This month @ Studio XX
▷ Artist Residencies Presentation Olivia McGilchrist, kimura byol-nathalie lemoine et Sonia Paço-Rocchia | February 15th, 6PM
▷ Exhibition "Safety Strategies : Space, Gender and the City" | February 11th to 25th, 2017
▷ Reminder | Media arts for families | Upcoming activities!

Coming in March
▷ Art Matters Festival 2017 : Wire Forest @Studio XX | March 5th to 18th, 2017 
▷ Introduction to DJing with DJ Ipek | March 7th, 2017
▷ Exhibition "Commons Clinic" Cornelia Sollfrank | March 30th to April 22th, 2017
▷ Installation "Regimen" Amanda Vincelli | March 30th to April 30th, 2017

ARTISTS RESIDENCIES PRESENTATION: OLIVIA MCGILCHRIST, KIMURA BYOL-NATHALIE LEMOINE AND SONIA PAÇO-ROCCHIA

Moderator: Alice Jarry
Wednesday February 15th, 6PM to 8PM
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Studio XX is proud to present an evening dedicated to our artists-in-residence, Olivia McGilchrist, kimura byol-nathalie lemoine et Sonia Paço-Rocchia. These three artists developed their individual projects as part of Studio XX's residency program and we invite you join them in a conversation about the conceptual aspects of their project, some of the technical difficulties/challenges, the role of collaboration, the outcome of the residency and the future of their projects. 

Olivia McGilchrist | native girl: continued | Artist residency from May 23th to July 8th, 2016
Video interview

kimura byol-nathalie lemoine | PROJECT #6261 MONTRÉAL | Artist residency from August 25th to October 9th, 2016
Video interview

Sonia Paço-Rocchia | “And after the fixed media?” | Artist residency from November 9th to January 15th 2017
Video interview

EXHIBITION "SAFETY STRATEGIES: SPACE, GENDER AND THE CITY"

Exhibition from February 11th to 25th, 2017 
Opening : Saturday February 11th, 2017 4PM​
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This exhibition foregrounds individuals "safety strategies" for negotiating the city as a space of danger but also strength, creativity, and agency.

The show is the result of the workshops Safety Strategies : Space, Gender and the City, led by Cynthia Hammond and Caroline Alexander at Studio XX and Concordia University in October 2016.

The exhibition will include the memory maps and written reflections. The installation will also include a drawing station where visitors can add to the collection of stories, maps, and strategies.

Safety Strategies is a collaborative art project that seeks to critically explore and creatively document how women and self-identified women, trans, members of the LGBTQ community, and women with limited mobility build a sense of safety when negotiating Montreal’s urban environments. While cities are often poorly designed and potentially dangerous, they are not unalterable. Spatial Strategies foregrounds the ways in which users negotiate and challenge the gendered dangers of cities.

* Credit photo: Chloé Geoffroy

MEDIA ARTS FOR FAMILIES | UPCOMING ACTIVITIES!
 

AT MUSÉE DES ONDES  | Émilie Mouchous
Sunday February 26th, 2017 from 2PM to 4PM
Free | Registration : webmestre@studioxx.org
At the Musée des Ondes Berliner, we will visit the current exhibition Montreal in Space. Afterwards, we will manipulate radios in order to generate Morse code and then communicate with our cell phones....

3D PRINTING | Simon Greffard + Raphaël Demers
Saturday March 25th, 2017 from 2PM to 4PM
Free | Registration: webmestre@studioxx.org
Participants will be invited to explore the different possibilities for 3D printing by subverting the primary function of a 3D printer, so instead of producing a 3D plastic object, we will produce something two-dimensional: a collective experiment of 2D drawings on canvas using a 3D printer.

KINETIC ART | Alice Jarry
Saturday April 25th, 2017 from 2PM to 4PM
Free | Registration: webmestre@studioxx.org
With the aid of motors, arduinos and various reflective materials, participants will explore the light and sound potential of small kinetic sculptures.

VIDEO INSTALLATION | Olivia McGilchrist
Saturday May 20th, 2017 from 2PM to 4PM
Free | Registration: webmestre@studioxx.org
In this workshop, we will experiment with video mapping on 3D shapes and multi-screen video installations with poetry evocative of the theme of water.

BIOART | Sarah Choukah, Whitefeather + Tristan Matheson
Saturday June 3rd, 2017 from 2PM to 4PM
Free | Registration: webmestre@studioxx.org
The workshop will feature an introduction to bioart using the unicellular organism Physarum polycephalum. Participants will build basic electronic circuits using the live and colourful Physarum. They will also be invited to build a maze and document the Physarum's feeding habits as part of a collective bioart project.