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Guy Maddin, "The Heart of the World," 2000

film still, Courtesy of the artist

Reception: Thursday, January 12, 4 – 7 p.m.

Formal remarks at 4:30 p.m. with Annette Trimbee, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Winnipeg and Howard Curle, University of Winnipeg Film Professor

Conversation with Alison Gillmor, Evan Johnson, and Guy Maddin: January 12 at 7 p.m.

Panel discussion "Cinematic Experimentalism" with Andrew Burke, Mike Maryniuk, Rhayne Vermette and Sol Nagler: January 30 at 7 p.m.

Panel discussion "Unravelling the braids of colonialism, gender and the body" with Julie Nagam, Danishka Esterhazy, The Ephemerals, Freya Bjorg Olafson: February 9 at 7 p.m.

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Gallery 1C03 presents the group exhibition Moving Images in honour of the Gallery’s 30^th anniversary and The University of Winnipeg’s 50^th anniversary. The exhibit is co-curated by Gallery 1C03 director/curator Jennifer Gibson and art historian and film critic Alison Gillmor. Moving Images features 23 short films/videos created by artists/artist collectives who have an affiliation with the University: alumni, current/former students and faculty/instructors. Works are shown in Gallery 1C03 on a loop in one of five thematic programs. Each program is on view for one week only as follows: To Make a Prairie (January 12 – 21); The Personal is Political (January 23 – 28); The Haunted Cinema (January 30 – February 4); Women’s Voices, Women’s Lives (February 6 – 11); and Funny Haha and Funny Peculiar (February 13 – 18). Details below.

Exhibiting artists include Sharon Alward, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Kevin Lee Burton, Shelagh Carter and Deborah Schnitzer, Ervin Chartrand, Roewan Crowe, The Ephemerals, Danishka Esterhazy, Glen Johnson, Paula Kelly, Matthew Kennedy and Conor Sweeney, John Kozak and Howard Curle, Guy Maddin, Markus.Milos.Ian.Fabian, Mike Maryniuk and Matthew Rankin, Ryan McKenna, Solomon Nagler, Freya Bjorg Olafson, Danielle Sturk, Leslie Supnet, BJ Verot and Brad Crawford, and Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Gallery 1C03 is partnering with the University’s Library to present a continuous screening of Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s Séances project and a selection of Maddin’s collages in the Library’s Hamilton Galleria (4^th floor mezzanine level of Centennial Hall).

Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin will also join Moving Images co-curator Alison Gillmor in conversation to discuss the role of the archive in their films on January 12 at 7 p.m. in the University’s Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall. This event is also planned in partnership with the University Library.

Additional affiliated programming includes two panel discussions. English Studies professor Dr. Andrew Burke will moderate a panel on cinematic experimentalism with artists Mike Maryniuk, Rhayne Vermette and Sol Nagler on January 30 at 7 p.m. The University’s Chair of Indigenous Arts of North America Dr. Julie Nagam will moderate a discussion with Danishka Esterhazy, The Ephemerals and Freya Bjorg Olafson on February 9 at 7 p.m. Both panels take place in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall.

An on-line publication related to the exhibition is also being planned, featuring texts by Alison Gillmor, Jennifer Gibson, Roewan Crowe and more.

Screening programs

January 12 – 21, 2017 – To Make a Prairie

• Cattle Call (2008) by Mike Maryniuk & Matthew Rankin (3:30)
• Queer Grit (2004) by Roewan Crowe (5:25)
• Souvenirs – Watermarks (2008) by Paula Kelly (10:45)
• Bon Voyage (2009) by Ryan McKenna (5:37)
• TOTAL RUN TIME: 25:17  

January 23 – 28, 2017 - The Personal is Political

• 504938C (2005) by Ervin Chartrand (6:05)
• Nikamowin (Song) (2008) by Kevin Lee Burton (11:00)
• yaya/ayat (2010) by Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot (5:25)
• In Still Time (2015) by Leslie Supnet (10:23)
• Land Memories: Starlight Tours (2015) by Scott Benesiinaabandan (3:34)
• TOTAL RUN TIME: 36:27  

January 30 – February 4, 2017 – The Haunted Cinema

• The Heart of the World (2000) by Guy Maddin (6:34)
• perhaps/WE (2003) by Solomon Nagler (11:12)
• HYPER_ (2012) by Freya Bjorg Olafson (3:00)
• Rasguno (2006) by Matthew Kennedy & Conor Sweeney (8:25) 
• TOTAL RUN TIME: 29:11  

February 6 – 11, 2017 Women’s Pictures, Women’s Lives

• Clean (2015) by Danielle Sturk (2:44)
• The Singing Bones (2016) by Danishka Esterhazy (12:44)
• Maiden Indian (2011) by The Ephemerals (3:25)
• Zuma (2012) by Sharon Alward (12:26)
• Canoe (2010) by Shelagh Carter & Deborah Schnitzer (6:13) 
• TOTAL RUN TIME: 37:32  

February 13 - 18, 2017 - Funny Haha and Funny Peculiar

• Two Men in Search of a Plot (1976) by John Kozak & Howard Curle (6:00)
• The Champ (2015) by Markus.Milos.Ian.Fabian (8:55)
• Loss of Contact (2014) by BJ Verot & Brad Crawford (4:38)
• The Idea (2012) by Leslie Supnet (2:55)
• Whine (2016) by Johnson (3:57)
• TOTAL RUN TIME: 26:25  

Regular gallery hours

Monday – Friday: 12:00 – 4:00 pm

Saturday: 1:00 – 4:00 pm