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

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

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

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.

Avatar Performance – Opening night at Lennox

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.

Pic from Doc/Now TIW show!

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

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

Thanks to Maisonneuve magazine for some press!

Read more here.

Doc/Now Artist Lyndall Musselman interviewed in Mondo Magazine

Mondo Magazine recently interviewed Doc/Now artist Lyndall Musselman about her project entitled Remember Who’s Emma, a film and installation at Project 165 in Kensington Market about the anarchist information and record store that existed in the market in the early 2000s. The film will also replay at the NFB John Spotton Theatre on June 23 as part of the Doc/Now Festival.
Read the interview by Julia Baird here.

Opening Photos – Doc/Now at Ryerson Gallery and Lennox

Doc/Now 2009 Trailer