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Thinking Spaces: Kate Story and Ryan Kerr—Death in Reverse: Performance in Precarious Times

ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph

Artists Kate Story and Ryan Kerr will share what it means to create meaningful work within conditions of precarity, and on the unusual, often improvised ways artists find to stay connected with audiences. They will share experiences from curating a contemporary theatre piece marked by setbacks: limited funding, collaborative challenges, shifting resources - while also…

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Thinking Spaces: Alex Chesney and Dr. Nathan TeBokkel—Storied Social Practice: Improvisation in Farming and Food

ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph

Growing and making food are ancient practices yet also scientifically advanced, necessary for everyday living yet often inaccessible but to experts, interdisciplinary yet highly specialized. Considering the role of improvisation in farming and cooking, especially in our chosen subfields of beekeeping and dietetics, fruitfully foregrounds these tensions. With improvisation as our watchword, we bring to…

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Thinking Spaces: Steve Sladkowski—”‘What Can I Get Away With Here?’: Improvisation in Punk Rock Performance and Community Making”

ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph

IICSI is pleased to present a Thinking Spaces presentation by Steve Sladkowski—guitarist for renowned punk band PUP, and U of G alumnus—in ImprovLab at 12 PM on Tuesday, November 18th! As with all of our Thinking Spaces events, this presentation is free and open to all. Here's how Steve describes his talk, and himself: "Over…

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