March 6, 2010 – 2pm

Kyle Duske and the 221A Artist Run Centre invite you to join us again this Saturday, March 6th for an artist talk and to continue discussions around DINNER HERE.

Dinner Here is a collaborative project between Kyle Duske and Jenipher Hur. In 2007 Hur invited Duske to participate in the Invite Me To Your Dinner project. When an invitation to this project is accepted, the participant is expected to host a dinner for Hur. In reciprocation, she walks from her home in Port Moody to the chosen dinning location. The dinners are most often held in Vancouver.

In 2009, Duske accepted the invitation. The dinner was held on February 13th, 2010 at 221A ARC. There was a private reception viewable through 221A’s store front windows and an open reception was held soon after. This project explores social structures, relationships and traditions through the act of dinner and all of its parts from invitations to remnants.

Opening Reception:
5:00pm, Feb 5

Exhibition Hours:
10am – 8pm, Feb 6
12pm – 8pm, Feb 7

Projects by:
Kenji Hoshide
Steve Di Pasquale
David Guenter
Craig Bissell
Jordon Lock
Heather Maxwell
Vicki Ha
Maranatha Coulas
Brooke Dedrick
Julian Hou
Chris Mills
Rachael Kitagawa
Halima Qureshi
Bryan Beca

UBC School of Architecture
+ Landscape Architecture

You & your friends are invited to join us for
SOME UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT
An Enchanting Helen Pitt Gallery ARC Fundraising Celebration
$15 @ the door – $10 w/student ID

COMPLETELY UNPLUGGED, delightfully intimate mini-sets by members of…
Aunts & Uncles
Veda Hille
Bend Sinister
Red Hot Icicles Burning On Fire
Under The Sun
Kick Evrything
Kidnap Kids
Payday Millionaire

PLUS
an amazing shadow puppet play by
Mind Of A Snail

AND
a mesmerizing opening piece by members of
Spectrum Interview & Jacobsen’s Organ
Performances begin at 8pm SHARP.

ALSO
featuring our fabulous MC
CURTIS GRAHAUER
(of Weekend Leisure) throughout the evening…

… along w/ GORGEOUS CANDLELIGHT, DOOR PRIZES, RAFFLE DRAW, DELICIOUS SNACKS, BEVERAGES & Helen Pitt Gallery Artist-Run Centre Membership Drive! All proceeds go toward Gallery programming and operational expenses. Support one of the most egalitarian and critically engaged Lower Mainland artist-run centres over the past 35 years. Help to ensure a bright future for the Pitt while having a really, really good time!

Visit the Pitt online here:
http://www.helenpittgallery.org

More information about 221A hosting the Pitt:
221A to host Helen Pitt Gallery in early 2010

DIGITAL PAINTING WORKSHOP
Jeff Simpson – http://www.surrealsushi.com
From line art to finished painting
Software: Adobe Photoshop
Date: January 31st, 2010
Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Registration: $20 (limited to 20 participants)
Register Now:

221A Artist Run Centre
100-221 E. Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC. V6A 1Z6
T: 604 568 0812
E: hello@221a.ca
W: http://221a.ca

Map

I had hosted an awkwardly arranged dinner at the Phnom Penh, casually walked across the street to show my friends the 221A space, touched the front door, which gave no resistance, and found myself watching the end of  ”The Weeping Camel”.  In the summary, a simple comment re the romantic depiction in the film, made me say out loud “What’s wrong with romance?”  And, by chance, I was hooked.

Two decades ago I was asked to give a lecture on Romance, Passion and Magic.  One of my definitions was: “Romance is the pursuit of the ideal that all locations are equi-valent”.  This definition was a distillation of the stories my father had told me about his experiences during WWII, where he had witnessed the worst and the noblest actions by people whose choices and deeds had life and death consequences.  Naively, he had faith in the courage of people to be altruistic and act publicly for their values and the meaning that made life worth living.

I grew up in the decades where the protagonist became the anti-hero, a tautology in which the western individual struggles to find their self in apposition to the norms of the post war paradox of victory and loss.  The now hero is clever, cool and cynical. Values are established in avatar worlds or celebrated in spectacle.

These films however, are not about chance, cleverness or cynicism. They are about choices made by the characters in time of distress and doubt. Although fictional, they make real decisions based on their convictions that result in real consequences.  We are compelled to witness and may even recognize the choices we too, will have to make. None of the films tell us that we live happily ever after. And we are better for that.

We realize that it is we who will make it so in our now, and, in faith that the future is greater because of our actions.

John Wertschek
Poster: Jason Edwards
Coordinated by: Jeff Werner

Feb 23rd:
Random Harvest (1942) a fan page
An amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer
an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-War life.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson

Mar 9th:
The Third Man (1949) trailer
Arriving in Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who
has invited him, recently died in a car accident.
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Joseph Cotten,Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard

Mar 23rd:
High Noon (1952) trailer
A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds
that his own town refuses to help him.
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly

Apr 6th:
The Enchanted Cottage (1945) trailer
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works
and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident.
Director: John Cromwell
Actors: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young

In 2009, Duske accepted the invitation. The dinner will be held on February 13th, 2010 at 221A ARC. There will be a private reception from 6:00 – 9:00pm viewable through 221A’s store front windows and an open reception will be held 9:00 – 11:00pm. This project explores social structures, relationships and traditions through the act of dinner and all of its parts from invitations to remnants.

Private Dinner
Feb 13, 6:30 – 9:00pm

Open Reception
Feb 13, 9:00 – 11:00pm

Panel Discussion
Mar 6, 2:00pm

“Isomorphism – Convergence 2010” is a performative installation engaging two distinct but intersect paths that reflect urban navigation, spatial experience and state of being while exploring aspects of connection, disconnection, mobility (staying/leaving) and decision-making. The introspective walk concurrently functions as a mind-expanding exercise.

While we celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship during the Winter Olympic games within Vancouver, a large number of women remain missing. Were it not for the efforts of a few, their names might have been forgotten.

In articulating this dual urban consciousness within her evolving “Isomorphism” series, Judy Cheung creates an event-specific version that reflects the psyche of downtown Vancouver grid for which artists Peggy and Karen Ngan will conduct a symbolic tribute to the city’s missing women, as an performance event. Audiences and viewers are invited to participate in the proceedings. The process of interactivity serves as a mean to nurture confluent energy, channel logic and engender community fortitude.

Isomorphism is a series of navigation walks morphing into various themes. A recent performative event, “Isomorphism – the 9th Step” was conducted on a pastoral field in rural Thailand as part of artist-in residency program, in collaboration with Buddhist monks from a local temple.

Karen and Peggy Ngan are Vancouver based artists and members of Yac-Tac collective. The duo has been collaborating for over 8 years.

Also presenting REACT2010
The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art is engaging artists and the global community in a creative cultural conversation about the values surrounding the Olympics. We invite you to join us for an entertaining and engaging experience showcasing photography, video, drawing, painting, poetry and other artistic expressions of the modern day Olympic Games which we hope will lead to an examination and appreciation of diverse cultural values.

Jennifer Pickering is the director of the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art and will be joined by participating artists Judy Cheung, Brian Gotro and James Mazur.

React 2010 Media Links
Georgia Straight
Globe and Mail
CBC Arts
React 2010
Alternator Gallery

221A Artist Run Centre presents Pact 4 in conjunction with the World Tea Party and Bright Light at Centre A (Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art). During the Pact participants will have access to use two large (6000 lumens) projected images on the front windows of Centre A.

Theme: TRADE

Pairings: deal, exchange, interchange, swap, trade-in, pass, share, trade wind, transact, flip-flop, conversion, transmit, switch around, alternate
See past Pacts

1. Theme announced.
2. Work, interviews, reviews, resources, readings is/are produced/prepared/recorded/written/collected/selected by you and us.
3. Work submitted/installed/prepared one day prior from 2:00pm – 8:00pm.
4. Food & drink cooked/prepared/purchased potluck format.
5. Event held with all of above at 8:00pm – 11:00pm.
6. Work de-installed/cleaned/removed by 11:30pm.
7. Pact collateral collected and assembled into web publication. See archives.

Theme: EVEN

Pairings: odd and even, even-weave, even flow, uniform, unbroken, undamaged, level, plane, constant, unvarying, steady, even-steven.

Download the Pact 3 publication: a catalogue of works that were exhibited.

See past Pacts

1. Theme announced.
2. Work, interviews, reviews, resources, readings is/are produced/prepared/recorded/written/collected/selected by you and us.
3. Work submitted/installed/prepared one day prior from 2:00pm – 8:00pm.
4. Food & drink cooked/prepared/purchased potluck format.
5. Event held with all of above at 8:00pm – 11:00pm.
6. Work de-installed/cleaned/removed by 11:30pm.
7. Pact collateral collected and assembled into web publication. See archives.

Please join us for great coffee, tea and donut-like things! Board Members, volunteers, funders, and supporters of both 221A and the Helen Pitt Gallery Artist-Run Centre will be in attendance. Show up and introduce yourself. Find out what exciting things are in store during this dynamic time of redevelopment for the Pitt.

Ask about the Pitt’s new curatorial residencies programming initiative, student co-op appointments, upcoming part-time staff

position and relocation plans. Learn more about what the Pitt and 221A will be up to in the coming months. See the 221A contemporary art gallery and studio space. Become a member of both organizations. Sign up to volunteer. Help us realize exciting fundraising events in the coming months.

Lots of handy literature and good cheer will be readily available. Catalogues, posters, invites and other surprises from throughout the Pitt’s 35-year history will be temporarily unearthed from our archives for your perusal. Don’t miss out! Rumour has it that the Helen Pitt Gallery ARC Time Capsule will also be on display. Come out to touch and stare at this amazing crate — not to be opened until 2019 — and experience profound feelings of anticipation and hope…

There will most likely be free donuts (or donut-like things) AND a few welcoming words of introduction from representatives of both organizations.

We look forward to your company!

Please email info@helenpittgallery.org for more information.

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