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JULY 11 - AUGUST 5

RECTO/VERSO

A summer spatial intensive

WEEK 3

THIS WEEK:

July 27 - 1-6 PM Karaoke, Ste-Catherine Street Vitrine

July 28 - 8 PM Outdoor Screening + Reception, Ste-Catherine Street Sculpture Garden Courtyard

Ongoing - "Tea Time Interviews" with Sally Lee

Ongoing - Declarations, Invitations, Rearrangements, Documentation, Ste-Catherine Street Vitrine

EVENT:

OUTDOOR SCREENING

+ RECEPTION | JULY 28, 8PM

Galerie FOFA Gallery continues the Recto/Verso outdoor screening series with a selection of NFB nature shorts programmed by Graeme Langdon. The screening will be preceded by food preparation demos and followed by a reception hosted by Recto/Verso participants Louis-Alexandre Douesnard-Malo, Corina Ilea, Sally Lee, and Bronwen Moen. This is the second of four weekly screenings to be held in the Ste-Catherine Street Sculpture Garden Courtyard alongside the ongoing actions and activities of Recto/Verso participants and guests.

Production still, Beaver Family, NFB. Courtesy of the NFB/ONF.

Location:

Ste-Catherine Street Sculpture Garden Courtard*

*In case of rain projections will take place in the gallery.

FOFA Gallery, Concordia University

1515 Ste. Catherine Street W., EV 1-715, Metro Guy-Concordia 
Montreal, Quebec

Cost:
Free of charge. Everyone welcome.

ABOUT THE SCREENING

This screening aims to give some sense of the NFB’s sustained interest in the natural world and humankind’s place in it.  Since the earliest days of Canadian film culture, intrepid documentarians have sought to entertain and educate audiences with images of life and land outside our urban centres.  This work – along with similarly environmental efforts in animation – allows us to consider how artistic investigation might traverse a most significant threshold.  With this screening, we hope to highlight the NFB’s work across the recto and verso of Canadian geography: the sites of human habitation and the wilderness beyond their bounds.

Garden of Ecos | Co Hoedeman, 1997

In this animated short, animals and plants are living peacefully together in a large garden until predators attack and ravage their habitat, stealing food and destroying plants. This creates an imbalance that leads to war. A fable that poetically describes how conflicts between 2 different groups in the same community can upset the natural balance of an ecosystem. (NFB)

Beaver People | NFB, 1928

 A short silent film about famous conservationist Grey Owl (born Archibald Belaney) and his wife, Angele Egwuna, who had a special talent for interacting with beavers. Note: The beavers in the film may be Grey Owl's pets, Jellyroll and Rawhide. (NFB)

Wolf Pack | Bill Mason, 1974

Filmed by Bill Mason in caribou country, this nature film closely observes wolves through late winter into early spring. Wolf Pack shows this creature’s character, behaviour and life cycle. What emerges is a portrait of the wolf as a disciplined hunter, respected leader and committed parent. (NFB)

Le Paysagiste/Mindscape | Jacques Drouin, 1976

 A particularly creative example of the pinscreen animation technique, this film is about an artist who steps inside his painting and wanders about in a landscape peopled with symbols that trigger unexpected associations. Film without words. (NFB)

Wild in the City | Gordon Fish, 1985, EN

This short documentary films some of the wild animal species that have adapted to the city of Vancouver, from the familiar pigeons and starlings to the less familiar herons nesting in Stanley Park and a coyote in a farmer's field. (NFB)

Epilogue | William Pettigrew, 1971

This film employs a multi-image technique to contrast scenes of natural grandeur--mountains, forests, and wildflowers filmed in Canada's national parks--with images of the polluted rivers and countryside that result from the heedless exploitation of the environment. Without words. (NFB)

+++FOFA Gallery would like to express our gratitude to the National Film Board of Canada for their generosity, materials and support for  our screening series.+++ 

WEEK 3 PHOTO DOCUMENTATION

Outdor Screening #2 - "Humankind and Nature"

Week 3 Works

Sally Lee - "Waiting"

Corina Ilea

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