Opening Reception: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 8pm
Artist Talk: Thursday, January 23, 2020, 7pm

 ‘No Long Shadows’ is a new parafictional* exhibition by Miles Rufelds, produced in collaboration with the Monstera Foundation, and presented in collaboration with PAVED Arts. 

Developed over the course of two residencies and two years, ‘No Long Shadows’ digs into the little-known history of an ill-fated 1959 film festival, prospectively titled No Long Shadows, that was to be co-presented by experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage and military-chemical giant DuPont. 

DuPont’s then-president Crawford Greenewalt, inspired by the National Film Board of Canada’s contemporaneous work, and specifically the experimental animated films of Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, proposed the festival as a corporate promotion – a showcase of cameraless, animated films, to be produced and screened exclusively on the chemical company’s new, underperforming polyester film stock “Cronar”. But before the festival came to pass, Brakhage and DuPont had a rapid falling out, Brakhage quit, and No Long Shadows was canceled. 

Whatever confrontation the parties had, Greenewalt is said to have never moved past it. In 1965, DuPont officially halted research into cinematic film products. In 2003, Stan Brakhage died, after years of battling a rare form of bladder cancer. 

The works in ‘No Long Shadows’ have emerged in response to the Monstera Foundation’s investigative research into the political, economic, and aesthetic circumstances surrounding this festival-that-never-happened, and into DuPont’s potential involvement in Brakhage’s death. Together with the Foundation’s researchers, Rufelds’ works follow the Festival’s narrative threads, tracing them into an associative net connecting the Golden Age of American Illustration to the Manhattan Project, to the invention of synthetic colours, to many the present world’s most contaminated landscapes. 

‘No Long Shadows’ confronts a set of unwelcome material genealogies still confounding contemporary art today; long shadows shrouding sensory technologies with the threat of danger, aesthetic imagination with military funding, and the possibilities of artistic expression with calculated seams of influence.

*Parafiction: art in which real and fictional information is blended or confused

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The Darkroom Club dates are as follows:

Sun. Sept. 1st – 6pm

Sun. Oct. 6th – 6pm

Sun. Nov. 3rd – 6pm

Sun. Feb 2nd – 6pm

Sun. Mar 1st – 6pm

Sun. April 5th – 6pm

Email technical@pavedarts.ca to register for individual meetups.

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Members: FREE
Non-members: $50 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed) + $10 supply fee.

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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Thank you to Darkside Donuts for their support!

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Interested in learning how to master Adobe Premiere Pro? Maybe you’re just looking to get started? Well, this workshop is for you! Sophie will be taking you through the basics of Adobe Premiere Pro; providing tips and tricks to speed up the process and become a more selective editor.

Sophie Kokott is a passionate filmmaker based out of Saskatoon. She works hard to nurture a community within the province where artists can develop their skills. She is one of the co-creators of the film production company, Floor Thirteen Films, which is responsible for both the first and second season of Pieces the web series. Sophie has been a lead editor in a variety of film projects. From the two seasons of her web series to the feature film ‘Audacity’, this girl knows her way around an editing suite!

No experience necessary!

Members: FREE
Non-members: $50 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed)

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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Please join at PAVED Arts on Saturday, February 22 from 12 to 4pm for our 2nd annual PAVED Arts Media Fair Fundraiser!

Presenting the wares of a wide range of local vendors who celebrate all things media — Vinyl, CD’s, Cassettes, VHS, DVD’s, as well as gear, video games, candels, jewelry and more. Come browse the goods and support local arts!

Everyone is welcome to our all-ages fundraiser, and all proceeds go towards PAVED Arts, in support of our programming and updating our Production Studio.

Participating Vendors (More to come):
COLD HAND Distro
PAVED Arts
Videonomicon
Prairie to Pine
Chris Laramee
Candace Klein
Nykki Schmidt
Spencer Martin
Dustin Gaja
Darren Miller

Brought to you in partnership with COLD HAND Distro.

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Create a lifelong memory with you and your pet – just in time for Christmas! On December 1, we invite you and your beloved pet to come to PAVED Arts and get your portrait taken together. All critters welcome, whether it’s a dog, cat, turtle, parrot, lizard, gerbil, goldfish, or donkey!

Choose from 3 magical artist-made themes/sets:
Winter Wonderland, Cozy Christmas, and New Years

$40 for 15-minute photo shoot, with print package add-on options!
             A) 4 (4×6) prints = $20
             B) 10 (4×6) prints = $40
             C) 20 (4×6) prints = $60
             D) 8×10 prints = $10 each

Digital copies of the photos will be posted to PAVED’s Facebook page. Printed copies can be picked up at PAVED Arts headquarters the following week. Payment can be made at the time of your shoot, and we can take Credit Card, Debit, Cash.

Pick your set(ting) and schedule your time here: pavedpets.timetap.com  

A special thanks to aceartinc. in Winnipeg for giving us permission to use their “A Portrait with your Pet” fundraiser idea.

Questions? Email info@pavedarts.ca

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PET PORTRAIT Call for Volunteers:

Want to volunteer to help with our Pet Portrait fundraiser? We’re currently looking for photographers, animal wranglers, photo and lighting assistants, cutting and putting orders in envelops and other duties as assigned!!

Contact: Questions? Email – info@pavedarts.ca
Your volunteer time goes towards Production Centre credit ($20/hour – 3 hour shifts).

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Please join us for our annual PAVED Arts members’ screening! This event celebrates the creative video production of PAVED Arts members, including artist-controlled and independent works that are made with equipment and other resources that PAVED Arts has to offer.

PAVED Arts proudly supports the payment of IMAA screening fees for all the work presented at our public screenings.

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The team in the PAVED production centre is planning a long overdue night to celebrate the film and video works of our producing members.  PAVED is looking for short video or film projects, from one to 15 minutes in length. All submissions, including those shot on film or High Definition, should be delivered as a quicktime H264 .mov files — and submitted using google drive or wetransfer to technical@pavedarts.ca

This call is open to all current members of PAVED Arts in good standing.  If your membership has lapsed you must renew your membership before you submit your work.

PAVED Arts proudly supports the payment of IMAA screening fees for all the work presented at our public screenings.

The deadline to submit your work is Friday, November 1st, 6pm.

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PAVED Arts Members’ Screening
Friday, November 29th, 2019,
Doors – 7:30PM, Screening – 8:00PM
AKA/PAVED Arts Event Space
FREE ADMISSION, FREE POPCORN

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Fret no longer! You can do it all in the PAVED Arts Film Shop and Darkroom. Stop by the PAVED Arts Production Centre today to pick up your film!

See the PAVED Arts Film Shop Page for film stock list and prices. 

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PAVED Arts is pleased to be a presentation partner with MediaNet to screen IndigeVision: ᓃᐲᕀ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐢᑮᕀ ll nîpîy êkwa askîy ll water and land, curated by Eli Hirtle. IndigeVision: ᓃᐲᕀ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᐢᑮᕀ ll nîpîy êkwa askîy ll water and land is a program of Indigenous films that speaks to the importance of our relationship to the natural environment and how that shapes our epistemologies, languages, and worldviews.

Program:

The “Water and Land” screening tour is organized by Media Net in Victoria, BC and received funding support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the Capital Regional District (CRD).

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Image:Luther Konadu, ‘Gestures on Portrayal’, 2019, C-print

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Informed by discourses of reconciliation and decolonization, Michael Farnan’s work employs settler-based interventionist strategies aimed at challenging colonial legacies that continue to privilege settler history.

For Nuit Blanche, the Pilgrims of the Wild screening and Once Were Pilgrims performance will feature Farnan’s collaborative work with internationally renowned artists Lori Blondeau and Adrian Stimson. The three collaborators have developed a provocative exchange that takes on the appearance of a panel discussion.

Pilgrims of the Wild is supported by PAVED Arts and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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Related Exhibition:

Michael Farnan / Canoe Fight: From Reverence to Redress
On view September 19 – October 19, 2019
Public Reception: Saturday, September 28th, 9:30 pm
PAVED Arts Main Gallery space

Farnan’s new project, Canoe Fight, looks at the symbolic history of the canoe and how it has been used as a metaphor for the Canadian national identity. Working mainly through camp humour (and some simulated violence), Farnan’s project explores Canada’s settlement history and uses performance, video, and studio-based works to disrupt the idea that the canoe was somehow a freely given gift to early settlers who then used it as means to “discover” the Canadian landscape.

Canoe Fight: From Reverence to Redress is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.

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Public Reception: Saturday, September 28th, 9:30-11pm
PAVED Arts Main Gallery space

Michael Farnan’s (Victoria Harbour, Ontario) new project, Canoe Fight, looks at the symbolic history of the canoe and how it has been used as a metaphor for the Canadian national identity. Working mainly through camp humour (and some simulated violence), Farnan’s project explores Canada’s settlement history and uses performance, video, and studio-based works to disrupt the idea that the canoe was somehow a freely given gift to early settlers who then used it as means to “discover” the Canadian landscape.

Michael Farnan is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and researcher currently based in Victoria Harbour, Ontario. Informed by discourses of reconciliation and decolonization, Farnan’s work employs settler-based interventionist strategies aimed at challenging colonial legacies and representational practices that continue to privilege settler history.

Canoe Fight: From Reverence to Redress is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.

Related Events:

Saturday, September 28th, 7–9pm
Once Were Pilgrims & Pilgrims of the Wild
Michael Farnan, Lori Blondeau, & Adrian Stimson
Screening and Performance at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave
In partnership with Nuit Blanche Saskatoon 2019, presented by PAVED Arts.

Informed by discourses of reconciliation and decolonization, Michael Farnan’s work employs settler-based interventionist strategies aimed at challenging colonial legacies that continue to privilege settler history. For this event, the Pilgrims of the Wild screening and Once Were Pilgrims performance will feature Farnan’s collaborative work with internationally renowned artists Lori Blondeau and Adrian Stimson. The three collaborators have developed a provocative exchange that takes on the appearance of a panel discussion.

Pilgrims of the Wild is supported by PAVED Arts and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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This summer, between July 29-Aug. 2rd, 2019, six youth from our community were given the opportunity to create music videos using songs generously provided by talented local musicians including Saskatoon bands Chunder Buffet, Eekwol & T Rhyme, Slow Down Molasses, In With The Old, Raeburn, Too Soon Monsoon, and Man Meat.

Through this free workshop, youth learned hands-on filmmaking techniques and skills such as stop motion, lighting, editing, grip, green screen, stop motion, and more. The resulting music videos were screened to an enthusiastic audience on August 2nd, in the PAVED Arts event space!

This workshop was generously funded through the Community Initiatives Fund. Thank you CIF, for your amazing and ongoing support!

WATCH: 

“Love Yourself” by Eekwol & T-Rhyme
Directed by Alrheanna Laprise

“You Made Me A Ghost” by Slow Down Molasses
Directed by Promita Das

“My Mother’s Couch” by In With The Old
Directed by Elizabeth Miller

“Old Ghosts” by Too Soon Monsoon
Directed by Heidi Terfloth

“I Heard They Ate A Guy” by Man Meat
Directed by Jack Cameron

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In this workshop we will explore the multifaceted technique of double exposures on 35mm film. Over two workshops participants will learn the basics of multiple exposures and how to utilize a single frame to convey their unique artistic expression.

Participants will be guided through the the process of shooting and composing double exposures. Each photographer will be provided with a roll of film and will need to bring a 35mm camera with them. (There may be a few cameras to lend message for details)

The cost of this course includes a roll of film and the developing chemicals.

Will Kaufhold is a photographer and musician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. His photography consists entirely of film and he has been shooting for nearly 11 years. In his collection he has more than 50 vintage film cameras. His work has been featured by PAVED Arts and Lomography. Kaufhold’s photography has been used by many musicians in producing album covers and promotional materials. Most notably by the Toronto based record label Adhesive Sounds and the Montreal Band Majical Cloudz.

See more of Will’s work on Instagram at @f0rm

Jeremy Sax from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Began taking photos and buying film cameras four years ago. Working primarily with film using expired film and experimental techniques.
Jeremy does a yearly online exhibition of 100 film photos for 100 days on Instagram. His work has been featured as album art for local Saskatchewan artist Brodie Moniker.

See more of Jeremy’s work @100daysofanalog

No experience necessary!

Members: $5 (supply fee)
Non-members: $50 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed) + $5 supply fee.

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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In this workshop we will explore the multifaceted technique of double exposures on 35mm film. Over two workshops participants will learn the basics of multiple exposures and how to utilize a single frame to convey their unique artistic expression.

Participants will be guided through the the process of shooting and composing double exposures. Each photographer will be provided with a roll of film and will need to bring a 35mm camera with them. (There may be a few cameras to lend message for details)

In the second part participants will participate in a darkroom tutorial to develop their film and see the results.

The cost of this course includes a roll of film and the developing chemicals.

Will Kaufhold is a photographer and musician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. His photography consists entirely of film and he has been shooting for nearly 11 years. In his collection he has more than 50 vintage film cameras. His work has been featured by PAVED Arts and Lomography. Kaufhold’s photography has been used by many musicians in producing album covers and promotional materials. Most notably by the Toronto based record label Adhesive Sounds and the Montreal Band Majical Cloudz.

See more of Will’s work on Instagram at @f0rm

Jeremy Sax from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Began taking photos and buying film cameras four years ago. Working primarily with film using expired film and experimental techniques.
Jeremy does a yearly online exhibition of 100 film photos for 100 days on Instagram. His work has been featured as album art for local Saskatchewan artist Brodie Moniker.

See more of Jeremy’s work @100daysofanalog

No experience necessary!

Members: $10 (supply fee)
Non-members: $50 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed) + $10 supply fee.

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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Ever wondered how to get the most out of PAVED’s printer? Join artist Laura St.Pierre for some tips on printing resolution, colour adjustment, sharpening, and substrates (papers). After a short demonstration, each participant will have the opportunity to print their own file on a number of different substrates, including some that PAVED does not normally stock.
Each participant is asked to bring one image on a usb to run printing tests. Four 8×10″ tests are included in the price of the workshop.

Laura St.Pierre‘s installations, public works and photographs have been exhibited throughout Canada and abroad. St.Pierre earned undergraduate degrees at UBC and the U of A, and completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at Concordia University in Montreal. She has received arts grants from the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Quebec, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and the Canada Council. Exhibitions in 2018 include “Winter Garden” at VivianeArt (Calgary), “The Museum of Future History” and the Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina), “La vie fragile” (Montreal), and “Spectral Garden” at PAVED Arts.

No experience necessary!

Members: $20
Non-members: $70 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed)

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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PAVED Arts and Sounds Like: An Audio Festival present:

Workshop participants make field recordings in the local environment, searching for silent spaces, noisy spaces, and dynamic spaces. The recordings become material for composition exercises where participants play and record on simple and makeshift musical instruments. No previous musical experience is required. Working together, we will create music in different group combinations, through games and composition exercises where recorded sound, written music, symbols, and other musical directions become scores for collaborative sound making. Through the workshop we will explore different kinds of music notation, written, non-written, graphic, and sound-based scores and their interpretation in performance.

Jeff Morton is a composer, musician, and media artist. Jeff studied music composition and theory at the University of Saskatchewan (B.Mus 2003) and at the University of Victoria (M.Mus 2008). Jeff’s artistic projects are often playful, experimental explorations of sound or image, communication, written forms of music, and other compositional processes using found objects or materials. In performance, composition, and installation, his work has been presented by ensembles and in galleries and festivals across Canada and internationally.
www.jeffreydavidmorton.bandcamp.com
www.jeffreydavidmorton.ca

No experience necessary!

Sounds Like Festival Pass Holders: FREE
PAVED Arts Members: FREE
Sounds Like attendee drop in fee: $10

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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Sounds Like Festival Pass Holders: FREE
PAVED Arts Members: FREE
Sounds Like attendee drop in fee: $10

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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Setting up your own guitar can seem daunting at first, but this hands-on workshop will go through everything you need to know to start doing your own electric guitar setups at home and will give you the know-how to make adjustments to your instrument. Topics will include neck relief, action, intonation, and more. The workshop is designed for absolute beginners and no prior skills with tools is necessary.

Luthier Leila Sidi of TunaTone Instruments (Edmonton, AB) will demonstrate everything you’ll need to know to start doing your own electric guitar setups at home. Setting up your own guitar can seem daunting at first, but this hands-on workshop will give you the know-how to make adjustments to your instrument. Topics will include neck relief, action, intonation, and more.

For the past 8 years, Leila Sidi has been studying woodworking and luthiery. Building mid-century inspired, high fidelity electric guitars under the name TunaTone Instruments, she focusses on environmental and design justice as it applies to her work.”

This workshop is designed for absolute beginners and prior skills with tools is necessary.

No experience necessary!

Members: FREE
Non-members: $50 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed)

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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Part 1: Basics of digital animation and video creation using adobe creative cloud.

Participants will bring a piece of 2D artwork they would like to add animation or video to, then over the course of the workshop learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop, After effects, and Premiere and create a companion video/ layered video to add to the piece. This can be done using animation or recorded video.

Andrei Feheregyhazi‘s Biography: My work as a filmmaker, animator and visual artist has been shaped by the three decades I have spent in Saskatoon and the exposure I’ve had to theatre and the other arts from a very young age. I was fortunate enough to experience the many aspects of theatre watching my father Tibor Feheregyhazi bring to life play after play on the stage of Persephone Theatre. It has been very influential in my formation as an artist. Because of this, I have learned a deep appreciation for the audience and community as the most important aspect of any work of art.

For me the “Art” happens when an audience engages with a piece, and it is that relationship that eclipses whatever relationship the artist has with the work.

While I have been exposed to theatre, dance and music, I discovered early on that I am a visual person. I took the lessons I learned while watching my father and developed a unique style of animation that has captivated the attention of people of all ages around the world. A style that combines paper cutouts, stop motion, and at times artwork and illustrations from artists circling the globe. It is a style that is unique yet lends itself to use the work of many to create a uniform final product. My work has been nominated for music video awards, shown on television networks around the world and featured in film festivals in Canada and abroad.

For the last couple years I have been exploring and experimenting with combining augmented reality with prints, paintings and sculptures in order to create artistic experiences in which people can lose themselves. I’ve also found it leads to a collaborative art experience. People work together with the art to make a piece that is uniquely theirs. I hope to make more collaborative art experiences for this and into the future.

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Members: FREE
Non-members: $50 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed)

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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Part 2: Augmenting artwork with digital animation

Take the video created in the previous workshop and using the ArtVIVE app to add it to the 2D artwork. The basics of another (more complex) method of creating augmented reality will be covered as well.

*Note: It is possible to participate in this without attending the previous workshop if you have extensive knowledge of adobe creative cloud and come with video or animation ready to use. Make sure the animation is formatted to match the dimensions of your artwork.

Andrei Feheregyhazi‘s Biography: My work as a filmmaker, animator and visual artist has been shaped by the three decades I have spent in Saskatoon and the exposure I’ve had to theatre and the other arts from a very young age. I was fortunate enough to experience the many aspects of theatre watching my father Tibor Feheregyhazi bring to life play after play on the stage of Persephone Theatre. It has been very influential in my formation as an artist. Because of this, I have learned a deep appreciation for the audience and community as the most important aspect of any work of art.

For me the “Art” happens when an audience engages with a piece, and it is that relationship that eclipses whatever relationship the artist has with the work.

While I have been exposed to theatre, dance and music, I discovered early on that I am a visual person. I took the lessons I learned while watching my father and developed a unique style of animation that has captivated the attention of people of all ages around the world. A style that combines paper cutouts, stop motion, and at times artwork and illustrations from artists circling the globe. It is a style that is unique yet lends itself to use the work of many to create a uniform final product. My work has been nominated for music video awards, shown on television networks around the world and featured in film festivals in Canada and abroad.

For the last couple years I have been exploring and experimenting with combining augmented reality with prints, paintings and sculptures in order to create artistic experiences in which people can lose themselves. I’ve also found it leads to a collaborative art experience. People work together with the art to make a piece that is uniquely theirs. I hope to make more collaborative art experiences for this and into the future.

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Members: FREE
Non-members: $50 (Price of membership at time of registration or $25 for students/underemployed)

To register for this workshop, email technical@pavedarts.ca

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