Tragedy Plus Time exhibition and performance at Dunlop Gallery

Tragedy Plus Time Sherwood Gallery June 20 – August 27, 2014 Central Gallery and Mediatheque July 4 – August 27, 2014 Sonny Assu, BGL, Michel de Broin, Jason Cawood, Mark Clintberg, Troy Coulterman, Robyn Cumming, Thirza Cuthand, Keren Cytter, Kim Dorland, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Erica Eyres, Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed, Alison… Continue reading Tragedy Plus Time exhibition and performance at Dunlop Gallery

OFFLINE Artist Talk March 16th, 2014

Join the artists featured in OFFLINE to discuss their work and celebrate the closing of the show. March 16th, 2014 Sunday March 16th, 1-3pm Radiator Gallery 10-61 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, New York Participating Artists: Martha Clippinger Molly Dilworth Alison S.M. Kobayashi Carolyn Lambert Beth Letain Stacie Johnson Sarah G. Sharp Parsley Steinweiss Organized by… Continue reading OFFLINE Artist Talk March 16th, 2014

March 7th Performance at Radiator Arts for Armory Arts Week

Radiator Gallery presents OFFLINE Curated by Sarah G. Sharp Exhibition runs until March 15, 2014. OFFLINE proposes that part of the “invisible” response to the overwhelm of information, access, images and mutable identities that comes with life lived on the internet and mediated through a screen includes a re-envisioning and invocation of the very thing the… Continue reading March 7th Performance at Radiator Arts for Armory Arts Week

Alison S. M. Kobayashi Artist Talks and Screenings

Tuesday February 18 2014, 7pm Alternative Cinema, Colgate University Tuesday February 25 2014, 12:30 – 1:30 p. m. Art and Art History Program Sheridan College, Annie Smith Arts Centre Mezzanine 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON Alison S.M. Kobayashi is an identity contortionist. In her work, Kobayashi performs a variety ofcharacters that are both studiously and playfully… Continue reading Alison S. M. Kobayashi Artist Talks and Screenings

DO GOOD at Under New Management’s Straight to Video at Third Space Gallery

Third Space Gallery 49 Canterbury Street, NB, Canada January 18, 2014 – February 28, 2014 Frankly, we’re not your typical video store. Far from it! In fact, Under New Management is a virtual entertainment funhouse allowing you to pay-what-you-wish. We have many rare titles and a unique rental policy! Under New Management: Video Store exhibition… Continue reading DO GOOD at Under New Management’s Straight to Video at Third Space Gallery

Johanna Linsley: DOCUMENTING VOICE, REPRODUCING AUTHENTICITY

Johanna Linsley will be presenting DOCUMENTING VOICE, REPRODUCING AUTHENTICITY at the inaugural symposium for the Centre for Interdisciplinary Voice Studies will be held at the Centre for Creative Collaboration, London, on Saturday 21st September 2013. ABSTRACT: From the battle to displace the phenomenological/ontological primacy of the visual (e.g. Jean-Luc Nancy’s ‘anti-ocular turn’) to attempts in psychoanlysis… Continue reading Johanna Linsley: DOCUMENTING VOICE, REPRODUCING AUTHENTICITY

Western Front 40th Anniversary

“Fancy Dress” Screening part of The Western Front’s 40th Anniversary 12-6pm The Western Front, Vancouver BC with AA Bronson, Kate Craig, Spartacus Chetwynd, Kerry Collona, Eric Metcalfe, Alison S. M. Kobayashi and Hank Bull. The Western Front is 40! Join us on June 16 for a day of anniversary celebrations. League, a project by Germaine Koh,… Continue reading Western Front 40th Anniversary

Johanna Linsley’s ‘Translation Iterations’

A excerpt from Johanna Linsley’s ‘Translation Iterations’ presented at Performing Documents at the University of Bristol, 2013. Johanna was an advisor on my 2012 performance, Defense Mechanism, commissioned by and performed at Les Subsistances, Lyon. The oversize helium balloon that helps Alison transition from a sequence featuring a 14-year old, pregnant, Okinawan prostitute to a… Continue reading Johanna Linsley’s ‘Translation Iterations’

Tribec4 H4cks 2013 with UnionDocs// Living Los Sures

I will be on the UnionDocs creative team at this Spring’s Tribec4 H4cks organized by the Tribeca Film Festival with Christopher Allen and Johanna Linsley. LIVING LOS SURES TRAILER from UnionDocs on Vimeo. About Tribec4 H4cks: A nationwide series of six intensive workshops that brings together content creators and technology specialists to increase understanding and broaden… Continue reading Tribec4 H4cks 2013 with UnionDocs// Living Los Sures

DOIN’ GOOD// New Contemporary Asian Shorts

Winnipeg  Film Group’s CINEMATEQUE Presents DOIN’ GOOD: New Contemporary Asian Shorts Thursday May 30, 2013 7:00 PM 100 Arthur Street #304 Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3 Curated by Leslie Supnet Skype Q&A with Leslie Supnet following the screening. Doin’ Good celebrates the creative depth and diversity from some of Canada’s contemporary Asian film and video artists.… Continue reading DOIN’ GOOD// New Contemporary Asian Shorts

Johanna Linsley// Defense Mechanism// Performing Documents

Johanna Linsley will be presenting at University of Bristol’s Performing Documents drawing from my 2012 performance, Defense Mechanism. Ms. Linsley was a consultant for the Les Subsistances 2012 performance of Defense Mechanism. University of Bristol April 12-14 2013, click here to register. About Performing Documents Performing Documents is a major collaborative research project which asks how… Continue reading Johanna Linsley// Defense Mechanism// Performing Documents

MASSART FILM SOCIETY Screening + Talk

MassArt Film Society presents: ALISON S. M. KOBAYASHI: Videos, performances, and other works Wednesday April 10, 2013 8pm $4 suggested donation Massachusetts College of Art Film Department Screening RM 1. 621 Huntington Ave. Boston MA 02115. ALISON S. M. KOBAYASHI filmmaker in person!

ASSEMBLED: a video mixtape

From Alex To Alex will be featured in Blair Fornwald’s video mixtape! VTape 401 Richmond, Toronto ON December 1, 2012 – January 11, 2013* *NOTE: Vtape Video Salon will be closed December 22, 2012 – January 6, 2013 Opening reception and visiting curator’s talk with Blair Fornwald (Assistant Curator, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina) Saturday December… Continue reading ASSEMBLED: a video mixtape

Concord Presents: Heavenly Directives Vol. 6: You See Me, Los Angeles

Concord Presents: Heavenly Directives Vol. 6: You See Me Saturday, September 29th, 2012, 8pm, 1010 N San Fernando Rd Los Angeles CA 90065 Free Admission YOU SEE ME is a program of videos about music, media and performance. Featuring work by Eileen Maxson, David Blandy, Michael Robinson, Alison S. M. Kobayashi, Oliver Payne & Nick… Continue reading Concord Presents: Heavenly Directives Vol. 6: You See Me, Los Angeles

Brick + Mortar Festival, MA

Curated by: Denise Markonish, curator at MASS MoCA, North Adams 4pm, Friday, October 12 – Festival begins, all venues open; 10pm – all venues close 4pm, Saturday, October 13 – Festival continues, all venues open; 10pm – festival concludes Downtown Greenfield, MA October 12-13, 2012 Dick Averns (Calgary, Albera),Anthea Black (London, Ontario), Diane Borsato (Toronto, Ontario), Manon… Continue reading Brick + Mortar Festival, MA