Free Film Screening: Bauhaus - The Face of the 20th Century

Join Gallery 1C03 for a free screening of

 Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century

November 18, 2013 at 4:00 p.m.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall (3rd floor of Centennial Hall) at The University of Winnipeg

Followed by Discussion with Dr. Oliver Botar and artist Ian August

The film Bauhaus: The Face of the Twentieth Century (ArtHaus MUSIK, 1994) is presented in conjunction with Ian August’s current Gallery 1C03 exhibition RE: BUILD THEM which reflects upon the effects of the Bauhaus movement through a (re)imagining of its (would be) spaces and structures.

This stunning program looks at the development of the Bauhaus and at the key figures involved in it-including the founder Walter Gropius, his successor Mies van der Rohe, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers. The program also sets the history of the Bauhaus in the context of the political unrest and economic chaos of the Weimar Republic in Germany. The program features numerous experts including Christopher Frayling of the Royal College of Art, architectural historian Charles Jencks, and Dr. Peter Hahn, Director of the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin. Former students discuss their time at the Bauhaus, and the eminent architect Philip Johnson tells how it influenced his work. The Program contains rare archival footage of the Bauhaus at Dessau and looks at the architecture of Chicago, much influenced by Mies van der Rohe, who emigrated there after the Bauhaus was shut down by the Nazis in 1933. (50min, colour)            

After the screening, join respected Bauhaus art historian Dr. Oliver Botar and artist Ian August in conversation!

Winnipeg-based artist Ian August has presented his art in exhibitions across Canada for the last decade, including local group shows Supernovas (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2006), 26/Two-Sicks/Too-Six… (Gallery 1.1.1., 2006) and All of a Sudden… (PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts, 2013). He has been awarded grants for his work from the Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. August received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) Degree from the University of Manitoba School of Art in 2004. In 2011 he completed his Master of Fine Arts Degree at York University in Toronto. The following year August spent several months in Berlin and the rest of Germany researching the Bauhaus school and the dissemination of its ideas to North America. This project resulted in a series of paintings and drawings shown at Golden City Fine Art in Winnipeg (2012) and in the current exhibit RE: BUILD THEM.

Art historian Dr. Oliver Botar completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in urban geography at the University of Alberta in Edmonton; and a Master of Science in urban and regional planning, a Master of Arts in art history, and a Ph.D. in art history, all at the University of Toronto. He has taught art and architectural history at several Canadian universities. Since 1996 he has been professor of modern art history at the University of Manitoba, where he teaches a world survey of art and architecture, modern and contemporary art, post-war Canadian art, and art in new media. His research, writing and exhibition curating have focussed on early to mid 20^th century art, architecture, photography and media art. This work has been international in scope, with concentrations on Weimar Germany, Hungary, Canada and the United States. The art and ideas of Bauhausler László Moholy-Nagy have been a focus throughout his career. He has lectured, published, and has curated exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe. He lives and works in Winnipeg.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Wheelchair accessible.

Gallery 1C03 artists' work to be shown at Cannes Film Market!

Still from A Time is a Terrible Thing to Waste, 2012.

We are pleased to learn that Leslie Supnet and Glen Johnson's short animated film A Time is a Terrible Thing to Waste -- first presented in Gallery 1C03 as part of Supnet and Johnson's collaborative Storytime exhibition last fall -- will be one of 44 Canadian short films featured in Telefilm’s special curated program Not Short on Talent at the Cannes Market (Marché du Film) and at the Festival’s Short Film Corner (Cannes Court Métrage), which runs parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. Congratulations to the artists and to Winnipeg Film Group who is distributing the film! For more information please read this WFG press release.

Don't Forget! Screening Tomorrow!

Just a reminder we are screening the documentary, Bottled Life - The Truth About Nestle's Business With Water tomorrow in part with the UWSA's Grass Routes Sustainability festival  and Cinema Politica at the University of Winnipeg.
It takes place at Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall Wednesday, March 6th at 2:30 pm. Hope to see you all there!

Female Impersonators: Women Performing Women

Gallery 1C03 at The University of Winnipeg in partnership with the Institute for Women's and Gender Studies (IWGS) are pleased to present a special program of videos by Manitoba women artists. 

Organized in conjunction with International Women's Day celebrations and as a complement to Gallery 1C03's Herstory exhibition. Female Impersonators: Women Performing Women has been curated by internationally renowned performance artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan and will be followed by a panel discussion on feminist video and performance art with Sharon Alward, J.J. Kegan McFadden and Divya Mehra. The program and panel will take place on Wednesday, March 13 at 7:00 pm in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Come to watch the videos and then take part in the discussion with local feminist artists/cultural producers. 

Dempsey and Millan write: "Although camp has traditionally been the territory of gay men, it has long been employed by feminist performance artists as a means to critique gender and other culturally held absurdities through exaggeration, queens who clothe themselves in a heightened idea of womanhood, feminist artists have long laid bare the absurd rules of gender through its impersonation".

The videos in this single channel program of Manitoba works span twenty years from the late 1980's to the late 2000s. Each one peels back the surface of identity with intelligent humour. They mercilessly critique the overt and insidious impacts of patriarchy, bending assumptions about gender, orientation, history, sexuality, race and ethnicity along the way. In doing so, they insist on new readings of what it is to identify as female, broadening the definition to encompass a multiplicity of experience. Many express the most unladylike emotion - rage- and through its articulation urgently insist on social change. 

Female Impersonators: Women Performing Women will include videos by Sharon Alward, Rebecca Belmore, Wendy Geller, Christine Kirouac, Divya Mehra, Freya Bjorg Olafson, Victoria Prince, Nicole Shimonek, Lori Weidenhammer and Donna Lewis. 

This event is FREE, open to all and will take place in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, located on the third floor of Centennial Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Gallery 1C03's Herstory exhibition will be open for viewing from 6:00 - 7:00 pm on March 13 for those wishing to view it prior to the 7:00 pm start of Female Impersonators. For more information please contact Jennifer Gibson at 204-786-9253

We gratefully acknowledge financial assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts for this project.

Image: Rebecca Belmore, Victorious ( video still) 2007

Cinema Politica & Grass Routes presents Bottled Life

Together as part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica, Gallery 1C03 and the University of Winnipeg  Students' Association (UWSA), in partnership with the Grass Routes Sustainability Festival, present the film Bottled Life - The Truth About Nestlé's Business With Water at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on Wednesday, March 6 at 2:30 pm.

Directed by Urs Schnell (CH-US, 2012) , Bottled Life investigates Nestlé's destructive business practices concerning water commodification.

Do you know how to turn ordinary water into a billion-dollar business? In Switzerland there's a company which has developed the art to perfection - Nestlé. This company dominates the global business in bottled water.

Swiss journalist Res Gehringer has investigated this money-making phenomena. Nestlé refused to cooperate on the pretext  that it was "the wrong film at the wrong time". So Gehringer went on a journey of exploration, researching the story in the USA, Nigeria and Pakistan. His journey into the world of bottled water reveals the schemes and strategies of the most powerful food and beverage company on our planet. 

Please join us after the film for a discussion.

Bottled Life is also presented as part of Cinema Politica's network-wide "Back the Tap" campaign and Bottled Water Free Day.

All screenings will be open to all audiences - everyone is welcome. Admission is free, but donations to offset the costs of screening the film are welcome.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall is located on the third floor of Centennial Hall 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 grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for generously supporting this initiative. 

Cinema Politica tomorrow - United in Anger

Cinema Politica at the University of Winnipeg is presenting another film screening tomorrow, this one in cooperation with  the UWSA LGBT* Centre and Genderfest Winnipeg. We'll be showing United in Anger: A History of Act Up  at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on Friday, February 8th at 6:00 p.m.

Directed by veteran celebrated film maker Jim Hubbard (US, 2012), United in Anger: A History of Act Up is a unique feature-length documentary that combines startling archival footage that puts the audience on the ground with the activists and the remarkably insightful interviews from the ACT UP Oral History Project to explore ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) from a grassroots perspective – how a small group of men and women of all races and classes, came together to change the world and save each other’s lives.

The film takes the viewer through the planning and execution of a half dozen exhilarating major actions including Seize Control of the FDA, Stop the Church, and Day of Desperation, with a timeline of many of the other zaps and actions that forced the U.S. government and mainstream media to deal with the AIDS crisis. United in Anger reveals the group’s complex culture – meetings, affinity groups, and approaches to civil disobedience mingle with profound grief, sexiness, and the incredible energy of ACT UP.

Please join us after the film for a panel discussion and art presentation of 'Poster Virus' works. The aim of the event is to examine dominant biomedical approaches towards HIV prevention priorities, and allow for a discourse regarding ‘expert truths’ and their relation to real lived experiences of those affected by HIV.  Panelists include Jessica Whitbread (Canadian Treatment Action Council) and Gina McKay (Nine Circles Community Health Centre).

All screenings will be open to all audiences – everyone is welcome. Admission is free, but donations to offset the costs of screening the film are welcome.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall is located on the third floor of Centennial Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Parking.

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

Image: Scene from United in Anger.

Next Cinema Politica Screening - Myths for Profit

Cinema Politica at the University of Winnipeg's next screening will be the film  Myths for Profit: Canada's Role in Industries of War and Peace, to be shown in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on Friday, February 1 at 3:30 p.m.

Directed by Montréal-based media maker and social justice organizer Amy Miller, Myths for Profit (Canada, 2009) was selected for screening by the University of Winnipeg Part-time / Mature Students’ Centre.

This film is a dramatic, exposé documentary which explores 'Canada’s role in Industries of War and Peace’. Through diverse interviews and case studies this documentary unveils the specific interests and profits that are made by certain corporations, individuals and agencies within Canada. By examining these myths we seek to find out what are the possible motives that hide behind these stories, and if there are certain people who stand to gain and maintain these misconceptions. Only by breaking down these myths can we hope to understand how these systems of power operate, and help empower people across Canada to change them.

According to the film’s website, Myths for Profit considers the following:
MYTH 1) ‘Canada is a peacekeeping nation’
MYTH 2) ‘Canada’s military purpose is defence’
MYTH 3) ‘Canada’s aid is helping people around the world’

All screenings will be open to all audiences – everyone is welcome. Admission is free, but donations to offset the costs of screening the film are welcome.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall is located on the third floor of Centennial Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Parking.

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

Image: Scene from Myths for Profit.

Cinema Politica screening tonight - "Reel Injun"

Together as part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica, Gallery 1C03 and The University of Winnipeg Students’Association (UWSA) present the film Reel Injun (Canada, 2009). Directed by Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond, Reel Injun has won three Gemini Awards and a Peabody Award. It has been selected for screening by The University of Winnipeg Aboriginal Students' Council.

Synopsis:

Hollywood has made over 4000 films about Native people; over 100 years of movies defining how Indians art seen by the world.

Reel Injun takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through the history of cinema.

Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond looks at how the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding — and misunderstanding — of Natives.

With candid interviews with directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell and Russell Means, clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, including Stagecoach, Little Big Man, The Outlaw Josey Wales, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Atanarjuat the Fast Runner, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema’s depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today.

Please stay for a discussion after the film.

All screenings will be open to all audiences – everyone is welcome. Admission is free, but donations to offset the costs of screening the film are welcome. 

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall is located on the third floor of Centennial Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Click here for campus and parking maps.

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

Gallery 1C03 & UWSA to screen "To the Tar Sands"

Together as part of the international documentary screening network Cinema Politica, Gallery 1C03 and the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA) present the film To the Tar Sands in Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall on Thursday, November 8 at 6:30 p.m.

Directed by Emmy award winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Jodie Martinson, To the Tar Sands (Canada, 2008) was selected for screening by the UWSA Bike Lab.

The film follows a group of nineteen young environmentalists as they cycle over 1,300 kilometres northbound across Alberta to witness the impacts of Alberta’s tar sands boom firsthand. They talk to farmers, moms and dads, an urban planner, oil industry workers, the chief of a First Nations community and others along the way asking “How has the tar sands boom affected you?” As the kilometres click away, they excavate into their own complicity with Alberta’s rush to develop the tar sands.

Produced on a shoestring budget off of the back of a bicycle, To the Tar Sands screened to a sold-out crowd at the Calgary International Film Festival and was officially selected for the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver.

Please stay for a panel discussion after the film on “Activism, Cycling and Empowerment”, facilitated by Liz Williams of The University of Winnipeg Campus Sustainability Office. Panelists include David Dorning (Coordinator, UWSA Bike Lab), Andrée Forest (Volunteer, UWSA Bike Lab and Ice Rider), Alana Lajoie-O’Malley (Manager, Campus Sustainability Office), and Anika Terton (Public Education and Outreach Coordinator, Climate Change Connection).

All screenings will be open to all audiences – everyone is welcome. Admission is free, but donations to offset the costs of screening the film are welcome.

Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall is located on the third floor of Centennial Hall at The University of Winnipeg. Click here for campus and parking maps.

Gallery 1C03and the UWSA wish to thank Cinema Politica for making it possible for us to participate in this network. We are grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for generously supporting this initiative.

Image: Scene from To the Tar Sands.

Situated Cinema photos & Uncle Glennie

Beautiful day for "Situated Cinema" on The University of Winnipeg's front lawn!

If you're out and about taking in Culture Days tomorrow, drop by Gallery 1C03 to listen to "Storytime with Uncle Glennie" at 2:00 p.m.

"Storytime with Uncle Glennie" and "Situated Cinema" this week

Get ready for Uncle Glennie . . . First, he visits CKUW 95.9 FM's "Eat Your Arts and Vegetables" program on Thursday, September 27 at 5:30 p.m. to read a few stories on air. Tune in!

Next, you can experience the real deal if you visit Gallery 1C03 on Saturday, September 29. "Storytime with Uncle Glennie" will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. as part of the gallery's free Culture Days programming.



As well, Gallery 1C03 and The University of Winnipeg are pleased to host the WNDX Festival of Moving Image project "Situated Cinema" on the front lawn of UofW for 1 DAY ONLY -- Friday, September 29 from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.