SUM Gallery opens in permanent home for Queer Arts Festival

Kevin Griffin – Vancouver Sun – May 9, 2018

In art-world terms, something unusual is happening Saturday, May 12* in Vancouver.

It’s the opening of SUM Gallerywhich describes itself as the country’s only permanent space dedicated to exhibiting queer art. It’s on the fourth floor of the Sun Wah Building on Keefer east of Main in Chinatown.

SUM Gallery opens with a solo show of video works by Karin Lee. It’s curated by Paul Wongand SD Holman. Holman is also the executive director of SUM.

SUM is both a gallery space and the year-round home of the annual Queer Arts Festivalof which Holman is also the artistic director.

Programming in the new space will include solo shows, workshops and performances.

“We’re going to continue doing our diverse programming that pushes boundaries and initiates dialogue,” Holman said in a phone interview.

The permanent space gives a curator of the QAF group show the option of choosing an artist or artists for solo exhibitions at SUM. The gallery will also be able to accommodate QAF events that previously would have been held at other venues.

“If we have a group exhibition at the festival, I’ll see artists and say, ‘Hey, let’s talk about what you might be able to do in the gallery,’” Holman said.

Historically, explicitly queer art spaces have tended to be transitory.

 

From 2012 to 2016, Videofagwas an alternative arts space in the home of Jordan Tannahill and William Ellis in Toronto’s Kensington neighbourhood.

Also in Toronto is FAG Feminist Art Gallerystarted in 2010 by Allyson Mitchell and Deirdre Logue. Although its name suggests a permanent space, FAG’s online presence makes it sound more like a two-artist collective project that moves from venue to venue.

In Vancouver, Vancouver Arts and Leisureor VAL is another arts group with a slightly different focus on electronic dance music and club culture. It’s also functioned as a venue for fashion, visual arts and dance but has had to move into several different locations for the past four years. VAL now has a permanent home again at Manitoba and Sixth Avenue

The best known permanent home for queer art, however, is theLeslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York. As part of its mission to exhibit and preserve LGBTQ art, the museum has amassed a collection of 30,000 objects spanning 300 years. In 2006, it moved into a ground floor space in Soho.

From 1999 to 2001, Holman ran Studio Q, an art salon in Vancouver. Ever since that closed, she’s been looking to revive the idea of a queer art venue. Involved in the Pride in Art Societysince 2006, she became festival director three years later and then artistic director.

In 2009, Pride in Art organized the first Queer Arts Festival.

The tipping point was the arrival of BC Artscape, the west coast version of the successful Toronto arts organization called Artscape. In 2014, BC Artscape was given $300,000 seed money from the city of Vancouver to start developing creative spaces for arts organizations and artists.

“With (BC) Artscape, everything moved really quickly because they were able to cut the red tape,” Holman said.

BC Artscape’s first big project is the Chinatown Community Cultural Hub in the Sun Wah Centre, the big red brick building on Keefer. Although finished in 1987, the 3rd and 4th floors of the building were never occupied. BC Artscape identified the space and has been able to turn it into permanent homes for a diverse range of arts groups and artist studios. Next door to SUM Gallery, for example, is artist Paul Wong‘s new studio.

SUM Gallery and Pride in Art Society are among the hub’s inaugural tenants.

“Having a home base really changes the whole game,” Holman said.

“It makes us able to do so many more things.”

The gallery is called SUM after the dim sum restaurant that was planned but never opened in the space where the gallery is located. As well, the Chinese characters for the ‘sum’ in ‘dim sum’ mean heart; in Cantonese, the version of Chinese spoken by many of the original immigrants from China to Canada, words referring to queer people includes the same ‘sum’ character.

The gallery logo is ∑. It’s a symbol used in math to designate summation.

QueerSumopens Saturday, May 12 from 2 to 4 pm. The exhibition continues to Saturday, Aug. 18.* The exhibition presents three of Lee‘s films: My Sweet Peony, a drama shot in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden; Portrait of a Girl: A Story of Dance, Sexuality, Adoption and Love, a documentary about Han Dong Qing in Beijing; and Small Pleasures, a period drama set in Barkerville about a Chinese women explaining her bound feet to a European woman and an indigenous woman.

Some of Lee’s other films include: Made in China: The Story of Adopted Chinese Children in Canada, Comrade Dad: Growing Up With a Socialist Father, and Vancouver 1907 Race Riots: Shattered.

SUM Gallery and Pride in Society Office– which organizes the annual Queer Arts Festival– are in the Chinatown Community Cultural Hub, Sun Wah Building, Suite 425, 268 Keefer.

Still from My Sweet Peony, video shot in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, by Karin Lee in QueerSUM.PNG

Interviews with Valérie d. Walker and Samantha Nock

Practicum students from the Social Justice Institute at UBC, Nikita Day and Emily Irvine, interview 2018 DECADEnceVisual Art curator Valérie d. Walkerand 2017 UnSettled Literary curator Samantha Nockabout their experiences curating for the Queer Arts Festival, their artistic practices, and the significance of queer art in the past, present, and future! Check it out!

> Queer Arts Festival podcast <

We’re pleased to have Samantha Nock as one of the readers at Lay of the Land, our annual night of erotic reading curated this year by Daniel Heath Justice. As curator of last year’s literary evening, Samantha rebranded the event as Lay of the Land.
Lay of the Land is June 19, 7pm in the Roundhouse Exhibition Hall and is pay what you can!Community Partners: Social Justice Institute at UBC and Unceded Airwaves http://www.citr.ca/

Karin Lee: QueerSUM 心 [opening]

Opening: May 12  2 – 4pm

Exhibition: May 12 – August 18 (Tuesday – Saturday 12-6pm)

Curated by Paul Wong and SD Holman
Presentation Partner: On Main Gallery

Queer-sum a “Chinglish” translation and play on the words Queer Love, alludes to queer attraction that people experience, even though they believe themselves to be straight identified – or queer-sum (sum=heart=love).

Photo Credit: Chick Rice

QueerSUM心 presents three of Karin Lee’s media works: a 2-channel remix of her classic 16mm film My Sweet Peony Remix, a fantastical drama shot in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens; Portrait of a Girl, a documentary shot in Beijing; and Small Pleasures, a period drama set in Barkerville BC.

The works not only investigate sentiments of being “Queer-sum,” but pay tribute to Vancouver’s Chinatown—where Lee spent her childhood—and examine the underlying racism which contributed to the very creation of “Chinatowns” amidst the colonization of Indigenous peoples.

Read more about the works presented and the artist at: http://queerartsfestival.com/queersum-show-karin-lee/

ACCESS & ACCESSIBILITY

The address is 268 Keefer St, between Main St and Gore Ave. The SUM gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425.

Transit access:
Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown;
Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings.

– There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark at Keefer and Quebec St or street parking.

Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit.
– Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance
– There is a ramp to reach the elevator
– Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open
– The automatic door operators haven’t arrived yet but the main doors will be propped open.
– Our events are scent reduced.
– ASL interpretation will be provided.
Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.
Note that BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators and in our suite.

Karin Lee: QueerSUM 心 [artist talk]

Opening: May 12  2 – 4pm

Artist talk: May 17 7 – 9pm

Exhibition: May 12 – August 18 (Tuesday – Saturday 12-6pm – closed on stat holidays)

Presentation Partner: On Main Gallery

Come join filmmaker Karin Lee and curators Paul Wong and SD Holman on May 17 for an informal artist talk around QueerSUM心

Photo Credit: Chick Rice

QueerSUM心 presents three of Karin Lee’s media works: a 2-channel remix of her classic 16mm film My Sweet Peony Remix, a fantastical drama shot in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens; Portrait of a Girl, a documentary shot in Beijing; and Small Pleasures, a period drama set in Barkerville BC.

The works not only investigate sentiments of being “Queer-sum,” but pay tribute to Vancouver’s Chinatown—where Lee spent her childhood—and examine the underlying racism which contributed to the very creation of “Chinatowns” amidst the colonization of Indigenous peoples.

Read more about the works presented and the artist at: http://queerartsfestival.com/queersum-show-karin-lee/

ACCESS & ACCESSIBILITY

The address is 268 Keefer St, between Main St and Gore Ave. The SUM gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425.

Transit access:
Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown;
Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings.

– There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark at Keefer and Quebec St or street parking.

Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit.
– Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance
– There is a ramp to reach the elevator
– Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open
– The automatic door operators haven’t arrived yet but the main doors will be propped open.
– Our events are scent reduced.
– ASL interpretation will be provided.
Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.
Note that BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators and in our suite.

Cris Derksen Orchestral Powwow

In this chamber symphonic work, classically-trained Allegra Chamber Orchestra follows the lead of The Chippewa Travellers’ Powwow drum, as they create new forms of music in cellist/composer Cris Derksen’s Orchestral Powwow. Bringing Indigenous music to the centre of the European model, Cris Derksen, The Chippewa Travellers, hoop dancer Nimkii Osawamick, and percussionist Jesse Baird perform this Juno-nominated composition outdoors as part of the 2017 Queer Arts Festival.

“Using older classical tools with Powwow groups is a way I can express the intersections between the old and the new. It brings together both parts of who I am as a Half-Cree, Half- Mennonite Classically Trained Cellist.”

                                                                                                                    — Cris Derksen

with the support of

Sponsored by

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Community Partner: The Canadian Music Centre

This is a free, outdoor event. If you clicked here planning to buy a ticket, please consider supporting this event by donating instead. To make your tax-deductible charitable donation, please click HERE .

If you prefer to make your gift via PayPal,click the “Donate” button below.

Scent Reduced:
This event is scent-reduced. Please help us keep this a welcome space for everyone and refrain from wearing scented products while attending QAF events.
Mobility Accessibility:
This event is fully wheelchair accessible.

Click HERE for a full accessibility audit of the space by Radical Access Mapping Project. To learn more about Radical Access Mapping Project, visit their website at radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com

QAF takes place on the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, in particular the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwəta? (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. We recognize their sovereignty, as there are no treaties on these lands, and we are dedicated to building a new relationship between our nations based on respect and consent.

SUM: Free workshops on Technology in the Arts

Emerging Artists Program

Join us at SUM for FREE workshops on Technology in the Arts!

Technology in the arts can provide us with incredible opportunities to take our creations to the next level. However, knowledge on how to use and install equipment can keep us from exploring and achieving the potential of our artistic visions. Workshops are FREE and available for all Queer and Allied Emerging Artists!

Technology in Performing Arts with Sammy Chien

Ever wondered… How does technology facilitate the way we create art? What are the dramaturgical perspectives on video projections?
How does the role of arts and technology implicate with our artistic expression and our spiritual health?

Friday May 4 from 3-5pm come and learn from cutting edge interdisciplinary media artist Sammy Chien, the official selected mentor for the audiovisual performance software Isadora from the creator of the software Mark Coniglio.

This workshop will focus on introducing audiovisual technologies and demonstrating its applications to inspire the participants’ creative possibilities working with sound, video and new media/technologies.

Intro to Media Art Installation with Bobbi Kozinuk

On Wednesday May 9 from 2-6pm, join media artist extraordinaire Bobbi Kozinuk at SUM gallery for an intro to Media Art Installation!

In this workshop you will learn about:

  • Sources: DVD, media players, computers, looping and auto start, file types, compression, synchronization.
  • Projectors: aspect ratio, image resolution, brightness, care and setup, orientation, zoom and throw.
  • Signals and Cables: hdmi, dvi, VGA, video, sdi, wifi. Cable length.

** You can come to one, the other or both workshops. No registration required. **

PAID INTERNSHIPS OPPORTUNITY The Queer Arts Festival is offering emerging artists a rare opportunity to receive an honorarium while working and learning alongside professional artists. Through a mentorship and training program, you will learn the skills necessary to work towards a career in the arts and technology. Please see the job descriptions for details on the available positions. QAF Emerging Artist program works to equip you with new skills and experience through mentorship, to offer you the resources and techniques to engage new technologies as a means to further your career, develop leadership skills, and build the necessary abilities for further employment in arts and technology. These mentorship positions will provide you with introductory experiences in the arts as well as on-the-job training. Previous experience or knowledge is not required. Read the job descriptions below: EA Job Description_ Assistant Stage ManagerEA Job Description_ Media Art Installation TechnicianApplication forms available at the workshops. *ASL interpretation available upon request. Please contact us directly with any accessibility needs at info@prideinart.ca

ACCESS AND ACCESSIBILITY

The address is 268 Keefer St, between Main St and Gore Ave. The SUM Gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425.

We respectfully acknowledge that this event will take place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Indigenous territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We recognize their sovereignty, as there are no treaties on these lands, and we are dedicated to building a new relationship between our nations based on respect and consent. We would also like to acknowledge that this event is taking place in Chinatown, which is home to low income and Chinese immigrant communities. We are thankful and consider it a privilege to be able to do our sharing here.

Transit access:
Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown;
Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings.
There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark at Keefer and Quebec St. or street parking.

Light snacks and beverages provided.

Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit.
– Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance
– There is a ramp to reach the elevator
– Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open
– The automatic door operators haven’t arrived yet but the main doors will be propped open.
– Our events are scent reduced.
– ASL interpretation can be provided upon request.
Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.
Note that BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators.

Contact:

Alecska alecska@queerartsfestival.com or Emily ebailey@queerartsfestival.com


This event is supported by the Telus Community Board.

2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Come to a party at our Annual General Meeting. We’ll be providing updates on new developments at Pride in Art Society, and giving a sneak peek into this year’s festival.

Not only does the AGM provide us the opportunity to hang out with you in advance of this year’s festival, but AGM attendance is a key factor for some of our funders (so please show up!).

ASL Interpretation will be provided. Pride in Art Society’s 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held: Thursday May 31, 2018 7pm SUM Gallery 425 – 268 Keefer St, Vancouver All members invited to attend. Membership renewal and signup for new members will take place before formal business.

RSVP at info@queerartsfestival.com with AGM in the subject line.

Can’t come, but still want to support? If you are unable to attend the AGM, please consider appointing a proxy by filling out this Proxy Form and sending it to Kimberly Sayson.

ProxyForm_AGM_2018_PiA

ACCESS and ACCESSIBILITY

The address is 268 Keefer St., between Main St. and Gore Ave. The SUM gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425. We respectfully acknowledge that this event will take place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Indigenous territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We recognize their sovereignty, as there are no treaties on these lands, and we are dedicated to building a new relationship between our nations based on respect and consent. We would also like to acknowledge that this event is taking place in Chinatown, which is home to low income and Chinese immigrant communities. We are thankful and consider it a privilege to be able to do our sharing here. Transit access: Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown; Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings. – There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark – Lot 7 and the address is 180 Keefer Street; or street parking. Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit. – Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance. – There is a ramp with a hand rail to reach the elevator. – Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open. – The front door of our suite has an automatic door operator. – Our events are scent reduced. – ASL interpretation will be provided. BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators and in our suite. Food will be provided: dim sum and pastries from local shops, some with meat products and some vegetarian options. There will be alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.

Art Party!

Gala Opening Reception | Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

Art and conviviality converge at the grand opening celebrating 10 years of the Queer Arts Festival.

with DJ O’Show!

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Pride In Art Exhibition 2018

Roundhouse Great Hall

This open visual art exhibition honours our founder, Two-Spirit artist Robbie Hong and 20 years of Pride in Art.

Alecska Divisadero
Art Sun-Face
Chris Watson
David Camisa
Edward Bader
Holly Steele
Jeannette Sirois
Julia Wong
Kenneth Freeman
Sakino Sepulveda
Samsa
Tyler Homan

DECADEnce

June 16 – 27 — The Roundhouse

DECADEnce visual art exhibition curated by Valérie d. Walker.

Visual artists

AA Bronson
Angela Gabereau & Coral Short & Visionaries
April Sumter-Freitag
Berlynn Beam
Carl Pope Jr.
Chandra Melting Tallow
Dana Claxton
Dayna Danger
Eloisa Aquino
General Idea
Guerrilla Girls
Jenny Lin
Katherine Atkins
Mutya Macatumpag (moo-cha) (maca-toom-pag) – aka. FiND MUTYA
Paul Wong
Raven Davis
Susan Stewart
Syrus Marcus Ware
TJ Norris

What is a mark? In a settler colonial society we have a very solidified perception of what “counts” as worthy of articulating. Programmed in an imperial tradition, we literally count success and attach dates to significant momentous occasions, times in history when someone is said to have “accomplished something” that should be celebrated and then written down to measure its worth, annually. HIStory has tried to erase the Other in its wake of calculating difference, asserting authority, superiority, a bar to be set by systems of power to ensure the success of a single story.

2018 marks 10 years of the Queer Arts Festival and Pride in Art’s 20th year as an artist-led organization. 2018’s curated visual art exhibition DECADEnce remembers the Other marks and interrogates what we collectively choose to celebrate. By engaging queer artists across disciplines DECADEnce explores marks that live beyond the page, numerical devices, and quantitative data; the mark that lives in actions unnoticed, voices unheard, lost stories of self, and races won in forgotten Herstories/Ourstories.

DECADEnce marks a time for us to revisit, and therefore represent and archive, the stories of us by celebrating and honouring our community of trailblazing queer ancestors, the stories untold, the unmeasurable progress, visceral pleasures, tragic loses, the almosts, the push back, the unnamed, the unmarked, the dead, the blood-sweat-and tears. These marks continue to live in and inform our actions, our reality to fuel a discourse that challenges perceptions of success by sharing the stories of how we got here and what sacrifices and struggles it required.

Our marks draw circles, wherein the repeating struggle continues in the company of a rejuvenated resistance, reviving of power and strength through art.

These marks are where we find joy, love, thrive, and create to feed our spirits and develop thick skin. We are time travelers, we have been here before, and will do it again.

Curator Tour

Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

Curator Valérie d. Walker discusses DECADEnce with curated artists Berlynn Beam, Eloisa Aquino, Jenny Lin, and Mutya Macatumpag (moo-cha) (maca-toom-pag) – a.k.a. FIND MUTYA the stirring moments of queer time, the inherited legacies of queer ancestors and why public queer art is essential and timely.

Community partner: Contemporary Art Gallery

Unfortunately due to unforeseeable events, today’s event will not include ASL interpretation. Our apologies to anyone who planned on attending and required this resource.

Transfixed – Media Art Program

with VIMAF | Roundhouse Performance Centre

Transfixed is a curatorial collection of films that highlights the strategies utilized by Trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists to mitigate violence. Each artist within the collective examines the fractals of state violence that is perpetuated onto their bodies. The collective’s works discuss white supremacy, transphobia, violence against femmes, colonialism internationally, and colonialism on the land we are presently on. Transfixed is intensity, urgency, and power.

Curated by Fallon Simard.

Alli Logout
Dayna Danger
Jack Saddleback
Alec Butler
Thirza Cuthand
Jes Sachse
Joshua Vettivelu
Kim Ninkuru
Monica Forrester

Regular 4-Show Flex Passes ($79) and single tickets on sale April 16 at Brown Paper Tickets:

2018 Youth Curator Tour

with Broadway Youth Resource Centre & Directions Youth Services

Curator tour of the visual art exhibition for the younger generations (ages 15-24). You are welcome to experience a guided tour with QAF 2018 visual art curator, Valerie d. Walker. Come interact, ask questions about the DECADEnce exhibition, stand-back or just observe contemporary art at the Queer Arts Festival.

Community Partners: Broadway Youth Resource Centre, Directions Youth Services, Bill Reid Gallery

Not a youth anymore but still want to meet the curator and artists, and talk about the art? Please respect this space, and attend instead QAF’s public Curator Panel on Sun Jun 17.

Scent Reduced:
This event is scent-reduced. Please help us keep this a welcome space for everyone and refrain from wearing scented products while attending QAF events.

Mobility Accessibility:
This event is fully wheelchair accessible. If you move through space differently, we will be ready to assist you.

Click HERE for a full accessibility audit of the space by Radical Access Mapping Project. To learn more about Radical Access Mapping Project, visit their website at radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com

QAF takes place on the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, in particular the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwəta? (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. We recognize their sovereignty, as there are no treaties on these lands, and we are dedicated to building a new relationship between our nations based on respect and consent.

Lay of the Land

Roundhouse Exhibition Hall

An annual soirée of erotic literary readings, curated this year by Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation), UBC Indigenous Professor and co-editor of Sovereign Erotics, the first and only published collection of Two-Spirit literary erotic writing. Previously known as Queerotica, Samantha Nock rebranded the readings as Lay of the Land in 2017.

Writers:
April Sumter-Freitag
Johnny Trinh
Lydia Kwa
Samantha Nock
Smokii Sumac

Community Partners: Dagger Editions and Massy Books

Camera Obscura (hungry ghosts)

World Premiere with the frank theatre company | Roundhouse Performance Centre

A love story. A ghost story. A ritual for release.

A Vancouver artist attends the opening night of his career retrospective. Unbeknownst to gallery-goers, his past has returned to haunt him. What if what we thought we knew about our lives proved to be less than true? And how can we know the truth if the one creating it keeps it in camera, hidden?

Two beautifully young men, off in radically different directions, become entwined with the untimely death of a stranger, which seals their fate; Camera Obscura (hungry ghosts) is an exciting new contemporary play inspired by Governor General Award winning, multimedia artist, Paul Wong*. His true life and radical work provide a jumping off point for playwright and director Lesley Ewen to contemplate the act of creation as both a way of coping with despair and of telling lies. Mixing truth and fiction she spins out a world of multiple realities that re-views a double tragedy in the hope of absolution and understanding.

Actors Jeff Ho, Julien Galipeau and Braiden Houle bring the story to life with passion, intelligence and a brash sense of humour. The renowned design team, Sammy Chien, Khan Lee, Stefan Smulovitz, James Proudfoot and Hannah Case, have created an elegantly rich, multidimensional environment within which to tell this heartfelt, funny and deeply intense tale of Love and Redemption.

This performance deals with topics of racism, suicide and murder. Please care for yourself as you see fit, including leaving the theatre; you’re welcome to return quietly. We will have an Indigenous Elder available if you require support.

*Paul Wong is a Governor General Award winning, Vancouver-based notorious multimedia provocateur. He is a founding member of several important artists’ groups including VIVO Media Arts Centre, as well as curator of QueerSUM. His work includes conceptual performances which mesh video, photography, installation, and performance with Chinese-Canadian cultural perspectives.

Written and directed by Lesley Ewen.

Cast
Jeff Ho
Julian Galipeau
Braiden Houle

Khan Lee | Set Designer
Sammy Chien | Video Designer
James Proudfoot | Lighting Designer
Stefan Smulovitz | Sound Designer
Hannah Case | Costume Designer
Fay Nass | Dramaturg
Jennifer Swan | Stage Manager
Heather Barr | Assistant Stage Manager
Jeff Harrison Technical Director
Kanon Hewitt: Assistant to projection designer/operator

Community partner: Full Circle – First Nations Performance Society

Regular 4-Show Flex Passes ($79) and single tickets on sale April 16:

  • TICKETS $30 General Admission | $20 Concession
  • June 19 PREVIEW NIGHT $25 General Admission | $15 Concession
  • June 23 matinee PAY WHAT YOU CAN DAY

Written and directed by Lesley Ewen.

Cast Jeff Ho
Julian Galipeau
Braiden Houle

Khan Lee | Set Designer
Sammy Chien | Video Designer
James Proudfoot | Lighting Designer
Stefan Smulovitz | Sound Designer
Hannah Case | Costume Designer
Fay Nass | Dramaturg
Jennifer Swan | Stage Manager
Heather Barr | Assistant Stage Manager
Jeff Harrison Technical Director
Kanon Hewitt: Assistant to projection designer/operator

Community partner: Full Circle – First Nations Performance Society

Regular 4-Show Flex Passes ($79) and single tickets on sale April 16:

  • TICKETS $30 General Admission | $20 Concession
  • June 19 PREVIEW NIGHT $25 General Admission | $15 Concession
  • June 23 matinee PAY WHAT YOU CAN DAY

Entry to all QAF events requires membership to the Pride in Art Society. Memberships are available for $2 online or $5 / $2 concession at the door. Please allow a few extra minutes at your first event to obtain your new card.

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