Hi,
Sorry I haven’t posted anything in over 2 months. I got a full-time job and didn’t really have anything to report.
ANYWAY, soon I will be back to editing the Remember Who’s Emma video again. I’m going to try to smooth over some small glitches and maybe revise the sound track a bit. Over the next few months I’m going to submit the piece to doc festivals, so hopefully there will be a screening or two in the coming year. I’ll definitely post updates on this front.
The nerdy punk walking tour of Kensington Market brought to you by Stephe Perry of Equalizing Distort.
fun.
Sorry this isn’t the greatest representation of our discussion, but at least we had one.
Huge scope:
Social and historical grounding to “Remember Who’s Emma”
1. Social context in the 1990s – The decade punk broke (again)
2. The Toronto scene – and who is Emma?
2. 1. The Temporary Autonomous Zone (TAZ) vs. social anarchism
2. 2. The paradox of anarchist retail
2. 3. Youth identity production: Self Representation and media representation
2. 4. Events (shows and meetings) – rites of passage and turning points for Who’s Emma
2. 5. Waning collective participation: No future?
2. 6. Closing frustrations, but punk success in failure
3. Conclusion(s) to the social and historical grounding of Who’s Emma
Production process of the “Remember Who’s Emma” documentary project
4. Video catalyst – mobilization tool and historical record
5. Initial ideas: a participatory video database/archive documentary project
6. The value of narrative and tension between “Documentary” and new media
7. A new media resolution of expository and participatory documentary modes
8. Exhibition and events – the sociability of place
9. Dissemination and networking – creating a virtual place for Who’s Emma
CONCLUSION
It was important and pivotal in peoples lives. End.
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My defense is on Tuesday. I’m still in the process of reviewing and compiling the footage of the punk walking tour and the show that happened in the exhibition space. I will definitely post videos of those events soon. There’s some good footage, or at least I get a kick out of it.
I’m still writing my thesis paper. Here is one of my favorite quotes:
Perhaps the paranoid dimension of archival art is the other side of this utopian ambition – its desire to turn belatedness into becomingness, to recoup failed visions in art, literature, philosophy and everyday life into possible scenarios of alterative kinds of social relations, to transform the no-place of the archive into the no-place of a utopia (Foster, 2004:146).
Here are photos from the screening at the Roberts Street Social Centre in Halifax:
What a bunch of positive folks. The screening went really well I thought. Too bad not everyone could fit up the stairs. There was a stimulating discussion/Q & A afterward. I was impressed that people had such engaging questions about my production process and personal association to Who’s Emma. Thanks y’all.
While in Halifax I had some great conversations with people about the potential of doing a tour of social centres and autonomous punk spaces in the U.S. and Cananda. I think this may lead to another spin off new media type project involving creating a database and interactive map of all these kinds of places. More on this later… very exciting.
HI
Sorry I am late with posting this info. I’ve been traveling all over the maritimes, hanging out in the wilderness and Irving big stops.
ANYWAY -
Monday July 6th there will be a screening of the Remember Who’s Emma video at the Roberts Street Social Centre in Halifax. The show starts at 7pm and I think we may also screen a 7 minute doc I made about the Anchor Archive Regional Zine Project.
Check out documentarynow.ca for more details on the festival this project is a part of.
The exhibition component of the Remember Who’s Emma project is now over. If you missed it, I soon will compile bits of photo and video documentation of the events and installation so you can get a sense of what it was like.
Dates for screenings of the Remember Who’s Emma video are as follows:
Tuesday June 23rd – 8:30pm 6pm, National Film Board of Canada, 150 John St., Toronto
Wednesday June 24th – 6:30 pm, Rogers Communications Center, room 204, Ryerson University (the corner of Church St. and Gould St.), Toronto
Thursday June 25th – 1 pm, Rogers Communications Center, room 204, (same as above)
The Tuesday screening at the NFB is in a very small theatre and so entry will be limited. If people are able to attend the Wednesday or Thursday screenings, I would really recommend going on these days because there will be plenty of seating.
All screenings are FREE.
And I should probably also point out that these are group screenings with other students’ work. However, on Tuesday and Thursday Remember Who’s Emma is first on the agenda and there will be some other interesting film/video works following it. On Wednesday evening my video will be screened second – so when you show up there probably will be another work playing in the theatre, but go on and sit down because there’s only a minute between each film/video.
On another note, thanks to those who came out to the discussion yesterday in the exhibition space. There were only about 9 of us, but it was still an egaging and critical discussion. THANKS. I’ll post more about it soon…
HI
See you this evening. Hopefully it’s not too rainy.
And thanks to all who came out to the punk walking tour on Tuesday, it was awesome. More on the tour later…
The walking tour is set to take place on Tuesday, June 16th at 7pm. We’re meeting at 66.5 Nassau St. – the site of the original Who’s Emma, which is almost at the corner of Nassau and Augusta in the market.
Unfortunately, the exhibition at Project 165 will only be open from noon to 4pm on Tuesday, so those who were planning on seeing the installation and video during the walking tour time – sorry, you’ll have to check it out during Project 165’s open hours:
Tuesday to Saturday, noon – 4pm.
Otherwise you can just peep in the window. And yes, the original sign made by Will Munro is clearly visible in the window! With all that weird anti-straightedge nonsense scribbled on it, it’s definitely a unique Toronto punk artifact.
Also, don’t forget that there is a show in the exhibition space on Thursday, June 18th – cognate presents A History Of (Halifax), Tomcat Combat (Halifax), Ancestors (Toronto), and Place Hands (Toronto). 6:30 pm (EARLY SHOW)
Food Not Bombs are serving food.
WHOA.
Here is some documentation of the opening/screening event:
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