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LECTURES
SUMMER 2009
JUNE
LECTURE – OPENING WEEKEND
KATIE PATERSON AND TANIA MOURAUD
Saturday, 13 June | 6 PM
This special event includes British artist Katie Paterson and French artist Tania Mouraud, both included in ‘Universal Code.’ The evening includes talks by each artist followed by a musical composition by Mouraud and a performance by Paterson of her Lost Notes from the Moonlight Sonata.
Tania Mouraud has worked in diverse media for over forty years. Recent solo shows have taken place at the Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana (2006) and Centre d’Art Passerelle, Brest (2008). Katie Paterson’s work poetically reflects the distance between the earth and the heavens. She has had several solo shows in London and is currently in ‘Altermodern: Tate Triennial’ 2009.
$4 Members, $6 Non-Members
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
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d’bi.young anitafrika & Melissa D’Agostino
Sunday, 14 June | 2 PM
An award-winning dub poet, writer and theatre practitioner, d’bi.young anitafrika has performed, published and lectured internationally. Melissa D’Agostino is an interdisciplinary artist, teacher and facilitator. Both are members of the Canadian Stage Company’s BASH! artists’ residency program.
FREE
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Sally McKay
Sunday, 21 June | 2 PM
Sally McKay is an independent curator, artist and art writer, formerly co-owner/editor of the art magazine Lola (1997–2003). McKay is currently researching neuroaesthetics for her PhD at York University.
FREE
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Dan Falk
Sunday, 28 June | 2 PM
Dan Falk is a freelance science journalist and author who has written for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, The Walrus, and many others, and has been a regular contributor to the CBC Radio programs “Ideas” and “Quirks & Quarks.”
FREE
JULY
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John Oswald
Sunday, 5 July | 2 PM
A recent recipient of a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, John Oswald also placed third in a list of the most internationally influential Canadian musicians, tied with Céline Dion.
FREE
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Peter Mettler
Sunday, 12 July | 2 PM
Director of such films as Picture of Light (1994) on the aurora borealis and Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) on different paths to transcendence, Peter Mettler melds intuitive-associative processes with drama, essay, experiment, or documentation.
FREE
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Katie Kehoe & Xenia Benivolski
Sunday, 19 July | 2 PM
Katie Kehoe is a multi-platform content developer and artist. Xenia Benivolski is a visual artist and multimedia collaborator. They are both Curatorial Interns at The Power Plant.
FREE
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Kathleen Pirrie Adams
Sunday, 26 July | 2 PM
Kathleen Pirrie Adams is a writer and curator. She was the program director at InterAccess from 1997 to 2004 and she currently teaches new media and film history at Ryerson University.
FREE
AUGUST
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Sarah Robayo Sheridan
Sunday, 2 August | 2 PM
Sarah Robayo Sheridan is Director of Exhibitions and Publications at Mercer Union. Her research interests include artists’ television and the visual culture of sleep.
FREE
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Katherine Pill & Stacy Ernst
Sunday, 9 August | 2 PM
Stacy Ernst is pursuing an MA in Art History and Curatorial Studies at York University. Katherine Pill is completing a dual MA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They are both Curatorial Interns at The Power Plant.
FREE
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Jon Davies
Sunday, 16 August | 2 PM
Jon Davies is a curator and writer, and the Assistant Curator of Public Programs at The Power Plant.
FREE
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Ivan Semeniuk
Sunday, 23 August | 2 PM
Ivan Semeniuk is a writer, broadcaster and science journalist-in-residence at the University of Toronto’s Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics. He has worked for New Scientist magazine, the Discovery Channel and the Ontario Science Centre.
FREE
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Willy Le Maitre
Sunday, 30 August | 2 PM
Willy Le Maitre has created innovative new media art works and performances since 1988 that have been presented at such venues as the New Museum and the Kitchen, New York. Le Maitre won the LIFE 3.0 competition for artificial-life artworks in Madrid.
FREE
