Event Tag Archives: art

Aporia (Notes to a Medium)

“Aporia (Notes to a Medium)” explores the entanglement of history, mythology, and wishful thinking across various media, particularly in a time of collapsing faith in institutions and rising binarization. The exhibition challenges the certainty of truth’s material and immaterial forms through works that navigate systems of belief and perception. Artists like Elizabeth Zvonar and Mark Lewis deconstruct representations, while Dani Gal’s installation questions the stability of meaning in images and texts. The exhibition also delves into social practices, memory’s materiality, and architectures of transformation. Curated by Melanie O’Brian, “Aporia” engages with doubt as a nuanced strength in contemporary art, inviting critical reflection on constructed realities and their implications for power dynamics. Supported by various organizations, the exhibition is part of the 2024 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program.

Conversation: Materials and Methods with Olivia Michiko Gagnon, Coleman Nye and Laurie White

Join Olivia Michiko Gagnon and Coleman Nye in a discussion moderated by Laurie White as they explore their responses to the exhibition “Carole Itter: Only when I’m hauling water do I wonder if I’m getting any stronger.” The conversation will delve into the performative, feminist, and ecological aspects of Itter’s art, focusing on her use of found materials, text, language, and choreography to activate space. The talk will be audio-recorded and accessible online, with free admission for all interested participants.

Art and Testimony Webinar Series: Why Comics?

Why comics? Why is the graphic art medium ideally suited to represent history, memory and the process of remembering? Our comic scholars provide insights and more, into the importance of comics and graphic novels. Hosted and moderated by Dr. Elizabeth “Biz” Nijdam, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European […]

UBC Symphony Orchestra: Concerto Competition Winner

The UBC Symphony Orchestra, featuring the winner of the 2024 UBC Concerto Competition, saxophonist Harry Xie (DPMS ’24), will perform Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone. Don’t miss this exciting program led by conductor Jaelem Bhate (MMus ’19) that includes symphonic music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Edvard Grieg’s dramatic “In the Hall of the Mountain […]