[Studio XX] 10th anniversary of Studio XX - Lectures and performances in Art and Technology

[annonces at studioxx.org]

Studio XX


Event X : A Whole Decade of Work with Women in Art and Technology!
Montréal, 26 September 2006

In 1996, Studio XX became the first feminist artist-run centre in North 
America as a non-profit organisation with the main objective of 
supporting technological creation, exploration and critique by women. In 
order to highlight its 10th anniversary, Studio XX invites the public 
and all people engaged in the media arts to a conference on October 5th 
and 6th 2006 that will look back on the last ten years so as to inspire 
the ten years to come! Event X will feature lectures and panels by local 
and international artists and curators, as well as performances by 
Canadian artists, at the Café and Hydro-Québec Studio of the Monument 
National (1182, St-Laurent Blvd.).

In a world where an increasingly large number of women are 
technologically savvy, but where the expression "cyberfeminism" still 
leads to confusion, it is of special relevance to be thinking about the 
present state of affairs by measuring the distance achieved over the 
last ten years. Inspired by an article on new technologies that featured 
in Wired magazine and was entitled "10 Years that Changed the World", 
Studio XX wants to examine its effect and affect as a site of education, 
production, information, dissemination and exchange within the networks 
that it contributed to build, in order to optimise its action for the 
upcoming decade.

On the evening of October 5th 2006, Studio XX will honour its four 
founders, Kim Sawchuck, Patricia Kearns, Sheryl Hamilton and Kathy 
Kennedy, with the help of important figures who have shaped the centre 
throughout the decade. This special celebration will open with a 
cocktail and will culminate with a concert-performance by the Choeur 
Maha and artist Kathy Kennedy. On Friday October 6th, as of 10AM, a 
series of roundtable discussions will take place on themes of 
embodiment, movement, sensuality, sound and space with the participation 
of guests speakers from Canada (Isabelle Choinière, Nancy Tobin, Karmen 
Franinovic), the United States (Diane Willow) and the Netherlands (Nat 
Muller, who will also hold a professional training workshop in the 
morning of October 5th). As a way to look into the local context of 
production and dissemination, a panel composed of representatives of 
women artist-run centres in Montreal (La Centrale, Groupe intervention 
vidéo (GIV), Studio XX) and Winnipeg (Mentoring Artists for Women's Art 
(MAWA)) will surely spark ideas and debates on the relevance of feminist 
initiatives in art.

In closing the day of conference, Studio XX will present an evening of 
performances at 8.30PM. This presentation will unfold in two parts. To 
begin, Quebec-based multidisciplinary artist Diane Landry will present « 
Morse Alphabet Soup », a brand new performance developed via the 
complicity of light and lenses, forming an inspiring canvas of 
silhouettes, images and words within which the public will be able to 
circulate. Finally, a piece called «Target Marketing», from the 
Winnipeg-based duo dempsey/millan will be performed by Shawna Dempsey in 
a costume which emulates the human target silhouette used by pistol 
marksmen. The text juxtaposes a media phenomenon (increased violence 
shown on the news) with a discussion on brain function. Tickets for this 
event will be sold at the door at $12 on the same evening of October 
6th, starting 7.30PM, at the Hydro-Québec Studio of the Monument 
National. All the other events are free admission, and are held in 
French and in English.

For more information on Event X's program 
<http://www.studioxx.org/newsletter/evenXprog.html> taking place October 
5-6th at 1182 St-Laurent Blvd., please visit Studio XX's website: 
http://www.studioxx.org/newsletter/evenXprog.html

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Contacts:

Julie Tremblay
Communications Coordinator, Studio XX
Email: julie at studioxx.org <mailto:julie at studioxx.org>
Telephone: (514) 577-0226

Myriam Yates
Programming Coordinator, Studio XX
Email: programmation at studioxx.org <mailto:programmation at studioxx.org>
Telephone: 514 845 7934
Fax: 514 845 4941


STUDIO XX

338, Terrasse Saint-Denis, Montréal (Québec) H2X 1E8
(514) 845-7934 / http://www.studioxx.org <http://www.studioxx.org/>
Information: info at studioxx.org <mailto:info at studioxx.org>

Founded in 1996, Studio XX is Montreal's foremost women's digital 
resource centre. Through a variety of creative activities and 
initiatives, the Studio works with women to demystify digital 
technologies, to critically examine their social aspects, to facilitate 
women's access to technology, and to create and exhibit women's new 
digital art.
Studio XX thanks its members and partners for their continued generous 
support : the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canadian 
Arts Council, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Boréale.

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Conseil des arts du 
CanadaConseil des arts de MontréalBoréale


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