner-self, locked in patterns of repetition and strange obsession, the autistic life is most frequently marked by qualities of chaos, anxiety, and intense confusion. However, the condition does allow for profound instances of otherworldly beauty, albeit tragic. This is the nature of the fantastic ballet.

Directed by:
Will Inrig (‘The Exceptional Jivatma Valettas’, www.jivatmavalettas.com)

To apply, please forward a cover letter and CV to Cody Campanale at codycampanale@lessermen.ca.

References should be available upon request.

Or, to apply by mail:
Cody Campanale, Managing Director
Lesser Men Productions
156 Clarendon Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 0R7

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

www.lessermen.ca

CANADIAN SCREEN TRAINING CENTRE
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The Canadian Screen Training Centre (CSTC) is currently seeking to fill the following positions for its 28th annual Summer Institute of Film and Television (SIFT):
• Logistics Coordinator
• Technical Coordinator
• Communications
• Registration Assistant
• Scheduling Assistant

Canada’s first national film and television training institute, the not-for-profit Canadian Screen Training Centre, was founded in 1981. The CSTC is one of three training institutions supported by Telefilm Canada. It offers numerous workshops and training opportunities year-round, across Canada. Focusing on training the ‘executive’ of filmmaking - screenwriters, directors and producers- CSTC contracts top working screen professionals as instructors and special guests. Every summer more than 200 participants attend one of the 20 week-long workshops of our flagship program, SIFT, the Summer Institute of Film and Television (May 27 – June 1, 2008).


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LOGISTICS COORDINATOR
Start date: March 31

Responsibilities include:
•Research, booking and liaison with programming venues
• Budget preparation
• Research and coordination of event catering
• Organization of the SIFT B.B.Q.
• Organization of various logistical needs, such as vehicles, communication rentals, and shuttle bus transportation
• Preparation of staff schedules

Qualifications include:
• Background in Event Management
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Must be organized, detail-oriented and accurate
•Must display strong initiative, with the ability to work with minimum supervision

This is a contract position to at least mid-June 2008, with the possibility of extension.

To apply, email your CV along with a Cover Letter to: staffing@cstc.ca
Please quote SIFT08-Logistics in the subject line.

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TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
Start date: April 21

Responsibilities include:
• Arranging all technical equipment needs for screenings, workshops and events
• Sourcing equipment rentals
• Scheduling pick-up & drop-off of equipment
• Coordinating workshop room allocation with equipment needs
• Set-up & tear down of all equipment
• Assist in hiring AV staff
• Scheduling and supervision of AV staff
• Conducting site visits for event preparation
• Arranging all video/DVD rentals
• Creation of detailed reports and budgets outlining suppliers, equipment, costs, room lists, etc.

Qualifications include:
• Excellent skills in technical and AV equipment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to give directions
• Must be organized, detail-oriented, resourceful and responsible
• Must display strong initiative, with the ability to work with minimum supervision

This is a contract position to June 2, 2008.

To apply, email your CV along with a Cover Letter to: staffing@cstc.ca
Please quote SIFT08-Technical in the subject line.

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COMMUNICATIONS
Start date: March 31

Responsibilities include:
•Preparation and distribution of targeted faxes and emails to potential participants and industry organizations
•Research to maintain and update our database in support of above
•Preparation and distribution of press releases
•Outreach to appropriate cultural and regional groups
•Preparation of SIFT’s Restaurant Guide
•Creation of workshop signage

Qualifications include:
•A background in writing and an understanding of the basics of the Canadian film/TV industry
•Must be organized, detail-oriented and accurate
•Must display strong initiative

This is a contract position to mid-June 2008, with the possibility of extension.

To apply, email your CV along with a Cover Letter to: staffing@cstc.ca
Please quote SIFT08-Publicity in the subject line.

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REGISTRATION ASSISTANT
Start date: March 31

Responsibilities include:
•Familiarizing yourself with CSTC programs in general and the Summer Institute of Film and Television in particular (literature, website)
• Providing information and guidance about these workshops to interested callers
• Assisting participants with the registration process and ensuring that all necessary details are received and reviewed (including payment, prerequisites, accommodation requests)
• Preparing material to be sent to students in advance of the workshop and during the Summer Institute (ie. kit folders, name tags, evaluation forms)
• Administering the guest lists for various events throughout the week
• Maintaining and updating the CSTC database as needed

Qualifications include:
•A background in film studies and an understanding of the basics of the Canadian film/TV industry
•Must be organized, detail-oriented and accurate
•Must work well independently and as part of a group
•Must have excellent communication skills (oral and written)

This is a contract position to late July 2008, with a possibility of extension.

To apply, email your CV along with a Cover Letter to: staffing@cstc.ca
Please quote SIFT08-Registration in the subject line.

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SCHEDULING ASSISTANT
Start date: March 31

Responsibilities include:
• Collecting travel details and workshop requirements from instructors and guests
• Booking all flights and hotel arrangements
• Organizing the instructor and guest itineraries and schedules
• Making hotel arrangements
• Distribution of appropriate instructor details to staff

Qualifications include:
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Must be very organized, detail-oriented and accurate
•Must display strong initiative, with the ability to work with minimum supervision

This is a contract position to mid-June 2008.

To apply, email your CV along with a Cover Letter to: staffing@cstc.ca
Please quote SIFT08-Scheduling in the subject line.

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All applications are treated as confidential. We thank all applicants, however only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

 


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ARTENGINE: SUPERFAN!
AVAILABLE LIGHT PRESENTS: "AGAINST AUTOBIOGRAPHY"
DRUNKEN MASTER REVUE PRESENTS: "BLACK BELT JONES"

ARTENGINE: SUPERFAN!
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Artengine presents contemporary art along the Sens Mile.

March 20th to April 6th, 2008 at:

Hooley’s, 292 Elgin Street
The Manx Pub, 370 Elgin Street
Lieutenants Pump, 361 Elgin Street

Artists: Liz Garlicki (Winnipeg); Florian Hollerweger (Linz, Austria); Jillian McDonald (New York) Andra McCartney (Toronto); Linda Norstrom (Ottawa) and Don Sinclair (Toronto)

Artengine is bringing art about the sports world to the place sport fans love the most – the local pub. For this unique public art project Ottawa’s leading digital culture center has commissioned 5 new contemporary art works to be presented in three local bars along Elgin Street (Hooley’s, The Manx Pub and The Lieutenants Pump). These works will be available for 3 weeks for patrons to interact with and reflect on their relationship to sports through new eyes.

The projects include 2000 beer coasters created by Liz Garlicki (produced for Superfan by McAuslan Breweries and co-presented with Gallery 101); the interactive abstract cycling experience of Don Sinclair and Andra McCartney; a video trilogy about the consumed fan by Jillian McDonald; the statistical and obsessively superstitious portraits of World Cup soccer stars by Linda Norstrum, and the expansion of time created in the manipulation of 2 famous 100m sprints (Ben Johnson, 1988 and Donovan Bailey, 1996) by Florian Hollerweger.

And for a mix of performance and art, Artengine has arranged for a special edition of Navid Taslimi’s Gold Sprints, a bicycle roller race tournament with real time results of speed and distance. The Gold Sprint competition is open to all and will be the central element to the opening night party at Hooley’s on Elgin. Like an athletic karoke tournament, this is definitely a new take on art vs sport.

Finally, Hooley’s and Available Light will host a screening of two exceptional and fun films about Canada’s hockey culture. Valery’s Ankle is a poetic look at the sometimes glassy gaze we throw on important historical events, namely the two-handed slash of rival Russian star Valery Kharlamov’s ankle in the 1972 Summit Series and its role in this cherished Canadian victory. Death by Popcorn takes a tongue-in-cheek conspiratorial look at the suspicious demise of the Winnipeg Jets with mix of carefully collected archival footage and new investigations. Video night in hockey land indeed!

Artists will be in attendance from New York, Winnipeg and Toronto for Opening Party.
Events
Contemporary Art Pub Crawl
6:00 to 8:00PM
Thursday, March 20th
Check out all 5 commissioned works at 3 of Elgin Street’s best bars.

Opening Party and Stationary Bike Race Tournament
8:00PM (Tournament Starts at 9:00PM)
Thursday, March 20th
Hooley’s
292 Elgin Street

Video night in hockey land (Screening)
7:30 PM
Wednesday April 2nd
Valery’s Ankle, Brett Kashmere (2006)
Death by Popcorn: The tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets, L’atelier national de Manitoba (2006)

This event is a collaboration between Artengine, The Available Light Screening Collective, Gallery 101, McAuslan Breweries, Holley's, Lieutenants Pump and the Manx Pub.

For more information on this event please check out our website (http://www.artengine.ca) or contact:

Ryan Stec, Artistic Director, Artengine, 2 Daly Ave. Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2 613.686.1941 artistic@artengine.ca

Artengine is a non-profit, artist-run centre that fosters democratic and innovative approaches to electronic art and its evolving relationship to society.

 

AVAILABLE LIGHT PRESENTS: "AGAINST AUTOBIOGRAPHY"
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Available Light Screening Collective presents:
AGAINST AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Curated by Steve Reinke (Toronto / Chicago)

Sat March 29 2008 @ 7:30pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St (basement of Arts Court)
Pay What You Can / Cash Bar

The act of autobiography is not active, not performative, but reflective. Autobiography requires an act of removal. The subject must step out of the narrative stream of life events and recount, remember, reflect from a position that is inactive, neutral, removed. In autobiography, introspection is retrospection. The self-portrait is not retrospective but, relatively speaking, immediate, in the present. One can have but one authentic autobiography, but an endless number of self-portraits.

Autobiography wants everything. It wants you dead. It is teleological. It begins at the end, and then works — inevitably, inexorably — to that end. No longer "Know thyself." Instead "Keep your self to yourself." Or, possibly, "Keep yourself to your self." The videos in Against Autobiography are not autobiography but self-portraiture, a series of self-portraits.

Video Program:

Per Se, Deirdre Logue, 4 min., 2005
Locke's Way, Donigan Cumming, 21 min., 2003
Draft 9, Dani Leventhal, 28 min., 2003
The Gardener, Alex Grant, 5 min., 2005
So Much to Share, John Marriott, 3 min., 2007
Artist Statement, Daniel Barrow, 5 min., 2007
Death Mask, Jonathan Culp, 5 min., 2004

About the Curator:

Steve Reinke is an artist, writer, and curator best known for his videos. His work is screened widely and is in several collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Pompidou (Paris), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). His tapes typically have diaristic or collage formats, and his autobiographical voice-overs share his desires and pop culture appraisals with endearing wit.

Born in a village in northern Ontario, Reinke is currently associate professor of Art Theory & Practice at Northwestern University. In the 1990's he produced the ambitious omnibus The Hundred Videos (1996), and a book of his scripts, Everybody Loves Nothing: Scripts 1997 - 2005 was published by Coach House (Toronto). He has also co-edited several books, including By the Skin of Their Tongues: Artist Video Scripts (co-edited with Nelson Henricks, 1997), Lux: A Decade of Artists' Film and Video (with Tom Taylor, 2000), and The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema (with Chris Gehman, 2005).

About Available Light Screening Collective:

The Available Light Screening Collective is an Ottawa-based artists' collective committed to the presentation and curation of experimental film, video and new media art. Support for our activities is received from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa. Current members are: James Missen, Minh Nguyen, Linda Norstrom, Theo Pelmus, Christopher Rohde, and Phil Rose.

For futher information: availablelightcollective@gmail.com

 

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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