Opening Reception: Thursday, September 6 ~ 7 – 9 pm September 4 – November 7, 2012 In celebration of the Living Arts Centre’s 15th anniversary, Homecoming is an exhibition that welcomes back artists who have spent their formative years in Mississauga. Representing discourses in pure abstraction, modernism, the body, time, and space, each artist engages… Continue reading Homecoming at the Living Arts Centre
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I’m With You at Hayward Gallery London
I’m With You in association with Sundown School House of Queer Home Economics all day events co-curated by Christa Holka, Justin Hunt, and Johanna Linsley The Hayward Gallery Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX Saturday, 16 June, 2012 11:30-8:30pm £10 day pass ticket, available at the door I’m With You enters the Sundown Schoolhouse… Continue reading I’m With You at Hayward Gallery London
Curious Cabinets at Exit Art, NYC
EVERY EXIT IS AN ENTRANCE: 30 Years of Exit Art Digimovies Plus: Curious Cabinets May 2 / 7pm 475 Tenth Ave. New York, NY 10018 Exit Art is pleased to present Digimovies Plus: Curious Cabinets, a one-night event of experimental digital films that explores both the literal and abstract interpretations of fernweh, the “ache for distant places.  Continue reading Curious Cabinets at Exit Art, NYC
Hungry Kitty at 3 Fest
Films that are 3 minutes and under part of River Bend Film Festival appears in the Big 3 program April 14th, 2012 1pm Century Center Southbend, Indiana, USA http://www.three-fest.blogspot.com/
The Model Talks: Alison S. M. Kobayashi April 11th
The Model Talk series invites artists in residence, writers, curators or individuals of varied backgrounds collaborating with The Model to deliver engaged and informal discussions. Open to everyone and always free of charge. Alison S. M. Kobayashi Artist-in-Residence. April 11th, 2012 6pm The Model, The Mall, Sligo, Ireland in conjunction with The Model’s current exhibition… Continue reading The Model Talks: Alison S. M. Kobayashi April 11th
Ca Tremble Trailer – by Les Subsistances!
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Defense Mechanism at Les Subsistances’ Ca Tremble Festival
[vimeo width=”750″ height=”425″]http://vimeo.com/37224377[/vimeo] Part of the Collective Fear Performance with THEATRE MOTUS, Alison S. M. Kobayashi and Jeremy Wade. Performance Schedule: March 29 at 8:45 PM March 30 at 8:45 PM March 31 at 8:30 PM April 1 at 5PM Located at Hangar Jardin. 8 bis quai St Vincent – 69001 Lyon, France € 5 Reserve a… Continue reading Defense Mechanism at Les Subsistances’ Ca Tremble Festival
A Series of Navigations opens Saturday, March 3rd!
The Model presents A Series of Navigations The Mall, Sligo, Ireland Curated by Séamus Kealy March 3, 2012 to April 15, 2012 Opening Reception: March 3, 2012 at 6PM The Model Oisin Byrne & Christopher Mahon,  Kristan Horton. Alison S. M. Kobayashi, Renzo Martens, Bea McMahon, Avi Mograbi, Megs Morley & Tom Flanaghan, Sophie Nys and Jonathan Wells.… Continue reading A Series of Navigations opens Saturday, March 3rd!
Everynobody’s Business: Experiments In Place, Home And Family at NYU
Everynobody’s Business: Experiments In Place, Home And Family An Evening Of Asian American Short Films Curated By Chi-hui Yang Thursday, March 1, 2012 6 PM – 8PM Casa Italiana NYU 24 West 12th Street (btwn 5th & 6th Ave) New York, NY 10003 Free and open to the public In this collection of recent Asian American… Continue reading Everynobody’s Business: Experiments In Place, Home And Family at NYU
Reel Out Film Festival
Where would queer pop culture be without camp sensibility? This year we highlight what ‘camp’ in queer film and video and whether its definition has changed since Susan Sontag first incapsulated camp’s nature in her 1964 essay “Notes on Camp”. Â -Reel Out Film Festival From Alex To Alex appears in the program: PITCHING CAMP: CAMP… Continue reading Reel Out Film Festival
DO GOOD poster in Mercer Union’s PIN UP Exhibition + Fundraiser
A special edition DO GOOD poster was designed for Mercer Union’s PIN UP Exhibition and Poster Sale. Help support Mercer Union by buying a poster for $75 each. Curated by Michael Parke-Taylor December 15, 2011 – December 17, 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday 15 December, 7 PM 1286 Bloor Street West Toronto ON Canada M6H 1N9… Continue reading DO GOOD poster in Mercer Union’s PIN UP Exhibition + Fundraiser
Video Out, Jakarta International Video Festival
Toronto’s Images Festival is presenting two programs at the Jakarta International Video Festival, including a spotlight on ASM Kobayashi. Images Festivals special presentations run: October 9, 2011 at 5PM + October 21, 2011 at 7:30pm Kineforum Taman Ismail Marzuki Jl Cikini Raya 73 Jakarta Pusat 10330
Cry School Yearbook in K-Town at Angell Gallery, Xpace and Nuit Blanche
September 20th -24th, 2011 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â September 27 – October 8, 2011 Closing Party – Â September 24th, 2011 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â … Continue reading Cry School Yearbook in K-Town at Angell Gallery, Xpace and Nuit Blanche
Viva Voce: 40th Anniversary of the Art & Art History Program
14 September to 23 October 2011 Opening reception: Wednesday September 14, 5 – 9pm A FREE shuttle bus departs from OCAD (100 McCaul St.) at 6:30pm, returns for 9pm. Curated by Shannon Anderson Dorian FitzGerald, Alison S.M. Kobayashi, Richie Mehta & Stuart A. McIntyre, Johnson Ngo, Denyse Thomasos, Carolyn Tripp, Jessica Vallentin, Rhonda Weppler &… Continue reading Viva Voce: 40th Anniversary of the Art & Art History Program
Lies that Tell the Truth opens in Halifax
July 17, 2011 to August 14, 2011 Khyber Institute of Contemporary Arts 1588 Barrington Street Halifax, Nova Scotia Curated by Suzanne Caines and Claire Hodge The Centre for Art Tapes and the Khyber Present Lies that Tell the truth: Local Curatorial Residency Inaugural Exhibition In 2010, the Centre for Art Tapes piloted its first Local… Continue reading Lies that Tell the Truth opens in Halifax
A.S.M.K. + F.A.G. Opens this Thursday: June 30th
June 30th – July 27th, 2011 Opening Reception on June 30th 5-8PM Feminist Art Gallery 25 Seaforth Avenue, Toronto ON Opening Hours: Saturdays + Sundays from 1PM to 5PM. About F.A.G.: Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell, are the Centre for Phucking the Patriarchy – a response, a process, a site, a protest, an outcry, an… Continue reading A.S.M.K. + F.A.G. Opens this Thursday: June 30th
Upcoming Exhibitions + Events: Summer 2011
Feminist Art Gallery presents A.S.M.K. + F.A.G. F.A.G.’s second exhibition features a new body of work by Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Throughout 2011 I have been collecting objects in Toronto’s west end that contain traces of the previous owner; a notebook with only a few pages filled in or photo albums that were not thoroughly… Continue reading Upcoming Exhibitions + Events: Summer 2011
MOTEL, Special Edition Set
Motel Special Edition Set by Alison S. M. Kobayashi and Gintas Tirilis, 2011 Motel Special Edition set includes; +MOTEL ON DISC (Videos produced for MOTEL exhibition) +No Vacancy Talk Show Videos (short documentaries presented at No Vacancy, produced by Alison S. M. Kobayashi and Christopher Allen) +MOTEL ON TAPE (a booklet of photographs of the… Continue reading MOTEL, Special Edition Set
Ulysses Castellanos’ “CULT OF THE CONTEMPORARY” LIVE ART AUCTION, XPACE
A Special set of MOTEL Editions will be up for auctioned at this year’s XPACE Auction including. MOTEL is a collaborative project by Gintas Tirilis and Alison S. M. Kobayashi. Friday May 20th, 2011 Doors Open at 6:30 PM Auction Begins at 8PM 8 Ossington Avenue Toronto, ON Tickets are $20 [includes drinks, food and… Continue reading Ulysses Castellanos’ “CULT OF THE CONTEMPORARY” LIVE ART AUCTION, XPACE
WOOD BOOK LAUNCH: A Blackwood Gallery Publication
WOOD A COMPENDIUM OF THE BLACKWOOD GALLERY’S EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS IN 2009 BOOK LAUNCH – WOOD special launch price: $25 (regular $30) Saturday May 7, 1-3pm Art Metropole 788 King Street West PART-CATALOG, PART-MAGAZINE, PART-ANNUAL REPORT, MANY PARTS IN ONE WHOLE. PUTTING ALL OF YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET. BANKING ON TRIGGERING TANGENTIAL THREADS RATHER… Continue reading WOOD BOOK LAUNCH: A Blackwood Gallery Publication