Welcome to ReIssue Digestif, a bi-weekly-ish round-up of events on our radar. All times in PST.
If you are BC- or AB-based and have an exhibition, event or job posting to submit for consideration in the next Digestif, email details to admin@reissue.pub
Unsettled Settings: Films by Ryan Ermacora & Jessica Johnson
The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe St, Vancouver BC
May 18, 20 and 22
Tickets and showtimes here
This is the first full retrospective of Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson’s collaborative experimental films, and the Vancouver theatrical debut of their feature, Anyox. Playing May 18 with a 16mm print of Sharon Lockhart’s NŌ, the filmmakers will be in attendance for an artist talk following the screening. Read Paloma Pacheco’s ReIssue review of Anyox here.
Michelle Sound: The Aunties That Do
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, #103-421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna BC
May 19–July 4, gallery hours here
Free
Sound works with traditional and contemporary materials and techniques to explore maternal labour, identity, cultural knowledge, and cultural inheritances. Through utilizing such practices as drum making, caribou hair tufting, beadwork, and photography, personal and familial narratives are explored with a consideration of Indigenous artistic processes.
Fake Jazz May
Toast Collective, 242 E Pender St, Vancouver BC
Friday May 19, 9pm
$20 NOTFLOF
May’s edition of Fake Jazz features Sara Gold, Mass Marriage, Magneticring, and DJ Skiddy & Mattyfromlife. Check out Sara Gold’s interview by Kayla Guthrie here.
Tetrad Tongues: Interactive Poetry Reading
Morrow, 910 Richards St, Vancouver BC
Friday May 19, 6:30pm
$20-25 sliding scale
An evening of interactive poetry in partnership with Vancouver Poetry House featuring local artists, Anjalica Solomon, Johnny Trinh, Christopher Tse and Sarah Wong. Bringing together a diverse group of writers for Asian Heritage Month, Tetrad Tongues will be a conversation reflecting on kin, cultural heritage and intergenerational wisdom.
Backyard Fest 2023
Sound Heritage, Downtown Nanaimo BC
Saturday May 20 and Sunday May 21
Tickets and passes here
Backyard Festival is a two-day music festival featuring The Backhomes, Devours, Pale Red, SEX, Shearing Pinx, Wut, and many more! Don’t miss it, in fact, get on a ferry to see it.
Xinema Program 7: Grass is red and blood is green
Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver BC
Sunday May 21, 7:15pm
Tickets here
This iteration of Xinema features works by Barry Doupé, Avalon Fast, and Oliver New. Enter into the psychotropic effects of social isolation, the dark beauty of chaos, and discomfort of the unknown… Read snippets from Barry Doupé’s 100 Pages of Poetic Writing featured on ReIssue here.
Echoes of Silence: A Conversation
Open Space, 510 Fort St, Victoria BC
Wednesday May 24, 7:30pm
Free
Open Space presents a screening of Jennifer Aoki’s short film Echoes of Silence, a dance performance shot at Vancouver’s Japanese Language School and reflecting on Japanese internment and dispossession during the second world war. The screening will be followed by a reading from poet and playwright Carolyn Nakagawa and a conversation moderated by Dr. Andrea Mariko Grant of UVic’s Past Wrongs, Future Choices project.
Per Diem Part II: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection
Griffins Art Projects, 1174 Welch St, North Vancouver BC
May 27–August 27, Friday–Sunday 12–5pm
Free
Griffin Art Projects continues to share local collector Gerd Metzdorff’s collection in Per Diem Part II. Originally derived from Metzdorff’s modest savings of the per diems provided to him by the airline where he was employed as a steward, he purchased work by some of the most important European and Canadian artists working today. Part II focuses on painting in all its forms, featuring works by local and international artists Sonny Assu, Lynda Benglis, Gathie Falk, Pia Fries, Ken Lum, Sigmar Polke, Etienne Zack and more. Curated by Lisa Baldissera.
UNIT/PITT Double Book Launch: ReIssue Year 2 Anthology & I Spy…
Or Gallery Bookstore, 236 E Pender St, Vancouver BC
Tuesday May 30, 5pm
Free, register here
It’s here! Guest edited by Julia Prudhomme, and designed by ReIssue Editor Casey Wei, ReIssue Year 2 Anthology surveys reissue.pub’s second year of online published works; including contributions by EA Douglas, Alex Jensen, Steff Hui Ci Ling, Fellow Peter, Julia Prudhomme, Dion Smith-Dokkie, Sue-Shane Tsomondo, Reid Urchison, Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora, and Casey Wei. ReIssue Year 2 will be launched with UNIT/PITT’s I Spy… Project Catalogue 2020-2022, a beautiful full-colour publication featuring photographic contributions by all 46 artists who participated in the I Spy… A Disposable Camera Mail Art Project over its 3-year span. The resulting catalogue exhibits 46 photo series in an asynchronous fashion, with an introduction by 2022 Curator Rachel Lau, and closing essay by Brit Bachmann who initiated and oversaw the project. Designed by Ricky Castanedo Laredo and printed by Hemlock Printers.
This double event is hosted by Or Gallery Bookstore. Refreshments and snacks will be served, and remarks on the publications given at 6:45pm.
Artspeak: Community Talk
Artspeak, 223 Carrall Street, Vancouver BC
Tuesday May 30, 6pm
Free
Artists and decision makers come together to discuss the state of public art in Vancouver. Guests include Rebecca Bair, Sandeep Johal, Quyen Hoang, and LAIWAN. Moderated by Jas Lally.
Jobs / Calls
P/T Front of House Manager, The Cinematheque (Vancouver), apply by 05/18
F/T Managing Director, Geist Magazine (Vancouver), apply by 05/18
F/T Program Director, grunt gallery (Vancouver), apply by 05/19
1-year P/T contract, MPCAS Curator, grunt gallery (Vancouver), apply by 05/26
F/T Deputy Executive Director, Out on Screen (Vancouver), apply by 05/30
F/T Manager of Development and Engagement, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (Vancouver), apply by 06/15
1-year P/T contract FLEET Project Manager Other Sights (Vancouver), apply by 06/20
Graphic Designer, Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society (Vancouver), apply by 07/07