Minutia reviews

Check out 3 reviews on Gallery 1C03's current exhibition Minutia: Alison Gillmor in the Winnipeg Free Press, Sandee Moore in Uptown Magazine, and Emily Hurtado in The Manitoban.

Stop by the show to have a look for yourself. Exhibition is on until April 2 and there is still space on the walls to contribute to the dialogue!

Cinema Politica: Reel Bad Arabs

Together as part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica, Gallery 1C03 and The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) are pleased to present the film Reel Bad Arabs at

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall (Third Floor, University of Winnipeg) on Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m.

Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

Sut Jhally / USA / 2006 / 60 min

This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today.

Shaheen shows how the persistence of these images over time has served to naturalize prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab culture, in the process reinforcing a narrow view of individual Arabs and the effects of specific US domestic and international policies on their lives. By inspiring critical thinking about the social, political, and basic human consequences of leaving these Hollywood caricatures unexamined, the film challenges viewers to recognize the urgent need for counter-narratives that do justice to the diversity and humanity of Arab people and the reality and richness of Arab history and culture.

Reel Bad Arabs was selected for screening by The University of Winnipeg Muslim Students Association. Discussion following the film will be facilitated by Shahina Siddiqui, Executive Director of Islamic Social Services.

For more information about Reel Bad Arabs please visit: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/node/2094 For more information about the Cinema Politica Network please visit: www.cinemapolitica.org.

All are welcome to this free event! Donations will be accepted in order to facilitate future Cinema Politica events at The University of Winnipeg.

Gallery 1C03 and the UWSA wish to thank Cinema Politica for making it possible for us to participate in this network. We are always grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for generously supporting this initiative.

TONIGHT -- Cinema Politica: Water on the Table

Together as part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica, Gallery 1C03 and The University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) are pleased to present the film Water on the Table at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall (Third Floor, University of Winnipeg) on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m.

Water on the Table
Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?
Liz Marshall / Canada / 2010 / 79 minutes

Water On The Table is a character-driven, social-issue documentary by Liz Marshall that explores Canada’s relationship to its fresh water, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?

Water On The Table features Maude Barlow, who is considered an “international water-warrior” for her crusade to have water declared a human right. ”Water must be declared a public trust and a human right that belongs to the people, the ecosystem and the future, and preserved for all time and practice in law. Clean water must be delivered as a public service, not a profitable commodity.”

The film intimately captures the public face of Maude Barlow as well as the unscripted woman behind the scenes. The camera shadows her life on the road in Canada and the United States over the course of a year as she leads an unrelenting schedule. From 2008 – 2009 Barlow served as the U.N. Senior Advisor on Water to Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd Session of the United Nations.

In conjunction with Bottled Water Free Day that takes place on March 10, 2011, Cinema Politica at The University of Winnipeg invites students, faculty, staff, and community to a free screening of Water on the Table. The evening will include a special video message to the campus and community from Maude Barlowe. Discussion following the film will be moderated by, Dr. Mary LeMaitre, Winnipeg Water Watch Chair.

All are welcome to this free event! Donations will be accepted in order to facilitate future Cinema Politica events at The University of Winnipeg.

Gallery 1C03 and the UWSA wish to thank Cinema Politica for making it possible for us to participate in this network. We are always grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for generously supporting this initiative.

Image: Maude Barlowe, from Water on the Table by Liz Marshall

New location for Robert Kelly artist talk

Please note that Robert Kelly's public artist talk on his conceptual bookwork installation "Minutia" will now take place in Gallery 1C03 tomorrow (Friday, March 3) at 12:30 p.m. Come on out -- he's a great speaker!

Robert Kelly Minutia

Gallery 1C03 presents

Robert Kelly

Minutia
March 3 – April 2, 2011

Artist-led workshop in collaboration with Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts: “Minutia: The Books I Didn’t Write – Generating Thoughts, Ideas and Forms in a Digital Age”, March 2, 7 – 9 p.m. at Gallery 1C03
Opening reception: March 3, 4 – 6 p.m. at Gallery 1C03
Artist’s lecture in collaboration with Alliance for Arts Education in Manitoba: “The Creative Disposition: Understanding Creativity Competencies and Creative Maturity”, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall (3^rd floor, Centennial Hall)
Artist’s talk: March 4 at 12:30 p.m. in Room 2C14 (2^nd floor, Centennial Hall)
Artist-led workshop in collaboration with The Writers’ Collective: “The Book of The and Another Book of The: Idea Generation – The Indispensable Core of Creativity”, March 5, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Gallery 1C03

Calgary-based artist Robert Kelly’s love of language led him to create this conceptual installation consisting of eleven distinct books of concrete poetry displayed on lecterns. A piece whose initial imposing appearance belies the artist’s often playful manipulation of text, the bookworks are based on the eleven words from the sentence fragment “the first time I heard the sound of a page turning.” Kelly’s point is to consider how awareness of minutiae is fundamental to meaningfulness. Minutia demonstrates this by isolating and recontextualizing components from the English language to create an arena in which to explore meaning. Kelly’s installation uses words, letters and sounds in his books to explore the meaningless/meaningful dynamic and challenge our level of awareness.

A special interactive component of the installation is an invitation for gallery visitors to respond to the texts in Minutia using graphite supplied by Gallery 1C03 to write or sketch their thoughts directly on the gallery walls.

Robert Kelly works in Calgary as a conceptual artist and educator. He practices in various media including painting, printmaking, installation and performance. Kelly’s themes are as diverse as his media, as revealed by two bodies of work which he continues to develop: White Noise is a new series of public installations and events focused on the threshold between passive tolerance and action, while Concept of Raven is a group of large-scale painted constructions that use the raven to explore spiritual, cultural and ecological perspectives. Kelly teaches creativity theory and practice, studio art and design and curriculum theory and design for the faculties of art and education at the University of Calgary. The editor of two recent publications on creativity as a primary rationale for education, Kelly has delivered many lectures and workshops on the subject of creativity and educational practice and serves as a consultant for the new Fine Arts Curriculum Initiative for the Alberta Ministry of Education. Kelly has presented his art in solo and group exhibitions across Alberta and in British Columbia and Ontario. Since its initial presentation at the Nickle Arts Museum in Calgary, Kelly’s conceptual bookwork installation Minutia has also been shown at the Maltwood Gallery in Victoria and at the McIntosh Gallery in London, Ontario. Minutia is Robert Kelly’s first solo exhibition in Manitoba.

Gallery 1C03 gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from The University of Winnipeg, Manitoba Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Regular gallery hours: Monday – Friday: 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.; Saturday: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Admission to Gallery, reception, artist's lecture and artist’s talk are free and open to all. Pre-registration is required for workshops and registration fees apply. Contact Platform at outreach@platformgallery.org or The Writers’ Collective at writerscollective@uwinnipeg.ca for details.

For information, contact: Jennifer Gibson, Curator, Gallery 1C03 1st floor, Centennial Hall, The University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg MB R3B 2E9 204.786.9253 | j.gibson@uwinnipeg.ca uwinnipeg.ca/index/artgallery-index | gallery1C03.blogspot.com

2nd unSacred review & 2 days left

Sandee Moore responds to unSacred in today's Uptown mag. You've got 2 more days to see the show if you haven't already!

unSacred review

Have a look at Alison Gillmor's review of Gallery 1C03's current exhibition unSacred in today's Winnipeg Free Press.