BeatRoute Magazine BC Edition - November 2019

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CARL WARNER
Transits
and
Returns
W
hether it be displacement,
migration,
visiting, or commuting,
movement can inform relationships
to history and place. In Transits
and Returns, an expansive
new exhibition at the Vancouver
Art Gallery, 21 Indigenous artists
from New Zealand, Australia,
Canada, and the United States
consider what movement means
particularly in relation to culture
through themes of territory,
kinship, and representation. Carol
McGregor’s Skin Country, for
example, bridges her Indigenous
and Scottish backgrounds with a
large possum cloak that features
a map of flora painted on its skin
instead of traditional territory
symbols. Drew Kahuāina Broderick’s
installation fills a wall with
YVRAgenda
Waikiki tourist t-shirts, speaking
to “paradise economics” in Hawai’i
and the commodification of
the land, sky, and sea. Meanwhile,
Hannah Brontë — whose practice
is based on hip-hop, women, and
performance — examines women
as warriors, with shells and woven
pieces adorning a dyed textile.
Until Feb. 23, 2020 / Vancouver Art
Gallery / Tix: vanartgallery.bc.ca
Eastside
Culture Crawl
Want to get up close and personal with your
favourite artists in the city? More than 500 of
them will open their studio doors to the public
as part of the annual Eastside Culture Crawl,
so you can see how they really work. Now in
its 23rd year, the Crawl provides a unique
opportunity to connect with Vancouver’s creative
community, particularly the hubs around
Columbia St, 1st Ave, and Victoria Drive.
Along with the open houses, there are also a
variety of special events happening throughout
the festival including DISPLACEMENT, a
multi-artist, multi-venue exhibition that confronts
the increasing losses of affordable artistic spaces;
a carefully curated series of artist talks; and
demos in chainsaw carving.
Nov. 13 to 19, 2019 / Various Locations / Tix: Free
HUMP!
Anyone can be a porn star. That’s the philosophy according
to HUMP!, an annual erotic film festival that screens short
dirty home movies and amateur sex cinema made by “people
who aren’t porn stars but want to be one for a weekend.”
Hosted by sex advice columnist and podcaster Dan Savage,
the festival is known for its loving and inclusive perspective
towards what can be a taboo or exploitative industry, with a
carefully curated lineup of submissions that don’t discriminate
against race, gender, age, body type, fetish, or situation.
Some are truly poignant, like Lost + Found, one of the
featured films in this year’s festival, about a mother rediscovering
her sexuality after experiencing a miscarriage. Others,
like the Pizza Topping, which is set in an alternate reality
where the pizzas order the delivery boys, are just meant to
make you laugh. Founded in Seattle in 2005, the touring festival
stops in Vancouver for the very first time this month.
Nov. 13 to 16, 2019 / Rio Theatre / Tix: boldtypetickets.com
BLACK
LIKE ME: AN
EXPLORATION
OF THE WORD
N—
Is it possible to redefine a racial
slur? Using a wide range of
dance forms from African and
jazz to tap and house, Seattle-based
dancer and choreographer
Jade Solomon Curtis surveys
historical context and raises
urgent questions about the power
of a single, blood-soaked word.
Nov. 20, 2019 / The Chan Centre for
Performing Arts / Tix: chancentre.com
NATE WATTERS
Vancouver
Podcast Festival
True crime stories, comedy, and some of the
most curious parts of Canadian history are just
a small handful of the offerings at the Vancouver
Podcast Festival, back for its second edition of
panels, live events, and creative workshops this
month. The top events on our list? First: Martin
Austwick’s Making Music for Podcasts masterclass
that has the award-winning podcaster
and composer share his secrets for designing
the perfect soundscape. And second: Listening
Party with Jennifer Schine, Brady Marks and Jen
Moss, at which they host a discussion on the
power of sound.
Nov. 7 to 10, 2019 / Various Locations /
Tix: vanpodfest.ca
38 BEATROUTE NOVEMBER 2019