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Contemporary Calgary, "Collider," 2019

Taking a cue from Particle Accelerators, Collider serves as a catalyst for collaborative experimentation and discovery through a collision of ideas and actions. This inaugural project employs a peer nomination process to invite 30 local artists to make Contemporary Calgary’s and the former Centennial Planetarium their studio and community hub.  Visitors to Collider will encounter a dynamic and vibrant space of creativity and collaboration in an open studio, long term residency environment that responds to our City's appetite for inclusion and diversity while showcasing the extraordinary talent in our own backyard.  Generating new work for Contemporary Calgary’s fall exhibition Planetary, residents are asked to consider ideas ranging from galactic exploration and speculative futures to meaningful memories triggered by the historic context of the former Planetarium.

Thursday, November 28, 6 - 9 PM

Collider x Calgary Cinematheque

Artists, Ryan Bourne & Rebecca Reid Present: 

2001: A Space Odyssey

Introduction by the Artists: 6 PM

Film: 6:15 PM

Runtime: 2h 44m

What better pairing than the Centennial Planetarium with 2001: A Space Odyssey! Collider artists-in-residence Ryan Bourne and Rebecca Reid are excited to partner with Calgary Cinematheque to bring Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi masterpiece to Contemporary Calgary’s iconic home. The artists will introduce the film with some fun facts about the making of this modern epic. Conceived by Kubrick and sci-fi master Arthur C. Clarke in a time of great momentum and optimism at the prospect of space exploration (in the same historical moment as the Canada Centennial Project), 2001 is s painstakingly researched and masterfully elaborated vision remains as breathtaking and relevant as ever.

EARLY DECEMBER PROGRAMS

Sunday, December 1, returning Collider resident, Shea Proulx will lead our monthly Contemporary Kids program with a 'Zine' Workshop and Dynamic Environment collaborators Peter and Magnus Von Tiesenhausen will hold an artist talk Sunday, December 8. Reserve your space today!

Sunday, December 1, 1 - 3 PM

Contemporary Kids

DIY Comic Publishing Workshop with Shea Proulx

Collider artist-in-resident Shea Proulx will lead participants through a DIY Comic Publishing Workshop for our monthly Contemporary Kids program. Using a variety of mediums, partakers will build their own comic-‘Zine’ and learn how to self-publish their work.

This family event will give participants the opportunity to learn about the basics of visual story-telling. Proulx will present a step-by-step guide on how to set up standard page sizes for at home printing and discuss important printing techniques, terms and online publishing.

Recommended ages 9+. Please note, both children and guardians need to register for this program as we will have supplies for all!

Sunday, December 8, 1 - 3 PM

Dynamic Environment Artist Talk with Peter Von Tiesenhausen

In partnership with the City of Calgary, Contemporary Calgary welcomes Dynamic Environment artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen to the Centennial Planetarium to discuss his most recent works as part of the Watershed+ artist-in-residence with Calgary Water Services. As one in a group of invited artists, Von Tiesenhausen responded to the challenges stemming from the most recent Calgary flood in collaboration with city engineers and Parks, on a riverbank stabilization project in Riverdale. As a separate project within his residency he commissioned two sound artists Jen Reimer and Magnus Tiesenhausen and cinematographer David McGregor, to create a sound and video piece in a temporarily drained (for maintenance) underground reservoir. Von Tiesenhausen will present these two Calgary based works in the context of his larger body of work.