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SWARM this week
Tonight (Thursday, September 6) is the start of two nights of SWARM, which launches a new season of artist-run culture in Vancouver. Instead of listing everything that’s going on, here’s a little outline: Thursday night includes artist-run spaces in South Vancouver, Mount Pleasant, and Granville Island (we’re looking forward to the show at Malaspina Printmakers);…
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This week’s video: Gutai
Via ubuweb, some low-resolution, soundless, fascinating documentation of the Gutai performance art movement in Japan. See you in September! “Gutai art does not alter matter; it gives matter life … In Gutai art, the human spirit and matter, opposed as they are, shake hands … My respect goes out to the works of Pollock and…
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In Search of Lost Time starts September 7
The sign on our door says “see you in September”. And while we still have another week of film selections still to come, serious events at the Pitt are starting soon. The first is an exhibition by Shannon Oksanen and Valerie Sonnier, In Search of Lost Time, curated by Myfanwy MacLeod. The exhibition begins on…
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This week’s film: Rose Hobart by Joseph Cornell
Via ubuweb: a 20-minute film by U.S. surrealist Joseph Cornell, Rose Hobart. Made in 1936, the film is made from a now-forgotten 1931 Hollywood movie, East of Borneo. Most of the parts of the original movie containing action, exposition, and plot development have been removed, the soundtrack and dialogue has been wholly replaced with a…
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UNIT/PITT AGM, Thursday August 30th at 7pm
The Unit/Pitt Society for Art and Critical Awareness, which operates UNIT/PITT Projects, is having its annual general meeting on Thursday, August 30 2012, 7 pm, at 15 East Pender Street, Vancouver.