Svea Vikander
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mgourmanFiled under: photographic béluga, pod members, social béluga, studio béluga, upcoming, visual béluga | Tags: bhopal, conflic, creativity, culture, economic justice, india, palestine, refugee camps, resistance, social justice, studio béluga
on the 25th anniversary of the tragic and unremedied chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, studio béluga invites you to an exhibition of photographs and stories about resistance and survival in daily life. Melanie Hadida, who has traveled to Bhopal twice for socio-economic justice research, and Justin Shoub, who recently returned from a Middle-East trip that included unofficial access to Palestinian refugee camps, have worked hard to bring together an exhibit that celebrates the warmth and humanity of both places. they hope to introduce you to the unique and vibrant cultures that spring up in spite of — and sometimes because of — resistance to injustice.
vernissage is saturday, november 21st: 7-11pm
exhibit available for viewings by appointment for the following week.
refreshments provided; prints and other fundraising merchandise available for sale.
at studio béluga: #32A, 999 rue du collège, montréal, québec. three blocks north of metro place-st.-henri. call (514)754-7832 or email studiobelugacontact@gmail.com for more information.
bhopal, 2007. photo by melanie hadida
palestine, 2009. photo by justin shoub
Filed under: environmental béluga, installation béluga, literary béluga, photographic béluga, pod members, social béluga, studio béluga, theoretical béluga, upcoming, visual béluga
a series of events about nests and home.
1. ‘to be located in a sheltered spot’
aug 27 2009. 6pm – 10pm (vernissage). viewings by appointment until aug. 31 2009.
an exhibition exploring the construction of home, both concrete and ethereal featuring works by: Celine Gorham, Maziar Javidiani, Rebecca St. John, Duy Khương Phạm and Elise Pineda.
2. ‘a circular structure of twigs’
aug 28 2009 5pm – 9pm.
round-table artist discussion moderated by Natalia Lebedinskaia and Anastasia Hare (5-6pm); hands-on nest creation: reed-weaving workshop by Celine Gorham (7-8:30pm).
3. ‘as in a hollow tree’
sep 3 2009 6pm – 10pm (vernissage). viewings by appointment until sep 5 2009.
an exhibition questioning the linearity of familial history featuring works by: Jennifer Goddard, Natalia Lebedinskaia and Svea Vikander
4. ‘in which to lay and incubate’
sep 4 2009 7-8:30pm. weaving your history: family genogram workshop by Svea Vikander
details:
- admission costs: vernissages are free, workshops by donation.
- location: studio béluga. #32A, 999 du collège, montréal, québec (for map, click here).
- contact: studiobelugacontact@gmail.com, (514)754-7832; press contact natalia lebedinskaia.
- curators: anastasia hare, natalia lebedinskaia, svea vikander (for images, writing and theory, click here).
- artists: Celine Gorham, Maziar Javidiani, Rebecca St. John, Duy Khương Phạm Elise Pineda; Jennifer Goddard, Natalia Lebedinskaia and Svea Vikander (for photos and bios, click here).
Filed under: factory béluga, installation béluga, photographic béluga, social béluga
we came, we saw, we jumped. and drank.
two little films came out of this jump:
one by mazi (coming soon) and the other by frédéric segard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDP1F_Si3l4
click here to see more photos.
Filed under: performative béluga, photographic béluga, social béluga, visual béluga | Tags: anti-gender, anti-homophobic, education, gender, liz airton
i’m liking this lollipop metaphor… though what it’s metaphorizing, i don’t know…
liz airton is moving from montreal to toronto to do her PhD at york. she’s changing the face of education, particularly as it relates to gendering the bejezus out of everybody.
i’m hoping she’s still into using this pic (a door in colombo, sri lanka) for the cover of her book. that would be cool. nothing like piggy-backing on your friends’ brilliance.
I’m newly obsessed with light, purple, vintage, photography and trying to embrace my béluga nature, all the while being an unproductive member of the pod, floating aimlessly, staring at the big blue sky.
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For the past couple of months, I have been a “content curator” for www.artandculture.com. It was one of these Craigslist ads that look too good to be true: get paid to write blogs, add artists to a website, while gaining visibility for your writing and making new contacts in the art world. I gave it a shot. And it worked.
Directed and organized by a New York based artist Marc Lafia and the founder of Artadia, Christopher Vroom, the site is meant to make connections and to encourage interdisciplinary research. There is a vast database of artists, ranging from experimental musicians to famous movie stars, painters, scupltors, new media artists, dancers, theorists, and curators. There are blogs, written by members and content curators. There is a directory of other blogs, added by curators, and links to venues. There is a promise of an international art event calendar, which would be linked to the rest of the database. It’s an ambitious project, and I’m extremely excited to be a part of it.
Here is a link to my page on the site: http://www.artandculture.com/users/2918-natalia-lebedinskaia, where you can find my blog and media. The blog entries are a wild assortment of found articles, lists, links, and my own writing. Hope you enjoy them.
…like we were saying, the abandoned factory across the street is ripe for exploration. after all, what could be more fun than wandering through dirty, unsafe, cavernous graffiti-filled halls — especially with a beer/fish in hand? join us this friday, july 10th, 5:30-7:30. you know you want to. meet at studio béluga, #32A 999 rue du college (st. henri metro).
Filed under: installation béluga, performative béluga, photographic béluga, social béluga
thanks to everyone who made our inaugural vernissage ESTUARY such a fantastic success. it’s safe to say we haven’t had that much fun above water in a long time. highlights included poring over hundreds of handwritten secret desires (part of matt james’ whack and blight installation), being served by two totally blowhole-worthy bartenders, rubbing shoulders with the likes of artist janet werner, feminist theorist marilyn casselman and choreography orazio giurdanella; and ending the night in the street, in the dark, in the rain, ballroom dancing.
here are some photos. see more on the new studio béluga flickr.
another highlight: jumping the fence and exploring the abandoned factory across the street. we’ve done it before, but never to down liquor in cocktail dresses. which gave us an idea: maybe you’d like to come, too. so we’re doing a little byob* trespassing this friday at 5:30. check it out.
*bring your own beer/fish.
Filed under: photographic béluga | Tags: celine gorham, decay, glass, graffiti, peeling paint, warehouse, window
these are more pics from the richelieu warehouse, not the du collège warehouse in which you will be drinking wine on thursday evening from six to ten. the lady is celine gorham, an artist/crafster we’re trying to kidnap. the gentleman is some guy she knows. photos by svea vikander.
shard of glass in hands of flesh
peeling paint in soft light
broken window opening
her (tag)
