Exhibition Opening
Charles Stankievech: The Desert Turned to Glass
Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 5:00-10:00 PM
Please join Contemporary Calgary in celebration of the Charles Stankievech: The Desert Turned to Glass exhibition opening.
This event is presented in collaboration with FREE First Thursdays! Explore our galleries, connect with Antyx Community Arts Hip-Hop Club, discover YYC/LRT Free Art Thursdays, enjoy thoughtfully crafted beverages by Sugar Water Bar, international cuisines by Healthy Baby and music by DJ PressPlay.
FREE with registration. Artist in attendance.
This is an all-ages event.
Food and beverage will be available for purchase.
Exhibition Opening
Charles Stankievech: The Desert Turned to Glass
Doors: 5:00 pm
Remarks 6:30 pm
Galleries Close: 10:00 pm
This event is presented in collaboration with FREE First Thursdays.
SOLD OUT
Charles Stankievech Performance: The Glass Key (Domus)
Thursday, March 2, 2023 | 7PM
Extended as a public program of Charles Stankievech: The Desert Turned to Glass, please join us on the evening of the opening, for a live concert performed by the artist.
Temporality and timelessness collide in a live improvisation by the artist Charles Stankievech in the planetarium dome. Marshalling both subterranean and cosmic noise, the work invites viewers to meditate on deep time, deep space, and deep listening. “The Glass Key (Domus)“ comprises original field recordings of solar rays (crackling within the earth's ionosphere), hydrophone recordings of Arctic ice, water rush within Yucatan cenotes (created by a meteorite impact) and echoes within Lanzarote's volcanic calderas. Originally commissioned for James Turrell’s Tree of Light at Hacienda Ochil, Merida Mexico.
About the Artist
Charles Stankievech (b. Okotoks, Canada) is an artist, writer and curator, whose award-winning work has been shown at institutions including the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; Kunste Werke, Berlin; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; National Gallery of Canada; TBA21, Vienna; as well as several biennials from Venice to SITE Santa Fe. He has lectured at dOCUMENTA (13) and the 8th Berlin Biennale, and his writing has been published by Verso, MIT, Sternberg Press, e-flux, and Princeton Architectural Press. He is an editor of Afterall Journal (U of Chicago Press), a co-founder of the Yukon School of Visual Art, and was Director of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto from 2015-2021, where he is currently Associate Professor. For 2022-23, Stankievech is a visiting researcher in the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo.
Free First Thursday Partners
YYC/LRT: Free Art Thursdays
This program is part of the YYC/LRT:Community Based Art as Community Development study. Those attending this event may choose to participate in a study exploring the role of art in community development. This would involve completing a questionnaire and including your art as data in the study. The Cojoint Faculties Research Ethics Board has approved this study (REB22-1227). For more information please email jreiserm@ucalgary.ca.
Visit Free Art Thursdays at YYC/LRT on the first Thursday of every month
February - July, 2023
5:00 – 9:00 pm
Corner 10th St and 8th Ave SW
Antyx Community Arts
Antyx is a community arts company that uses the arts and community development processes to create opportunities for youth to become more engaged in their community and experience increased community connection. The Antyx Thursday Hip-Hop Club is a space for dancers, MCs, and DJs of all levels! Youth and participants are encouraged to use the space to practice and make their own signature moves, write and perform their own songs, and/or practice with professional DJ equipment! We take time to explore principles of hip hop culture, the art around us, and creating places and spaces in the community. This space is for open-floor, open-mic, and open-deck cyphers.
Sugar Water Bar
Kyo-Jean Chung started Sugar Water in 2015 as a way of exploring his love for finely crafted cocktails. He has a curiosity for powerful elixirs that percolate ideas and bring people to common ground. His knack for befriending talented people in all realms of culinary arts, mixology, and event planning helps him cultivate fresh ideas and inspired service. He has managed to find the perfect balance between friendliness, professionalism, and lightness throughout his life as an entrepreneur.
Healthy Baby
Founded and operated by Rashad Ali and Kenneth Persson, Healthy Baby is a fast and casual comfort food pop up. We’re focused on creating unpretentious and delicious sandwiches, snacks and street food right here in Calgary. Healthy Baby specializes in Trinidadian and Caribbean food, but you’ll also find us dabbling in all forms of international cuisines. You never know where Healthy Baby will be cooking from next!
DJ PressPlay
DJ PressPlay has been performing in cultural events, city festivals, and YYC night clubs for nearly a decade. His focus is dropping vinyl—keepin’ it old school—surging that delicious funk from our past! DJ PressPlay pours the hot sauce in that boogie! Come get your groove on and if you like Hot Sauce Boogie’s vibe, pick up your swag at Cabcity.ca.