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Interview with Artist in Residence Casey Wei
Between shooting and production of music videos with flashing colourful lights and people singing/lip-syncing their hearts out, we sat down with UNIT/PITT’s artist in residence Casey Wei to talk about her inspirations, community involvement, and current art work: “Karaoke Music Video Maker Free Store.” As an artist where or who do you get inspiration from?…
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Insights on “It Was Something and Then It Became Something Else.”
Juan Cisneros Neumann’s exhibition isn’t just focused on the space within the gallery, but instead extends from the neighbourhood around him to all of North America. On the back wall is an illustration of the American and Canadian flags crossed with an arrow pointing to LA LA LAND. Hollywood being a huge influencer of both…
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Starting off 2017 with Juan Cisneros Neumann
Juan Cisneros Neumann: It Was Something and Then It Became Something Else January 27 to March 11 “It Was Something and Then It Became Something Else” is the result of several cups of coffee and months of conversations between Juan Cisneros and Unit/Pitt curator Jamie Ward. Their interactions range from issues of politics to the…
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Everybody Needs Everyone’s Help Right Now
We need your help — please donate to UNIT/PITT now, and please consider supporting some of the many great organizations in our neighbourhood with an equivalent donation. We’re making a last-minute request — if you have considered donating to the Pitt, if you think our risk-taking programming and commitment to emerging artists and emerging practices…
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Join the Action
Donate now to support UNIT/PITT. While you’re doing that, please also donate to the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House. It has been an amazing year at the Pitt: we did almost twice as much programming — exhibitions, talks, screenings, performance than what we do in a typical year. At the same time, we are being squeezed…