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Thanks to LOMAA for putting together this great cheat sheet of events to check out this weekend!
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So many AMAZING people here in London have been working VERY hard on planning the end to your week.
Below is a quick "cheat sheet" (if you will...) to all the happenings taking place in London ON Wednesday March 18 through to Sunday March 22. We are also providing corresponding links to the FB events and websites for you, because we are nice like that.
AND! If you are in T...oronto and want to come down for the festivities but are strapped for cash (because who isn't?) there will be a FREE bus leaving from Mercer Union on Friday SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE! Sign up soon because spots are DWINDLING.
http://westernopenstudios.rsvpify.com/
WE HOPE YOU ARE EXCITED AS WE ARE FOR THIS GREAT WEEKEND! SEE YOU SOON FRIENDS!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1018635741484435/
http://www.events.westernu.ca/…/vi…/2015-03/davidrokeby.html
http://mcintoshgallery.ca/exhibitions/current.html
https://www.facebook.com/events/1403777229929812/
https://www.facebook.com/events/661287854016585/
https://www.facebook.com/boringartconference
https://www.facebook.com/events/755159524597880
https://www.facebook.com/events/415228525309905/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1014078275288610/
GOOD MORNING!
So many AMAZING people here in London have been working VERY hard on planning the end to your week.
Below is a quick "cheat sheet" (if you will......) to all the happenings taking place in London ON Wednesday March 18 through to Sunday March 22. We are also providing corresponding links to the FB events and websites for you, because we are nice like that.
AND! If you are in Toronto and want to come down for the festivities but are strapped for cash (because who isn't?) there will be a FREE bus leaving from Mercer Union on Friday SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE! Sign up soon because spots are DWINDLING.
http://westernopenstudios.rsvpify.com/
WE HOPE YOU ARE EXCITED AS WE ARE FOR THIS GREAT WEEKEND! SEE YOU SOON FRIENDS!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1018635741484435/
http://www.events.westernu.ca/…/vi…/2015-03/davidrokeby.html
http://mcintoshgallery.ca/exhibitions/current.html
https://www.facebook.com/events/1403777229929812/
https://www.facebook.com/events/661287854016585/
https://www.facebook.com/boringartconference
https://www.facebook.com/events/755159524597880
https://www.facebook.com/events/415228525309905/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1014078275288610/
"Here is something wonderful to ponder about boredom. It may seem that boredom is a natural human trait, something that's been around as long as people have. But it turns out that is not true: as a theme in literature, boredom is an invention of the nineteenth century. The historian Walter Benjamin thought boredom was invented by the middle classes around 1840, and whether or not that's exactly right, no one made boredom into a theme -- no one complained about it, novelists d...idn't write about it, diarists didn't dwell on it -- before the nineteenth century. The French word "ennui" came into common use at about the same time, and so did the Italian word "noia." I don't doubt that in the Renaissance people often found themselves at a loss about how to spend an afternoon, but no one was vexed by boredom, or in need of continuous distractions. Not a single Renaissance artist left a diary, or a letter, describing the appalling boredom of the long hours spent in the studio."
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In lieu of a closing reception on Saturday night, our conference attendants are invited to the inaugural reception of Satellite Project Space, a collaborative effort between four London-based institutions: bealart, Fanshawe College, Western University, and Museum London. After the reception, you are invited to Forest City Gallery's event, A PARTY, in 121 Studios just downstairs, where you can expect food, drink, dance, and balloons.
Both events are a short bus ride from the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre: take either route 6 or 13 downtown to Richmond at Dundas and walk 1 block east. We'll also have more information for you at the conference.
After enjoying or yawning through the conference, check out Marc Couroux's artist talk.
Thank you to Derrick Chang, one of our panellists, for sharing this video with us! Ideas about boredom (up until 2:30). Check it out!
There will be a free bus traveling from Toronto to London and back to Toronto on March 20th for the Western Open Studio event. For conference attendants who are wanting to come to Western's Open Studios on March 20th but find yourself without a car and too broke for a greyhound or via rail, worry no more. The FREE BUS leaves Mercer Union at 1:30pm and returns at 9:30 that very same night.
RSVP here: http://westernopenstudios.rsvpify.com/
Stay late after the conference and join us for Forest City Gallery's fundraising party! The location is still a secret, but it's bound to be a good one.
Happening the night before Boredom, and topping off a day of Western Open Studios! A big after-party to follow. Conference attendants are encouraged to come out for a full day of fantastic work.
Boredom has joined forces with a few phenomenal events happening both on and off-campus through March 20-22. We'll be announcing them here, and out-of-town conference attendants are encouraged to arrive a little early and stay a little late.
We are happy to announce the lineup of panelists and guest speakers for Boredom on March 21, 2015. Our keynote speaker is scholar/composer/improviser Eldritch Priest. Our Professional Panel will consist of Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Julian Jason Haladyn, Dan Mellamphy, and Eldrtich Priest, chaired by Christof Migone. Visit our website for more information, including a full schedule of the conference and presenter bios.
"As a teenager I was often and intensely bored. No, that is not quite right. As a teenager I was often and intensely afraid. For the adolescent they are really the same thing. One is frightened of being bored, and fed up with being afraid, but most of the time the two feelings are inextricable - adolescence is a time for what Roland Barthes (who was talking about his own childhood and middle age) called 'panic boredom.'"
- Brian Dillon, "RB and Me: An Education"
Western University Visual Arts Graduate Conference updated their cover photo.
We have extended the deadline for submissions to February 6th, 2015! All applicants will be notified the results on February 13th, 2015. Visit https://boringartconference.wordpress.com/ for more details, and please don't hesitate to email or message us with any questions.
