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AXON: NOVEMBER 12, 2010

IN THIS ISSUE OF AXON:

1 INTERACCESS HEADLINES 2 INTERACCESS EVENTS 3 TORONTO, PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL 4 INTERNATIONAL 5 CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, JOBS, ETC...



1 INTERACCESS HEADLINES

* Field Studies, Jessica Field -- FINAL DAY!

Where: InterAccess, 9 Ossington Avenue, Toronto
When: Saturday, October 9 -- Saturday, November 13, 2010.

If you haven't checked out our current exhibition, you better high-tail it down to InterAccess to catch Jessica Field's fantastic robots before it's too late.
The last day of the show is TOMORROW Saturday, November 13th (12-5pm).

InterAccess is pleased to present the work of Toronto-based artist Jessica Field in this new solo show.

Jessica Field's artistic practice explores the possibilities for shared behaviour between organic and inorganic objects. For the past eleven years she has worked with robotics and Artificial Intelligence. In creating simple robotic ecosystems, Field's research, which is based in aesthetics and Primitive Behaviour Programming, questions the purpose of studying Artificial Intelligence. Is the study of AI about understanding ourselves? Is AI really about the methods of persuasion that are employed in order to convince the public that artificial life is possible?

http://interaccess.org/exhibitions
http://www.jessicafield.ca

* The new Artist's AXON

We really hope everyone enjoyed the first installment of the Artist's AXON last week.

Jeremy Bailey's design will run for the rest of November before he turns the mantle over to Matthew Williamson for December's commissioned piece.

Please note: Artist's AXONs are meant to be sent exclusively to InterAccess members. There is nothing to stop you from sending this to other people for their enjoyment. However, we'd like to remind you that the artist and InterAccess put a considerable amount of time and energy into the design to make your membership even better. If you pass on the AXON to others, please bear this in mind and let them know about InterAccess membership and all its attendant joys.

* InterAccess joins forces with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC)

We are very pleased to announce that InterAccess is now a participating institution with the ICC's Cultural Access Pass (CAP) program. The CAP program is aimed at new Canadians and provides free entry to participating institutions as well as a number of services and opportunities, such as free exhibition tours and workshops.

In addition to integrating the CAP program into our existing programming initiatives, InterAccess has also become a pick-up location for CAP Membership cards.

We are very excited about this new partnership.

http://http://www.icc-icc.ca/en/cap

* Members! We need your input

It's that time of year again...

It's GRANT WRITING TIME!

We are in the process of putting together our grant application for the Canada Council for the Arts and are calling upon our members to share with us the kind of projects they are been working on in the Studio. It is for a specific section in the grant which asks us to include a list of "the independent media artworks undertaken or completed" at InterAccess. Given the open and casual nature of our Studio policy, there is no formal reporting of the work being made in the Studio, although we are always interested in hearing about members' projects. Consequently, we value your help and contribution towards with putting together this part of the grant application.

Whether you are a Studio member who comes in regularly or have just popped into Open Studio, we would like to hear about what you have been working on. Additionally, please let us know whether you are comfortable with us listing your name and some brief details about your work in the grant.

Please email Rosie Spooner at rosie.spooner@interaccess.org with any and all information.

* Baking up a Storm

InterAccess will be participating in this year's Artist-Run Centre Cookie Contest. We haven't submitted a baked good in a number of years so have dusted off the cook books specially for the occasion.

The Cookie Contest is part of the annual Artist-Run Centre Holiday Party which features DJs, other fun events and raises money and non-perishable food items for the Daily Bread Food Bank.



2 INTERACCESS NEWS

* Rice Dreams: A Night of Asian Pop-Psychedelia

Where: The Rivoli, Toronto
When: November 13, 2010, 10pm

InterAccess is a community partner for Rice Dreams, a night of Asian Pop-Psychedelia, that is taking place as part of this year's Reel Asian International Film Festival. The night will feature visuals by the multimedia artist Jeff Garcia and live music by Vowls.

The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by East and Southeast Asian artist in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada's largest Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.

http://www.reelasian.com

* Pocket Video Workshops

Where: InterAccess, 9 Ossington Avenue
When: November 15-18, 10am-4pm

InterAccess has teemed up with aluCine, Toronto's Latin Film & Media Arts Festival, to present workshops in which participants will learn how to produce pocket videos.

In this 20-hour workshop, participants will learn how to produce micro-narratives in the form of celu-films (pocket film/video), which are created for and by portable devices. The workshops will encourage audiovisual experimentation in these formats. Participants will learn how to maximize the image use of their cell phones and other portable devices by exploring how to record videos in portable devices, download the media to a computer, add sound, edit files and finally export.

A number of topics will be explored in the workshops:

aluCine showcases excellence and innovation in contemporary independent short film/video and new media , and promotes and nurture works made by emerging and established Latin artists living in Canada, Latin America, and the Diaspora. The festival provides a vital outlet for these artists to disseminate their work to a broader public both nationally and internationally. Additionally, the festival seeks to transcend pre-established notions of representation and to cross borders; aesthetically, ideologically and geographically with the screening of Canadian works in Latin America and elsewhere.

All workshops are free however, pre-registration is required. To register your interest and reserve a space please contact aluCine.

http://www.alucinefestival.com

* Calls-mageddon!

InterAccess is currently seeking proposals in four areas.
For more information about all our current Calls please see http://interaccess.org/about/calls.php

* Members! We need your input

It’s that time of year again.

It’s GRANT WRITING TIME!

We are in the process of putting together our grant application for the Canada Council for the Arts and are calling upon our members to share with us the kind of projects they are been working on in the Studio. It is for a specific section in the grant which asks us to include a list of "the independent media artworks undertaken or completed" at InterAccess. Given the open and casual nature of our Studio policy, there is no formal reporting of the work being made in the Studio, although we are always interested in hearing about members' projects. Consequently, we value your help and contribution towards with putting together this part of the grant application.

Whether you are a Studio member who comes in regularly or have just popped into Open Studio, we would like to hear about what you have been working on. Additionally, please let us know whether you are comfortable with us listing your name and some brief details about your work in the grant.

Please email Rosie Spooner at rosie.spooner@interaccess.org with any and all information.



3 TORONTO, PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL

* Too Cool for School Art & Science Exhibition

Where: Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
When: November 13, 2010 -- January 2, 2011

Featuring the work of Libby Hague, Doug Jarvis, Gareth Lichty, Abigale Miller, Elissa Ross & Patrick Ingram and Allison Rowe.

Curated by Patrick Macauley and Sally McKay.

Contemporary art and science are both disciplines that sometimes seem unapproachable from the outside. And yet there is a little bit of art and a little bit of science woven into many aspects of daily life. This playful, interdisciplinary exhibition attempts to break down boundaries and spark new forms of dialogue for the exhibitors and gallery visitors alike.

http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/whatson/freshground/toocool.cfm

* Dynamic Curating in the Age of Anxiety

Where: Oakville Galleries, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville
When: Monday, November 22, 10am-4pm

Organized by Laura Paolini for the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.

Dynamic Curating in the Age of Anxiety offers emerging curators insights into the production of curatorial projects within, without, and around the cultural institution. So, if you can't go to Banff, you can join us in Oakville!

The goals of this workshop in the Blue Soup series is to offer professionals (including emerging professionals and students) insights into how to produce projects, with various relations to institutions (with, without, in opposition, etc) and exploring new innovative ways to be active cultural contributors, especially as previous modes of production (i.e. publishing, writing, etc) are equally at risk in the cultural sector. The seminar goals are to provide insight not only to the challenges of our times, but how these challenges have been addressed in the past.

The three guest speakers are Lisa Daniels (Gallery Lambton, Sarnia,) Christof Migone (Blackwood Gallery, U of T Missisauga) and Maiko Tanaka (via skype, associate curator of The Grand Domestic Revolution (GDR) with Casco, Utrecht)

There is a one time $40 registration fee, and this fee is for the administration of the event, and other expenses not covered/eligible for funding.

http://www.oaag.org/programs/index.html



4 INTERNATIONAL

* Free

Where: New Museum, New York City, NY
When: October 20, 2010 -- January 23, 2011

Free features the work of 22 artists including Liz Deschenes, Martijn Hendriks, Kristin Lucas, Rashaad Newsome, Seth Price and Alexandre Singh.

Free explores how the internet has fundamentally changed our landscape of information and our notion of public space. Today, our shared space has expanded beyond streets and schools to more distributed forms of collectivity. What constitutes this expanded public is not only greater social connectedness but a highly visual, hybrid commons of information.

http://www.newmuseum.org/free/#free

* Uncertain Spectator

Where: EMPAC, Troy, NY
When: November 18, 2010 -- January 29, 2011

Featuring Graciela Carnevale, Anthony Discenza, Claire Fontaine, Kate Gilmore, Tue Greenfort, Susanna Hertrich, Jesper Just, Marie Sester, SUPERFLEX, and Jordan Wolfson.

Curated by Emily Zimmerman, Assistant Curator at EMPAC.

The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is pleased to announce Uncertain Spectator, a group exhibition confronting anxiety in contemporary art.

Uncertain Spectator incorporates media works in the broader context of contemporary art landscape through the work of ten artists spanning the genres of video, installation, sculpture, and interactive media. The exhibition asks individuals to cross a threshold — to place themselves in situations riddled with tension, confront deeply charged emotional content, and grapple with feelings of apprehension. The works presented deal with a general mood of uneasiness arising from recent political and economic events that frames a future rife with imminent threats. Uncertain Spectator not only responds to these unsettling situations, but also creates them by challenging individuals to step outside of a place of comfort both physically and emotionally.

http://uncertain.empac.rpi.edu/



5 CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS, JOBS, ETC...

* Call for Submissions: Subtle Technologies Festival, Toronto

Deadline: December 12, 2010

In 2011 the Subtle Technologies Festival celebrates its 14th year of bringing people together to promote wonder, incite creativity and spark innovation across disciplines. Through symposia, exhibitions, workshops, screenings and performances the Subtle Technologies Festival provides a forum to pose and explore questions and inspire work at the intersection of art, science and technology.

Next year's festival takes place from June 2–5, 2011 in Toronto. Programming in 2011 will have a broader scope, moving away from a specific theme to an approach that is inclusive of all subjects that bridge art and science. As knowledge becomes specialized, compartmentalized and tagged it becomes more urgent to step back and look at seemingly unconnected artistic practices and fields of research to find new bridges and networks between them. The 2011 festival will move away from a single theme in an attempt to foster new relationships and create new inter-disciplines. Based on submissions received, a diverse program will be assembled to represent a wide range of subjects and disciplines.

More information about the Subtle Technologies festival and information specific to submissions please refer to the Subtle Technologies website and the link below.

http://vagueterrain.net/content/2010/10/subtle-technologies-2011-call-submissions?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vagueterrain+%28Vague+Terrain%29&utm_content=FaceBook

* Call for Submissions: New Toronto Works, Toronto

Deadline: December 17, 2010 at 5pm

Now in its eighteenth year, PleasureDome's New Toronto Works show is seeking new video, film works, performance and media installations produced after January 2009.

This members curated show highlights cutting edge work, and offers a sample of the vibrant, multi-faceted local media arts community.

Please send all preview tapes, DVDs, and/or films (Super 8 and 16mm) and a synopsis of the work to:

PleasureDome
195 Rushton Rd
Toronto, ON
M6G 3J2
http://pdome.org

OR

Vtape
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 452
Toronto, ON
M5V 3A8
http://www.vtape.org