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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 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

THRIFT GAZE: works by Alison Kobayashi The Nightingale Cinema / 1084 N. Milwaukee / Chicago, IL August 28, 2013 8 pm / $7-10 sliding scale Alison Kobayashi will be in person to screen a wide selection of her captivating film and video work. Her pieces often start with a pin hole sized bit of information,… Continue reading Thrift Gaze: August 28th at the Nightingale, Chicago

Sliding off the Edge of the World Programmed by Clint Enns Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 9:00 pm The Dam Next to the Mill on the Saugeen River (at The Quilt Barn in the event of rain) Durham, ON The edge of the world, the place where the sun goes to rest. Although we no longer… Continue reading The Fabulous Festival of Fringe 2013

“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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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[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