Elvis … and ice-cream? POP Montréal comes to Concordia
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POP Montréal may be driven by music, but it keeps upping the ante on film and art.
The 2015 edition — which runs from September 16 to 20 — has teamed up once again with Concordia to present seven creenings under the banner of Film POP, a subdivision of the hugely successful visual arts component Art POP.
Robb Jamieson, Art POP’s curator, is a graduate of Concordia’s Department of Studio Arts. He says the festival also provides a chance for current and former students to exhibit in a high-profile space, alongside international talent.
“I know the Fine Arts program really helped me, and I think Art POP is a great opportunity to bridge the gap between academia and the creative community.”
After working hard to rustle up a packed house of artists, he’s excited to see the giant neon souvlaki sculpture by Greek artist Eleni Bagaki, as well as Concordia alum Michael Doerksen’s I Scream installation (pictured above), which Jamieson says looks like “someone threw 38 resin ice-cream cones against a huge wall.”
Fellow alums from Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts, including the show’s curator, Corri-Lynn Tetz, and artists Paul Hardy, Peggy Kouroumalos and Eliza Griffiths will also display their work in the Side Project group show at Quartiers Pop (3450 St-Urbain St.).
Concordians Stephanie Creaghan and Jessica Kirsh are putting on a show that includes alums Dan Vogt and Thea Govorchin in their CK2 Gallery (203-6560 Esplanade Ave.).
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Meanwhile Rebecca Duclos, Concordia's new dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, is exploring American artist K8 Hardy’s creative practice in a public one-hour interview on Thursday, September 17 at 5:30 p.m. in Quartiers Pop (3450 St. Urbain).
In her work, Hardy (pictured above) primarily focuses on performance, photography and sculpture-based. It engages with popular cultural and fashion imagery while challenging notions of race, class, economics and gender.
A founding member of the feminist gender-queer collective LTTR, Hardy has exhibited and performed worldwide at galleries including the Whitney Museum of American Art and Tate Modern. The New York-based provocateur has also directed music videos for groups such as Le Tigre and Lesbians on Ecstasy.
On September 17, Hardy will also screen her new Outfitumentary, a selfie-a-day-style time capsule cataloguing the artist’s daily outfits for 11 years from 2001 and 2012.
“We thought it would be a great match to have Rebecca interview K8,” Jamieson says. “It's great timing because Rebecca just moved back to become dean of Fine Arts.”
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Film POP picks at Concordia’s J.A. DeSève Cinema
For Elvis lovers (or haters):
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King (Jeanie Finlay | UK, USA, 2015 | 88 min.) — Quebec premiere — Friday, September 18, at 6 p.m., $10
The art of the selfie:
Outfitumentary (K8 Hardy | USA, 2010-2012 / 2015 | 90 min.) — Advanced screening — Friday, September 18, at 8 p.m., $10
A lost classic on pianist Leon Russell:
A Poem Is a Naked Person (Les Blank | USA, 1974/2015 | 90 min.) — Quebec premiere — Saturday, September 19, at 4 p.m., $10
The trials and tribulations of a newly divorced voice actor:
Playback (Sho Miyake | Japan, 2012 | 113 min.) — Canadian premiere with director in attendance — Saturday, September 19, at 6 p.m., $10
An experimental look at collaborative music making:
The Cockpit (Sho Miyake | Japan, 2014 | 65 min.) — Canadian premiere with director in attendance — Saturday, September 19, at 8 p.m., $10
On the pitfalls of internet fame:
Hot Sugar’s Cold World (Adam Bhala Lough | USA, 2015 | 85 min.) — Quebec premiere — Sunday, September 20, at 4 p.m., $10
The fourth installment in the “Groovin’ Gary” Griffith/Trent Harris collaboration:
The Beaver Trilogy Part IV (Brad Besser | USA, 2015 | 82 min.) — Quebec premiere — Sunday, September 20, at 6 p.m., $10
Find out more about events in Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts.