SPATIAL POETICS VII - July 12

OPENING Saturday, July 12th, 2008 with performances at 7:30pm at Hunt and Gather, and at 8:00pm at Nouvelle Nouvelle
Hunt & Gather, 225 Carrall Street
Nouvelle Nouvelle, 209 Abbott Street
Various poster-boards around Gastown
More information: 604 683 8240

Featuring premieres of collaborative pieces by
Vanessa Kwan & Diyan Achjadi: So long we miss you forever
Madoka Hara & Lee Hutzulak: Shizuku
Natalie Purschwitz & Kimberley Cooper: Street Surgery

Powell Street Festival Society presents the seventh annual Spatial Poetics, an interdisciplinary event which celebrates collaboration, experimentation and innovation by a diverse line-up of artists. The end result will be a collection of new works exploring community, identity, boundaries, and the nature of performance by emerging and established Asian Canadian artists, building on the successes of previous Spatial Poetics events. Contributing greatly to the 2008 Festival theme of SENSU, this edition of Spatial Poetics will allow artists to present design-influenced works in a critically engaging, anything-goes environment. On opening day, Saturday, July 12, the event will be presented as a walking tour during which the audience can view each installation and poster piece in one wander. Performances take place at Hunt and Gather at 7:30pm and at 8:00pm at Nouvelle Nouvelle.

Spatial Poetics VII combines works by partnered artists, Vanessa Kwan & Diyan Achjadi, Madoka Hara & Lee Hutzulak, and Natalie Purschwitz & Kimberley Cooper. These three groups will present an eclectic mixture of print-based works, textile art, dance, music and installation art in various sites throughout Vancouver7rsquo;s Gastown and Downtown Eastside.

So long we miss you forever is a poster project by Vancouver artists Diyan Achjadi and Vanessa Kwan. Focussed in the Downtown Eastside/ Chinatown area, the work imagines a fond farewell from the old signs in the neighbourhood; in the wake of rapid development in the area, they are old friends bidding adieu. Natalie Purschwitz and Kimberley Cooper will create Street Surgery, a lighthearted attempt to investigate the theme of construction in Vancouver. Inspired by the long lasting Vancouver drizzles, Shizuku is an installation by Madoka Hara and music performance with Lee Hutzulak. The project is a reflection of interest in repetitions.

This is a pre-festival event for the 32nd Annual Powell Street Festival, held in Oppenheimer Park and the Firehall Arts Centre on August 2nd and 3rd, 2008.

http://www.powellstreetfestival.com/season/2008/spatial_vii.html