Not Sent Letters & Guests Summer Special

Thursday Evening, July 19, 2012 Not Sent Letters Set Interdisciplinary Contributions
interdisciplinary works by  Sarah Shamash & Aisha Jamal w/ Sebnem Ozpeta, Dima Alansari & Carmel Amit

Mind Of A Snail ft. Jessica Gabriel & Chloé Ziner
animations by Hoji Tsuchiya
Not Sent Letters Set by

 

Jeremy Todd w/ live music scoring by Lindy Gray & Filip Gorecki for letters selected & read from the project archive by Christina Panis, Laura Lamb, Suzanne Ward & Mark Dahl

 

 

 

 NOT SENT LETTERS SET

by Jeremy Todd w/ live music scoring by Lindy Gray & Filip Gorecki for letters selected & read from the project archive by Christina Panis, Laura Lamb, Suzanne Ward & Mark Dahl.

 

Summer Special Not Sent Letters Set (February 13, 2010):

 TELLING TRACES

Working with ideas of oral and family histories, diasporas, migrations, translations, and interpretations, AISHA JAMAL and SARAH SHAMASH are creating an installation piece with an audio floor map that uses recorded interviews with family members recounting migration stories, mixed with recorded audio from their journey to the Middle East in 2011. A performed version of one of the two trajectories to be featured in the installation, using recorded audio, projected video, and live translations from Portuguese to Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew and English, will be presented for the Not Sent Letters & Guests Summer Special. Performing translators include SEBNEM OZPETA (Turkish), DIMA AlLANSARI (Arabic), SARAH SHAMASH (English), & CARMEL AMIT (Hebrew).

 

 MIND OF A SNAIL

Since 2003, JESSICA GABRIEL and CHLOE ZINER have been developing a multilayered style of visual storytelling using overhead projectors as their main light source. Their performances combine originally crafted puppets, music, masks, and eclectic experiments in lighting and timing. Their “Compost-Modern” approach explores the interconnectedness between what is considered natural, artificial, and where everything blurs in between. A new work will be presented for the Not Sent Letters & Guests Summer Special that responds to the context of the overall project.
@ KRANKY CAFE

216 E. 4th Avenue, Vancouver
Thursday Evening, July 19th, 2012
2 Hour Programme Only: 7-9pm SHARP!
$5 Suggested Donation – No One Turned Away (but space/seating is extremely limited).

Special Thanks to Dana & Tondela @ Kranky for hosting the project and to Matilda Aslizadeh for the video documentation.

 HOJI TSUCHIYA

is a Berlin-based Japanese artist who playfully integrates painting, comics, animation and music production within his practice. His highly idiosyncratic works often explore narratives of isolation and desire in modern life with unexpected, mesmerizing results. Two of his animated shorts, The Woman In The Long Black Skirt (2010) and Sphere (2012), will be screened for the Not Sent Letters & Guests Summer Special.

For more information about Hoji’s work please visit his website.
 The Evening In Pictures:
The amazing live scoring duo of Linday Gray & Filip Gorecki get ready for the Not Sent Letters Set. Checking sound for Telling Traces. Dana sets up behind the Kranky counter for the Not Sent crowd. Mind Of A Snail prepare (Chloe Ziner & Jessica Gabriel).
People watching and listening to Hoji Tsuchiya’s animations. Telling Traces in progress. Telling Traces in progress. Getting some air between the presentation of works.
Not Sent Letters Set in progress:  Christine Panis reads. Not Sent Letters Set in progress:  Suzanne Ward reads. Not Sent Letters Set in progress:  Laura Lamb reads. Not Sent Letters Set in progress:  Mark Dahl reads.
Mind Of A Snail begin. Mind Of A Snail sum it all up. Making the Mind Of A Snail magic happen. The crowd gets in on the Mind Of A Snail act.