White Carpet
Date: Tuesday, April 11th - 23rd
Time: 12 - 5PM daily
A scented memory of my mother vacuuming our wall-to-wall carpet; the warm aroma of exhaust, fiber and all that soaked in, fell through, settled, then lifted. White Carpet is a 400-square-foot stage in the shape of a soft island, or a drawing pad, or a resting place — a long exposure. Momentary flashes pile up over the course of the exhibition. A boy drives model cars through the dunes. Dogs roll over for belly rubs by shaky hands. Unconscious Cheezies-stains made in repose. The small dance of restless feet during a meeting.
Gallery visitors are invited to enjoy the carpet outside of the scheduled events in any way they see fit: lie down, take a break, draw shapes, eat lunch. They can look for traces of past events in the leftover tracks, stains, and shadings—and are welcome to add their own.
Free Breakfast Buffet
Date: Tuesday, April 11th
Time: 10AM - 12:30PM
A free breakfast provided by The Wellness Kitchen featuring soft-foods. The Wellness Kitchen is a safe space for our ECUAD students to come together to cook, bake, eat, and gather around food. For more information: https://www.ecuad.ca/welcome-donors/funding-priorities/wellness-kitchen-campaign
Free Cheezies + Movie Night: Gregg Araki’s Nowhere (1997)
Date: Tuesday, April 11th
Time: 6PM - 8PM
A free screening of Gregg Araki’s Nowhere (1997) with platters of Hawkins Cheezies. The third part of Araki’s “Teen Apocalypse Trilogy,” this hyper-saturated cult-classic follows a group of teenagers (Dark, Lucifer, Dingbat, Montogmery, Egg) in search of Juicyfruit’s party. Content Warning: Alien Abduction. BYOD.
Garage Sale
Date: Thursday, April 13th
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Items for sale from the Libby Leshgold Gallery.
Performance Art Studio with prOphecy Sun
Date: Friday, April 14th
Time: 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Final presentations and carpet exploration by students in prOphecy Sun’s Performance Art Studio (PERF 200).
Garage Sale
Date: Saturday, April 15th
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Items for sale from the Libby Leshgold Gallery.
Curtain Speech [Closed Rehearsal]
Date: Sunday, April 16th
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
A closed rehearsal w/ Ryan Tacata, Justine A. Chambers, Billy Marchenski, and James Proudfoot.
James Long Wrestles His Kids
Date: Monday, April 17th
Time: 7:00 - 8:00pm
Siminovitch Prize award winning Canadian theatre director James Long (Theatre Replacement) wrestles his kids.
James Long is a director, actor, writer and teacher whose creative practice occurs in a variety of interdisciplinary and collaborative contexts including as a founder and now artistic associate of Theatre Replacement and as an independent artist working in live performance, community engaged practice, screenwriting and public art.
Boy Car
Date: Tuesday, April 18th
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
A male model (Allan Gachi) drives tracks into the carpet with a model car.
Therapy Dog: Zoey
Date: Thursday, April 20th
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Join Bettina and Zoey, a therapy dog, for an afternoon of petting, play, and relaxation.
A Friend Date
Date: Tuesday, April 20th
Time: 2:00 - 5:00pm
Ryan Tacata hosts a surprise date for his friend Hannah Acton (Lobe Studio) inspired by Jessica Seal of the Vancouver Aquarium.
Therapy Dog: Frankie
Date: Friday, April 21st
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
Join Sherman and Frankie, a therapy dog, for an afternoon of petting, play, and relaxation.
Curtain Speech
Date: Friday, April 21st
Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm
A one-hour live performance of forewarnings cast by Ryan Tacata, Justine A. Chambers, and Billy Marchenski.
Carpet Cleaning
Date: Sunday, April 23rd
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm
A one-hour live carpet cleaning with a Kent cleaner rented from Home Depot.
Ryan Tacata is a performance maker and writer based in Vancouver. His collaborative art practice is situated between live art and social practice, and plays critical intimacy in the key of everyday life. His work has been presented at the Asian Art Museum, Stanford University, the City of Chicago, Court Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Museum of Performance + Design, and The Momentary. He is co-artistic director of the performance group For You, and Assistant Professor of Performance at the School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University.
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Ryan Tacata, a minor repair (work in progress), 2019. Photo by Angeliki Tsoli.
