Saturday, February 20, 2010

La Nuit blanche au Cagibi




Artists from Montreal and beyond come together at Cagibi for an eclectic night full of surprises. On the program: experimental music, video projections, slide shows, interactive installations, and weird performance art.

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$$ GRATUIT / FREE $$

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SALLE ARRIÈRE / BACK ROOM

21h00 à minuit: music + projections

Great Vowel Shift (Montreal)
http://greatvowelshift.tumblr.com
+ projection: Matthew Reading

Metis Yeti (Montreal)
http://www.metisyeti.co.cc/
+ projection: Vincent Charlebois

intermission by Emily Kai Bock + Julia Thomas

Nuthre (Victoria)
http://sites.google.com/site/nuthre/
+ projection: Sarah Tracy

Holzkopf (Saskatoon)
http://sites.google.com/site/holzkopf666/
+ projection: Freida Abtan

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midnight – Rick Trembles (Montreal)
The author of Motion Picture Purgatory weekly comic strip/movie reviews is giving a slideshow presentation.
http://www.snubdom.com/

00h40 – Alien Lentil: A ÷ L² = PP (outer space)
Alien Lentil returns from the distant future once again. This time with a new interactive, life changing performance piece. Unleashing the superbrightwhitelight power of obscure zero dimensional psychedelic psychic formulae, Alien Lentil will make one of YOUR wishes come true.

01h00 – Insane Gown Posse (Montreal)
This queer supergroup features Miss Swamp Pussy and collaborators. This will be their first performance and I'm willing to bet it's going to be memorable.

01h45 – Fingerdog + Four Minutes to Midnight (Montreal)
Experimental drones + spoken word.
http://www.myspace.com/fingerdog
http://lokidesign.net/2356/

02h15 – Stacey Ho (Toronto)
Using party favours and dollar store finds, Stacey Ho facilitates the breathing of visitors to the Caigibi. This is a continuation of a series of exercises based on body movements, voluntary, involuntary, involuntary ------> voluntary, individual -----> intermingled, breathing, blinking, pulse, gesture, action, sound.
http://staceyho.com/

02h45 – Alien Lentil
(encore)

03h05 – Gutstrings + Parlour Treats (Montreal)
http://www.myspace.com/gguuttssttrriinnggss

03h35 – Fingerdog + Four Minutes to Midnight
(encore)

04h05 – Total Gaze (Montreal)
Total mystery.

04h35 – Stacey Ho
(encore)

(ends around 5h00)

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SALLE À L'AVANT / FRONT ROOM

Interactive Booths:

*22h-23h, 00h-01h, 02h-03h (presentation & recording sessions)
The Society for Preservation of Anachronistic Gesture

*22h-02h Jessika Fancy- Fine Art Nail Painting
*22h-02h Oliver Fugler- Tarot Readings for the Unconvinced

Projections:

*10h- 05h Sarah Pupo- installlation/animation
*00h30-03h Jasa Baka, Julia Thomas & Sarah Tracy- living window display/mind's eye laboratory
*When he feels like it h Jean Claude Van Damme- clips cuts

All Night Installations:

*Liz Ramsden- hibernation cave art installation
*Jessica Reina Rainville- plant art engulfing washroom installation
*Roving Party Machine- free sugar high all night'r self serve slush

& DJs

(open all night)