What's on
November 23 to December 7
cjournal@alcor.concordia.ca
Global hunt for new filmmakers
MTV and onedotzero (Arts Council, England) are launching an international competition to find the best new talent among new moving-image-makers. The winners will be commissioned to create a series of one-minute films that explore identity and community. The organizers say this is a brilliant opportunity for up-and-coming talent to get their work seen around the globe.
Entrants must be 18 or over. Techniques are completely open, and can include animation, motion graphics, 3D, photography, film and video; the use of audio is open to interpretation. Entries must be received by Jan. 31, 2007. For more information, please go to www.mtvonedotzero.com.
Flu shots at Health Services
Flu vaccine is free for healthy adults 60 or over; those with a long-term chronic medical condition or lowered resistance to infection; those who live with a child up to 23 months of age, or with individuals at risk; health care workers or those in close contact with at-risk groups, including a day care setting. If you don’t fit the criteria, you can buy a flu shot for $20.
To book an appointment, please call Angie Trubiano for the SGW campus at ext. 3569, or send an email to trubi@alcor.concordia.ca with your name, ID number, and the best time to schedule an appointment between 9:30 and 11 a.m. Monday to Friday. For appointments at Loyola, contact Mark Penny at ext. 3575.
Kabbalah and narrative
A free public lecture on “Kabbalah and Narrative in the Zohar” will be given by Andrea Gondos (Religion), from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 28 in FA 202, 2060 Mackay St. The event is organized by the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies.
Gondos will explore the creative modes by which the Zohar represents the Biblical story of Abraham’s departure from Ur of the Chaldeans and his travels to Egypt and back to Canaan, and the way narrative strategies — plot, character and language — relate to the mystical content of the Zohar.
Still spots in a bustling city
Curatorial studies students from the MFA program have developed Through to Silence, an exhibition that focuses on nine sites around Montreal in which nature, art or architecture create stillness.
Maps can be downloaded from hybrid.concordia.ca/~through2silence/ and are being distributed throughout the city at art galleries, artist-run centres and Concordia’s Bourget Gallery, on de la Montagne St. The website includes a link to a blog for viewers to send in comments or images and propose new locations of calm and quiet. It will remain active until May 2007.
Speaker on South Asian culture
Amita Handa, author of Of Silk Saris and Mini Skirts: South Asian Women Walk the Tightrope of Culture, will speak in Room 767-765 of the Hall Building on Nov. 24, starting at 2 p.m. This free lecture is sponsored by the Simone de Beauvoir Institute.
The shifting self
Until Jan. 13, the FOFA Gallery Vitrines feature Baphomet/Tramontano, Bonnie Baxter’s series of 10 large digital prints and a video work. She layers images from a collection amassed over 30 years to create a self-portrayal that “references the individual while alienating the image.” The idea is to speak about the ever-shifting identity of the individual.
The Vitrines may be accessed through the FOFA Gallery weekdays between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. or from the pavilion’s entrances at the corner of Guy or Mackay Sts. daily from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.