Yesterday I had a practice with my Brave Radar buddie Conor at our jam space near Parc metro. We’re getting much closer to being ready to play sxsw, which is comforting. A lot of the practice was spent figuring out logistics, like plane tickets, passports, accomodations, show times…all of which are still up in the [...]
I’ve been spending a lot of time between my bedroom/office and meetings at cafes lately working to get the Assembly Relay ready for the Screening this Saturday. I’ve been listening to far too much Panda Bear and My Bloody Valentine, which have become my work bands of choice.
As of yesterday, the Scriptbook is laid [...]
In case you haven’t been religiously following this blog or stalking me, here’s the deal with The Assembly that you may have heard whispered about somewhere lately.
Since February 10th, more than 60 artists around the city have been involved in a collaborative art-making relay called The Assembly. All month, art projects have passed from [...]
I met this morning with Stephen Taylor, the local musician from Trike, who recently relocated from B.C. and is writing an 8-piece rock opera in his free time.
We had breakfast at a diner near Lionel-Groulx, which is an area I really need to visit more frequently. I lost my wallet last week during a [...]
A visually and sonically dynamic mix of rockumentary, art expose, and critical exploration, 8 Bit is the definitive documentary about video games and their intersection with the art world and culture at large. By weaving together arcane histories of digital subterfuge, candid interviews with cutting-edge artists and theorists, wild videogame concerts, and highlights from the [...]
CINEMA POLITICA PRESENTS:
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF BE SMILE:
THE STORIES OF TWO URBAN INNUIT
WHAT: Documentary Premier Screening of BE SMILE
WHEN: Monday, January 22 at 7:30pm
WHERE: Room H-110, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve [
A new documentary film from Grand Nord Productions, Loaded Pictures and the National Film Board of Canada is travelling across the country over the next few weeks. Below is a press release about the campaign and project…
I actually almost worked as a researcher for this project. I met with the directors in their main editing [...]
One week after the launch weekend we found ourselves gathered inside the Acting Studio of Montreal, watching all the submissions to the 24 Hour Music Video Making Competition, sipping beer and nibbling packaged peanuts.
Many of the filmmakers were around and I took the chance to interview them about the how and why of this [...]
Updated- note: the screening party is on the 12th! at 8:30!
Hey, it’s official: The Acting Studio of Montreal - the city’s premier professional performance training zone- will be hosting an Indyish wrap and screening party on Sat night, aug 12th, at 8:30pm {note! updated! 8:30, not 8!!}. The address- 1216 Stanley, #300.
Map of
1216 Rue [...]