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September 17, 2010

 

LET'S TWIST AGAIN

2 DAY SYMPOSIUM
SITUATING VANCOUVER IN THE CHANGING WORLD OF CONTEMPORARY ART

TIME and PLACE
September 17 + 18
Asia Pacific Hall, Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

REGISTRATION and TICKETS
$40 ticket includes keynote session, all-day symposium, luncheon and cocktail reception on the 18th.
$20 for registered students
Space is limited. Please call Christina Panis 604-683-8326 to purchase tickets.
or click here to reserve your tickets online


Friday, September 17

Keynote Address: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
David Elliot Artistic director of the 17th Biennale of Sydney.

Wounds, Happiness, Distance
This lecture looks at three seminal exhibitions curated by David Elliott in three different cities that all aspire in different ways to reflect and describe the conditions of contemporary art as well as their relationship to the city and region in which they were made. The exhibitions were "Wounds: between democracy and redemption in contemporary art" (Stockholm,1998); "Happiness: a survival guide for art and life" (Tokyo, 2003); and "The Beauty of Distance. Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age" (Biennale of Sydney, 2010).

Introduction by Skeena Reece, artist, participant in the 17th Biennale of Sydney.

Saturday, September 18

Three Dialogue Sessions: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm

Session 1: Art/Globalization/Locating Vancouver
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Moderator: Makiko Hara, Curator Centre A
World maps of contemporary art have shifted dramatically since Tiananmen and the fall of the Berlin Wall. How does Vancouver situate itself amid these changes? What are the implications for the making of art and the production of artists?
 
Session 2: #artfutures
2:00 pm - 3:00pm
DJ (discourse jockey): Debra Zhou, Assistant Curator, Centre A.
Global networks and social media are transforming the art world. What is their impact on the design of museums, cultural policy, education and arts funding? How are Vancouver artists responding to global issues and local pressures? A mix of live and online elements.

Session 3: Cultural Capital
3:30 - 5:30pm
Moderator: Hank Bull, Executive Director, Centre A
Vancouver is in the grips of a city-wide debate about the place of arts and culture in the city's vision of its future. What kind of spaces are we building for art? What does Vancouver have to say to the world? This closing discussion will consider these questions and identify the next steps forward.

The symposium features speakers who will kindle discussion with short interventions, as well as "active listeners" invited to contribute to the ensuing dialogue. Those interested in speaking are invited to submit proposals for short interventions.
 
Dialogue Session Speakers include
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker,  Director, Frye Art Museum, Seattle
Christine Cheung,  Artist, Berlin
Randy Gledhill,  Artist, Executive Director, Live Biennale
Francisco Fernando Granados,  Artist, Master of Visual Arts Studies, University of Toronto
Bruce Grenville,  Senior Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery
Ray Hsu,  Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Creative Writing Department, University of British Columbia
Alice Ming Wai Jim,  Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Concordia University
Ying Kwok,  Curator, Chinese Arts Centre Manchester, UK
Ken Lum,  Artist
Jesse McKee,  Exhibition Curator, Western Front Society
Laura Marks,  Dena Wosk University Professor of Art and Culture Studies, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University
David MacWilliam,  Dean, Faculty of Visual Art and Material Practice, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Brian McBay,  Arts administrator, Executive Director, 221A Artist-Run Centre, Vancouver
Jonathan Middleton,  Director, Or Gallery, Vice President of PAARC and representative to ARCA
Richard Newirth,  Managing Director of Cultural Services for the City of Vancouver
Liz Park,  Independent curator, Public Programmer, Vancouver Art Gallery
Kristina Lee Podesva,  Artists, Curator, Writer and Editor of Fillip
Sadira Rodrigues,  Director of Continuing Studies, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Joomi Seo,  Artist, MFA candidate in Visual Arts, University of British Columbia
Maiko Tanaka,  Toronto/Utrecht based Independent curator, Board Member, Gendai Gallery, Toronto
Steven Tong,  Artist, Co-curator, CSA Gallery
Keith Wallace,  Editor-in-chief, Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
Victor Wang,  Executive Director, Make Art History; Director, Here is Now
Scott Watson,  Director, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia
Paul Wong,  Artist, curator
Yan Wu,  Independent curator, writer, Program Coordinator, Gendai Gallery, Toronto
Jin-me Yoon,  Artist, Professor, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University
Vera Yu,  President, Asia Unlimited, Berlin
Zheng Shengtian,  Managing Editor, Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
AND YOU!

NETWORKING
The symposium will be streamed live to the Internet (www.centrea.org). Participation in the event will be possible by Ustream, Skype and Twitter. The proceedings will edited and archived on Centre A's website.

LUNCH + COCKTAIL
The symposium will include time for casual conversation, conviviality and celebration.

PATRONS
Let's Twist Again is made possible in part by the generous support of the following patrons:
Lead Patron: Anndraya T. Luui
Symposium patrons: Bruce and Lis Welch Communitity Award, Office of the President of Simon Fraser University
Keynote Patrons: Mark Allison and Stephanie Holmquist
Keynote address is co-presented with the Curatorial Lecture Series of the University of British Columbia, with the support of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, the Museum of Anthropology, and the Department of Anthropology, the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies and the Faculty of Arts at The University of British Columbia.

FUNDERS
The Canada Council for the Arts
The British Columbia Arts Council
The City of Vancouver



 

 

[Aug 4]Ourtube: Award-winning videos screening - 2010 Aug 04

[July 1]Position Available: Executive Director - 2010 Jul 01

[June 20]Ourtube#23 Tokyo Underground - 2010 Jun 30

[June 1]Centre A Executive Director to Step Down - 2010 Jun 01

[MAY 15]SING JUK SING with Master Toa Wong and Mary Sui Yee Wong - 2010 May 15

[MAY 8]BOOK NOW! Centre A's 11th Anniversary - 2010 May 08

[APRIL 30-MAY 6]New Faces of BC Photo Exhibit - 2010 Apr 29

[Mar31]Annual General Meeting - March 31 - 2010 Mar 31

[Feb 9]Centre A hosts Asia Pacific Foundation's award ceremony - 2010 Feb 09

[Dec 5]Khan Lee artist talk and catalogue launch - 2009 Dec 05

[Nov 25]Ourtube 21 with Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa - 2009 Nov 25

Centre A Membership Drive 2009! - 2009 Nov 05

[Oct 31]VAMPYRE LOVE BALL - 2009 Oct 31

[Oct 28]Ourtube #20:Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Report - 2009 Oct 28

[Oct 3]Makiko Hara curates Nuit Blanche in Toronto - 2009 Oct 03

[Sept 20]Another City travels to Musee d'art de Joliette - 2009 Sep 20

[July 29]19th Ourtube: Judy Cheung - 2009 Jul 29

[July 16]Centre A sponsors the Canadian premiere of Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara - 2009 Jul 16

[July 16]Mending-a performance by Verb Woman aka Margaret Dragu-Aktion#1 - 2009 Jul 16

[June 24]OurTube 18:Radical Humanisms: Performance Art and the Language of Conflict - 2009 Jun 24

Centre A to Participate in Cultural Olympiad - 2009 Jun 09

10th Anniversary Nets $35,000 - 2009 Jun 04

Debra Zhou wins Important Grant - 2009 Jun 04

Ourtube 17: Hank Bull on his state visit with the Governor Genral - 2009 Jun 03

[May 15&16]New Faces of Vancouver Photo Exhibit - 2009 May 15

[May 9th] Centre A's 10th Anniversary Gala | Auction Preview - 2009 May 09

[April 22]Centre A director joins Governor General on state visit to Ukraine and Norway - 2009 Apr 22

[March 25]OurTube 16: Almost LIVE with Ikbal Singh & Todd A Davis - 2009 Mar 25

The 15th OurTube: Up With Hope - 2009 Feb 25

Centre A January 2009 Event Calender - 2009 Jan 13

[Dec 17]Last public event of 2008 - the 13th Ourtube: avant garde sound and art - 2008 Dec 17

[Oct 30]Doris Buttignol Artist Talk at WACK! - 2008 Oct 30

Call for Participation: The Living Blanket - 2008 Aug 19

Showroom: Art/Space/Forums - in situ space? - 2008 Jul 12

Centre A hosts China Earthquake Relief Silent Auction on June 20th - 2008 Jun 20

[May 28]OurTube: The Heart That Has No Love/Pain/Generosity Is Not A Heart - 2008 May 28

The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme Seminar Series - 2008 May 22

[May 3]Centre A's 9th Fundraising Dinner & Auction. Updated with list of art work. - 2008 May 03

[April 23]OurTube:Radio Afghanistan with Patrick Ready - 2008 Apr 23

[March 27]Annual General Meeting of the Members - 2008 Mar 27

[March 26]Ourtube: Special Screening - 2008 Mar 26

[March 22]Special Easter Weekend Hour - 2008 Mar 22

[March 15 - April 26] Film Screening - 2008 Mar 15

[March 14]Symposium on Orientalism and Ephemera - 2008 Mar 14

[March 6]Paul Chan Poster Launch - 2008 Mar 06

OurTube: Creative Connections with Mongolia by Roger Chilton - 2008 Feb 27

Governor General hosts Urban Arts Forum at Centre A - 2008 Jan 24

[Dec 8]Live Public Art Event: Everybody is Somebody by Paul Wong - 2007 Dec 08

[Oct 31]The 5th OurTube: Trick-or-Treat with Koki Tanaka, a Halloween Special - 2007 Oct 31

[Oct 25]Iwan Wijono live performance at Centre A - 2007 Oct 25

[July 18] Karen Tam featured in 'The Stranger': Visual Arts Blog - 2007 Jul 18

[July 25] The 3rd OurTube: Grand Tour Review - 2007 Jul 17

[June 27]The 2nd OurTube - Nairobi Report and Recent Activities (with guest speaker Kyohei Sakaguchi) - 2007 Jun 27

[June 21]Color School @ Centre A with liz Park - 2007 Jun 21

[May 30]Centre A presents the first 'Our Tube' - 2007 May 30

[May 26]Challenging the Limits of Tolerance - a symposium - 2007 May 26

[May 12]Centre A's 8th Anniversary Dinner and Auction - A Big Success! - 2007 May 12

[May 10]Auction Preview and Discussion with Stephanie Holmquist - 2007 May 10

OurTube:WORKS-IN-PROGRESS with Johan Lundh -