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Janis Cole’s “Remember Their Names” gets more press

docnow2009 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:41:05 +0000

Doc/Now artist Janis Cole’s project “Remember Their Names” has generated a great response from press wherever it goes. Here are some links to recent reviews.

http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/remember-their-names/#clip196723

http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/comment/article/267377–remembering-just-another-junkie

http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=170395

http://issuu.com/ryerson-free-press/docs/rfp_august_2009/28

The New War Collection – August 3rd @ Trinity Bellwoods

docnow2009 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:05:52 +0000

Doc/Now artist Heather Lidberg will present The New War Collection in Trinity Bellwoods Park on Queen St. W. and Strachan Ave. It will be in the southwest area of the park near Queen. The New War Collection: Resistance/Permanence (2007-2009) is a documentary new media project. It is made up of two parts: a social networking research website that provides a place of empowerment for participants who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST); and a physical installation that facilitates an experiential space for these testimonies to exist and be heard through audience interaction

Visit the website here.

View the installation:

Monday – August 3rd 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Trinity Bellwoods Park
Southwest corner

Doc/Now artist Janis Cole interviewed by Things of Desire

docnow2009 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:19:46 +0000

Doc/Now artist Janis Cole speaks about her project Remember their Names with Mike Landry of Things of Desire, one of Canada’s most-read art blogs. Cole’s video and installation opens Saturday, July 4, 2009 at Trinity Square Video.

Read the article here.

Doc/Now photos from NFB screenings and closing party

docnow2009 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:52:06 +0000

Repeat Film Screenings on Ryerson Campus

docnow2009 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:32:27 +0000

If you can’t make the screenings at the NFB, drop by Ryerson Campus during the 2 days of repeat screenings Wednesday June 24th and Thursday June 25th.

Time: Wed 12-10 PM / Thurs 1-10 PM
Location: Eaton Lecture Theatre, RM 204, Rogers Communication Centre, Ryerson University, 80 Gould Street.
All events are free.

Wednesday June 24th, 2009

12:00 PM – 2:00 PM [2 hours]
Mark Laurie: Pilgrimage to Solitude (38 min)
Melanie Saumure: Fragments de Corps (13 min)
Estelle Hebert: Passing Lives (37 min)
Sadia Mir: i was here before (25 min)

2:00 – 2:10 PM
10 minute break

2:10 – 4:00 [1 hr 50 min]
Ernie Kestler: Grains of Salt (28 min)
Jermaine Bagnall: After K (23 min)
Graham Runciman: Dream House (15 min)
Kate Schneider: The Valley of Dry Bones (18 min)
Elaine Brodie: To Have and To Hold: Collecting and the Heart’s Desire (25 min)

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
INTERMISSION

5:00 – 8:05 PM [3 hours 5 min]
Mark Tollefson: Dark Arts in a Long, Plastic Highway (97 min)
Lyndall Musselman: Remember Who’s Emma: Punk, Politics and Place (27 min)
Marie Wustner: Punchlines, Progress and the Right to Remix (60 min)

8:05 – 8:15 PM
10 minute break

8:15 – 10:15 PM [2 hours]
Mike Sage: Survival of the Fabulous (25 min)
Inger Whist: Bowl Tolling (12 min)
Christine Engel: Beyond the Closet (23 min)
Joanne Loton: Women will Come: Feminists Redefining Pornography (45 min)

Thursday June 25th

1PM – 2:50 PM [1 hr 50 min]
Lyndall Musselman: Remember Who’s Emma: Punk, Politics and Place (27 min)
Inger Whist: Bowl Tolling (12 min)
Marie Wustner: Punchlines, Progress and the Right to Remix (60 min)

2:50 PM – 3:00
10 min break

3:00 PM – 4:40 PM [1 hour 40 min]
Mike Sage: Survival of the Fabulous (25 min)
Christine Engel: Beyond the Closet (23 min)
Joanne Loton: Women will Come: Feminists Redefining Pornography (45 min)

4:40 PM -5:30 PM
Intermission

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM [2 hours]
Mark Laurie: Pilgrimage to Solitude (38 min)
Melanie Saumure: Fragments de Corps (13 min)
Estelle Hebert: Passing Lines (37 min)
Sadia Mir: i was here before (25 min)

7:30 – 7:40 PM
10 minute break

7:40 PM – 9: 30 PM [1 hour 50 min]
Ernie Kestler: Grains of Salt (28 min)
Jermaine Bagnall: After K (23 min)
Graham Runciman: Dream House (15 min)
Kate Schneider: The Valley of Dry Bones (18 min)
Elaine Brodie: To Have and To Hold: Collecting and the Heart’s Desire (25 min)

Avatar Performance – Opening night at Lennox

docnow2009 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:17:42 +0000

Here is a cut of the documentation from the opening night performance of Robert Lendrum‘s Avatar at Lennox Contemporary Gallery. The Lennox opening was also our Doc/Now festival kick off party.

Doc/Now artist Morris Lum interviewed in Mondo Magazine

docnow2009 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:56:39 +0000

Mondo Magazine arts editor and writer Kerry Freek recently interviewed Doc/Now photographer Morris Lum about his recent photo series The New Cultural Topographics. Read the interview here.

Pic from Doc/Now TIW show!

docnow2009 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:29:31 +0000

Doc/Now artist Lara Rosenoff interviewed on CBC’s Metro Morning

docnow2009 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:57:28 +0000

Doc/Now photographer Lara Rosenoff speaks about her project Her name is Beatrice, My Name is Lara currenly on display at Pages Bookstore and recently shown at Lennox Contemporary Gallery.

Listen to the interview here.

Maisonneuve Blog | Ryerson’s Doc/Now Fest kicks off tomorrow

docnow2009 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:53:28 +0000

Thanks to Maisonneuve magazine for some press!