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friday, september 5, 5
- 9pm: Vernissage
Featuring performances by Diana Arce and The Shining Mantis
wednesday, september 10, 7 - 9pm: David
Widgington on Ink on Paper on Poles
Montrealer David Widgington - author of the 2007 publication Picture
This!, founder of the renowned yet now defunct Cumulus Press and
member of the activist filmmaking collective Les Lucioles - joins
guests in a discussion of the history of the poster as both political
tool - ideal for its rapid, efficient and powerful dissemination
of information - and visual culture object, artifact and evidence
of Montreal’s historically rich cultural landscape.
saturday, september 13, 2 - 4pm: The
Writing on the Wall with Sterling Downing
Join Under Pressure founder, publisher and spokesperson Sterling
Downing for a high colour, in gallery slide show and moderated
discussion with Isa Tousignant about the legal ramifications and
political quagmire of graffiti in Canada. Where does freedom of
expression end?
thursday, september 18, 7 - 9pm: Radical
Cinema with Santiago Bertolino
This two-hour event will be a screening of short films followed
by a discussion period with the filmmaker Santiago Bertolino and
guests. Bertolino, who has produced and directed films on current
social struggles and was one of the founders of filmmaking collective
Les Lucioles, has run the video blog Parole Citizen for the last
two years and recently co-founded Funambules Media, a co-operative
with a mandate to produce, make and distribute radical films.
thursday, september 25, 7 - 9pm: Puppets
as Protest with Mark Sussman
An introduction to the community-based approach of Great Small
Works and to the creation of political and socially-minded performances
that animate public space, while renewing the spirits of participants
and audiences alike, and promoting participation in public life.
Mark Sussman is a theatre artist, scholar and co-founder of New
York’s celebrated Great Small Works collective, producing
giant community-based puppet shows, and miniature toy theatre
spectacles.
sunday, september 28, 12 - 8pm: Closing
Reception
Featuring Dayna Mcleod’s performance HotBeaverWetPussy.com
from 2-6pm
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