Advance tickets for Parka Patio available online at www.latitude53.org/parka and at the gallery for $12.
Latitude 53 members can get advance tickets in person at a discount—come down and visit us!
Lace up your skates! We’re looking forward to Dancing Under The Winter Stars on Saturday. McCauley community league has skates to rent on-site if you don’t have your own. Take a look at the Facebook event and invite your friends!
Creative Commons shared image from mikeroach on Flickr
Latitude 53 Video Podcast
Curator Marie-Hélène Leblanc gave an informal talk at Latitude 53 for the opening of Striking a Pose by Emanuel Licha. Here are some highlights, where she speaks about the works “War Tourist” and “How Do We Know What We Know”.
Striking a Pose runs from January 13–February 11.
Dancing Under The Winter Stars
What are you doing this Saturday? Why not join us at McCauley Community rink (96 St and 107 A Ave) between 5 and 10 pm for a free all-ages skating party with DJs D Pro, Campos and Alistair Henning.
It’s part of Frostival, the McCauley festival of winter activities, and we’ve also got a team of artists out in the neighborhood that afternoon to work on ice sculptures:
Location One: East side of 97 Street adjacent to the Chinese Zodiac Public Art piece outside the parking lot of Lucky 97 Foods;
Location Two: The north east corner of 95 Street and 108 Avenue (Giovanni Caboto Park), just across the street from Sorentino’s
Location Three: Directly west of the McCauley Skating rink on the north side of 107A Avenue.
Here’s what Executive Director Todd Janes says about the event:
The event is inspired from my childhood and our community outside rink when we would skate in the evenings with friends and just have fun while hit songs flowed over the crappy outside winter speakers. We are hopeful that a lot of kids and some families will come out and then teens from the hood later and it would be great to have you as part of the event called - Dancing Under the Winter Stars.
Art in Vending Machines 2.0
Since my initial post on art in vending machines, I’ve been looking into how the phenomena manifests itself in Canada. While there seems to be no overarching or nationally cohesive counterpart to the Art-O-Mat I encountered in Las Vegas, there are a myriad of interesting projects abound. Today, I’m going to share some of them with you (aren’t you lucky!).
Of hurricanes and pollination – Vue Weekly
In “How Do We Know What We Know?” Licha does a brilliant job of opening up questions about journalism of such horrors through coverage of the recent political unrest in Syria. His film reveals the production behind a “real” live conflict, jumping between American news footage and video that records its production from the otherwise hidden windy hillside in Turkey. As the American production team leaves, a member of the local camera team asks a telling question: “How will it be when they’re gone?” Licha punctuates this question by showing how journalism makes an event real, alluding to the invisibility of stories that aren’t told in front of the camera.
Carolyn Jervis writes on our two new shows for this week’s Vue Weekly.
So how do we know what we know about war? That’s a central question raised by Montreal- and Paris-based artist Emanuel Licha in his two-part exhibition “Striking a Pose” at Latitude 53 in Edmonton and PAVED Arts in Saskatoon. The exhibition (which is curated by Marie-Hélène Leblanc and will also show at Musée régional de Rimouski later this year) takes a wide-ranging look at the way conflict is staged and the effect of this blurring of fact and fiction—not only on official reports and histories, but also on collective memory.
Today Byrne McLaughlin of Canadian Art takes a look at Striking a Pose.
Seeking contemporary artists in Boyle Street-McCauley
After some of our special projects last year, like In/stall/ed, we’re planning to continue our collaborations in the Boyle-McCauley neighborhood. Here’s our latest call for our next project with McCauley Revitalization:
Latitude 53 creates sites for the intersection of contemporary art and ideas in Alberta.
We are seeking contemporary artists living in the Boyle Street – McCauley area for future projects.
Help us get to know you better by sending us up to five images of your art (digital images, jpegs at least 300 dpi), an artist statement, and some information about you—this could include an artistic resume or biography. Latitude 53 is interested in ethnocultural artists that reflect the diversity of our nation as well.
Please send to todd.janes@latitude53.org or via mail to: Latitude 53, 10248 – 106 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 1H7
Sound interesting? Get in touch.
Our friends at Edmonton Arts Council are also taking submissions for two public art projects in east downtown with an eye to emerging artists. Take a look.
Parka Patio party tickets available now at www.latitude53.org/parka for $12.
Discounted tickets for Latitude 53 members will be available next week at the gallery.
What is performance?
On Facebook, Margaret Dragu left us this intriguing question:
I ask this question every few years — of myself and of you.
I do this because my answers and your answers are always different, engaging, inspiring…QUESTION: what is performance?
What specifically makes it different from existing practices like theatre, agit-prop, etc. ???You can post your answer on my facebook page—just go to Margaret Dragu—or—you can email me at ladragu@yahoo.co.uk
Merci, thank you, gracias, vielen dunke, mulska meska …
While you’re thinking, remember that our Visualeyez Call for Proposals is open until April 27th.
