Open Season | Opening Reception Ten
Organizers of the following event are 10 Different Things, City Studio Vancouver and Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
OPEN SEASON by Pongsakorn Yananissorn and Denise Holland
March 10th, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location : 800 Robson Street
Drawing from various terminologies of “court”: a tribunal presided over by judges and magistrates, an area marked for sports, and an establishment of and for sovereignty, Open Season is a launch of a court of sovereign absurdity.
A game of tennis was once a Game of Palms, historically a sport for kings and noblemen. A site of contestation, it was appropriated by the French Third Estate to launch a revolution and has become symbolic of gathering and resisting. A game of sports as well as politics, Open Season establishes a tennis court on 800 Robson Street, between the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery (old courthouse) and the new Law Courts. Three courts, now in a row, provide alternative ways of occupying space and considering relationships within the public sphere.
The term Open Season sets a precedent in allowing professional and amateur players to compete in the same tournament. Similarly, this project embraces that spirit by inviting ten emerging artists to intervene in the court with a series of performances, installations and events. Each iteration, like a match of tennis, responds and works back and forth from one another.
Projects include:
March 10 – April 29 / March 10 / 7:30PM
Open Season , Pongsakorn Yananissorn
March 10 / 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm
42, Kaylee Louie
March 11 & April 28 / 10:00 AM to 4:00PM
Washing Hands with Soap in the Shape of my Mother’s Hands, Marika Vandekraats
March 12 – 14 / from 3:00 pm
Peaceful Protest, Denise Holland
March 15 – 16 / 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Ball and Chain, Stephanie Gagne
March 31 – April 3
The Art of Living, Katharine Meng-Yuan Yi
April 4 – 7 (Screening April 7th, 8pm)
The Good Little Bad Boys of Autonomy, Temporary Investments
April 4 – 7 (Screening April 7th, 8pm)
For Getting the Civic Sphere, Terry-Dayne Beasley
April 23 – 25
Drawing One Last Breath, Sahand Mohajer
April 26 / 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
She Laughs to Herself, Chelsea Yuill
April 27 / 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Pep Rally, Julie Mills