BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IICSI - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IICSI REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240301T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240301T150000 DTSTAMP:20240222T195627Z CREATED:20240222T193833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240222T195627Z UID:14128-1709298000-1709305200@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: MT Space "Multicultural Theatre Space: Intercultural Theatre Creation" DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, March 1 at 1:00 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Multicultural Theatre Space: Intercultural Theatre Creation” with MT Space.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nMT Space presents a demonstration of the intercultural theatre creation methodology established by Majdi Bou-Matar\, and engages others in the conversations around devised processes\, ancestry\, and culture clash. This workshop / talk will feature four actors: Nada Abusaleh\, Ahmad Meree\, Brad Cook\, and Jewels Krauss. \nMore about the speaker:\nMT Space (Multicultural Theatre Space) was founded in 2004 by Lebanese-Canadian Majdi Bou-Matar\, who was a trained director\, actor\, and dancer. After receiving the same criticism over and over\, hearing that his accent was too thick or that he “didn’t look the part”\, Majdi decided to create a company that would become a platform for all artists that felt marginalized\, racialized\, and displaced. This is how MT Space was born. \nMT Space has grown from being a company that produces one show every year to an organization that brings culturally and socially relevant work from across the country and around the world to our community of Kitchener-Waterloo. We have challenged the preconceptions of theatre to create\, produce\, and present work that is accessible and affordable to low-income families while creating a space for Indigenous\, immigrant\, refugee\, and marginalized voices to be heard. \nMT Space challenges the definition of theatre to include all disciplines such as dance\, music\, multimedia\, and circus performing arts. As such\, MT Space is becoming a presenter of artists and arts organizations across many disciplines. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-mt-space-multicultural-theatre-space-intercultural-theatre-creation/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Thinking-Spaces-MT-Space.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240229T150000 DTSTAMP:20240212T140954Z CREATED:20240205T155648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T140954Z UID:13981-1709211600-1709218800@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, February 29 DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there! \n  \n  \n  URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions-feb-29/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:ImprovLab Open House Sessions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IICSI_OpenHouse_W242.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240228T160000 DTSTAMP:20240221T162341Z CREATED:20240220T154358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T162341Z UID:14123-1709128800-1709136000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Zahra Habib "Lunar Rotations: Eternal Eleutheria DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, February 28 at 2:00 PM (ET) for Thinking Spaces: “Eternal Eleutheria” with Zahra Habib.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nZahra takes you on the cosmic experience that is Lunar Rotations\, blending musical selections with narrative overtones that connect the sounds with the theme of arriving at an eternally internal freedom: Eleutheria. \nMore about the speaker:\nAny creation from Zahra Habib is an experience. Zahra is an award-winning DJ\, producer\, radio host\, and multi-faceted creator. Her Lunar Rotations radio show and live experience is a performance of cathartic\, creative force\, and has rocked dance floors in London\, Toronto\, and New York. She has produced countless radio and podcast programs\, and is known for her ability to inspire deep understanding and transformative ideas in her interviews\, viewable on LunarRotations.TV. An advocate an expressive\, creative life for all\, she is a Board Member of TD Sunfest World Music Festival\, the JUNOs Hip-Hop and Rap Advisory committee\, and among many other distinctions\, the owner of Shakti Creative Media Garden.Keep up with Zahra via zahrahabib.ca\, and Instagram: @Zahra.Shakti @Lunar.Rotations \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-zahra-habib-lunar-rotations-eternal-eleutheria/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Thinking-Spaces-Zahra-Habib.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T150000 DTSTAMP:20240212T140825Z CREATED:20240205T155250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T140825Z UID:13977-1707397200-1707404400@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:ImprovLab Open House Sessions\, February 8 DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a schedule of Thursday afternoon (1–3 pm ET) ImprovLab Open House Sessions! The sessions will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. Bring any instrument and be ready to improvise! \n\nThe full schedule is as follows: \nFebruary 8th (Electronic Music Session); immediately following Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington \nFebruary 29th \nMarch 7th \nMarch 21st \nApril 4th \nApril 18th \nMay 2nd \nHope to see you there! \n  \n  \n  URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvlab-open-house-sessions/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:ImprovLab Open House Sessions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IICSI_OpenHouse_W242.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240208T130000 DTSTAMP:20240221T162515Z CREATED:20240201T174516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T162515Z UID:13971-1707393600-1707397200@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Colin Harrington "Improvisation in Sequencer-based Electronic Dance Music" DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, February 8 at 12:00 PM for Thinking Spaces: “Improvisation in Sequencer-based Electronic Dance Music” with Colin Harrington.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nThe culture and technology of Electronic Music has seen tremendous developments over the last decade. Thanks to the increased availability\, affordability and accessibility of equipment\, the artform’s popularity has exploded worldwide. One booming area is that of “Sequencer-based Improvisation”\, which entails the synchronizing of one or more instruments together via a “Master Clock”\, then using sequencers\, sound design\, audio mixers\, and effects\, to spontaneously compose fluid and spontaneous music in real-time. \nAlthough many different styles of music can be explored within this medium\, it is most popularly expressed within the stylistic framework and motivations inherent in Electronic Dance Music\, a genre with a rich cultural and technological history\, as well as a unique reciprocal relationship with the audience. \nWe will discuss a brief history of the technology and the cultural history of electronic dance music\, and how specific pieces of equipment changed the genre. As well as how all these factors spawned a unique type of improvisation\, and why it differs from other improvisational artforms.  \nThe presentation will be followed by an open studio session\, workshopping a wide selection of synchronized electronic instruments. \nMore about the speaker:\nColin Harrington is a Guelph based multimedia artist\, A/V technician\, and multidisciplinary musician. He performs in a “live hardware” electronic project called MOONBEAN\, who has toured Canada and Europe playing semi-improvised dance music. He also produces and directs music videos\, and works for IICSI as a technician in their ImprovLab at University of Guelph. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-colin-harrington/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Thinking-Spaces-Colin-Harrington.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240203T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240203T153000 DTSTAMP:20240201T182248Z CREATED:20240201T182248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T182248Z UID:13974-1706968800-1706974200@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab - vol. I: AJAY and REZA DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, February 3rd\, at 2:00 PM for the first in a series of small-scale\, largely acoustic Pop Up Concerts @ ImprovLab. \nVol. I:\nAJAY and REZA\n(piano) (tar\, voice) \nFollowing this first iteration\, subsequent concerts will take place the first Saturday of each month\, inside ImprovLab (108 MacKinnon Building\, University of Guelph Campus)—the best sounding room in Guelph! \nAs always\, entry is free and our “Pop Up Concerts” will remain low-key. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/events-pop-up-concert-series-volume-1/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pop-Up-Series-Vol-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231206T153000 DTSTAMP:20231129T020800Z CREATED:20231128T235133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231129T020800Z UID:13916-1701871200-1701876600@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Zane Zalis\, "Head in the Clouds - Feet on the Ground | Improvising and Creating: A Way of Becoming and Being" DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, December 6 at 2:00 PM for Thinking Spaces: “Head in the Clouds – Feet on the Ground | Improvising and Creating: A Way of Becoming and Being” with Zane Zalis.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nWith decades of experience as an improvising musician\, composer\, lyricist\, performer\, educator\, and more\, Dr. Zane Zalis will share stories/experiences\, insights\, lessons\, practices\, and ideas that have informed and shaped his artistic and pedagogical journey. The entangled texture of his work\, weaving emotion\, feeling\, reason\, thinking\, motivation and skill development as central to human understanding of self and others\, renders the arts and values creativity/improvisation as indispensable to broad and deep human development. \nMore about the speaker:\nDr. Zane Zalis is a composer/lyricist/writer/producer/educator\, having received the PhD Dissertation Award (CSSE ARTS SIG\, Canada)\, Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence\, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond and Gold Medals\, Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for the Advancement of Inter-Religious Understanding\, Opus Klassik (Germany-six nominations)\, Canon of Culture Prize 2017 (Lodz\, Poland)\, Canada Council for the Arts grant- composer/lyricist/librettist\, and an invitation to become a composer-member of the prestigious BMI Musical Theatre Workshops\, New York. His compositions have been performed in New York (Lincoln Center)\, Toronto (Roy Thomson Hall)\, Lodz (Grand Theatre)\, Scotland\, Mexico\, Stuttgart/Wuppertal/Leverkusen (Germany)\, Murau (Artistic Director of the International Music Festival\, Austria)\, and Winnipeg (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra\, CBC – Jazz Orch.\, Queen Elizabeth II gala concert\, et al). His oratorio\, I Believe\, has been recorded by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the Bayer Philharmoniker (Ars Produktion-Germany). He has also worked in the commercial music field; radio\, television\, music theatre\, and music production.  He has taught at secondary and post-secondary levels\, having founded and created innovative programs and methods that address creative/skill development\, performance\, and pedagogy. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-zane-zalis-improvising-and-creating/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Thinking-Spaces-Zane-Zalis.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231130T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231130T210000 DTSTAMP:20231114T162003Z CREATED:20231114T162003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T162003Z UID:13868-1701374400-1701378000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Dans les arbres In Concert DESCRIPTION:Following their free workshop earlier that day\, Dans les arbres will be performing a free concert at 8 PM on Thursday\, November 30\, in the ImprovLab! As with the workshop\, this event is free and open to all. \nDans les arbres is an improvising ensemble comprising French clarinetist Xavier Charles alongside three Norwegians: pianist Christian Wallumrød\, guitarist Ivar Grydeland\, and percussionist Ingar Zach. \nThe group’s idiosyncratic inhabitants form unusual combinations of airy\, wooden\, metallic sounds\, prepared strings\, and tampered drumheads. Their world of sounds and fine sense of communication lead to collective playing and spontaneous group-composing said to be in a “class of its own.” Their music moves gently but steadily ahead on broad planes of sound. The dynamic textural scenery evolves as Dans les arbres harnesses its wealth of unorthodox extended techniques. \nSince the recording of their first album in 2006\, Dans les arbres has performed more than 150 concerts around the globe. The group’s releases Dans Les Arbres (ECM 2008)\, Canopée (ECM 2012)\, Phosphorescence (HUBRO 2017)\, and Volatil (SOFA 2019) have received praise from reviewers and audiences alike. In 2019\, Dans les arbres started releasing music from special projects on the group’s Bandcamp profile. Dans les arbres was nominated for the prestigious Nordic Music Prize in 2015. Dans les arbres has performed with guest musicians such as Yumiko Tanaka\, Otomo Yoshihide\, Jim O’Rourke\, the Norwegian duo Vilde & Inga\, and The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Together with singers and the Oslo Sinfonietta\, the group performed the piece About Nature by Henrik Hellstenius at the Oslo Opera House in 2015. \nPlease RSVP here to reserve your concert ticket! URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/dans-les-arbres-in-concert/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Dans-les-arbres_live1_Copyright_Eve_Lagger-LO-768x507-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231130T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231130T153000 DTSTAMP:20231114T162056Z CREATED:20231114T162056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T162056Z UID:13856-1701352800-1701358200@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Dans les arbres Workshop DESCRIPTION:IICSI is pleased to present a workshop by Dans les arbres! Please join us at the ImprovLab at 2 PM on Thursday\, November 30th for this free event\, open to all! \nDans les arbres is an improvising ensemble comprising French clarinetist Xavier Charles alongside three Norwegians: pianist Christian Wallumrød\, guitarist Ivar Grydeland\, and percussionist Ingar Zach. One of the main focuses for Dans les arbres has been to develop an “ensemble sound.” In this workshop\, Dans les arbres will demonstrate their methods and invite participants to join in improvising together in a large ensemble–an extended Dans les arbres. Bring your instruments! \nThe workshop will be followed by a free concert by Dans les arbres at 8 PM. \nPlease RSVP here to reserve your slot! \n  URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/dans-les-arbres-workshop/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2019-11-23-Dans-les-arbres-photos-Remi-Angeli-021-768x432-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231125T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231125T170000 DTSTAMP:20231120T165615Z CREATED:20231116T160456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T165615Z UID:13897-1700924400-1700931600@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Jamming the Classroom: Book Launch & Concert DESCRIPTION:-IICSI is pleased to present a book launch & concert by Ajay Heble & Jesse Stewart! Please join us at the ImprovLab at 3 PM on Saturday\, November 25th for this free event\, open to all!  Please RSVP here to confirm your attendance. \nBooks will be on hand for purchase! \nFor those who cannot make it in person\, the concert will be live-streamed on IICSI’s official Twitch stream! \n— \nAbout the book: \nJamming the Classroom: Musical Improvisation and Pedagogical Practice \nDrawing on a mix of collaborative autoethnography\, secondary literature\, interviews with leading improvisers\, and personal anecdotal material\, Jamming the Classroom discusses the pedagogy of musical improvisation as a vehicle for teaching\, learning\, and enacting social justice. Heble and Stewart write that to “jam the classroom” is to argue for a renewed understanding of improvisation as both a musical and a social practice; to activate the knowledge and resources associated with improvisational practices in an expression of noncompliance with dominant orders of knowledge production; and to recognize in the musical practices of aggrieved communities something far from the reaches of conventional forms of institutionalized power\, yet something equally powerful\, urgent\, and expansive. With this definition of jamming the classroom in mind\, Heble and Stewart argue that even as improvisation gains recognition within mainstream institutions (including classrooms in universities)\, it needs to be understood as a critique of dominant institutionalized assumptions and epistemic orders. Suggesting a closer consideration of why musical improvisation has been largely expunged from dominant models of pedagogical inquiry in both classrooms and communities\, this book asks what it means to theorize the pedagogy of improvised music in relation to public programs of action\, debate\, and critical practice. \nAbout the authors: \nAjay Heble is Professor of English and Director of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation at the University of Guelph. In 2023 he was awarded the Killam Prize in the Humanities.  \nJesse Stewart is Associate Professor of Music at the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University. He is also the founder of We Are All Musicians\, an organization dedicated to fostering inclusive music making. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/jamming-the-classroom-book-launch-concert/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1700499184393-3b5fe01f-a465-4313-974e-97cae02604e1_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231124T143000 DTSTAMP:20231115T204524Z CREATED:20231115T195031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T204524Z UID:13891-1700830800-1700836200@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Dr. Darren Hamilton\, "Exploring and Experimenting with Gospel Vocal Improvisation" DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, November 24 at 1:00 PM for Thinking Spaces: “Exploring and Experimenting with Gospel Vocal Improvisation” with Dr. Darren Hamilton.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nGospel music has influenced many genres of music including\, soul\, R&B and pop. While many people appreciate and can recognize the ‘sound’ of gospel music\, there is little research that examines the characteristics and approaches of gospel vocal improvisation. This talk will provide insights into the connections between blues or jazz improvisation and gospel vocal improvisation\, while also identifying nuances that are specific to the gospel style. Come prepared to explore and ‘experiment’ with gospel vocal improvisation. You may even learn a gospel song in the process! \nMore about the speaker:\nDr. Darren Hamilton is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. His research interests lie in gospel music\, hip hop music and popular music education\, in addition to equity\, diversity and social justice in music curriculum. He is also the director of the Faculty of Music Gospel Choir\, an undergraduate course he founded at the faculty in 2019. Dr. Hamilton has over 30 years experience performing gospel music. He has served as a member of the JUNO Award-winning Toronto Mass Choir and the JUNO-nominated Youth Outreach Mass Choir. Dr. Darren Hamilton was the recipient of the 2022 JUNO Award for MusiCounts Teacher of the Year. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-darren-hamilton-gospel-vocal-improvisation/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Thinking-Spaces-Darren-Hamilton-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T113000 DTSTAMP:20250130T185224Z CREATED:20231121T011656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T185224Z UID:13909-1700647200-1700652600@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Joe Sorbara\, "Attending to the Social Space of The Music: Self-Expression as a Site of Pedagogy | Questioning the ways that I teach creative music making" DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Wednesday\, November 22 at 10:00 AM for Thinking Spaces: “Attending to the Social Space of The Music: Self-Expression as a Site of Pedagogy | Questioning the ways that I teach creative music making” with Joe Sorbara.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nMore about this talk:\nJoe Sorbara recently contributed a chapter to The Improviser’s Classroom: Pedagogies for Cocreative Worldmaking\, edited by Daniel Fischlin and Mark Lomanno for Temple University Press. “Attending to the Social Space of The Music: Self-Expression as a Site of Pedagogy” is an exploration of the ways that Sorbara welcomes students into the world of creative music. In preparation for this phase of their work\, which will be to study the ways that other improvisers conceive of the music\, talk about the music\, share the music with others\, Sorbara invites participants in this colloquium presentation to help question\, problematise\, and otherwise unsettle some of the basic tendencies and assumptions that have arisen in the presenter’s writing. \nMore about the speaker:\nCanadian drummer and percussionist Joe Sorbara has spent decades developing a reputation as a dedicated and imaginative performer\, composer\, improviser\, collaborator\, organiser\, listener\, writer\, and educator. A consummate sonic adventurer\, Sorbara’s music draws on a vast array of influences\, most notably the African American Creative Music tradition. They have performed and recorded with Norm Adams\, Ken Aldcroft\, Anthony Braxton\, Jared Burrows\, JP Carter\, Nikita Carter\, Christine Duncan\, Paul Dutton\, François Houle\, Germaine Liu\, Joe McPhee\, Karen Ng\, Evan Parker\, William Parker\, Allen Ravenstine\, Clyde Reed\, Steve Sladkowski\, and Friendly Rich\, among many many others. \nSorbara is a long-time student of master drummer Jim Blackley. They hold an Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music from York University in Toronto and a Master’s degree in English from the University of Guelph. Joe has worked extensively as a workshop facilitator and guest lecturer and has been a sessional lecturer in the School of Fine Art and Music at Guelph since 2007. They\nare currently studying toward a PhD in Critical Improvisation Studies. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-joe-sorbara-creative-music/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Thinking-Spaces-Joe-Sorbara.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231110T163000 DTSTAMP:20231106T185205Z CREATED:20231103T152223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T185205Z UID:13828-1699628400-1699633800@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: annais linares\, "Co-Creative Accompaniment: Improvising Re[new]ed Relationships through Arts-Based Kin Making" DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, November 10 at 3 pm for Thinking Spaces: “Co-Creative Accompaniment: Improvising Re[new]ed Relationships through Arts-Based Kin Making” with annais linares.  \n\nThis presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab\, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph\, as well as online via Zoom. As always\, our Thinking Spaces events are free! \n\nAbstract / Summary \nIn her colloquium presentation\, annais linares will discuss a socially-engaged art practice that brings together arts-based community making and kinning\, a verb described as ”…reconnecting our bodies\, minds\, and spirits within a world that is not merely a collection of objects but a ‘communion of subjects’…” by Gavin Van Horn\, co-editor of Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations. \nannais describes this bridging as arts-based kin making. Her work studies improvisation and accompaniment as critical processes to ethically activate arts-based kin making in her communities\, and how those practices might lead to re[new]ed relationships between humans\, and between human and more-than-human life. She will discuss the relevance of this practice within the contexts of community health\, [species] loneliness\, and related arts-based community making projects. \nShort Bio \nannais linares is a musician and socially engaged artist who is currently in the Critical Studies in Improvisation PhD program at the University of Guelph. Her research focuses on co-creative art-making\, improvisation and collective care. \n\n\nTo attend the talk in-person or online\, RSVP via our Google Forms. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/13828/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ThinkingSpacesannais.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231108T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231108T213000 DTSTAMP:20231108T152019Z CREATED:20231103T180446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T152019Z UID:13835-1699473600-1699479000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Bread and Puppet Comes to University of Guelph DESCRIPTION:IICSI and the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph have teamed up to present a ONE NIGHT ONLY performance of Inflammatory Earthling Rants from the infamous\, the spectacular\, the alluring… Bread and Puppet Theater! Bread and Puppet are well known for their visually rich\, street-theater brand of performance art which revels in music\, dance\, and slapstick-filled celebratory protest. If you want to experience one of the most mind-expanding\, atypical\, and creative shows\, this is for you! \nThe show takes place at War Memorial Hall on Wednesday\, November 8 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are available on a sliding scale pricing model and start at $15 for students. \nReserve yours now: https://bit.ly/3QI57p1 \nAbout the show:\nEarthlings are now aflame and consequently need inflammatory rants\, directed against the arsonist: Western Civilization and its incompetent government. The habitual pragmatic communication jargon won’t do\, so the ranters have to resort to the original language which was tasked to employ the spells\, charms\, and incantations needed to confront the disaster in order to instigate change – with help from Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid ideology. \nAbout Bread and Puppet Theater:\nFounded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side\, Bread & Puppet has been based in the North East Kingdom of Vermont since the early 1970s and is one of the oldest\, nonprofit\, self-supporting theatrical companies in the country. Well known for its visually rich\, street-theater brand of performance art\, Bread and Puppet revels in music\, dance\, and slapstick-filled celebratory protest. Believing that theater is a basic necessity like bread\, the company frequently brings its work to the streets for those who may not otherwise go to the theater. Its shows are political and spectacular\, frequently featuring puppets on stilts\, huge masks with expressive faces\, singing\, dancing\, and a richly elaborated repertoire of iconic characters. \nBread and Puppet is recognized throughout the world and has won distinction at international theater festivals in Italy\, Poland\, Colombia\, and Yugoslavia\, beginning with their break-out performances at the 1968 Nancy Festival in France. Notable awards include the Erasmus Prize of Amsterdam\, 4 Obies\, the Puppeteers of America’s President Award\, and the Vermont Governor’s Award. Bread and Puppet is constantly active\, performing at its farm in Glover\, VT\, and in local churches\, schools and parades. It regularly tours Europe\, Canada\, and the United States and has recently visited El Salvador\, Haiti\, Russia\, Greece and Korea. \n  URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/13835/ LOCATION:War Memorial Hall\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Guelph-IG.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231030T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231030T123000 DTSTAMP:20231023T212344Z CREATED:20231023T212044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T212344Z UID:13811-1698663600-1698669000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Bob Wiseman\, "The Black Sqaure" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces\, “The Black Square” is presented by Bob Wiseman\, and takes place Monday\, October 30 at 11am ET. The talk includes a presentation followed by a guided Q&A and conversation period. \nFor our fourth Thinking Spaces session\, we are excited to welcome IMPR graduate student\, Bob Wiseman. Join us on Monday 30 October 2023\, 11:00AM-12:30PM to listen to this musician\, author and educator discuss and share ideas from his novel in process. This talk takes place in-person in the Tranzac Club\, Toronto\, Ontario (292 Brunswick Avenue) and will be streamed online. Registration is required to attend. Sign up now! \nMore about this talk:\nBob will provide excerpts of his novel in process read by Rebecca Campbell. “I am in\nengaged in two pieces of writing. The first is a work of fiction\, the second a framing document.\nThe fiction is what we will be reading on October 30th. It is about a musician studying\nimprovisation and how that alters his consciousness.” Bob is introducing it and answering\nquestions. Guest Rebecca Campbell will read the actual story instead of Bob\, “I like the sound of\nher voice more than the one in my head.” Guest John Oswald will be present and supply first\nquestions/ responses. \nMore about the speaker:\nBob Wiseman is a PhD student in Critical Studies in Improvisation. He is also a teacher at the\nUniversity of Western Ontario and Seneca Polytechnic. At Western he teaches improvisation\,\nmusic business and songwriting\, at Seneca media and censorship studies. In addition to being at\nthe University of Guelph at IICSI\, Bob is the author of the 2020 book Music Lessons\, “Each\nentry is unique and compellingly written\, but the themes throughout ― on improvisational\nmusic\, life lessons\, and conflict ― are ubiquitous.” Jack David URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-bob-wiseman-the-black-sqaure/ LOCATION:Tranzac Club\, 292 Brunswick Ave.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 2M7\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Thinking-Spaces-Bob-Wiseman.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231027T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231027T153000 DTSTAMP:20231023T213143Z CREATED:20230919T141326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T213143Z UID:13700-1698415200-1698420600@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Kim Solga\, "Women Making Shakespeare Now: Decolonizing the Creation Room" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces\, “Women Making Shakespeare Now: Decolonizing the Creation Room” is presented by Dr. Kim Solga\, and takes place Friday\, October 27 at 2pm ET. The talk includes a presentation followed by a guided Q&A and conversation period.  \nFor our third Thinking Spaces session\, we are excited to welcome Dr. Kim Solga. Join us on Friday 27 October 2023\, 2:00PM-3:30PM to listen to this critically acclaimed teacher and scholar discuss and share ideas about decolonizing the Shakespeare Industry. This talk takes place in-person in the MacKinnon Building\, Room 103\, University of Guelph. Registration is required to attend. Sign up now! \nMore about this talk:\nIn the wake of BLM\, MeToo\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, and changing audience and creator dynamics\, the Shakespeare Industry (arts organizations and academic institutions alike) has finally realized that Shakespeare wasn’t just a basic white guy; “Shakespeare” can be – indeed\, *is* – Black\, trans\, Indigenous\, gender queer\, disabled. While historians like Sawyer Kemp\, Andy Kesson\, Ayanna Thompson\, and more work to uncover the previously invisible histories of Shakespeare’s own queer and coloured worlds\, artists like Emma Frankland\, Dawn Jani Birley\, Reneltta Arluk\, Nataki Garrett\, and more are devising creation room practices that not only permit\, but *rely upon*\, the whole selves of equity-deserving artists previously excluded from Shakespearean spaces to shape the worlds of rehearsal and the plays in performance. I’ve just completed a book called Women Making Shakespeare in the 21st Century (CUP\, 2024)\, for which I interviewed more than a dozen directors\, playwrights\, actors and scholar-artists about how they approach the hot potato we call “Shakespeare” in ways that are fundamentally disruptive of the colonial norms that historically shaped Shakespearean production and reception. In this talk I’ll share some of the most inspiring of my learnings\, and I’ll also talk about the obstacles that still lie in the way of this work and how we\, scholars and artists\, might address them together. \nMore about the speaker:\nKim Solga is Professor of Theatre Studies and English Studies at Western University. She is the author of four books\, including Violence Against Women in Early Modern Performance (2009) and Theatre & Feminism (2015)\, and the editor of six more\, including the award-winning Performance and the City (2009) and Performance and the Global City (2013)\, with D.J. Hopkins and Shelley Orr. Kim is also a decorated teacher\, and she currently holds the Arts and Humanities Teaching Fellowship (2021-24) at Western’s Centre for Teaching and Learning. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-kim-solga/ LOCATION:University of Guelph\, MacKinnon Building\, 87 Trent Ln\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thinking-Spaces-Kim-Solga.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T210000 DTSTAMP:20231017T151951Z CREATED:20231006T031610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T151951Z UID:13778-1697482800-1697490000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Interconnected Relationships Mural\, Omar G Ramirez and his students\, Mural Workforce Academy\, Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory x MALDEF\, 2023\nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition\nThe Emergence of a New Field of Interdisciplinary Inquiry\n\nOctober 16–21\, 2023\nMassey Hall\, University of Guelph \nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition marks the celebration of a significant milestone in the emerging field of Critical Studies in Improvisation.  \nThe founding of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University in Guelph was facilitated by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant\, awarded in 2012. The Partnership Grant set in motion a decade of robust research and creative outputs generated by a team of scholars\, researchers\, community partners\, and arts practitioners on a local\, national\, and international scale.  \nThis exhibition illustrates the formalization of improvisation as a field of academic inquiry over the ten+ year period of the SSHRC Partnership Grant in which the institute was named (2012 to 2022) and narrates how IICSI has evolved into a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on the social implications of improvisational practices.   \nImprovising Communities invites you to explore\, inquire\, investigate\, and play with a curated selection of sample projects generated by IICSI’s network during this extended period\, from practice-based community programming to accessible new media technologies. The exhibition encourages you to consider one of IICSI’s central research questions: can improvisation be a vehicle for positive social change?  \nThis exhibition takes places October 16–21\, 2023 in Massey Hall\, at the University of Guelph. \nTimeline designed by Carter Pryor\, 2023 \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\nIn late 2022\, IICSI approached Studio Oleomingus\, a partner on their new SSHRC grant “Improvising Futures\,” about creating a video game which showcases the last ten years of IICSI’s research findings. Enthusiastic and up for the task\, Studio Oleomingus and IICSI set to work to determine the format\, content\, and technical specifications of the game\, meeting monthly with an advisory committee to talk through ideas\, troubleshoot potential issues\, and narrow in on a delightful player experience. \n  \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\, 2023\, Studio Oleomingus \nAfter almost a full year of collaboration\, what emerges is a freeform digital toy: a collection of playing cards that contain within them a variety of media\, including audio tracks\, documentaries\, short films\, photographs\, recorded performances\, artwork\, and more\, from different research and creative outputs generated by IICSI and their network over the past decade. We proudly present to you\, The Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive. \nHosted on your web browser (www.improvisingthearchive.com)\, the game is accessible to anyone with an internet connection\, and it invites players to discover the intricacies of IICSI’s diverse array of researchers\, partners\, and community organizations\, all while learning a little bit about the institute’s research and activities.\n \nIICSI and Studio Oleomingus hope the game will be as fun to play as it is informative\, and hope the game leads to a wider conversation about improvisation in the exploration of digital archives and interactive art.  \nThe video game will premiere at our exhibition opening night\, on Monday\, October 16 at 7 pm at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph. \nExhibition Schedule\nMonday\, October 16\n7–9 pm | Opening Reception \nCape Spear Klang\, 2021 \nJoin IICSI for the opening reception of Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph! The evening will be divided into two parts: a special premiere of our video game The Hand You are Dealt: Improvising the Archive and talk back with Studio Oleomingus creators Dhruv Jani and Sushant Chakraborty\, and an exclusive screening of the documentary Cape Spear Klang (2021) and talk back with Directors Ellen Waterman and Diego Pani. \nAbout Cape Spear Klang: When Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 Sound Symposium—a festival of experimental music and sound in St. John’s\, Newfoundland—he set out to create a nested environment of recorded soundscapes\, improvised music\, acoustic space\, and multi-channel sound diffusion. The site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear National Historic Site. Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs\, and the audience\, seated outside\, would receive the resonant echo of those concrete chambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by the composer’s recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape. Weather intervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglican cathedral in town\, drastically changing both its presentation and its signification. Cape Spear Klang documents the resilience\, inventiveness\, and improvisational artistry of Newfoundland musicians. \nLight refreshments will be provided. Massey Hall is a physically accessible venue. \nPlease RSVP to attend! \nTuesday\, October 17 to Thursday\, October 19\nOpen 12–4 pm \nFriday\, October 20\nOpen 12–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nSaturday\, October 21\nOpen 10–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nPartners and Researchers (SSHRC PG 2012-2022)\nThe 2012 SSHRC Partnership Grant “International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation: A Partnered Research Institute”\, led to national and international partnerships with six core research sites and one foundation partner: McGill University in Montreal; University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s; University of Regina; University of California at Santa Barbara; and Musagetes. \nIn addition to the core research sites\, the grant brought together an international team of 50+ researchers from 20 different institutions and over 3o international partners. These partnerships connected scholars of improvisation studies in unprecedented ways via affiliations ranging from grassroots level connections between our community partners\, to formalized cooperative agreements at top levels of administration and research oversight at IICSI’s partnered institutions. \nWe’d like to thank our partners and researchers for their involvement\, dedication\, and contributions to the research. Please note that partners and researchers were added and removed throughout the ten-year duration of the grant. To get a sense of the amazing team and partners involved\, please check out the relevant pages on our website.  \nAcknowledgments\nThis exhibition has been made possible by a dedicated team of individuals and an exhibition committee. A special thanks to: Ajay Heble\, Julia Busatto\, Jordan Zalis\, Dhruv Jani\, Lucy Bilson\, Simon Flint\, Rebecca Caines\, Eric Lewis\, Shawn Van Sluys\, Ryan Ahlers\, Bonnie Thomson\, Matthew Endahl\, Ben Finley\, Ann Westbere\, and Mike Hansen. \nA special thank you to our exhibition partners: \n \n\n University of Guelph\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 6 URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvising-communities-a-retrospective-exhibition/ LOCATION:Massey Hall\, University of Guelph\, 478 Gordon Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-100.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T210000 DTSTAMP:20231017T151951Z CREATED:20231006T031610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T151951Z UID:13778-1697482800-1697490000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Interconnected Relationships Mural\, Omar G Ramirez and his students\, Mural Workforce Academy\, Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory x MALDEF\, 2023\nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition\nThe Emergence of a New Field of Interdisciplinary Inquiry\n\nOctober 16–21\, 2023\nMassey Hall\, University of Guelph \nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition marks the celebration of a significant milestone in the emerging field of Critical Studies in Improvisation.  \nThe founding of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University in Guelph was facilitated by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant\, awarded in 2012. The Partnership Grant set in motion a decade of robust research and creative outputs generated by a team of scholars\, researchers\, community partners\, and arts practitioners on a local\, national\, and international scale.  \nThis exhibition illustrates the formalization of improvisation as a field of academic inquiry over the ten+ year period of the SSHRC Partnership Grant in which the institute was named (2012 to 2022) and narrates how IICSI has evolved into a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on the social implications of improvisational practices.   \nImprovising Communities invites you to explore\, inquire\, investigate\, and play with a curated selection of sample projects generated by IICSI’s network during this extended period\, from practice-based community programming to accessible new media technologies. The exhibition encourages you to consider one of IICSI’s central research questions: can improvisation be a vehicle for positive social change?  \nThis exhibition takes places October 16–21\, 2023 in Massey Hall\, at the University of Guelph. \nTimeline designed by Carter Pryor\, 2023 \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\nIn late 2022\, IICSI approached Studio Oleomingus\, a partner on their new SSHRC grant “Improvising Futures\,” about creating a video game which showcases the last ten years of IICSI’s research findings. Enthusiastic and up for the task\, Studio Oleomingus and IICSI set to work to determine the format\, content\, and technical specifications of the game\, meeting monthly with an advisory committee to talk through ideas\, troubleshoot potential issues\, and narrow in on a delightful player experience. \n  \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\, 2023\, Studio Oleomingus \nAfter almost a full year of collaboration\, what emerges is a freeform digital toy: a collection of playing cards that contain within them a variety of media\, including audio tracks\, documentaries\, short films\, photographs\, recorded performances\, artwork\, and more\, from different research and creative outputs generated by IICSI and their network over the past decade. We proudly present to you\, The Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive. \nHosted on your web browser (www.improvisingthearchive.com)\, the game is accessible to anyone with an internet connection\, and it invites players to discover the intricacies of IICSI’s diverse array of researchers\, partners\, and community organizations\, all while learning a little bit about the institute’s research and activities.\n \nIICSI and Studio Oleomingus hope the game will be as fun to play as it is informative\, and hope the game leads to a wider conversation about improvisation in the exploration of digital archives and interactive art.  \nThe video game will premiere at our exhibition opening night\, on Monday\, October 16 at 7 pm at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph. \nExhibition Schedule\nMonday\, October 16\n7–9 pm | Opening Reception \nCape Spear Klang\, 2021 \nJoin IICSI for the opening reception of Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph! The evening will be divided into two parts: a special premiere of our video game The Hand You are Dealt: Improvising the Archive and talk back with Studio Oleomingus creators Dhruv Jani and Sushant Chakraborty\, and an exclusive screening of the documentary Cape Spear Klang (2021) and talk back with Directors Ellen Waterman and Diego Pani. \nAbout Cape Spear Klang: When Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 Sound Symposium—a festival of experimental music and sound in St. John’s\, Newfoundland—he set out to create a nested environment of recorded soundscapes\, improvised music\, acoustic space\, and multi-channel sound diffusion. The site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear National Historic Site. Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs\, and the audience\, seated outside\, would receive the resonant echo of those concrete chambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by the composer’s recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape. Weather intervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglican cathedral in town\, drastically changing both its presentation and its signification. Cape Spear Klang documents the resilience\, inventiveness\, and improvisational artistry of Newfoundland musicians. \nLight refreshments will be provided. Massey Hall is a physically accessible venue. \nPlease RSVP to attend! \nTuesday\, October 17 to Thursday\, October 19\nOpen 12–4 pm \nFriday\, October 20\nOpen 12–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nSaturday\, October 21\nOpen 10–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nPartners and Researchers (SSHRC PG 2012-2022)\nThe 2012 SSHRC Partnership Grant “International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation: A Partnered Research Institute”\, led to national and international partnerships with six core research sites and one foundation partner: McGill University in Montreal; University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s; University of Regina; University of California at Santa Barbara; and Musagetes. \nIn addition to the core research sites\, the grant brought together an international team of 50+ researchers from 20 different institutions and over 3o international partners. These partnerships connected scholars of improvisation studies in unprecedented ways via affiliations ranging from grassroots level connections between our community partners\, to formalized cooperative agreements at top levels of administration and research oversight at IICSI’s partnered institutions. \nWe’d like to thank our partners and researchers for their involvement\, dedication\, and contributions to the research. Please note that partners and researchers were added and removed throughout the ten-year duration of the grant. To get a sense of the amazing team and partners involved\, please check out the relevant pages on our website.  \nAcknowledgments\nThis exhibition has been made possible by a dedicated team of individuals and an exhibition committee. A special thanks to: Ajay Heble\, Julia Busatto\, Jordan Zalis\, Dhruv Jani\, Lucy Bilson\, Simon Flint\, Rebecca Caines\, Eric Lewis\, Shawn Van Sluys\, Ryan Ahlers\, Bonnie Thomson\, Matthew Endahl\, Ben Finley\, Ann Westbere\, and Mike Hansen. \nA special thank you to our exhibition partners: \n \n\n University of Guelph\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 6 URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvising-communities-a-retrospective-exhibition/ LOCATION:Massey Hall\, University of Guelph\, 478 Gordon Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-100.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T210000 DTSTAMP:20231017T151951Z CREATED:20231006T031610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T151951Z UID:13778-1697482800-1697490000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Interconnected Relationships Mural\, Omar G Ramirez and his students\, Mural Workforce Academy\, Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory x MALDEF\, 2023\nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition\nThe Emergence of a New Field of Interdisciplinary Inquiry\n\nOctober 16–21\, 2023\nMassey Hall\, University of Guelph \nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition marks the celebration of a significant milestone in the emerging field of Critical Studies in Improvisation.  \nThe founding of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University in Guelph was facilitated by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant\, awarded in 2012. The Partnership Grant set in motion a decade of robust research and creative outputs generated by a team of scholars\, researchers\, community partners\, and arts practitioners on a local\, national\, and international scale.  \nThis exhibition illustrates the formalization of improvisation as a field of academic inquiry over the ten+ year period of the SSHRC Partnership Grant in which the institute was named (2012 to 2022) and narrates how IICSI has evolved into a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on the social implications of improvisational practices.   \nImprovising Communities invites you to explore\, inquire\, investigate\, and play with a curated selection of sample projects generated by IICSI’s network during this extended period\, from practice-based community programming to accessible new media technologies. The exhibition encourages you to consider one of IICSI’s central research questions: can improvisation be a vehicle for positive social change?  \nThis exhibition takes places October 16–21\, 2023 in Massey Hall\, at the University of Guelph. \nTimeline designed by Carter Pryor\, 2023 \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\nIn late 2022\, IICSI approached Studio Oleomingus\, a partner on their new SSHRC grant “Improvising Futures\,” about creating a video game which showcases the last ten years of IICSI’s research findings. Enthusiastic and up for the task\, Studio Oleomingus and IICSI set to work to determine the format\, content\, and technical specifications of the game\, meeting monthly with an advisory committee to talk through ideas\, troubleshoot potential issues\, and narrow in on a delightful player experience. \n  \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\, 2023\, Studio Oleomingus \nAfter almost a full year of collaboration\, what emerges is a freeform digital toy: a collection of playing cards that contain within them a variety of media\, including audio tracks\, documentaries\, short films\, photographs\, recorded performances\, artwork\, and more\, from different research and creative outputs generated by IICSI and their network over the past decade. We proudly present to you\, The Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive. \nHosted on your web browser (www.improvisingthearchive.com)\, the game is accessible to anyone with an internet connection\, and it invites players to discover the intricacies of IICSI’s diverse array of researchers\, partners\, and community organizations\, all while learning a little bit about the institute’s research and activities.\n \nIICSI and Studio Oleomingus hope the game will be as fun to play as it is informative\, and hope the game leads to a wider conversation about improvisation in the exploration of digital archives and interactive art.  \nThe video game will premiere at our exhibition opening night\, on Monday\, October 16 at 7 pm at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph. \nExhibition Schedule\nMonday\, October 16\n7–9 pm | Opening Reception \nCape Spear Klang\, 2021 \nJoin IICSI for the opening reception of Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph! The evening will be divided into two parts: a special premiere of our video game The Hand You are Dealt: Improvising the Archive and talk back with Studio Oleomingus creators Dhruv Jani and Sushant Chakraborty\, and an exclusive screening of the documentary Cape Spear Klang (2021) and talk back with Directors Ellen Waterman and Diego Pani. \nAbout Cape Spear Klang: When Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 Sound Symposium—a festival of experimental music and sound in St. John’s\, Newfoundland—he set out to create a nested environment of recorded soundscapes\, improvised music\, acoustic space\, and multi-channel sound diffusion. The site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear National Historic Site. Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs\, and the audience\, seated outside\, would receive the resonant echo of those concrete chambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by the composer’s recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape. Weather intervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglican cathedral in town\, drastically changing both its presentation and its signification. Cape Spear Klang documents the resilience\, inventiveness\, and improvisational artistry of Newfoundland musicians. \nLight refreshments will be provided. Massey Hall is a physically accessible venue. \nPlease RSVP to attend! \nTuesday\, October 17 to Thursday\, October 19\nOpen 12–4 pm \nFriday\, October 20\nOpen 12–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nSaturday\, October 21\nOpen 10–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nPartners and Researchers (SSHRC PG 2012-2022)\nThe 2012 SSHRC Partnership Grant “International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation: A Partnered Research Institute”\, led to national and international partnerships with six core research sites and one foundation partner: McGill University in Montreal; University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s; University of Regina; University of California at Santa Barbara; and Musagetes. \nIn addition to the core research sites\, the grant brought together an international team of 50+ researchers from 20 different institutions and over 3o international partners. These partnerships connected scholars of improvisation studies in unprecedented ways via affiliations ranging from grassroots level connections between our community partners\, to formalized cooperative agreements at top levels of administration and research oversight at IICSI’s partnered institutions. \nWe’d like to thank our partners and researchers for their involvement\, dedication\, and contributions to the research. Please note that partners and researchers were added and removed throughout the ten-year duration of the grant. To get a sense of the amazing team and partners involved\, please check out the relevant pages on our website.  \nAcknowledgments\nThis exhibition has been made possible by a dedicated team of individuals and an exhibition committee. A special thanks to: Ajay Heble\, Julia Busatto\, Jordan Zalis\, Dhruv Jani\, Lucy Bilson\, Simon Flint\, Rebecca Caines\, Eric Lewis\, Shawn Van Sluys\, Ryan Ahlers\, Bonnie Thomson\, Matthew Endahl\, Ben Finley\, Ann Westbere\, and Mike Hansen. \nA special thank you to our exhibition partners: \n \n\n University of Guelph\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 6 URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvising-communities-a-retrospective-exhibition/ LOCATION:Massey Hall\, University of Guelph\, 478 Gordon Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-100.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T210000 DTSTAMP:20231017T151951Z CREATED:20231006T031610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T151951Z UID:13778-1697482800-1697490000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Interconnected Relationships Mural\, Omar G Ramirez and his students\, Mural Workforce Academy\, Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory x MALDEF\, 2023\nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition\nThe Emergence of a New Field of Interdisciplinary Inquiry\n\nOctober 16–21\, 2023\nMassey Hall\, University of Guelph \nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition marks the celebration of a significant milestone in the emerging field of Critical Studies in Improvisation.  \nThe founding of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University in Guelph was facilitated by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant\, awarded in 2012. The Partnership Grant set in motion a decade of robust research and creative outputs generated by a team of scholars\, researchers\, community partners\, and arts practitioners on a local\, national\, and international scale.  \nThis exhibition illustrates the formalization of improvisation as a field of academic inquiry over the ten+ year period of the SSHRC Partnership Grant in which the institute was named (2012 to 2022) and narrates how IICSI has evolved into a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on the social implications of improvisational practices.   \nImprovising Communities invites you to explore\, inquire\, investigate\, and play with a curated selection of sample projects generated by IICSI’s network during this extended period\, from practice-based community programming to accessible new media technologies. The exhibition encourages you to consider one of IICSI’s central research questions: can improvisation be a vehicle for positive social change?  \nThis exhibition takes places October 16–21\, 2023 in Massey Hall\, at the University of Guelph. \nTimeline designed by Carter Pryor\, 2023 \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\nIn late 2022\, IICSI approached Studio Oleomingus\, a partner on their new SSHRC grant “Improvising Futures\,” about creating a video game which showcases the last ten years of IICSI’s research findings. Enthusiastic and up for the task\, Studio Oleomingus and IICSI set to work to determine the format\, content\, and technical specifications of the game\, meeting monthly with an advisory committee to talk through ideas\, troubleshoot potential issues\, and narrow in on a delightful player experience. \n  \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\, 2023\, Studio Oleomingus \nAfter almost a full year of collaboration\, what emerges is a freeform digital toy: a collection of playing cards that contain within them a variety of media\, including audio tracks\, documentaries\, short films\, photographs\, recorded performances\, artwork\, and more\, from different research and creative outputs generated by IICSI and their network over the past decade. We proudly present to you\, The Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive. \nHosted on your web browser (www.improvisingthearchive.com)\, the game is accessible to anyone with an internet connection\, and it invites players to discover the intricacies of IICSI’s diverse array of researchers\, partners\, and community organizations\, all while learning a little bit about the institute’s research and activities.\n \nIICSI and Studio Oleomingus hope the game will be as fun to play as it is informative\, and hope the game leads to a wider conversation about improvisation in the exploration of digital archives and interactive art.  \nThe video game will premiere at our exhibition opening night\, on Monday\, October 16 at 7 pm at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph. \nExhibition Schedule\nMonday\, October 16\n7–9 pm | Opening Reception \nCape Spear Klang\, 2021 \nJoin IICSI for the opening reception of Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph! The evening will be divided into two parts: a special premiere of our video game The Hand You are Dealt: Improvising the Archive and talk back with Studio Oleomingus creators Dhruv Jani and Sushant Chakraborty\, and an exclusive screening of the documentary Cape Spear Klang (2021) and talk back with Directors Ellen Waterman and Diego Pani. \nAbout Cape Spear Klang: When Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 Sound Symposium—a festival of experimental music and sound in St. John’s\, Newfoundland—he set out to create a nested environment of recorded soundscapes\, improvised music\, acoustic space\, and multi-channel sound diffusion. The site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear National Historic Site. Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs\, and the audience\, seated outside\, would receive the resonant echo of those concrete chambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by the composer’s recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape. Weather intervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglican cathedral in town\, drastically changing both its presentation and its signification. Cape Spear Klang documents the resilience\, inventiveness\, and improvisational artistry of Newfoundland musicians. \nLight refreshments will be provided. Massey Hall is a physically accessible venue. \nPlease RSVP to attend! \nTuesday\, October 17 to Thursday\, October 19\nOpen 12–4 pm \nFriday\, October 20\nOpen 12–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nSaturday\, October 21\nOpen 10–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nPartners and Researchers (SSHRC PG 2012-2022)\nThe 2012 SSHRC Partnership Grant “International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation: A Partnered Research Institute”\, led to national and international partnerships with six core research sites and one foundation partner: McGill University in Montreal; University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s; University of Regina; University of California at Santa Barbara; and Musagetes. \nIn addition to the core research sites\, the grant brought together an international team of 50+ researchers from 20 different institutions and over 3o international partners. These partnerships connected scholars of improvisation studies in unprecedented ways via affiliations ranging from grassroots level connections between our community partners\, to formalized cooperative agreements at top levels of administration and research oversight at IICSI’s partnered institutions. \nWe’d like to thank our partners and researchers for their involvement\, dedication\, and contributions to the research. Please note that partners and researchers were added and removed throughout the ten-year duration of the grant. To get a sense of the amazing team and partners involved\, please check out the relevant pages on our website.  \nAcknowledgments\nThis exhibition has been made possible by a dedicated team of individuals and an exhibition committee. A special thanks to: Ajay Heble\, Julia Busatto\, Jordan Zalis\, Dhruv Jani\, Lucy Bilson\, Simon Flint\, Rebecca Caines\, Eric Lewis\, Shawn Van Sluys\, Ryan Ahlers\, Bonnie Thomson\, Matthew Endahl\, Ben Finley\, Ann Westbere\, and Mike Hansen. \nA special thank you to our exhibition partners: \n \n\n University of Guelph\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 6 URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvising-communities-a-retrospective-exhibition/ LOCATION:Massey Hall\, University of Guelph\, 478 Gordon Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-100.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T210000 DTSTAMP:20231017T151951Z CREATED:20231006T031610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T151951Z UID:13778-1697482800-1697490000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Interconnected Relationships Mural\, Omar G Ramirez and his students\, Mural Workforce Academy\, Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory x MALDEF\, 2023\nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition\nThe Emergence of a New Field of Interdisciplinary Inquiry\n\nOctober 16–21\, 2023\nMassey Hall\, University of Guelph \nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition marks the celebration of a significant milestone in the emerging field of Critical Studies in Improvisation.  \nThe founding of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University in Guelph was facilitated by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant\, awarded in 2012. The Partnership Grant set in motion a decade of robust research and creative outputs generated by a team of scholars\, researchers\, community partners\, and arts practitioners on a local\, national\, and international scale.  \nThis exhibition illustrates the formalization of improvisation as a field of academic inquiry over the ten+ year period of the SSHRC Partnership Grant in which the institute was named (2012 to 2022) and narrates how IICSI has evolved into a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on the social implications of improvisational practices.   \nImprovising Communities invites you to explore\, inquire\, investigate\, and play with a curated selection of sample projects generated by IICSI’s network during this extended period\, from practice-based community programming to accessible new media technologies. The exhibition encourages you to consider one of IICSI’s central research questions: can improvisation be a vehicle for positive social change?  \nThis exhibition takes places October 16–21\, 2023 in Massey Hall\, at the University of Guelph. \nTimeline designed by Carter Pryor\, 2023 \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\nIn late 2022\, IICSI approached Studio Oleomingus\, a partner on their new SSHRC grant “Improvising Futures\,” about creating a video game which showcases the last ten years of IICSI’s research findings. Enthusiastic and up for the task\, Studio Oleomingus and IICSI set to work to determine the format\, content\, and technical specifications of the game\, meeting monthly with an advisory committee to talk through ideas\, troubleshoot potential issues\, and narrow in on a delightful player experience. \n  \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\, 2023\, Studio Oleomingus \nAfter almost a full year of collaboration\, what emerges is a freeform digital toy: a collection of playing cards that contain within them a variety of media\, including audio tracks\, documentaries\, short films\, photographs\, recorded performances\, artwork\, and more\, from different research and creative outputs generated by IICSI and their network over the past decade. We proudly present to you\, The Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive. \nHosted on your web browser (www.improvisingthearchive.com)\, the game is accessible to anyone with an internet connection\, and it invites players to discover the intricacies of IICSI’s diverse array of researchers\, partners\, and community organizations\, all while learning a little bit about the institute’s research and activities.\n \nIICSI and Studio Oleomingus hope the game will be as fun to play as it is informative\, and hope the game leads to a wider conversation about improvisation in the exploration of digital archives and interactive art.  \nThe video game will premiere at our exhibition opening night\, on Monday\, October 16 at 7 pm at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph. \nExhibition Schedule\nMonday\, October 16\n7–9 pm | Opening Reception \nCape Spear Klang\, 2021 \nJoin IICSI for the opening reception of Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph! The evening will be divided into two parts: a special premiere of our video game The Hand You are Dealt: Improvising the Archive and talk back with Studio Oleomingus creators Dhruv Jani and Sushant Chakraborty\, and an exclusive screening of the documentary Cape Spear Klang (2021) and talk back with Directors Ellen Waterman and Diego Pani. \nAbout Cape Spear Klang: When Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 Sound Symposium—a festival of experimental music and sound in St. John’s\, Newfoundland—he set out to create a nested environment of recorded soundscapes\, improvised music\, acoustic space\, and multi-channel sound diffusion. The site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear National Historic Site. Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs\, and the audience\, seated outside\, would receive the resonant echo of those concrete chambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by the composer’s recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape. Weather intervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglican cathedral in town\, drastically changing both its presentation and its signification. Cape Spear Klang documents the resilience\, inventiveness\, and improvisational artistry of Newfoundland musicians. \nLight refreshments will be provided. Massey Hall is a physically accessible venue. \nPlease RSVP to attend! \nTuesday\, October 17 to Thursday\, October 19\nOpen 12–4 pm \nFriday\, October 20\nOpen 12–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nSaturday\, October 21\nOpen 10–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nPartners and Researchers (SSHRC PG 2012-2022)\nThe 2012 SSHRC Partnership Grant “International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation: A Partnered Research Institute”\, led to national and international partnerships with six core research sites and one foundation partner: McGill University in Montreal; University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s; University of Regina; University of California at Santa Barbara; and Musagetes. \nIn addition to the core research sites\, the grant brought together an international team of 50+ researchers from 20 different institutions and over 3o international partners. These partnerships connected scholars of improvisation studies in unprecedented ways via affiliations ranging from grassroots level connections between our community partners\, to formalized cooperative agreements at top levels of administration and research oversight at IICSI’s partnered institutions. \nWe’d like to thank our partners and researchers for their involvement\, dedication\, and contributions to the research. Please note that partners and researchers were added and removed throughout the ten-year duration of the grant. To get a sense of the amazing team and partners involved\, please check out the relevant pages on our website.  \nAcknowledgments\nThis exhibition has been made possible by a dedicated team of individuals and an exhibition committee. A special thanks to: Ajay Heble\, Julia Busatto\, Jordan Zalis\, Dhruv Jani\, Lucy Bilson\, Simon Flint\, Rebecca Caines\, Eric Lewis\, Shawn Van Sluys\, Ryan Ahlers\, Bonnie Thomson\, Matthew Endahl\, Ben Finley\, Ann Westbere\, and Mike Hansen. \nA special thank you to our exhibition partners: \n \n\n University of Guelph\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 6 URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvising-communities-a-retrospective-exhibition/ LOCATION:Massey Hall\, University of Guelph\, 478 Gordon Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-100.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231016T210000 DTSTAMP:20231017T151951Z CREATED:20231006T031610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T151951Z UID:13778-1697482800-1697490000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Banner Image: Interconnected Relationships Mural\, Omar G Ramirez and his students\, Mural Workforce Academy\, Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory x MALDEF\, 2023\nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition\nThe Emergence of a New Field of Interdisciplinary Inquiry\n\nOctober 16–21\, 2023\nMassey Hall\, University of Guelph \nImprovising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition marks the celebration of a significant milestone in the emerging field of Critical Studies in Improvisation.  \nThe founding of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University in Guelph was facilitated by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant\, awarded in 2012. The Partnership Grant set in motion a decade of robust research and creative outputs generated by a team of scholars\, researchers\, community partners\, and arts practitioners on a local\, national\, and international scale.  \nThis exhibition illustrates the formalization of improvisation as a field of academic inquiry over the ten+ year period of the SSHRC Partnership Grant in which the institute was named (2012 to 2022) and narrates how IICSI has evolved into a central source for the collection and dissemination of research on the social implications of improvisational practices.   \nImprovising Communities invites you to explore\, inquire\, investigate\, and play with a curated selection of sample projects generated by IICSI’s network during this extended period\, from practice-based community programming to accessible new media technologies. The exhibition encourages you to consider one of IICSI’s central research questions: can improvisation be a vehicle for positive social change?  \nThis exhibition takes places October 16–21\, 2023 in Massey Hall\, at the University of Guelph. \nTimeline designed by Carter Pryor\, 2023 \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\nIn late 2022\, IICSI approached Studio Oleomingus\, a partner on their new SSHRC grant “Improvising Futures\,” about creating a video game which showcases the last ten years of IICSI’s research findings. Enthusiastic and up for the task\, Studio Oleomingus and IICSI set to work to determine the format\, content\, and technical specifications of the game\, meeting monthly with an advisory committee to talk through ideas\, troubleshoot potential issues\, and narrow in on a delightful player experience. \n  \nThe Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive\, 2023\, Studio Oleomingus \nAfter almost a full year of collaboration\, what emerges is a freeform digital toy: a collection of playing cards that contain within them a variety of media\, including audio tracks\, documentaries\, short films\, photographs\, recorded performances\, artwork\, and more\, from different research and creative outputs generated by IICSI and their network over the past decade. We proudly present to you\, The Hand You Are Dealt: Improvising the Archive. \nHosted on your web browser (www.improvisingthearchive.com)\, the game is accessible to anyone with an internet connection\, and it invites players to discover the intricacies of IICSI’s diverse array of researchers\, partners\, and community organizations\, all while learning a little bit about the institute’s research and activities.\n \nIICSI and Studio Oleomingus hope the game will be as fun to play as it is informative\, and hope the game leads to a wider conversation about improvisation in the exploration of digital archives and interactive art.  \nThe video game will premiere at our exhibition opening night\, on Monday\, October 16 at 7 pm at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph. \nExhibition Schedule\nMonday\, October 16\n7–9 pm | Opening Reception \nCape Spear Klang\, 2021 \nJoin IICSI for the opening reception of Improvising Communities: A Retrospective Exhibition at Massey Hall\, University of Guelph! The evening will be divided into two parts: a special premiere of our video game The Hand You are Dealt: Improvising the Archive and talk back with Studio Oleomingus creators Dhruv Jani and Sushant Chakraborty\, and an exclusive screening of the documentary Cape Spear Klang (2021) and talk back with Directors Ellen Waterman and Diego Pani. \nAbout Cape Spear Klang: When Delf Maria Hohmann was asked to design a sonic event for the 2018 Sound Symposium—a festival of experimental music and sound in St. John’s\, Newfoundland—he set out to create a nested environment of recorded soundscapes\, improvised music\, acoustic space\, and multi-channel sound diffusion. The site-specific work would take place at the wild and majestic Cape Spear National Historic Site. Musicians would perform in WWII bunkers set into the cliffs\, and the audience\, seated outside\, would receive the resonant echo of those concrete chambers diffused through an eight-channel sound system and accompanied by the composer’s recorded soundscapes blended with the natural seascape. Weather intervened and at short notice the event was moved to a neo-gothic Anglican cathedral in town\, drastically changing both its presentation and its signification. Cape Spear Klang documents the resilience\, inventiveness\, and improvisational artistry of Newfoundland musicians. \nLight refreshments will be provided. Massey Hall is a physically accessible venue. \nPlease RSVP to attend! \nTuesday\, October 17 to Thursday\, October 19\nOpen 12–4 pm \nFriday\, October 20\nOpen 12–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nSaturday\, October 21\nOpen 10–8 pm (extended hours for IF 2023) \nPartners and Researchers (SSHRC PG 2012-2022)\nThe 2012 SSHRC Partnership Grant “International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation: A Partnered Research Institute”\, led to national and international partnerships with six core research sites and one foundation partner: McGill University in Montreal; University of British Columbia in Vancouver; Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s; University of Regina; University of California at Santa Barbara; and Musagetes. \nIn addition to the core research sites\, the grant brought together an international team of 50+ researchers from 20 different institutions and over 3o international partners. These partnerships connected scholars of improvisation studies in unprecedented ways via affiliations ranging from grassroots level connections between our community partners\, to formalized cooperative agreements at top levels of administration and research oversight at IICSI’s partnered institutions. \nWe’d like to thank our partners and researchers for their involvement\, dedication\, and contributions to the research. Please note that partners and researchers were added and removed throughout the ten-year duration of the grant. To get a sense of the amazing team and partners involved\, please check out the relevant pages on our website.  \nAcknowledgments\nThis exhibition has been made possible by a dedicated team of individuals and an exhibition committee. A special thanks to: Ajay Heble\, Julia Busatto\, Jordan Zalis\, Dhruv Jani\, Lucy Bilson\, Simon Flint\, Rebecca Caines\, Eric Lewis\, Shawn Van Sluys\, Ryan Ahlers\, Bonnie Thomson\, Matthew Endahl\, Ben Finley\, Ann Westbere\, and Mike Hansen. \nA special thank you to our exhibition partners: \n \n\n University of Guelph\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Image 1 of 6 URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/improvising-communities-a-retrospective-exhibition/ LOCATION:Massey Hall\, University of Guelph\, 478 Gordon Street\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-100.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231002T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231002T153000 DTSTAMP:20230925T180948Z CREATED:20230925T170558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T180948Z UID:13720-1696255200-1696260600@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Karamjeet Dhillon\, "The Body as Knowledge Incubator: Creativity\, Improvisation & Embodiment" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces\, “The Body as Knowledge Incubator: Creativity\, Improvisation & Embodiment” is presented by Dr. Karamjeet Dhillon\, RISE-R project manager at the Centre for School Mental Health at Western University and independent scholar\, and takes place Monday\, October 2 at 2pm ET. The talk includes a presentation followed by a guided Q&A and conversation period.  \nFor our fourth Thinking Spaces session\, we are excited to welcome Dr. Karamjeet Dhillon. Join us on Monday October 2 2023\, 2:00PM-3:30PM to listen to this award-winning scholar discuss and share ideas about embodied ways of sensing\, knowing and being in the world. This talk takes place in-person in ImprovLab\, University of Guelph. Registration is required to attend. Sign up now! \nMore about the speaker:\nDr. Dhillon keenly documents the nature of lived experience through sensory ethnography and post-intentionality phenomenology. Her arts-based approaches include visual research within the framework of physical activity. Moreover\, her philosophical practices are identified at the intersections of inclusive inquiry through methodologies and pedagogies. She locates her work at the juncture of qualitative investigations\, theoretical frameworks and applied research. She is passionate about researching real-world settings and working with underserved populations such as immigrants and refugees\, 2SLGBTQIA+\, global indigenous cultures and neuro-diverse populations. Dr. Dhillon has over a decade of experience in program evaluation\, organizational change management\, community curriculum programming and project development. She has actively supported local organizations to receive substantial grants to accomplish their important work. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-karamjeet-dhillon-the-body-as-knowledge-incubator-creativity-improvisation-embodiment/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thinking-Spaces_Karamjeet-Dhillon.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230918T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230918T120000 DTSTAMP:20230914T130824Z CREATED:20230914T130824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230914T130824Z UID:13650-1695031200-1695038400@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: François Houle & Benoît Delbecq\, "POISE" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces\, “POISE” is presented by François Houle & Benoît Delbecq\, and takes place Monday\, September 18 at 10am ET. The talk includes a presentation followed by a guided Q&A and conversation period.  \nFor our second Thinking Spaces session\, we are excited to welcome Clarinetist François Houle and Parisian pianist and composer\, Benoît Delbecq. Join us on Monday 18 September 2023\, 10:00AM-11:30AM in the Improv Lab to listen to these two critically acclaimed improvisers discuss and share their unique approach to musical improvisation. \nThis talk takes place in-person in ImprovLab\, University of Guelph. Registration is required to attend. Sign up now! \nMore about this talk:\nAs the music unfolds\, composition and improvisation seem to flow together into a dream-like continuum where jazz and new music meet. To reach this place\, Delbecq and Houle have worked for years extending the techniques of their instruments and creating their own language of musical gestures for purposes of spontaneous musical composition. Delbecq’s contemplative piano “fabrics” draw on Cage\, Ligeti\, and African timbres and polyrhythms\, and are characterized by unexpected juxtapositions and patternings. Houle’s approach has been inspired by Evan Parker and clarinetist William O. Smith’s multi-layered sonic explorations\, and combines a thoroughgoing reinvention of the clarinet’s expressive possibilities with an exceptional melodic lyricism. The duo’s rapport results in a highly ordered yet intuitive discourse\, echoes and undercurrents of other music continually opening up new directions \nMore about the speakers:\nClarinetist François Houle has followed a musical path few others have travelled. He is a true innovator and pioneer of the instrument\, opening sonic vistas in the most imaginative ways possible. François has released CDs on several labels and has toured internationally. He has been listed on multiple occasions by Downbeat magazine as a “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” and was hailed as a “Rising Star” in Downbeat’s Critics’ and Readers’ Polls. He is “a spectacularly versatile clarinetist who appears to have no limitations stylistically or sonically” (Mark Swed\, LA Times). \nBenoît Delbecq is a multi-awarded Parisian pianist and composer\, a trendsetter who persists in developing his ideas in a very rhythmic and multi-layered approach\, bringing the soul of jazz to John Cage’s prepared piano. Delbecq may prepare just a few strings with wood sticks\, then sit at the piano transforming the instrument into a percussion-and-piano ensemble. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-houle-delbecq/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thinking-Spaces-Francois-and-Benoit-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230913T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230913T180000 DTSTAMP:20230912T132931Z CREATED:20230905T161747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T132931Z UID:13641-1694620800-1694628000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Sophie Brown\, "Improvisation\, Pedagogy and Pre-Texts" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces\, “Improvisation\, Pedagogy and Pre-Texts” is presented by Sophie Brown\, and takes place Wednesday\, September 13 at 4pm ET. The talk includes a presentation followed by a guided Q&A and conversation period.  \nSophie will provide an interactive overview of Pre-Texts\, a creative teaching protocol integrating civics\, literacy\, and innovation. Based on her recently published co-authored chapter\, “Counter-Melodies and Creativity: Filling the Gaps in a Rural Colorado School\,” Sophie will reflect on the improvisatory nature of Pre-Texts and how the application of this approach can close the gap between the idealism and practicality of a creative\, collaborative\, and co-owned classroom experience. \nJoining us for this session of Thinking Spaces is Sophie’s external respondent\, the renowned scholar\, Dr. Georgina Barton. \nThis talk will be a hybrid event\, taking place in-person in ImprovLab\, University of Guelph\, and virtually\, via Zoom (a Zoom link will be emailed to all virtual attendees on the morning of the event). Registration is required to attend in person and via Zoom. Sign up now! \nMore about this talk:\nSophie’s talk is based on her recently published chapter about Pre-Texts\, and offers an overview of the method for integrating civics\, innovation\, and literacy in the classroom. It draws on the experience of Lindsay Bobyak and Sophie Brown in using Pre-Texts with elementary students as part of Creative Roots Collective\, which provides educational opportunities in rural Colorado. Sophie will outline tangible strategies for elementary teachers and educators which can improve literacy and oracy outcomes for students and bridge the gap between the idealism and practicality of a creative\, collaborative\, and co-owned classroom experience. The presentation includes vignettes of the arts-based protocol in action and breaks down the component Pre-Texts activities. Finally\, Sophie will look at positive changes in student behaviour and provide guidance for integrating Pre-Texts into the classroom. \nMore about the speaker:\nSophie Brown is a PhD student in Critical Studies in Improvisation with a collaborative specialization in International Development Studies. In partnership with the British-Academy funded Education\, Peace\, and Politics research network\, she is conducting research on higher education pedagogy at Koya University in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. In addition to graduate studies at the University of Guelph\, Sophie is part of the 2023 MBA Cohort at the Global Leaders Institute for Arts Innovation. The program focuses on social entrepreneurship\, cultural management\, sustainable impact\, and community development. This is the first executive MBA in Arts innovation in the world\, and Sophie is a part of the first graduating cohort. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-sophie-brown-improvisation-pedagogy-and-pre-texts/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thinking-Spaces-Sophie-Brown-Fall-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230715 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230723 DTSTAMP:20230213T152714Z CREATED:20230131T195127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T152714Z UID:13160-1689379200-1690070399@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Musical Improvisation at Land’s End / Coin-du-Banc en folie DESCRIPTION:July 15-22\, 2023\, Coin-du-Banc\, Québec \nCamp Faculty: Joane Hétu and Jean Derome\nGuest artists: TBD \nThe Gaspé coast has been listed by National Geographic as one of the top 20 tourist destinations in the entire world. Nestled in the most easterly tip of the region appropriately known as the Land’s End\, and minutes away from the famous Rocher Percé\, the coastal village of Coin-du-Banc offers an inspirational and spectacular natural setting for a summer camp devoted to musical improvisation. We contend that where the land ends\, imagination begins. \nPresented by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI)\, this summer camp seeks to develop innovative strategies to put aspiring musicians in direct and meaningful contact with professional improvisers. Musical Improvisation at Land’s End (MILE) is a unique summer camp that will engage musicians in hands-on workshops led by world-class improvising artists. \nThe workshops will take place in an inclusive and supportive environment\, nurturing and developing musical improvisation as a vital model of arts-based community-making. In addition to participating in workshops\, lecture-demonstrations\, and jam sessions\, campers (aged 16 and up) will attend concerts and have opportunities to experience some of the unique tourist attractions that the area has to offer\, including whale watching\, visits to local artisans’ studios\, and tours that highlight the region’s breathtaking beauty. \nThe objectives for this project are: \n\nTo connect members of diverse communities (including from under-resourced regions) with profound experiences of improvised music making;\nTo foster\, through improvised musical collaboration\, relationships and understanding between youth from diverse urban and rural backgrounds;\nTo contribute to participants’ sense of confidence in themselves as musicians\, and as members of a community;\nTo promote creativity through immersion in collaborative creative practice\, and experimentation in musical improvisation\, and\nTo investigate and document the impacts of the program through a complementary research and evaluation component.\n\nWe anticipate that the MILE camp will become a landmark site for the development of contemporary creative music where participants are offered a unique opportunity and setting to interact with\, and learn from\, influential figures within the field of improvised music. \nThe camp will run from July 15-22\, 2023\, in Coin-du-Banc\, Québec. Campers can purchase our Campers-In-Residence package\, Single Day package\, or stay overnight as a companion of a participant. Information on fees is available via our Cost Sheet. \nIf you are experiencing financial barriers that inhibit you from attending MILE camp\, a limited amount of funding may be available. Please inquire at improvisationcamp@gmail.com. \nTo start your booking process\, please complete the registration form. Only successful candidates will be contacted for next steps. \nThe deadline to apply is April 30\, 2023. \n\nLe 15-22 julliet\, 2023\, Coin-du-Banc\, Québec \nLa Gaspésie a été classée par « National Geographic » comme l’une des vingt destinations touristiques les plus remarquables dans le monde entier. Niché dans la pointe est de la région connue comme le « bout du monde »\, et à quelques minutes du célèbre Rocher Percé\, le village côtier de Coin-du- Banc offre un cadre spectaculaire\, naturel\, et stimulant pour un camp d’été d’improvisation musicale. À notre avis\, c’est au bout du monde\, que commence l’imagination. \nSous la direction de l’Institut international pour les études critiques en improvisation (IICSI)\, ce camp d’été cherche à découvrir des stratégies innovatrices pour mettre les musiciens en contact avec des improvisateurs professionnels. « Coin-du- Banc en folie » est donc un camp d’été unique qui propose aux jeunes des ateliers dirigés par des artistes exceptionnels et de renommée internationale. \nLes ateliers prennent place dans un environnement d’accueil et de soutien\, encourageant et développant l’improvisation musicale pour en faire un modèle important de la création de communautés basée sur les arts. En plus de participer à des ateliers\, des démonstrations et des sessions de « jam »\, les campeurs (âgés de 16 ans et plus) participeront à des concerts et auront l’occasion de découvrir des attractions touristiques uniques de la région : l’observation des baleines\, des visites aux ateliers d’artisans locaux et des visites touristiques soulignant la beauté naturelle de la région. \nLes objectifs de ce projet sont de : \n\nEngager des membres de divers communautés (notamment des régions défavorisés) dans une expérience profonde en improvisation musicale;\nFavoriser\, grâce à la collaboration que suscite l’improvisation musicale\, les relations et la compréhension entre les jeunes issus de milieux urbains et ruraux divers;\nContribuer à la confiance en soi des participants comme musiciens et comme membres d’une communauté;\nPromouvoir le processus de création en immergeant les participants dans une pratique collaborative de création et dans l’expérimentation d’improvisation musicale;\nExaminer et documenter le processus du programme à l’aide d’un élément de recherche et d’évaluation complémentaire.\n\nNous prévoyons que le camp musicale « Coin-du- Banc en folie » deviendra site marquantpour le développement de la musique créative contemporaine\, où les participants auront l’occasion singulièred’interagir et apprendre dans un cadre unique avec des personnalités influentes dans le domaine de la musique improvisée. \nLe camp aura lieu du 15 au 22 julliet\, 2023\, à Coin-du-Banc\, Québec. Les campeurs peuvent acheter notre forfait Campeurs en résidence\, forfait d’une journée ou passer la nuit en tant qu’accompagnateur d’un participant. Étant donné que le camp est assez intime\, l’espace est limité pour ceux qui passent les nuits au camp. \nPour obtenir des informations sur les tarifs du camp 2023\, consultez notre fiche de coûts. Si vous rencontrez des obstacles financiers qui vous empêchent de participer à MILE\, un montant limité de financement peut être disponible. Veuillez vous renseigner à improvisationcamp@gmail.com. \nPour commencer votre processus de réservation\, veuillez remplir le formulaire d’inscription. Seuls les candidats retenus seront contactés pour les prochaines étapes. \nLa date limite d’inscription est le 30 avril 2023. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/musical-improvisation-at-lands-end-coin-du-banc-en-folie/ LOCATION:Coin-du-Banc\, Québec\, 315 Rte 132\, \, Percé\, Quebec\, G0C 2L0\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-09-at-2.10.36-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230329T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230329T153000 DTSTAMP:20230322T190205Z CREATED:20230314T170950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T190205Z UID:13346-1680098400-1680103800@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Marsha Hinds Myrie\, "Improvisation\, Plantation Societies and Difficult Conversations" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces\, “Improvisation\, Plantation Societies and Difficult Conversations” is presented by Marsha Hinds Myrie\, and takes place Wednesday\, March 29 at 2pm ET. The talk includes a presentation followed by a guided Q&A and conversation period.  \nMarsha will present a brief overview of literature about the plantation society and the presentation of social injustice as a remnant of plantation and post coloniality.  She will be joined virtually by Barbadian film producer\, Russell Watson\, to discuss the question of using art as an advocacy tool. The presentation will conclude with a closer analysis of the activist theatre run by the National Organization of Women for its successes and possibilities.  \nThis talk takes place in-person in MacKinnon room 103\, University of Guelph. Registration is required to attend. Sign up now! \nMore about the talk:\nThe stated purpose of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation is “…to create positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts\, innovative scholarship\, and collaborative action.” The purpose of this talk is to invite partnership and mutual sharing in Critical Studies in Improvisation to imagine uses and expansion in plantation societies.  Using art to confront complicated social issues is a long accepted and well received practice in plantation societies. Drumming\, calypso\, reggae music and parodies have been used by populations where other forms of expression such as newspapers and even social media are heavily policed to control dissent or calls for justice.  \nIn 2018\, just before the global COVID pandemic the National Organization of Women of Barbados reactivated the connection between women’s social justice organizing and art – specifically theatre.  The practice of using theatre to focus and engage women themselves and the general public has been in vogue since the 1970s when the Women’s collective\, Sistren was formed in Jamaica.  By putting Critical Studies in Improvisation in conversation with the Caribbean women’s organizing strategies I hope to encourage both groups to continue to think about the importance of their work specifically for modern day plantation societies.    \nMore about the speaker:\nMarsha Hinds Myrie’s life and work are an embodiment of dualities and intersections. She is a Barbadian/Canadian citizen with an ancestral\, cultural and intellectual home in Africa. Her career unfolds\, sometimes spectacularly and sometimes confusingly at the intersections of activism and education with research being a forced endeavour to maintain the grace of the academy. \nHinds Myrie is President’s Gender Equity Committee postdoctoral fellow with a focus on women’s leadership at the University of Guelph and the immediate past president of the National Organization of Women of Barbados. She spent 22 years developing an advocacy model to address the issues of underprivileged groups of women in Barbados and the Commonwealth Caribbean. The major focus of the work is to develop and encourage the use of victim defined services for women and girls affected by various types of gender-based violence while at the same time removing the burden of eradicating violence from women and victims by forcing a stronger lobby in policy spaces. \nThe philosophical mooring for Marsha’s interaction with equity work come partly out of her PhD research which focused on the ways in which political and cultural experiences shaped the development and creation of intellectual spaces and intellectual thought in Commonwealth Caribbean tertiary institutions. The epistemological valleys that create disciplines in the Western academy are still immensely uncomfortable for Hinds Myrie but if forced she would classify her work as womanism\, Black Studies\, philosophy as praxis and intellectual history. \nMarsha is mother to four biological children\, godmother to one amazing godbaby and aunty to scores others. URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-marsha-hinds-improvisation-plantation-societies-and-difficult-conversations/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Thinking-Spaces-Template_Fall-2022-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230315T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230315T160000 DTSTAMP:20230309T162330Z CREATED:20230309T162100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230309T162330Z UID:13333-1678888800-1678896000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Rebecca Barnstaple\, "Fidelity for the Irreplicable: Improvisation in Dance and Health Research" DESCRIPTION:Our next Thinking Spaces session\, “Fidelity for the Irreplicable: Improvisation in Dance and Health Research” is presented by Rebecca Barnstaple\, and takes place Wednesday\, March 15 at 2pm ET. The talk includes a movement demonstration and takes place in-person in our brand new ImprovLab. \nRegister through our google form to attend! \nMore about the talk:\nImprovisation is a core element of some interventions in the emerging fields of dance for health and dance therapy\, which have shown potential to slow progress or diminish symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alheimer’s. IMPROVment® is a dance-based improvisational movement practice for brain-body health developed at Wake Forest University. It has been used in several research studies\, including a recently completed RCT (2017 – 2020) and a just-launched 5-year RCT investigating dose and frequency effects of dance interventions for adults with subjective memory loss. This talk explores how tools related to improvisation can be adapted to a research-ready scientific protocol while preserving their integrity and magic – includes a demonstration. \nMore about the speaker:\nRebecca Barnstaple is the Manager of Community Programs and Engagement at Chigamik Community Health Centre in Midland\, Ontario\, a tri-cultural agency offering a range of services from Traditional Healing and social prescribing to mental health and primary care. Rebecca recently completed a PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship at York University investigating the neurobiological effects of dance in health and disease and is adjunct faculty in the dance department. A graduate of the National Centre for Dance Therapy at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in Montreal (NCDT 2015)\, she offers dance-therapy based programs for people with Parkinson’s\, Alzheimer’s\, and Chronic Pain\, and provides education and training in dance therapy and dance interventions for the NCDT\, Dance for Health Nova Scotia\, and IMPROVment (Wake Forest University\, North Carolina). \nRebecca co-chairs the Certification and Accreditation committee of the Dance Movement Therapy Association of Canada (DMTAC) and serves on the Research and Practice committee of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA)\, the Research Group of the NCDT\, and the Dance for Health committee of the International Association of Dance Medicine Science (IADMS).  URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-rebecca-barnstaple-fidelity-for-the-irreplicable-improvisation-in-dance-and-health-research/ LOCATION:ImprovLab\, MacKinnon Room 108\, 87 Trent Lane\, University of Guelph\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Thinking-Spaces-Template_Fall-2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230306T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230306T143000 DTSTAMP:20230227T184004Z CREATED:20230210T204806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230227T184004Z UID:13258-1678107600-1678113000@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: Rashida K. Braggs\, "Black Women Who Move Jazz Methodologies" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces\, the Improvisation Reading Group and Speaker Series\, considers the ways in which improvisation can provide us with new ways of thinking and acting. The group is open to all—community members\, faculty\, and students—and presents several in-person and online events per semester. \nOur next session\, “Black Women Who Move Jazz Methodologies”\, is presented by scholar Dr. Rashida K. Braggs. The talk takes place Monday\, March 6 from 1-2:30 pm in-person at MacKinnon 103\, University of Guelph\, and online via Zoom. Sign up through our registration form to attend in-person or online. A Zoom link will be sent to participants email address the day before the event. \nMore About this Talk:\nHow do you make a book move? Move to depart and return to the diverse homes of Black African diasporic women… move in the word-sound-mood tones of the jazz they perform… move readers to resonate and sense their experiences beyond static pages of academic prose. \nIn this presentation\, Rashida K. Braggs discusses her methodological moves that mix dance ethnography\, songwriting\, and playwriting in her book-performance in progress on the migrations of black women jazz performers to Paris\, France. Braggs guides us through an early chapter where she weaves her material and embodied research on the Malagasy-Senegalese singer MFA Kera and Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo as they first migrate to Paris in 1969 and 1983 respectively.  \nMore About the Speaker:\nRashida K. Braggs is Associate Professor in Africana Studies and a faculty affiliate in Comparative Literature at Williams College. Her book Jazz Diasporas: Race\, Music and Migration in Post-World War II Paris investigates the migratory experiences of African American jazz musicians in 1946-1963 Paris. In her current manuscript and accompanying performance project “Move Jazz\, Black Woman Move\,” she explores how and why black women jazz performers of African descent migrate to and from Paris from 1969-2019. \nRashida K. Braggs is also a scholar-performer who acts\, dances\, sings\, composes music and performs spoken word. Trained in Performance Studies\, Communications\, Theater Studies\, and English\, she consistently weaves performance through her pedagogy and scholarship. Jacob’s Pillow\, the Williams College Museum of Art\, the Tapir gallery and the United Solo Theatre Festival have featured her performances.  URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-rashida-k-braggs/ LOCATION:University of Guelph\, MacKinnon Building\, 87 Trent Ln\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Thinking-Spaces-Template_Fall-2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230208T143000 DTSTAMP:20230126T213837Z CREATED:20221026T205305Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T213837Z UID:13007-1675861200-1675866600@improvisationinstitute.ca SUMMARY:Thinking Spaces: "Improv for Scientists" DESCRIPTION:Thinking Spaces: The Improvisation Reading Group and Speaker Series is pleased to present “Improv for Scientists”: Joanne O’Meara in conversation with Shoshanah Jacobs. This event will take place on Wednesday\, February 8 at 1pm (ET) in-person (MacKinnon building\, room 103\, University of Guelph) as well as streamed online (via Zoom). A moderated Q&A will follow the talk. If you are interested in attending in-person or online\, please register via this link: https://uoguel.ph/thinkingspacesimprovforscientists. A Zoom link will be sent to your email the day before the event. MORE ABOUT THIS TALK: Improvisational exercises have been a key element of theatre training for decades. With minor modification\, these same exercises can be used in training scientists (and future scientists) to be better communicators. I’ll discuss my use of improv with our physics majors at U of G and give some examples of the science-y twists we throw on the activities to suit our purposes. MORE ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS: Dr. Joanne O’Meara has been a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Guelph for more than 20 years\, serving for almost 10 of those years as the Associate Chair (undergraduate). Joanne earned her PhD in Medical Physics from McMaster University and has since transitioned to a focus on Physics Education in her scholarly work. She is an award-winning educator with a deep commitment to her students.  Her most recent project involves the launch of a non-profit organization\, Royal City Science\, with the ultimate goal of building a new\, state-of-the-art\, science centre for southwestern Ontario. Dr. Shoshanah Jacobs takes a systems approach to answering questions that are relevant within the communities that they work with. It means that they spend a lot of time learning about other disciplines. Their research expertise includes eco-physiology and biomimetics (aka biomimicry) and they apply this training to help communities develop nature-inspired solutions to challenges. They have worked with the community of Guelph in identifying ways to accessibly reduce the use of single-use plastics\, and have tracked the way that personal-protective equipment (PPE) moves through and away from the waste stream to affect wildlife around the world. Dr. Jacobs started the BioM Knowledge Access Lab research group in 2012 to make science knowledge more accessible to community members and to engage the community in designing more inclusive ways of collecting information. They are an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology. Ask them why Gentoo Penguins are simply the best.  URL:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/event/thinking-spaces-improv-for-scientists/ LOCATION:University of Guelph\, MacKinnon Building\, 87 Trent Ln\, Guelph\, Ontario\, N1G 1Y4\, Canada CATEGORIES:IICSI events,Thinking Spaces ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://improvisationinstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Thinking-Spaces_Improv-for-Scientists-Poster_Feb-8-2023.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR