FINAL NOTICE ZINE FAIR

XPACE Cultural Centre, 58 Ossington Ave

Saturday, November 24, 2012

12-6pm

Last event in XPACE Cultural Centre's current location!

BIG DEAL! FINAL NOTICE! GET OUT BEFORE WE THROW YOU OUT! TOTAL AND COMPLETE LIQUIDATION!!!!!

30+ vendors selling small press publications, comics, zines, screen prints, t-shirts, posters, hand bound journals, and other hand made goods!

Featuring the musical stylings of 

ABSOLUTELY FREE 

and DJ sets by 

MAMA KNOWS (Anni Spadafora) and

DIRTY BLUE GENE (Jenny Gitman)

poster by Nathan Enkel

FREE ADMISSION

Come one, come all 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Call for Artistic Proposals and Submissions_An ILLUMINATED iDENTITY


Open Call: Undergraduate and Graduate student artists working in and responding to a question of identity and individuality in a context of the Future-Present (democratized surveillance, weaponized branding, mobilized e-motions, and mythological realities).

XPACE/IMAGES festival is seeking proposals from student artists who are interested in responding to a question of the Future-Present. One could think of the term "Future-Present" as being a condition in which our dreams of the future collide with the reality of the present and where the real and imagined world are as one after the idealized World of Tomorrow has been dissolved. We live in a world that integrates technology with daily life, causing physiological and psychological shifts, giving us a kind of cybernetic lens in which to view the world. A lens that not only affects the way we think about ourselves and the world but also the images we use to represent that world. Now that peoples, places, and things are all accessible at the click of a button, what does it mean to be an individual in our contemporary condition and how are our identities formed? Proposals should consider the space the artwork occupies, the media used and its relationship to the subject in question, and a thorough understanding of the relative condition being: the Future-Present. Proposals are encouraged to be innovative and critical but also visually stimulating and sensorially provocative.

Examples may include, but are not limited to:

Online or Web specific art
Computer specific art
3D Prints
Digital Images and/or Videos
Performance Video and/or Live Performance
Animated GIF
Robotics and/or Haptic Technologies
Mobile Technologies
Weaponized Technologies
Archetypal Technologies (ie. LED's, Electromagnetics, Cybernetics/Body-Mod Tech, Drone, etc.)

Electronic Submissions only can be sent to: david.f.m.hanes@gmail.com

Deadline: December 15th, 2012
Include in your submission:
images of the proposed work (or relevant work) or a link to a website and/or youtube/vimeo
- MAXIMUM of 6 images (72dpi @ 768 x 1024)
description of the proposed work, including physical qualities, spatial and hanging needs, technical requirements, etc. (max. 150 words, PDF only)
brief artist statement and biography (max. 200 words, PDF only)
CV (2 pages MAX, PDF only)

for addition information contact the curator of the project David Hanes:
david.f.m.hanes@gmail.com

Felix Kalmenson's INTERSECTION

There is one week left for you to visit XBASE, which features a site-specific installation by Felix Kalmenson. Some thought provoking articles covering Felix's work can be found on the Torontoist and The Wardens Today. The exhibition closes on Saturday November 10th.

DATAMOSHING with Adrienne Crossman

XPACE Cultural Centre

58 Ossington Avenue

Saturday, November 17th

1-4pm

Workshop is FREE. Space is limited, so to RSVP your spot email alicia@xpace.info 

Datamoshing, also know as Compression Artifacting, is a video editing technique that falls under the category of Glitch Art. The process involves the creation of intentional glitches that blur the borders between video frames, causing images to bleed into each other rather than having one cut cleanly to another. 

The workshop will include: 

- a brief history of the technique 

- the software necessary to mosh 

- where to source video material and what kinds of material are best to work with 

- various experimental techniques 

- methods of outputting the files 

Participants will need: 

A laptop, or to share a laptop with a friend. 

To go to this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYytVzbPky8

and download this zip folder: http://www.court13.com/datamoshkit.zip

These programs work specifically with Macs and the workshop will be taught on Mac software only. We suggest installing and testing the programs to make sure they run on your laptops first. If not, the workshop will cover how to modify them so they will work with the newer Mac OS. 

It's encouraged that you bring footage to work with (although some footage will be supplied). We will also go over the kind of video images that yield the best results. Datamoshing is a trial and error process so most importantly bring your patience and creativity! 

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Adrienne Crossman is an emerging artist working and living in Toronto. She recently graduated from the Integrated Media program with a minor in Digital and Media Studies at OCAD University. She has recently completed a month long artist residency facilitated by Xpace Cultural Centre and located at Spark Contemporary Art Space in Syracuse, New York. Her work deals with the examination and deconstruction of normativity within various dominant frameworks. 

www.adriennecrossman.com

Grant Writing Workshop with Ellyn Walker

Saturday, November 3, 2012
1-4pm

XPACE Cultural Centre

58 Ossington Avenue

Toronto

It’s that time of year! Grant deadlines are coming up and we want to give you a leg up on applying for them.

This is your how-to guide! In this workshop, our guest speaker Ellyn Walker will cover:

- Choosing the right grant

- Writing a project proposal

- Support Material

- What to include on a CV

- Budget Balance

Also, you may bring in any applications you are currently working on to get specific advice.

Ellyn Walker is a writer, curator and arts administrator based in Toronto, Canada. Her work has been published internationally, and her curatorial practice engages social methodologies in communicating difference. She works and sits on the Board of Directors for various artist-run centres and public institutions, and has taught various workshops on professional development in the cultural sector. Ellyn has studied art history and studio practice at McGill University and the University of Toronto, and is currently an MFA candidate at OCAD University in the Curatorial Practices and Criticism program.

*Please RSVP to alicia@xpace.info to reserve your spot. Remember, spaces are limited so make sure to reserve asap to ensure your attendance. Workshop is FREE!

Upcoming Grant Deadlines

http://www.torontoartscouncil.org/ 

(Media Artists: November 5, 2012)

http://www.arts.on.ca/Page77.aspx

(Visual Artists, Emerging: December 3, 2012)

(Visual Arts Projects: December 17, 2012)

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/calendar/

FINAL NOTICE ZINE FAIR: Call For Vendors

Upcoming at XPACE (and our last event at 58 Ossington- we're moving!) is our third annual Zine Fair. We are currently accepting submissions for vendors. We are looking for artists that make zines, comics, small press, screenprints, crafty items and even baked goods. Spots fill up fast so reserve a table ASAP at alicia@xpace.info.

The Zine Fair will be held Saturday, November 24th from 12-6pm. Tables are free.
***FINAL NOTICE ZINE FAIR IS NOW FULL.

Emerging and Student Curator Call for Submissions

XPACE Cultural Centre, and The Images Festival are seeking expressions of interest from emerging and student curators for their annual emerging new media artist exhibition. The exhibition will run concurrent with the IMAGES festival and will feature work by student and emerging artists working with moving image media. . 

Interested curators are asked to send a brief letter of curatorial intent outlining your interests in moving image media and possible curatorial directions for the exhibition (no more than 500 words) as well as a CV of relevant experience.

The exhibition is programmed through a call for submissions written by the curator, and will take place April 12 – June 4^th, 2013.

Please send expressions of interest to amber@xpace.info by October 15, 2012.

XPACE Cultural Centre is a membership driven artist-run centre supported by the OCAD Student Union and dedicated to providing emerging and student artists with the opportunity to showcase their work in a professional setting. We program contemporary practices that respond to the interests and needs of our membership. As we program with shorter timelines this allows for us to respond to contemporary issues in theory and aesthetics, keeping an up to the minute response to what is going on directly in our community.

Established in 1987, the Images Festival is the largest festival in North America for experimental and independent moving image culture, showcasing the innovative edge of international contemporary media art both on and off the screen. Images has presented thousands of vanguard media-based projects in its 24-year history and is committed to an expanded concept of film and video practice: Alongside film and video screenings (ON SCREEN), the festival presents groundbreaking live performances (LIVE IMAGES), media art installations (OFF SCREEN) in local galleries and new media projects by many renowned Canadian and international artists. Images provides audiences with an annual extravaganza of contemporary moving image culture. For our exhibition archive, click here.