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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Artist Xstine Cook invites you to view the results of her month-long residency and contemplate the creative potential of plastic. \nReception at 7 pm on September 28 \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and were prepared on site in the Hub\, where the art was imagined\, designed\, and created. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, “This is Not My Culture” invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. This is Not My Culture contemplates the globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation that is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \n  \nABOUT XSTINE COOK \nA cultural activist who uses the power of storytelling to bring unconventional stories and art forms to light\, Xstine Cook operates on the core belief that all humans are art makers\, and acts of radical creativity are necessary to evolve our understanding of ourselves\, each other and our world. \nXstine is a visitor to the Treaty 7 area\, who was raised in Calgary and in the foothills of Alberta along Dog Pound Creek. Cook is a mask maker and multi-disciplinarian. She trained at Dell’Arte theatre school in Humboldt County California\, and with various masters in Indonesia\, Italy\, France\, and the West Coast of Canada. \nXstine co-founded Green Fools Theatre where she wrote\, directed\, and designed many of the company’s boundary-stretching original works until she left in 2003 to start the Festival of Animated Objects\, and CAOS\, an interdisciplinary arts company. \nXstine is the recipient of the 2022 City of Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts\, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal\, the Rozsa Foundation’s Innovation Award\, and countless awards for her filmmaking. \nCook recently co-wrote and produced MONSTR\, an animated short by Tank Standing Buffalo for HBO Max Warner Brothers Discovery Access Animated Shorts Program.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-public-exhibition-6/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Event,Exhibition,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Xtine Cook\, founder of the Calgary Animated Objects Society\, transformed reclaimed consumer plastic into masks. View the results of the This is Not My Culture – Open Studio residency in an exhibition of the work that was created. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nXtine Cook is a Catalyst of creativity and founder of Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS). CAOS blends art and technology to bring imagination to life through captivating animated experiences. Enriching the arts\, one animation at a time.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-public-exhibition-3/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Exhibition,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – The Peace Pipeline Screening and Filmmaker Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us to watch brilliant satirical film Peace Pipeline and stay for a conversation and bannock with director and actor Gitz Crazyboy. \n\n\nIn the Peace Pipeline\, comedian-activists pose as an Indigenous energy company sharing plans to reroute Enbridge’s pipeline through the wealthy white suburbs of Duluth\, MN\, to more fairly share the risks oil pipelines bring—with shocking and hilarious results. 24 minutes. \n\n\nGitz Crazyboy is a Denesuthine and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) activist and youth worker who de-colonizes indigenous studies and teaches the history of Canada’s indigenous population. Working on reservations in rural areas and in cities\, he educates on the destructive nature of the development of the Tar Sands. He is an author (“The Secret of the Stars”)\, an actor (credits include the Darren Aronofsky film “Mother!”) and an impresario (he hosted an episode of VICE’s “Rise\,” and played both himself and a comic fictional character in “The Yes Men Are Revolting”). \n\n\nTito Ybarra is an Anishinaabe and Mexican comedian\, pow-wow singer\, actor and activist. He is well known in Indian Country for his stand-up\, and he has appeared in the TV series “United Shades of America\,” the film “Injunuity\,” and he played both himself and a comic fictional character in “The Yes Men Are Revolting.” He has also been featured on Funny or Die\, and has worked with legendary Native sketch comedy troupe the 1491s. \n\n\nFree screening of this video is presented in recognition of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation\, as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at CSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine is modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September. \n\n\nThe cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residency program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary. \n\n\n*Note that capacity is extremely limited.* If you sign up\, please attend\, or cancel your reservation so that others may. \n\n\nPlease consider a donation to Kids Sport Canada: \n\n\nhttps://kidsportcanada.ca/alberta/calgary/donate/ \n\n\n\n  \nLinks of Interest:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/TitoComedy  \n\n\nPipeline Humour\nhttps://www.facebook.com/APTNNews/videos/454485501866723 \n\n\nStar Tribune Oct 28\, 2019\nhttps://www.startribune.com/enbridge-and-its-controversial-line-3-pipeline-targets-of-hoax/563997772/ \n\n\nWebsite\nhttps://theyesmen.org/project/peacepipeline
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-the-peace-pipeline-screening-and-filmmaker-conversation/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Residency,Screening,Workshop
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Artist Xstine Cook invites you to view the results of her month-long residency and contemplate the creative potential of plastic. \nReception at 7 pm on September 28 \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and were prepared on site in the Hub\, where the art was imagined\, designed\, and created. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, “This is Not My Culture” invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. This is Not My Culture contemplates the globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation that is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \n  \nABOUT XSTINE COOK \nA cultural activist who uses the power of storytelling to bring unconventional stories and art forms to light\, Xstine Cook operates on the core belief that all humans are art makers\, and acts of radical creativity are necessary to evolve our understanding of ourselves\, each other and our world. \nXstine is a visitor to the Treaty 7 area\, who was raised in Calgary and in the foothills of Alberta along Dog Pound Creek. Cook is a mask maker and multi-disciplinarian. She trained at Dell’Arte theatre school in Humboldt County California\, and with various masters in Indonesia\, Italy\, France\, and the West Coast of Canada. \nXstine co-founded Green Fools Theatre where she wrote\, directed\, and designed many of the company’s boundary-stretching original works until she left in 2003 to start the Festival of Animated Objects\, and CAOS\, an interdisciplinary arts company. \nXstine is the recipient of the 2022 City of Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts\, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal\, the Rozsa Foundation’s Innovation Award\, and countless awards for her filmmaking. \nCook recently co-wrote and produced MONSTR\, an animated short by Tank Standing Buffalo for HBO Max Warner Brothers Discovery Access Animated Shorts Program.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-public-exhibition-5/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Event,Exhibition,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230929T210000
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Xtine Cook\, founder of the Calgary Animated Objects Society\, transformed reclaimed consumer plastic into masks. View the results of the This is Not My Culture – Open Studio residency in an exhibition of the work that was created. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nXtine Cook is a Catalyst of creativity and founder of Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS). CAOS blends art and technology to bring imagination to life through captivating animated experiences. Enriching the arts\, one animation at a time.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-public-exhibition-2/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Exhibition,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230928T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230928T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Exhibition – Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for some snacks and some words while you view an exhibition of the masks created from recylcled plastics during Xtine Cook’s This is Not My Culture residency.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-exhibition-opening-reception/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Exhibition,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230928T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T234347Z
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Artist Xstine Cook invites you to view the results of her month-long residency and contemplate the creative potential of plastic. \nReception at 7 pm on September 28 \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and were prepared on site in the Hub\, where the art was imagined\, designed\, and created. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, “This is Not My Culture” invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. This is Not My Culture contemplates the globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation that is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \n  \nABOUT XSTINE COOK \nA cultural activist who uses the power of storytelling to bring unconventional stories and art forms to light\, Xstine Cook operates on the core belief that all humans are art makers\, and acts of radical creativity are necessary to evolve our understanding of ourselves\, each other and our world. \nXstine is a visitor to the Treaty 7 area\, who was raised in Calgary and in the foothills of Alberta along Dog Pound Creek. Cook is a mask maker and multi-disciplinarian. She trained at Dell’Arte theatre school in Humboldt County California\, and with various masters in Indonesia\, Italy\, France\, and the West Coast of Canada. \nXstine co-founded Green Fools Theatre where she wrote\, directed\, and designed many of the company’s boundary-stretching original works until she left in 2003 to start the Festival of Animated Objects\, and CAOS\, an interdisciplinary arts company. \nXstine is the recipient of the 2022 City of Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts\, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal\, the Rozsa Foundation’s Innovation Award\, and countless awards for her filmmaking. \nCook recently co-wrote and produced MONSTR\, an animated short by Tank Standing Buffalo for HBO Max Warner Brothers Discovery Access Animated Shorts Program.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-public-exhibition-4/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Event,Exhibition,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230928T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230928T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Public Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition of the masks created from recylcled plastics during Xtine Cook’s This is Not My Culture residency.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-public-exhibition/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Event,Exhibition,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230928T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230928T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T201323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230928T234347Z
UID:10000585-1695898800-1695909600@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-17/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230928T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230928T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230808T191649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T191408Z
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio with Xtine Cook
DESCRIPTION:Drop in and observe the Xtine Cook\, founder of the Calgary Animated Objects Society\, transform reclaimed consumer plastic into a mask. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nXtine Cook is a Catalyst of creativity and founder of Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS). CAOS blends art and technology to bring imagination to life through captivating animated experiences. Enriching the arts\, one animation at a time.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-with-xtine-cook-8/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230927T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:Drop in and observe Xtine Cook\, founder of the Calgary Animated Objects Society\, transform reclaimed consumer plastic into a mask. \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nXtine Cook is a Catalyst of creativity and founder of Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS). CAOS blends art and technology to bring imagination to life through captivating animated experiences. Enriching the arts\, one animation at a time.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-4/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cspaceprojects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/18_things_made_from_plastic_this_is_not_my_culture_xstine_cook_hub_residency-11-scaled-WEl3BW.tmp_.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230926T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230926T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T201323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T225846Z
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-16/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cspaceprojects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hwrt8-7jPlz4.tmp_.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230925T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230925T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T201323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T232816Z
UID:10000583-1695639600-1695654000@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-15/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cspaceprojects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/hwrt8-7jPlz4.tmp_.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230924T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230924T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T231437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230924T232901Z
UID:10000591-1695560400-1695574800@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – DIY Mask Making Activity
DESCRIPTION:Drop in and try your hand transforming plastic into an interesting mask. All ages\, children welcome with accompanying adult. \nABOUT XSTINE COOK: \nA cultural activist who uses the power of storytelling to bring unconventional stories and art forms to light\, Xstine Cook operates on the core belief that all humans are art makers\, and acts of radical creativity are necessary to evolve our understanding of ourselves\, each other and our world. \nXstine is a visitor to the Treaty 7 area\, who was raised in Calgary and in the foothills of Alberta along Dog Pound Creek. Cook is a mask maker and multi-disciplinarian and she trained at Dell’Arte theatre school in Humboldt County California\, and with various masters in Indonesia\, Italy\, France\, and the West Coast of Canada. \nXstine co-founded Green Fools Theatre where she wrote\, directed\, and designed many of the company’s boundary-stretching original works until she left in 2003 to start the Festival of Animated Objects\, and CAOS\, an interdisciplinary arts company. \nXstine is the recipient of the 2022 City of Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts\, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal\, the Rozsa Foundation’s Innovation Award\, and countless awards for her filmmaking. \nShe recently co-wrote and produced MONSTR\, an animated short by Tank Standing Buffalo for HBO Max Warner Brothers Discovery Access Animated Shorts Program. \n  \nPhoto Credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-diy-mask-making-activity-3/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230924T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230924T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T221526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230924T232901Z
UID:10000587-1695553200-1695556800@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Pollution Solution Screening and Reception
DESCRIPTION:Pollution Solution is a short 6 minute documentary that explores what people are doing about pollution. Made by a group of 6 young cousins who wonder if the world is ending due to human activity. By asking people how they address the pollution crisis in their everyday lives\, and using animation to illustrate the responses\, the filmmakers hope to inspire viewers to do their part in solving the pollution solution. \nStay for a reception and chat after the screening. \nFILMMAKER BIO \nThe Bum Family are a group of 6 cousins from Calgary who create short animated movies together. At the time of making Pollution Solution\, Maezy\, Medina and Zaiyah Dennie were ages 18\, 16 and 14\, and Berlin\, Ocean and Sol Demuth were ages 18\, 16 and 11. The Bum Family write their concepts\, create the artwork\, direct\, animate and edit their movies. Their short films have screened at over 100 film festivals\, and have won awards for Audience Favourite and Best Animation. They have made a short film for Sesame Street\, and their Lilly Monster character is featured in an augmented reality app\, Lilly in the Lab. \nDIRECTOR STATEMENT \nThe state of climate change\, environmental destruction\, and human beings’ undeniable impact on life on earth prompted us to make a film that asks you to consider what your own pollution solutions are. \nThe Bum Family captured all of our interview material in a series of shoots before the Covid19 quarantine period started. The editing and animation process took place after Calgary was asked to go into lockdown\, with both families in isolation from each other. Animation was done digitally\, a first for the Bum Family\, and by stop-motion animating collages made from recycled materials. \nWebsite:\nhttps://bumfamily.com \nInstagram:\nhttps://www.instagram.com/_bum_family_/ \n  \nPhoto credit: The Bum Family
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-pollution-solution-screening-and-reception/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Reception,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230921T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230921T220000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T231434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T235902Z
UID:10000590-1695322800-1695333600@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open HDMI Vol II
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of their one-year anniversary\, MAPPERZ takes over cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub in collaboration with This is Not My Culture artist residency. In this Open HDMI night\, the Hub will be immersed in projectors with a spare cable ready for local visual artists to plug in and play. Free to attend. Open to the public. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nMAPPERZ is a projection mapping club that transforms areas around Calgary with the use of optical illusions and creative alteration of perspective. \nhttps://www.instagram.com/mapperzyyc/ \nhttps://www.mackenziebedford.com
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-hdmi-vol-ii/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230921T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230921T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T235902Z
UID:10000582-1695294000-1695304800@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-14/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230919T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230808T223154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230831T201322Z
UID:10000433-1695150000-1695157200@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Watch and Work with a Forest Ecologist
DESCRIPTION:Watch and Work – Free screening of a recording of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard’s talk on the interconnectedness of forest systems. \nDrop in and enjoy listening to a recording of Forest Ecologist Suzanne Simard talk where she reveals that trees are part of a complex\, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social\, cooperative creatures connected through underground mycorrhizal networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities\, and share and exchange resources and support. \nThe talk will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency This is Not My Culture at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the screening\, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the talk.\nSimard’s extraordinary research and tenacious efforts to raise awareness on the interconnectedness of forest systems\, both above and below ground\, has revolutionized our understanding of forest ecology. This increasing knowledge is driving a call for more sustainable practices in forestry and land management\, ones that develop strategies based on the forest as a whole entity\, not on trees as isolated individuals. \nMother Trees and the Social Forest was given on June 15\, 02021 as part of Long Now’s Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world’s leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. \nThe Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our projects include a 10\,000 Year Clock\, endangered language preservation\, thousand year+ data storage\, and Long Bets\, an arena for accountable predictions. \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/longnow\nTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/longnow \nFree screening of this pre-recorded talk is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September.\nThe cSpace Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residence program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary. \n*Note that capacity is extremely limited.* \nIf you sign up\, please attend\, or cancel your reservation so that others may.\nPlease consider a donation to Nature Conservancy of Canada
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-watch-and-work-with-a-forest-ecologist/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Residency,Screening,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230919T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230919T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230808T223154Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T232932Z
UID:10000434-1695150000-1695157200@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Watch and Work: Mother Trees and the Social Forest
DESCRIPTION:Watch and Work is a series of films and documentaries you can watch while artist Xstine Cook works on her Hub residency. Be welcome to bring along a project of your own. Please use the Eventbrite link to register. \nEvent 7: Tuesday September 19\n7pm: Watch and Work: Free screening of a recording of forest ecologist Suzanne Simard’s talk on how trees communicate with fungi\, and with each other. \nDrop in and enjoy listening to a recording of Forest Ecologist Suzanne Simard talk where she reveals that trees are part of a complex\, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social\, cooperative creatures connected through underground mycorrhizal networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities\, and share and exchange resources and support. \nThe talk will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency This is Not My Culture at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the screening\, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the talk. \nSimard’s extraordinary research and tenacious efforts to raise awareness on the interconnectedness of forest systems\, both above and below ground\, has revolutionized our understanding of forest ecology. This increasing knowledge is driving a call for more sustainable practices in forestry and land management\, ones that develop strategies based on the forest as a whole entity\, not on trees as isolated individuals. \nMother Trees and the Social Forest was given on June 15\, 02021 as part of Long Now’s Seminar series. The series was started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking from some of the world’s leading thinkers. The Seminars take place in San Francisco and are curated and hosted by Stewart Brand. \nThe Long Now Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to fostering long-term thinking and responsibility. Our projects include a 10\,000 Year Clock\, endangered language preservation\, thousand year+ data storage\, and Long Bets\, an arena for accountable predictions. \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/longnow\nTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/longnow \nFree screening of this pre-recorded talk is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September. \nThe cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residence program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary. \n*Note that capacity is extremely limited.* If you sign up\, please attend\, or cancel your reservation so that others may. \nPlease consider a donation to Nature Conservancy of Canada\nhttps://secure.natureconservancy.ca/site/SPageNavigator/Forms/landing.html?s_locale=en_CA&_ga=2.136098099.329967507.1691470962-445715520.1691470962
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-watch-and-work-free-screening-of-mother-trees-and-the-social-forest/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230919T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230919T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T201322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T232932Z
UID:10000581-1695121200-1695139200@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-13/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230913T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230913T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T201322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T232819Z
UID:10000580-1694599200-1694617200@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-12/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230912T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T201322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T234330Z
UID:10000579-1694534400-1694538000@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-11/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230912T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230912T160000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230808T223152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T234330Z
UID:10000432-1694527200-1694534400@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Workshop Cabaret Jam
DESCRIPTION:Artists from Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS) invite you bring your puppets\, masks\, and playful spirit to share and learn with a gathering of like-minded folks. \n  \nABOUT CAOS \nCAOS is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to acts of radical creativity using the art forms of mask\, puppetry\, and animated objects. \nCAOS produces the Dolly Wiggler Cabaret\, a ribald anything-goes night of short form puppetry and mask for adults that takes over the #1 Legion annually around St Patrick’s Day. \nCAOS website: \nhttps://animatedobjects.ca \nLooking for more puppets? Check out the Festival of Animated Objects\, coming up in March. \nFAO Website:\nhttps://www.puppetfestival.ca
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-workshop-cabaret-jam/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230912T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230912T140000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230831T201321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T234330Z
UID:10000578-1694516400-1694527200@cspaceprojects.com
SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-10/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230911T210000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230911T230000
DTSTAMP:20260418T150035
CREATED:20230808T202844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T231537Z
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Watch and Work: Naqoyqatsi
DESCRIPTION:Watch and Work is a series of films and documentaries you can watch while artist Xstine Cook works on her Hub residency. Be welcome to bring along a project of your own. Please use the Eventbrite link to register. \nEvent 6: Monday September 11\n9pm: Watch and Work: Free screening of Naqoyqatsi Godfrey Reggio’s 2002 film Life as War. \nDrop in and watch Naqoyqatsi\, also known as Naqoyqatsi: Life as War. This 2002 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio’s experimental 1982 film\, Koyaanisqatsi and 1988’s Powaqqatsi. Naqoyqasti is the third and final film in the Qatsi trilogy. \nNaqoyqatsi is a Hopi word (written as naqö̀yqatsi in Hopi orthography) meaning “life as war.” In the film’s closing credits\, Naqoyqatsi is also translated as “civilized violence” and “a life of killing each other”. A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence. \nWhile Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi examine modern life in industrial countries and the conflict between encroaching industrialization and traditional ways of life\, using slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and natural landscapes\, about eighty percent of Naqoyqatsi uses archive footage and stock images manipulated and processed digitally on non-linear editing (non-sequential) workstations and intercut with specially-produced computer-generated imagery to demonstrate society’s transition from a natural environment to a technology-based one. Reggio described the process as “virtual cinema.” \nAccording to Reggio\, the film has no screenplay per se\, but three movements (like those of a symphony) with different themes:[5]\n1. Numerica.com: Language and place gives way to numerical code and virtual reality.\n2. Circus maximus: Competition\, winning\, records\, fame\, “fair play” and the love of money are elevated to the prime values of life. Life becomes a game.\n3. Rocketship twentieth century: A world that language can no longer describe. The resulting explosive tempo of technology is war and civilized violence. \nRelease date: October 18\, 2002\nDirector: Godfrey Reggio\nMusic composed by: Philip Glass\nSequel: Naqoyqatsi\, Powaqqatsi\nCinematography: Russell Lee Fine \nNaqoyqatsi will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency This is Not My Culture at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the screening\, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the talk. \nFree screening of this movie is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September. \nThe cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residence program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary. \n*Note that capacity is extremely limited.* If you sign up\, please attend\, or cancel your reservation so that others may. \nPlease consider a donation to Nature Conservancy of Canada \nPlease sign up on Eventbrite.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-watch-and-work-free-screening-of-naqoyqatsi/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Screening
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Watch and Work
DESCRIPTION:Watch and Work: Free screening of Koyaanisqatsi Godfrey Reggio’s classic 1982 film “Life Out of Balance” \nDrop in to watch Koyaanisqatsi “Life Out of Balance” an experimental classic film featuring a collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot\, to a soundtrack by Philip Glass. The footage focuses on nature\, humanity\, and the relationship between them. \nDrawing its title from the Hopi word meaning “life out of balance\,” this renowned documentary/experimental film reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Featuring extensive footage of natural landscapes and elemental forces\, the film gives way to many scenes of modern civilization and technology. Given its lack of narration and dialogue\, the production makes its points solely through imagery and music\, with many scenes either slowed down or sped up for dramatic effect. \nPlease sign up at the Eventbrite link.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-watch-and-work-3/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Screening
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-9/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – DIY Mask Making Activity
DESCRIPTION:Drop in and try your hand transforming plastic into an interesting mask. All ages\, children welcome with accompanying adult. \nABOUT XSTINE COOK: \nA cultural activist who uses the power of storytelling to bring unconventional stories and art forms to light\, Xstine Cook operates on the core belief that all humans are art makers\, and acts of radical creativity are necessary to evolve our understanding of ourselves\, each other and our world. \nXstine is a visitor to the Treaty 7 area\, who was raised in Calgary and in the foothills of Alberta along Dog Pound Creek. Cook is a mask maker and multi-disciplinarian and she trained at Dell’Arte theatre school in Humboldt County California\, and with various masters in Indonesia\, Italy\, France\, and the West Coast of Canada. \nXstine co-founded Green Fools Theatre where she wrote\, directed\, and designed many of the company’s boundary-stretching original works until she left in 2003 to start the Festival of Animated Objects\, and CAOS\, an interdisciplinary arts company. \nXstine is the recipient of the 2022 City of Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts\, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal\, the Rozsa Foundation’s Innovation Award\, and countless awards for her filmmaking. \nShe recently co-wrote and produced MONSTR\, an animated short by Tank Standing Buffalo for HBO Max Warner Brothers Discovery Access Animated Shorts Program. \n  \nPhoto Credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-diy-mask-making-activity/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio with Xtine Cook
DESCRIPTION:Drop in and observe the Xtine Cook\, founder of the Calgary Animated Objects Society\, transform reclaimed consumer plastic into a mask.
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-with-xtine-cook-3/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Event,Open Studio,Residency,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230907T130000
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SUMMARY:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:This is Not My Culture – Open Studio\ncSPACE Neighbourhood Hub \nArtist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature. \nBy touching\, manipulating\, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia\, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste\, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience\, vs the interconnectedness of all life. \nThe packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year\, and will be prepared on site in the Hub\, where the mask will be imagined\, designed\, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive\, meticulous process of creation\, and the slow reveal of the creature. \nOpen Studio\nWhenever the artist is working\, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times\, or drop by to see what’s going on. \nNote: Space will be closed: September 14-18 \nEvents and Happenings\nCheck out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture\, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions\, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event\, Work and Watch movie nights\, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up\, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution\, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline\, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations. \n*Some events request registration via Eventbrite. \n*Photo credit: Sean Dennie
URL:https://cspaceprojects.com/event/this-is-not-my-culture-open-studio-8/
LOCATION:cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub\, 381 2 Avenue Southwest\, Calgary\, AB\, T2P 0C5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub,Exhibition,Residency,Workshop
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