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Tonight, we dine

We hope to see you tonight for our potluck and closing reception! If you can’t bring along a dish, no worries, bring yourself and have a munch on us!

Margaret Dragu and Freya Olafson will be doing two performance-presentations on what they’ve up to here at Latitude 53, so come check it out!

Potluck and Closing Reception with Freya and Margaret

Why do potlucks instantly fill you with those warm happy feelings? Humans must be biologically wired to love them, seek them out, and scour the classifieds for the next great potluck (or is that just me?).

Tomorrow’s potluck is sure to be a success and we’d love to have you. Remember to bring a gadget (Ipad, laptop, Android phone etc.) if you’d like! We’ll see you at 6:30 PM here at the gallery for a bite to eat, and two performance-presentations from Margaret and Freya. Happy cooking!

Our friend Freya Olafson has shared with us a virtual recipe in preparation for Wednesday’s potluck. Yup, you heard us: virtual recipe. Of the recipe she says: “I have been searching through a lot of online games this week I would like to share a virtual recipe that can be practiced online and then created in real life - once perfected online.” Remember to still eat in real life though. Virtual cooking is addictive and there’s an added bonus of no clean up!

Our friend Freya Olafson has shared with us a virtual recipe in preparation for Wednesday’s potluck. Yup, you heard us: virtual recipe.

Of the recipe she says: “I have been searching through a lot of online games this week I would like to share a virtual recipe that can be practiced online and then created in real life - once perfected online.”

Remember to still eat in real life though. Virtual cooking is addictive and there’s an added bonus of no clean up!

A letter from our friend Margaret:

Dear Latitude 53 friends,

I’ve decided to not broadcast until our live performance and potluck dinner on Wednesday October 26th to build up a little excitement, pleasure and pressure. I am making pea soup for the occasion so come and join us for real and virtual pleasures.

Love,

Verb Woman aka Margaret Dragu

If you don’t mind our input, we really think you should clear your schedule Wednesday night. We’re not trying to be pushy, but we would love for you to come celebrate two wonderful artists with us. And let’s be honest, your floor tile shopping can wait until Thursday and the dog isn’t smelling too awful just yet. Artists Freya Olafson and Margaret Dragu have been with us throughout October and we are having a potluck and two projection-performances of what they have been up to this Wednesday at 630 PM. It’ll be fun, filling and informative. Freya will discuss her newly created Keystroke Choreographies videos, and Margaret will discuss her exploration of the recent Occupy Wall Street protests with street footage from Edmonton and around the world. So come hang out in the FOMD Cyber Cafe. Bring your Android phone, laptop, Iphone, Ipad or Tamogotchi (remember those?), a friend or two, and a plate of something tasty. And if the stars align, there might even be cookies.

If you don’t mind our input, we really think you should clear your schedule Wednesday night. We’re not trying to be pushy, but we would love for you to come celebrate two wonderful artists with us. And let’s be honest, your floor tile shopping can wait until Thursday and the dog isn’t smelling too awful just yet.

Artists Freya Olafson and Margaret Dragu have been with us throughout October and we are having a potluck and two projection-performances of what they have been up to this Wednesday at 630 PM. It’ll be fun, filling and informative. Freya will discuss her newly created Keystroke Choreographies videos, and Margaret will discuss her exploration of the recent Occupy Wall Street protests with street footage from Edmonton and around the world.

So come hang out in the FOMD Cyber Cafe. Bring your Android phone, laptop, Iphone, Ipad or Tamogotchi (remember those?), a friend or two, and a plate of something tasty.

And if the stars align, there might even be cookies.

Potluck with Olafson and Dragu

Don’t forget that this Wednesday our closing reception for FOMD Laboratory: Embodied Projections is a very special pot-luck dinner where you can have an intimate conversation with the artists Freya Björg Olafson and Margaret Dragu. It all starts at 6:30 pm, on the 26th—don’t miss it!

Day Six Verb Woman TV on Ustream

Margaret Dragu’s latest day of video is up now at Ustream.

Margaret Dragu’s Saturday on-line performance

Today, Lady Dragu, aka Margaret Dragu, aka Verb Woman, aka Lady Justice… will complete her performance at 6:— p.m. today instead of 7 p.m. La Dragu will then immediately post her latest ustream video on the blog and on facebook, etc.

Saturday is just exhausted our brave La Dragu with Yoga, shopp-ing, blog-ing, chatt-ing, visit - ing, battle-ing technology and solving computer interface problems … well it is all just fabulous and it is time for wine, women, and resting - complete with some eat-ing, rubb-ing, and eat-ing.

XOXO,

todd

To prepare for Wednesday, October 26’s FOMD Laboratory Closing Reception and Potluck at 630 PM, Verb Woman herself has provided a tasty and healthy recipe for you! So whip it up for yourself, your friends, or that kind neighbour that always shovels the sidewalk for you. They’ll like it. Verb Woman’s Cauliflower Kale Soup Coarsely chop one head of cauliflower and a half a bunch of kale leaves. Lightly steam them until crisp-tender. Drain. Saute one finely chopped onion in some butter or olive oil with a couple of cloves of garlic. Place the onion mixture and cauliflower/kale mixture in a soup pot. Cover with chicken or mushroom stock. Boil and simmer. Mash with a hand blender or mechanical blender, but leave it a little lumpy. Serve with salt and pepper, a glob of yogurt (or silken tofu), and a tablespoon of blue cheese (optional). And, if you jonesin’ for some local produce, we recommend Peas on Earth for all your green needs! http://www.peasonearth.ca/

To prepare for Wednesday, October 26’s FOMD Laboratory Closing Reception and Potluck at 630 PM, Verb Woman herself has provided a tasty and healthy recipe for you! So whip it up for yourself, your friends, or that kind neighbour that always shovels the sidewalk for you. They’ll like it.

Verb Woman’s Cauliflower Kale Soup

  1. Coarsely chop one head of cauliflower and a half a bunch of kale leaves. Lightly steam them until crisp-tender. Drain.
  2. Saute one finely chopped onion in some butter or olive oil with a couple of cloves of garlic.
  3. Place the onion mixture and cauliflower/kale mixture in a soup pot. Cover with chicken or mushroom stock. Boil and simmer.
  4. Mash with a hand blender or mechanical blender, but leave it a little lumpy. Serve with salt and pepper, a glob of yogurt (or silken tofu), and a tablespoon of blue cheese (optional).

And, if you jonesin’ for some local produce, we recommend Peas on Earth for all your green needs! http://www.peasonearth.ca/

Hello to all of you tech heads (and burgeoning techies and non-techies too)! We would like invite you to a special and ongoing event here at the gallery, entitled the FOMD Cafe. It is an in-gallery cafe, complete with fancy schmancy coffee maker and sweets. Artists Margaret and Freya have a catalogue of their online works and visuals that you are encouraged to experience, as you sit down/lay down/ jump (they’re very supportive of anything). This is a BYOC event - that is, bring your own computer, Ipad, Android phone or any other gizmo you see fit to experience these works. If you don’t have access to any of these gadgets, Margaret and Freya have your back because they have some computers here. All are welcome to come anytime during gallery hours- that is Tuesday to Friday 11AM to 7PM and Saturdays, 12PM-5PM. So come in, meet these two fantastic artists, get a warm drink and experience the FOMD Laboratory in all its glory. If you can’t make it in person (they’re very kind, so it’s encouraged that you visit), experience their works pajama style in the comforts of your own home with these handy links. Drop us a line at info@latitude53.org with any feedback, questions or comments. Freya: Avatar- http://vimeo.com/album/1715464 Margaret: http://vimeo.com/album/1715466 Lady Justice Blog- http://ladraguasladyjustice.blogspot.com Verb Woman Blog- http://verbwoman.wordpress.com And hey, one more thing! Check out The Verb Woman Channel on UStream (http://ladraguasladyjustice.blogspot.com/) ( for daily 4-7 PM performances by Verb Woman herself coming very soon to a screen near you. The broadcasts are produced by Lady Justice and Mount Olympus TV with Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture. It is a Same Day Edit and DWI approved project made possible with Artists’ Labour, so get ready to check it out. Whew!

Hello to all of you tech heads (and burgeoning techies and non-techies too)!

We would like invite you to a special and ongoing event here at the gallery, entitled the FOMD Cafe. It is an in-gallery cafe, complete with fancy schmancy coffee maker and sweets. Artists Margaret and Freya have a catalogue of their online works and visuals that you are encouraged to experience, as you sit down/lay down/ jump (they’re very supportive of anything).

This is a BYOC event - that is, bring your own computer, Ipad, Android phone or any other gizmo you see fit to experience these works. If you don’t have access to any of these gadgets, Margaret and Freya have your back because they have some computers here.

All are welcome to come anytime during gallery hours- that is Tuesday to Friday 11AM to 7PM and Saturdays, 12PM-5PM. So come in, meet these two fantastic artists, get a warm drink and experience the FOMD Laboratory in all its glory.

If you can’t make it in person (they’re very kind, so it’s encouraged that you visit), experience their works pajama style in the comforts of your own home with these handy links. Drop us a line at info@latitude53.org with any feedback, questions or comments.

Freya: Avatar- http://vimeo.com/album/1715464

Margaret: http://vimeo.com/album/1715466 Lady Justice Blog- http://ladraguasladyjustice.blogspot.com Verb Woman Blog- http://verbwoman.wordpress.com

And hey, one more thing! Check out The Verb Woman Channel on UStream (http://ladraguasladyjustice.blogspot.com/) ( for daily 4-7 PM performances by Verb Woman herself coming very soon to a screen near you. The broadcasts are produced by Lady Justice and Mount Olympus TV with Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture. It is a Same Day Edit and DWI approved project made possible with Artists’ Labour, so get ready to check it out.

Whew!