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There are a number of events associated with the Festival that occur before, after and during the Festival that take place off-site.
2010 Festival Events
Japanese Canadian National Museum presents a new exhibition
Tributaries: Reflections of Aiko Suzuki
June 30 to August 28, 2010
Opening reception June 29, 7–9 pm
Gallery conversation at 7:30 pm
Public Program
Talk by Cindy Mochizuki, Thursday, August 19, 7:00pm.
Japanese Canadian National Museum presents Tributaries: Reflections of Aiko Suzuki, opening June 30, 2010 at the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre, located at 6688 Southoaks Crescent in Burnaby, BC, and continuing until August 28. An opening reception will be held Tuesday, June 29, 7–9 pm.
Aiko Suzuki was a remarkable visual artist of national significance who was known as a feminist, leader and educator in the arts until her death in 2005. This exhibit will pay tribute to Suzuki’s life and work through a display of some of her original work and three multimedia installations by noted writer Joy Kogawa, new music composer Ann Southam, and visual artist Grace Channer, who were each inspired by Suzuki and worked in collaboration with Toronto filmmaker Midi Onodera. Suzuki’s personal dynamism was both stunning and inspiring. This is your chance to experience the energy and spirit of this prolific and fascinating artist.
Aiko Suzuki (October 22, 1937–December 31, 2005) was originally born in Vancouver, and later was interned with her family in the Slocan region and then moved to Ontario. Aiko was a prolific artist who worked in a wide variety of media, ranging from textiles, to spray paint, to acrylic and oils, and monoprints. Her work extended beyond the canvas to include monumental sculptural fibre works, dance sets and smaller multimedia works. In 1994, Aiko founded the Gendai Gallery at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto – a not-for-profit public art gallery dedicated to the promotion of excellence in contemporary art and design. For 25 years, she was a mentor to many artists, and was involved in arts education with countless students throughout Toronto. She received numerous awards for her contributions, and in 2005, she was elected to membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Midi Onodera is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker who has been directing, producing and writing films for over twenty years. She has over twenty-five independent short films to her credit as well as a theatrical feature film and several video shorts. Midi’s films have been critically recognized and included in numerous exhibitions and screenings internationally, such as the International Festival of Documentary and Short Films, Bilbao, Spain, the Berlin International Film Festival; and Toronto International Film Festival.
Presented in collaboration with the Powell Street Festival and sponsored by the Deux Mille Foundation and The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation.
Spatial Poetics IX
Friday, July 9, 2010
Doors open at 7pm, performance at 7:30 pm
at VIVO Media Arts Centre
1965 Main Street
Tickets $12, $10 for seniors and students
Info and tickets: 604.683.8240 or gm at powellstreetfestival.com
Featuring premieres of collaborative pieces by:
Catrina Longmuir with Asa Mori & Alison Maddaugh:
おこさまランチ(Okosama lunch)
Ray Hsu with Tetsuro Shigematsu: The Way of Ray
Michale Mori with mark MacGregor & Imam Habibi: Nothing is Free
Check out the Spatial Poetics IX blog
The Powell Street Festival presents Spatial Poetics IX, an interdisciplinary event celebrating collaboration, experimentation and innovation by a diverse line-up of artists.
Curated by Naomi Horii, this ninth edition of Spatial Poetics premieres interdisciplinary artwork by Catrina Longmuir with Asa Mori and Alison Maddaugh, Ray Hsu with Tetsuro Shigematsu, and Michael Mori with Mark MacGregor and Iman Habibi. This year, artists explore personal identities through performative practices, such as the collective creation of a performing personality, reliving memories on film and video, and testing romanticized stereotypes of the culturally specific performer. As if searching for a sense of authenticity, the artists collect the corny, recollect the surreal, and dismember the lines that narrate the interior/exterior experiences of the artist-body.
In Okosama lunch, landscape architect/artist Maddaugh, animator/artist Mori, and filmmaker Longmuir explore ideas of natsukashii or nostalgic sentiments by projecting pictures and animations onto sculptural elements. The performance/video piece The Way of Ray finds writer Hsu and theatre artist Shigematsu dissecting the relationship between art, propaganda, and the cult of personality. And in Nothing is Free, opera singer Mori plays out ideas about Japanese and Canadian stereotypes with musical assistance from flautist MacGregor and percussionist Habibi.
Spatial Poetics IX is a pre-festival event for the 34th Annual Powell Street Festival, held in Oppenheimer Park and the Firehall Arts Centre on July 31st and August 1st, 2010.
An Evening of Sake and Savouries
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 6pm
at Hapa Izakaya
1479 Robson St, Vancouver
$50 per ticket for early-bird purchase by June 30th
$60 per ticket after June 30th until July 16th
Advance tickets only!
Join us at Hapa Izakaya’s Robson location on July 18th for An Evening of Sake and Savouries, a delicious fundraiser for the Powell Street Festival Society! Blue Note Wines & Spirits Inc. will host a tasting of four different sakes and one plum wine. Accompanying each round of premium sake will be a scrumptious dish from the Hapa Izakaya kitchen handpicked to complement the accompanying premium sake.
For tickets and information, please contact Kristen at 604.683.8240 or gm at powellstreetfestival.com.
This is a fundraiser for the 34th annual Powell Street Festival.
Tochka (Japan) and Dynamo Coléoptera (Montreal)
Saturday, July 31st, 8:00pm
Chapel Arts
304 Dunlevy Avenue, Vancouver
Tickets: $15, $10 students and seniors
New media artists Tochka from Japan and music and dance performers Dynamo Coléoptera from Montreal perform a special double bill. Using light sources such as cell phones, iPods, bike lights and more as drawing tools, Tochka coordinates improvisational doodling sessions that result in a unique interactive creative project. Dynamo Coléoptera duo Maya Kuroki and François Girouard are joined by dancer Tomomi Morimoto in a performance that bursts with poetry, lyricism and surrealist fantasy.
OurTube #24
Videos from the Japan Media Arts Festival Program
Wednesday, August 4, 8:00-10:00pm
Centre A
2 West Hastings, Vancouver
Info: www.centrea.org or 604.683.8326
Admission: Free
OurTube is Centre A’s monthly screening on the last Wednesday night of every month. In OurTube #24, Centre A presents in conjunction with the Powell Street Festival, award-winning music videos from the Japan Media Arts Festival, a world-renowned competition featuring media arts, animation, manga and games. JMAF Program Coordinator Asami Hosokawa will introduce the videos via Skype.
JODAIKO Concert and Workshop
Concert: Friday, August 6, 7:30pm
Roundhouse Theatre
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver
Tickets: $15-25 sliding at the door, $20 in advance
Tickets at Little Sisters, Rhizome and Banshee Clothing
Community Workshop: Saturday, August 7, 10am to Noon
Tickets: $35/person
PSFS and Queer Arts Festival co-sponsor a taiko performance and workshop by Jodaiko at the Roundhouse. For more information check www.tttaiko.com/jodaiko.
Asahi Tribute Game
Saturday, August 7, 10:30am-2:00pm
Oppenheimer Park
Come take part in a fun slow-pitch ballgame &ndashl a tribute to the Asahi who played at Oppenheimer Park in the team’s home “Powell Street Grounds.” Fans and friends are welcome! Come for kids’ crafts, an Asahi display, a screening of Sleeping Tigers, hot dogs, popcorn, and more! Presented by the Powell Street Festival, Japanese Canadian National Museum and Carnegie Community Centre.
Open Doors Project
at the Festival (see locations below)
Open Doors is a collaborative project led by the Powell Street Festival Society and the Japanese Canadian National Museum. Funded under the City of Vancouver’s Japantown Revitalization project, the Open Doors initiative is to commemorate the diverse histories of the 300 and 400 blocks of the Powell Street neighbourhood during the annual Powell Street Festival.
We invite the public to learn about the past through our visible signage and walking tours and engage with current businesses that occupy these spaces today.
To learn more please visit our table at 331 Powell Street (inside St. James Community Service Society’s courtyard) on July 31 to Aug 1, 2010, or online at: http://powellstreetopendoors.wordpress.com.
For more information please contact:
Carmen Lam, Project Coordinator
opendoorsproject at gmail.com
Locations
- St. James Community Service Society
Nimi Shokai
331 Powell Street - H.A.V.E. Café
Shibuya Clothing
374 Powell Street - Octopus Studios
Tsuruda Sezing Machine
393 Powell Street - Lookout Society
Tamaru/New World Hotel
390 Powell Street - Parke Place Café
Tsujimoto Barber
415 Powell Street - Double Happiness
Chitose-Yu Bathhouse
427 Powell Street
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