POSTPONED—OBAD Presents: Dirty Filthy Love (2004)—Movie Screening and Moderated Talk with Dr. Tamara Pringsheim
A new date will be announced soon.
Due to the rising cases of COVID-19 cases in Alberta, out of an abundance of caution and care we have decided to postpone this event to a late date.
Existing Ticket holders will be automatically pre-registered for the rescheduled date once identified. We have added a waitlist in hopes of expanding ticket capacity should it be safe to do so for the rescheduled event.
Presented by SITEc PROJECTS and OBAD – The Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders, in partnership with Contemporary Calgary.
Dr. Tamara Pringsheim - Neurologist and specialist in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Tourette Syndrome.
Dick Averns - Artist, curator, and researcher into art and community mental wellness.
This free public program accompanies the current exhibition, Perspectives From Within, exploring the lived experience of mental health and neuro-divergence.
This is an in-person program. Masks are mandatory, and physical distancing will be maintained. Contemporary Calgary requires visitors ages 12 and older to provide proof of vaccination by scannable QR Code, documentation of a medical exemption, or a negative PCR or rapid test within the last 72 hours in order to enter the gallery.
Join neurologist Dr Tamara Pringsheim at a screening of the cult classic starring Martin Sheen and Shirley Henderson: “a darkly funny, quirky and poignant story of a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome negotiating his way through divorce, his best friend’s matchmaking efforts and a woman who introduces him to therapy, filth and unconditional love.”
The film will be followed by an audience question and answer session with Dr Tamara Pringsheim, moderated by Dick Averns. This event marks both the final weekend of the exhibition Perspectives from Within and Bell Let’s Talk Day. Co-produced with Contemporary Calgary Perspectives From Within is curated by Dick Averns and presented by the Organization of Bipolar Disorders (OBAD) and their creative arm SITEc PROJECTS.
About the Speakers
Dr. Tamara Pringsheim
(she / her)
Dr. Tamara Pringsheim is a Professor with the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. She is the program lead for the Tourette and Pediatric Movement Disorder program at Alberta Children’s Hospital and the Deputy Director of the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education. Tamara is also president of the Tourette OCD Alberta Network, a nonprofit organization that supports people living with Tourette syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and provides education and training on these disorders to healthcare providers.
Dick Averns
(he / him)
Dick Averns is a curator, artist and writer whose research specialties include conflict, mental health and public art. He was deployed with Canadian Forces as an official war artist in The Middle East and curates at The University of Calgary Founders’ Gallery at The Military Museums.
As an educator in 2017 he was named by Canadian Art Magazine as one of Canada’s leading post-secondary instructors to incorporate wellness into his teaching. Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome well into his adult life, Dick has become and advocate for addressing mood disorders through art, and in 2020 received the City of Calgary Mayor’s Cultural Leaders Legacy Award for Healing Through the Arts.
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