SCA | Quick News | March 7, 2025
Yoon's GG!
Big congratulations to the SCA's , who was one of the winners of a 2025 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts! Amazing! More .
Maier's getting active
Michelle Helene Mackenzie and the SCA's 's Orchid Mantis, "a work that draws its inspiration from the history of the Sanzhi Pod City, in northern Taiwan," is available now from GRM Portraits. Sample it on Bandcamp . Maier will also be perfoming at Berlin's on April 16 in a duo with Michelle Lou, and solo at Berlin's on April 17 for a "label night" for . He'll then be a at EMS in Stockholm from April 28 – May 12, 2025, and then heading to Denmark for a at the in June. More shows are in the works, too, he says.
Shifting Perspectives: Maps, Spaces, Places and the Urban 2024-2025
The SCA's Sabine Bitter has shared information about , a collaborative project by Bitter, Helmut Weber, and Huda Lutfi, which is part of the larger international project , curated by Barbara H?ller and Simon Mraz, at the , from February 28 – June 9, 2025. IMAGINE CLIMATE DIGNITY is supported by the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs, the Austrian Cultural Forums, and the Künstlerhaus Vereinigung, and with research and an exhibition in Cairo supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum Cairo. Find out more about Shifting Perspectives (including great exhibiiton images) .
How to Disappear Completely
Itai Erdal's How to Disappear Completely, created in collaboration with the SCA's James Long (who is also the Director), Anita Rochon, and Emelia Symington Fedy, is running at The Cultch's Historic Theatre (1895 Venables St., Vancouver) from March 12 – 22, 2025, presented by in collaboration with . Get Tickets . Read more about the show from Stir Vancouver .
Gruben on Poor Things
In the latest talk and screening in VIFF Centre's Film Studies series on Monday, March 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM (at 1181 Seymour St., Vancouver), the SCA's unpacks Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things and the books it draws from. More .
Smulovitz / Ramos play Big Fun
The SCA's (electric violin, electronics) and Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos (shakuhachi, shamisen, electronics) are performing a duo set on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 7:30 PM at 8EAST (8 E. Pender St., Vancouver, as part of JP Carter and the NOW Society's monthly BIG FUN ON THE CORNER series. More .
Morelli on William
SCA alumnus reviews Nico William's for C Magazine. Read it .
Segun-Lean and Sia in conversation
SCA alumnus talks with Tiffany Sia about "Cinema, Nostalgia, and the Excess That Remains" for C Magazine. Read it .
Newman on Nepantla: Magia Ancestral
Read a response by Charlotte Newman to SCA alumnus and Julio Medina's , which was presented on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Roundhouse as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF), which runs March 5 – 15, 2025, at various venues, plus with offsite events taking place March 2 – 22. Read it .
Dance Central Volume 40 / Issue 1
Read the latest issue of The Dance Centre's Dance Central magazine, this time with a feature by sometimes SCA Sessional Instructor on her Touch Me Hold Me Let Me Go, and one by Claire French on ' re:group, which brought French together with Virginia Duivenvoorden, SCA alumni and , and Simran Sachar. Read it online .
Obuwoma's geographies of longing
SCA alumnus 's geographies of longing will be exhibited at the SFU's Harbour Centre Lounge (515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver) from April 5 – December 20, 2025, curated by SFU Galleries' Kimberly Phillips (who's also an Associate Faculty Member of the SCA) and presented as part of the 2025 Capture Photography Festival. More .
Sound in Prairie Thunder
SCA alumnus is in the exhibition Prairie Thunder, curated by Marie-Anne Redhead and Stacey Koosel, which runs April 3 – June 7, 2025, at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Unit 2 – 710 Rosser Ave., Brandon, Manitoba), with an opening reception on April 5 at 6:00 PM. More .
Hot Dyke Party on the road
Hot Dyke Party, the party-forward band with SCA alumni , , and , and Blue Chu, Hayley Sullivan, and Thule van den Dam, is gearing up for a quick tour, beginning with Edmonton's Expanse Festival, which runs March 28 – 31, 2025. More . See their itinerary .
Yassine on If My body had a Name
SCA alumnus responds to Hoor Malas' , which has its last performance tonight (Friday, March 7, 2025) at 7:00 PM at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver), presented as part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF). Read it .
June's Resurrection
Watch the video for SCA student 's Resurrection on YouTube .
Sand Choiring: That’s Reality
SCA alumnus 's Sand Choiring: That’s Reality? opens Saturday, March 8 at 6:00 PM, and runs to March 22, 2025, at People (4277 Fraser St?., Vancouver). More .
Arias finds Radul in the archive
Artist researcher Manuele Arias, who is working with and as their artist-researcher-in-residence, "exploring and engaging with grunt’s archive," produced a "a ready-to-print zine with excerpts from some of their favourite artist statements," including by the SCA's . Download it .
Tsai & U at WhatLab
SCA alumnus , with collaborators Max Hanic and Czarina Agustines, is presenting Another glass of wine away as part of "Exquisite Pressure x All Bodies Dance Project" on March 14 & 15, 2025, at 7:30 PM (doors at 7:00 PM) at WhatLab (1814 Pandora St., Vancouver). Also on the bill is SCA alumnus 's Next Station (working title), performed with Kevin Li and Lamont. More .
Hill in Once Within a Time
SCA alumnus is part of Once Within a Time, the 12th SITE SANTA FE International, curated by Cecilia Alemani, which runs June 27, 2025 – January 13, 2026, at SITE SANTA FE (1606 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM). More .
Stir on A Taste of Hong Kong
Read Stir Vancouver on Pi Theatre's presentation of , featuring SCA alumnus as Jackie Z, and with SCA alumni (Lighting Design), (Sound Design), and (Production Management) behind the scenes. A Taste of Hong Kong runs March 6 – 15, 2025, at The Cultch's Vancity Culture Lab (1895 Venables St., Vancouver). Read it .
The 2025 Dallas Smythe Memorial Lecture
SFU's School of Communication, one of our partners in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology, is presenting the 2025 Dallas Smythe Memorial Lecture – this time featuring Nicole Cohen (University of Toronto Associate Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology), who will be discussing labour organizing in media – on March 20 from 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM in the Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre here at the School for the Contemporary Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). RSVP .
The Middle East and Islamic Consortium Conference 2025
We're one of the co-presenters for The Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies' Middle East and Islamic Consortium Conference 2025, which takes place Friday, March 14, 2025, at SFU Harbour Centre (555 W Hastings St., Vancouver). More .
Wei talks to the Peak
Read a conversation with SCA PhD student and Phone Min Thant from SFU's The Peak. Read it .