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SUMMARY:Artist Talk by Tsēmā Igharas
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URL:https://plugin.org/event/artist-talk-by-tsema-igharas/
LOCATION:87 Higgins Ave\, 87 Higgins Ave\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210917T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210917T230000
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SUMMARY:Tailings Pool | Pool Party
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the launch of Tailings Pool by Tsēmā Igharas\, Plug In ICA will host a Pool Party on Friday\, September 17 from 7 to 11 pm at 87 Higgins Ave. Poolside performances will take place throughout the evening. Guests are invited to arrive in beachside attire. \n 
URL:https://plugin.org/event/tailings-pool-pool-party/
LOCATION:87 Higgins Ave\, 87 Higgins Ave\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210917T060000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211003T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
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SUMMARY:Tailings Pool: A temporary public artwork by Tsēmā Igharas
DESCRIPTION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art’s  STAGES biennial 2021 is pleased to present: \nTailings Pool \nA temporary public art project by Tsēmā Igharas \nSeptember 17  – October 3\, 2021 \nOffsite at 87 Higgins Ave\, Winnipeg\, MB
URL:https://plugin.org/event/tailings-pool-a-temporary-public-artwork-by-tsema-igharas/
LOCATION:87 Higgins Ave\, 87 Higgins Ave\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210821T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211217T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
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SUMMARY:When Veins Meet Like Rivers; ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖅ / okhížata / maadawaan\, featuring asinnajaq\, Kite & Dayna Danger
DESCRIPTION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is honoured to announce When Veins Meet Like Rivers; ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖅ / okhížata / maadawaan an exhibition featuring asinnajaq\, Kite and Dayna Danger\, which will take place in our galleries from August 21 until December 17\, 2021. \nSubmit. Resist. Care. Heal. \nSharing and being transparent was the starting point of the work and always offering what felt true.  Traditionalists might balk at the lack of formal evidence\, but the silence was the language of trust the 4 of us worked in. The ability to reveal\, hold\, know and create while being in remote orbit.  Constant care and consideration.  \n– Allison Yearwood\, Executive Director of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
URL:https://plugin.org/event/when-veins-meet-like-rivers-%e1%91%b2%e1%91%8e%e1%93%90%e1%93%82%e1%96%85-okhizata-maadawaan-featuring-asinnajaq-kite-dayna-danger/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210717T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210717T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20210709T011925Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk | Lori Blondeau in discussion with Franchesca Hebert-Spence
DESCRIPTION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to present: \nArtist Talk | Lori Blondeau in discussion with Franchesca Hebert-Spence\n\nJuly 17\, 2021 | 7 pm \nLive streamed at www.plugin.org \n\nPlease join us on Saturday\, July 17\, 2021 at 7 pm for a conversation between Lori Blondeau and Franchesca Hebert-Spence as they discuss Blondeau’s accomplished artistic practice and her exhibition I’m Not Your Kinda Princess currently on display at Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. The event will be live streamed on www.plugin.org and will include a question and answer period moderated by Plug In ICA’s Executive Director\, Allison Yearwood.  \nLori Blondeau is Cree/Saulteaux/Métis from Saskatchewan. Since the 1990s\, Blondeau’s artistic practice in the fields of performance\, photography and installation\, along with her curatorial work and activities as co-founder and Executive Director of the Indigenous art collective TRIBE\, has proved decisive to the ever-increasing centrality of Indigenous art and knowledge production in Canada. With her performances\, which include Are You My Mother? (2000)\, Sisters (2002) and States of Grace (2007) and photographic work\, including COSMOSQUAW (1996)\, Lonely Surfer Squaw (1997) and Asinîy Iskwew (2016)\, Blondeau’s practice\, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with fellow Visual artists including Visual Artists James Luna\, Rebecca Belmore\, Shelly Niro and Adrian Stimson\, demonstrates a clarity of focus which is remarkable for its precision\, humour and strength. Her photographic and installation work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Windsor (Ontario)\, Kelowna Art Gallery\, the Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton) and Remai Modern (Saskatoon) among numerous others. Her performance pieces have been showcased at Nuit Blanche (Saskatoon and Winnipeg)\, VIVO (Vancouver)\, Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) and the 2007 Venice Biennial. Blondeau has participated in panel discussions and given lectures at the AGO\, the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)\, the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (Santa Fe) and the 2020 Sydney Biennale. Since 2018\, Blondeau is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Art at the University of Manitoba School of Art; sat on the Advisory Panel for the Canada Council\, Visual Arts program and served as a member of the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective. Blondeau was a recipient of the 2021 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. \nFranchesca Hebert-Spence is Anishinaabe and her grandmother Marion Ida Spence was from Sagkeeng First Nation\, on Lake Winnipeg\, Manitoba. Hebert-Spence is an independent curator and writer whose engagement with her community is directly informed by kinship and it’s responsibilities. The foundation for this practice sprung from Ishkabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg\, Brandon University Visual and Aboriginal Arts program. She previously served as an Adjunct Curator\, Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Alberta\, and a Curatorial Assistant within the Indigenous Art Department at the National Gallery of Canada. She is a currently a PhD student in Cultural Mediations (Visual Culture) at Carleton University\, and is a Fellow on the Morrisseau Project under Dr. Carmen Robertson.  \n\n\n\n\n\nAcknowledgments \nWe are on Treaty 1 Territory. Plug In ICA is located on the territories of the Anishinaabeg\, Cree\, Oji-Cree\, Dakota\, and Dene peoples\, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. \nLori Blondeau: I’m Not Your Kinda Princess was curated by Nasrin Himada. The exhibition is open by appointment and runs until July 31\, 2021.  \nPlug In ICA extends our heartfelt gratitude to the artists we work with\, our generous donors\, valued members\, and dedicated volunteers. We acknowledge the sustaining support of our Director’s Circle. You all make a difference. \nWe gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council\, the Manitoba Arts Council and Winnipeg Arts Council. We could not operate without their continued financial investment and lobbying efforts. \nPlug In ICA relies on community support to remain free and accessible to all\, and enable us to continue to present excellent programs. Please consider becoming a member of Plug In ICA and a donor at https://plugin.org/support or by contacting Angela Forget at angela@plugin.org. \nFor more information on public programming and exhibitions contact Luther Konadu at luther@plugin.org. \nFor general information\, please contact: info@plugin.org or call 1.204.942.1043
URL:https://plugin.org/event/artist-talk-lori-blondeau-in-discussion-with-franchesca-hebert-spence/
LOCATION:Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210311T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210731T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Lori Blondeau | I'm Not Your Kinda Princess
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URL:https://plugin.org/event/exhibition-lori-blondeau-im-not-your-kinda-princess/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200926T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201220T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20200925T032421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200925T032421Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Sovereign Intimacies
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URL:https://plugin.org/event/exhibition-sovereign-intimacies/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200926T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201220T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20200925T032230Z
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: of سندباد and sandbox by Gelare Khoshgozaran
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URL:https://plugin.org/event/exhibition-of-%d8%b3%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%af-and-sandbox-by-gelare-khoshgozaran/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200921T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200921T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20200914T040558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200914T040558Z
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SUMMARY:Plug In ICA Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://plugin.org/event/plug-in-ica-annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200818T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200818T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20200715T201017Z
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SUMMARY:May There Always Be Sunshine (The Wind And The Void) | Artist Talk by Kandis Friesen
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on August 18th at 6PM CT for May There Always Be Sunshine (The Wind And The Void)\, an online artist talk by Kandis Friesen. \nLink to Live Stream \nThe flag says this\, this motto\, like a state greeting card to the child on the event of every sunrise of each year. The epic is always dawning\, and we arise to its awakening\, follow in its flow. This is the ghost we are surrounded by – this sunshine\, the wind\, and the void. \nWorking with text between language\, image\, and object\, Kandis Friesen presents an artist lecture on construction and collage\, moving along paths of making and thinking that reside on the edges\, in movements and movement\, in exiled and exhilarated states. Drawing on the practices of unofficial artists in her extended family\, the work of Moscow conceptualist and other Soviet artists\, and the use of grafting and montage in a range of other practices\, Friesen will speak about installation\, virtuality\, and diaspora. Her research and methods work in parallel with such practices\, where citation becomes a kind of collective literature\, a writing-into the world. This is a work of constant translation and transposition\, where the replica and the copy\, the echo and the choir develop as central modes. Such a relay brings together histories not yet written\, art works not yet named\, and monuments and memories not yet formed: resistant to the solid and committed to dispersal. This commitment is a diasporic site-specificity – the connected dispersal as site – allowing ideas\, objects\, actions and texts to remain contiguous across expansive realms. \nThere is a secret\, and I don’t let on. I’m ready for the knowing. It is about balance\, poise\, and waiting. I know there is an inside and an outside\, the entrance vague but understood. The untethered is the ethos here\, tethered only to other untethered\, so that the choir’s voice is both the ship and the sail. \n  \n\nKandis Friesen’s work is anchored in diasporic language\, dispersed translations\, and disintegrating archival forms. Often circulating as video\, sculpture\, installation\, and writing\, her compositions build from architectural\, material\, and spectral inhabitations of exile\, amplifying minute and myriad histories at once. Her work has been exhibited and screened at LUX (London\, UK)\, Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago\, US)\, Chicago Architecture Biennial (Chicago\, US)\, TRUCK Contemporary (Calgary\, CA)\, Art Gallery of Hamilton (Hamilton\, CA)\, FIFA (Montreal\, CA)\, WNDX (Winnipeg\, CA)\, MIX NYC (NYC\, US)\, Athens Digital Arts Festival (Athens\, GR)\, and Jihlava International Film Festival (Jihlava\, CZ)\, among others. She has received grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts\, CALQ\, the Images Festival Steamwhistle Award (with Nahed Mansour\, 2012)\, Best Canadian Work at WNDX (2018)\, and the Brucebo Art Foundation Travel Research Grant (2019). Her video works are distributed by Groupe Intervention Vidéo in Montreal. \nAll public programming is free and open to the public. \n  \n\nAssociated Programming \nArtist Talk by Catherine Opie | Thursday\, July 23\, 2020 | 6PM CT\nCo-presentation with Centre for Research in Cultural Studies University of Winnipeg (CRiCS)\, MAWA\, and the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.\n \nSolo Exhibition | The Modernist by Catherine Opie | June 10 – August 22\, 2020 \nSolo Exhibition | The Cedar\, The Birch\, Our Hands At Full-Mast\, Behind The After by Kandis Friesen | June 10 – August 22\, 2020
URL:https://plugin.org/event/may-there-always-be-sunshine-the-wind-and-the-void-artist-talk-by-kandis-friesen/
LOCATION:Online Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Plug%20In%20ICA":MAILTO:info@plugin.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200723T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200723T200000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk by Catherine Opie
DESCRIPTION:Plug In ICA would like to extend a warm welcome to join us on Thursday\, July 23 at 6PM CT for an online Artist Talk by Catherine Opie. \nThe talk will begin with a screening of Opie’s The Modernist after which Opie will discuss her career from the early 1990s until today focusing on her most recent works\, The Modernist (2017) & Swamps and Political Collages (2019). The talk will be followed by a Q+A moderated by Jenifer Papararo. \nLink to Live Stream \n  \n\nCatherine Opie was born in Sandusky\, OH in 1961 and received her B.F.A. from San Francisco Art Institute and a M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. Since 2001\, she has been a professor of photography at the University of California\, Los Angeles. \nHer work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions worldwide. Selected solo exhibitions include Keeping an Eye on the World\, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter\, Oslo (2017); 700 Nimes Road\, MOCA Pacific Design Center\, Los Angeles (2016); Portraits\, Hammer Museum\, Los Angeles (2016); Portraits and Landscapes\, Wexner Center for the Arts\, Columbus (2015); Empty and Full\, Institute of Contemporary Art\, Boston (2011); Figure and Landscape\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2010); American Photographer\, Guggenheim Museum\, New York (2008); Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago (2006); and Skyways and Icehouses\, Walker Art Center\, Minneapolis (2002); among others. \nOpie has received numerous awards\, including the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Medal (2016); Julius Shulman Excellence in Photography Award (2013); Women’s Caucus for Art: President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement (2009); United States Artists Fellowship (2006); Larry Aldrich Award (2004); Washington University Freund Fellowship (1999); and the Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artist Award (1997). \nWork by the artist is included in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide\, such as the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art\, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York; Tate Modern\, London; Walker Art Center\, Minneapolis; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Israel Museum\, Jerusalem; and Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo\, Mexico City; among others. \nShe lives and works in Los Angeles\, CA. \nAll public programming is free and open to the public. \n  \n\nAssociated Programming \nMay There Always Be Sunshine (The Wind And The Void) | Artist Talk by Kandis Friesen | Tuesday\, August 18\, 2020 | 6PM CT \nSolo Exhibition | The Modernist by Catherine Opie | June 10 – August 22\, 2020 \nSolo Exhibition | The Cedar\, The Birch\, Our Hands At Full-Mast\, Behind The After by Kandis Friesen | June 10 – August 22\, 2020 \nThis artist talk is presented in conjunction with Catherine Opie’s solo exhibition at Plug In ICA on view from June 10 – August 22\, 2020. The artist talk is a co-presentation with Centre for Research in Cultural Studies at the University of Winnipeg (CRiCS)\, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA)\, and Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/artist-talk-by-catherine-opie/
LOCATION:Online Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Plug%20In%20ICA":MAILTO:info@plugin.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200610T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200822T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
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SUMMARY:Catherine Opie: The Modernist & Kandis Friesen: The Cedar\, The Birch\, Our Hands At Full-Mast\, Behind The After
DESCRIPTION:Open by appointment June 10 – August 22\, 2020. Appointments are available Wednesday – Saturday from 1-4pm\, please contact info@plugin.org or 204-942-1043 to schedule your visit. \nSolo Exhibition | The Modernist by Catherine Opie | June 10 – August 22\, 2020 \n \n  \nSolo Exhibition | The Cedar\, The Birch\, Our Hands At Full-Mast\, Behind The After by Kandis Friesen | June 10 – August 22\, 2020 \n \n  \n 
URL:https://plugin.org/event/catherine-opie-the-modernist-kandis-friesen-the-cedar-the-birch-our-hands-at-full-mast-behind-the-after/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191221T024705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191221T024705Z
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SUMMARY:Hyphen-Labs: NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism
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URL:https://plugin.org/event/hyphen-labs-neurospeculative-afrofeminism/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200323
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191221T024524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191221T024524Z
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SUMMARY:Chen Zhe: Towards Evenings
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URL:https://plugin.org/event/chen-zhe-towards-evenings/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191230
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200124
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191221T024346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191221T024346Z
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SUMMARY:Galleries and shop closed between exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:Our galleries and shop will be closed during installation
URL:https://plugin.org/event/galleries-and-shop-closed-between-exhibitions/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191227
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
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SUMMARY:Holiday Closure
DESCRIPTION:Plug In will be closed December 24\, 25\, 26
URL:https://plugin.org/event/holiday-closure/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191217T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191217T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
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SUMMARY:Hannah Black Keynote Address
DESCRIPTION:Prominent artist\, writer and critic\, Hannah Black studied English Literature at Cambridge University before completing an MFA in Art Writing at Goldsmiths\, University of London. She then participated in Whitney’s Independent Study program. Black has published two books\, Life (2017)\, in collaboration with Juliana Huxtable\, and Dark Pool Party (2016). Along with Ciarán Finlayson\, and Tobi Haslett\, Black was the co-author of the seminal article in Artforum\, “The Teargas Biennial.” She has screened and shown in exhibitions across Europe and the United States most recently at Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art; Sharjah Biennial 14; Performance Space New York; Real Fine Arts\, New York; Centre D’Art Contemporain\, Geneva; Chisenhale Gallery\, London UK; mumok\, Vienna; Arcadia Missa\, Paris; and New Museum Theatre\, New York. \nOn Thursday\, December 12\, 2019 at 7pm\, Plug In ICA is excited to present a lecture by Hannah Black  as part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/hannah-black-keynote-address/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200307
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191210T234021Z
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SUMMARY:Soft Nails ~ ♥[ASMR] Kleincomputer Robotron KC87 ♥ | A Video Screening by Nadja Buttendorf
DESCRIPTION:Plug In ICA is screening Soft Nails ~ ♥[ASMR] Kleincomputer Robotron KC87 ♥ by Nadja Buttendorf  in our Breezeway as part of  Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops. The video will be on display until March 6\, 2020. \nThe KC stands for Kleincomputer\, in English\, literally small computer. Released in 1987 in the GDR by VEB Robotron-Meßelektronik”Otto Schön” Dresden. Originally\, the KC 87 was intended as a home computer (HC) for private households. Due to a lack of resources\, however\, the KC87 was only in use as an educational computer in educational institutions. \nASMR\, Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response\, is a net cultural form of physical stimulation through whispering and soft sounds that has developed and spread on the largest online platform YouTube. The listeners and viewers find the tingling on the skin\, triggered by those very soft noises\, very pleasant. The sight of bent fingernails\, on the other hand\, is often perceived as unpleasant. In Soft Nails\, artificial fingernails made of silicone reinforce the viewer’s reaction. The typical noises of ASMR videos are complemented by this visually irritating stimulus. \nThroughout the video\, Buttendorf whispers the information about the KC87.  In most ASMR videos only current high-tech utensils appear to evoke tingles. In Soft Nails\, Buttendorf deliberately uses high-tech from the GDR and transforms it into a pop cultural format. This video work is a satellite project for the web series Robotron – a tech opera.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/soft-nails-%e2%99%a5asmr-kleincomputer-robotron-kc87-%e2%99%a5-a-video-screening-by-nadja-buttendorf/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191205T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191205T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191109T041812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T041812Z
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SUMMARY:Morehshin Allahyari Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Morehshin Allahyari (b. 1985 in Tehran\, Iran) is a media artist\, activist\, educator\, and curator who uses computer modeling\, 3D scanning and digital fabrication techniques to explore the intersection of art and activism. Inspired by concepts of collective archiving\, memory\, and cultural contradiction\, Allahyari’s 3D printed sculptures and videos challenge social and gender norms. She is developing a new body of work on digital colonialism and ‘re-figuring’ as a feminist and decolonialist practice\, titled She Who Sees the Unknown. Researching female monsters\, jinn and dark goddesses of Middle-Eastern origin\, Allahyari devises narratives through practices of magic and poetic-speculative storytelling\, re-appropriation of traditional mythologies\, collaging\, meshing\, scanning\, and archiving. \nOn Thursday\, December 5\, 2019 at 7pm\, Plug In ICA is excited to present a lecture by Morehshin Allahyari  as part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/morehshin-allahyari-lecture/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191202T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191202T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191109T035741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T041318Z
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SUMMARY:Ali Shamas Qadeer Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Ali Shamas Qadeer is a designer and educator based in Toronto. He works in web\, print\, and web and print. After completing a BA in philosophy and religious studies at McGill University\, he developed an independent design practice in New York City before returning to school to complete an MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. His work focuses on algorithmic formmaking\, unorthodox toolmaking\, and the disciplinary and economic structures that design practices buttress. After returning to Canada in 2014\, Ali joined the faculty of OCADU where he is an Assistant Professor in the graphic and industrial design programs. In his teaching practice\, Ali champions a critical approach that always refracts through a practice of formalism and making. \nOn Monday\, December 2\, 2019 at 7pm\, Plug In ICA is excited to present a lecture by Ali Shamas Qadeer as part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/ali-shamas-qadeer-lecture/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191202
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191207
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T041252Z
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SUMMARY:Ali Shamas Qadeer Workshop
DESCRIPTION: Ali Shamas Qadeer is a designer and educator based in Toronto. He works in web\, print\, and web and print. After completing a BA in philosophy and religious studies at McGill University\, he developed an independent design practice in New York City before returning to school to complete an MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2014. His work focuses on algorithmic formmaking\, unorthodox toolmaking\, and the disciplinary and economic structures that design practices buttress. After returning to Canada in 2014\, Ali joined the faculty of OCADU where he is an Assistant Professor in the graphic and industrial design programs. In his teaching practice\, Ali champions a critical approach that always refracts through a practice of formalism and making. \nFrom Monday\, December 2 – Friday\, December 6\, 2019 Ali Shamas Qadeer will be hosting a workshop as part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/ali-shamas-qadeer-workshop/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191122T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
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SUMMARY:IM4 Media Lab Presentation
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, November 22\, 2019 at 6pm\, Plug In ICA presents a lecture by IM4 Media Labs as part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops. \nLabour of Love or LOL\, takes the “public course” as a platform for engagement\, this program highlights the various ways in which the digital is interrogated\, explored\, celebrated\, pushed to its limit\, reworked\, re-invented by artists\, scholars\, curators\, writers and others. The course encompasses a full array of events\, delving into such topics as coding\, circuit bending\, VR\, AI and AR\, gaming\, scanning\, and 3D printing. Divided into two streams\, a lecture and screening series\, and workshops\, Labour of Love at its most general examines the relationship between the economics of labour and the digital arts as it contends with the conditions of racial capitalism. As a research platform\, we aim to build an understanding of the digital by presenting artists who invent new trajectories through various technologies.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/im4-media-lab-presentation/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191122T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191123T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191109T035314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T035416Z
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SUMMARY:IM4 Media Lab Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The workshop is a comprehensive 2-day Intro to VR/AR/360 video workshop that empowers Indigenous students (ages 16-24) with the tools\, knowledge\, and skills required to create their own live action immersive experiences. It will showcase how Indigenous media creators have used and embraced VR/AR/360 video. Throughout the two days\, the instructor will provide a clear understanding to the VR/360 filmmaking process offering tools\, knowledge\, and on-hand experience to enable students with the skills to create their own VR/360 video project using the new technologies.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/im4-media-lab-workshop/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191118T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191118T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191109T034604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T034604Z
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SUMMARY:Code\, Corals\, Capitalism and Curls | A lecture by Carmen Aguilar y Wedge of Hyphen-Labs
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, November 18\, 2019 at 8pm\, Plug In ICA presents a lecture by Carmen Aguilar y Wedge of Hyphen-Labs as part of Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops. Code\, Corals\, Capitalism and Curls will look at an international approach to tackling issues of the planet\, marginalization\, power structures\, omnipresent technologies\, and the end of sleep through capitalism.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/code-corals-capitalism-and-curls-a-lecture-by-carmen-aguilar-y-wedge-of-hyphen-labs/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191111T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191111T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191107T053728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T053728Z
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SUMMARY:ARP presents a public discussion between BlackLife authors Rinaldo Walcott & Idil Abdillahi
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://plugin.org/event/arp-presents-a-public-discussion-between-blacklife-authors-rinaldo-walcott-idil-abdillahi/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191107T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191031T013301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T013301Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture by Suzanne Kite | November 7 | 7pm
DESCRIPTION:Plug In ICA presents a lecture by Kite aka Suzanne Kite as part of “Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts”\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops focused on digital economies of labour in the arts. \nLabour of Love or LOL\, takes the “public course” as a platform for engagement\, this program highlights the various ways in which the digital is interrogated\, explored\, celebrated\, pushed to its limit\, reworked\, re-invented by artists\, scholars\, curators\, writers and others. The course encompasses a full array of events\, delving into such topics as coding\, circuit bending\, VR\, AI and AR\, gaming\, scanning\, and 3D printing. Divided into two streams\, a lecture and screening series\, and workshops\, Labour of Love at its most general examines the relationship between the economics of labour and the digital arts as it contends with the conditions of racial capitalism. As a research platform\, we aim to build an understanding of the digital by presenting artists who invent new trajectories through various technologies.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/lecture-by-suzanne-kite-november-7-7pm/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191017T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191017T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191017T030546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T030546Z
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SUMMARY:Screening | Videos by Hannah Black
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 17\, 2019 at 7pm\, Plug In ICA presents a screening of videos by Hannah Black to launch Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops focused on digital economies of labour in the arts. Black’s videos highlight the nuance of critical thought\, text and prose as they enter the landscape of dream-like excursions that tell of a future-past\, or one of an apocalypse to come. As the inaugural event of Labour of Love\,  Black’s video art grounds us in the use of the digital as a way to experience the possibilities of image-making as tools that guide us toward another imaginary\, potent feminist expressions\, and poetic timescapes. Black will be joining us in person at Plug In ICA for a keynote address on December 12th\, marking the closing event of Labour of Love.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/screening-videos-by-hannah-black/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191118
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191017T030837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191017T030837Z
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SUMMARY:More\, Less\, About the Same | A Video Screening by Alyssa Bornn
DESCRIPTION:From October 17 to November 17\, 2019\, Plug In ICA is screening More\, Less\, About the Same (2019) by Alyssa Bornn in our Breezeway as part of  Labour of Love: On Digital Economies in the Arts\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops focused on digital economies of labour in the arts. Bornn’s video is a compilation of notebook fragments approximating a confession or the act of confiding of some things about pet death\, mothers\, houses\, monotony\, relationships\, and/or photography. More\, Less\, About the Same is written and sequenced on the Videonics Titlemaker 2000. Bornn uses a piece equipment designed to subtitle video input as both a machine for writing as well as a way to animate text and images. Rather than a textual accompaniment to visual input\, the artist’s texts are the visual input.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/more-less-about-the-same-a-video-screening-by-alyssa-bornn/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191218
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20191017T030716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T003748Z
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SUMMARY:Labour of Love: Digital Economies in the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art presents Labour of Love or LOL\, a series of lectures\, screenings\, and workshops focused on digital economies of labour in the arts. Taking on the “public course” as a platform for engagement\, this program highlights the various ways in which the digital is interrogated\, explored\, celebrated\, pushed to its limit\, reworked\, re-invented by artists\, scholars\, curators\, writers and others. The course encompasses a full array of events\, delving into such topics as coding\, circuitbending\, VR\, AI and AR\, gaming\, scanning\, and 3D printing. Divided into two streams\, a lecture and screening series\, and workshops\, Labour of Love at its most general examines the relationship between the economics of labour and the digital arts as it contends with the conditions of racial capitalism. As a research platform\, we aim to build an understanding of the digital by presenting artists who invent new trajectories through various technologies.
URL:https://plugin.org/event/labour-of-love-digital-economies-in-the-arts/
LOCATION:Manitoba
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T165148
CREATED:20190925T033149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190925T033149Z
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SUMMARY:Cam Scott: ROMANS/SNOWMARE launch & reading
DESCRIPTION:Plug In ICA and ARP Books present a launch and reading of Cam Scott’s ROMANS/SNOWMARE
URL:https://plugin.org/event/cam-scott-romans-snowmare-launch-reading/
LOCATION:Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art\, 460 Portage\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
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