We are very exited to have Hân Pham as our next breathing room artist in residence!

breathing room reimagines the artist residency as a fluid space for collaboration, experimentation, relaxation and community connection. Facilitated by Iris Film Collective and EPFC North, breathing room artists are provided with some filmmaking materials and equipment, technical and creative support, and access to work/exhibition space at Moberly and/or Burrard View Fieldhouse. The residency also includes optional opportunities for artists to engage with the local community via workshops, talks, screenings and other public activities. breathing room artists are invited to share their creative discoveries at a free public in-person and/or online event at the end of their residency.

Hân Phạm (b.1999) is an emerging Vietnamese documentary/ experimental filmmaker and artist from Saigon, Vietnam. Working with experimental haptic video and film, photography, and soundscape compositions, her works often thinks through the ephemerality of memory, language, and history in relation to the constantly changing and dislocated landscapes, rooting in the inbetweeness of distance as space for reflection. Hân has exhibited at Vancouver International Film Festival, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, and Vines Arts Festival, presented her work in a public installation with Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen in 2020-2021, and participated in the VIFF Catalyst Mentorship Program.

EPFC North Fall 2021 Percolator Artists Residency Welcomes mim

Percolator invites emerging arts collectives to consider community connection as a crucial component of their practice. mim is a multi-disciplinary artist collective working on the unceded, unsurrendered shared territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Our projects explore ways of collectivizing creative practices. Current members are Daniela Rodríguez Chevalier and Michelle Martin. Look out for the first public program in October inspired by experiments with citrus! www.mim-mim.net

Event (In Person, Outside at Moberly Fieldhouse):
THE THIRD ANNUAL GREAT CANADIAN DOG DRAW
Saturday, September 25: 1 – 5 PM
We’re celebrating great Canadian dogs – past, present and future, real and imagined – with an afternoon “dog draw”. Bring your dog, draw a dog: your own or someone else’s or even an imaginary one! Free event! Everyone welcome, including canine friends who play well with others. Free event! All welcome!

breathing room reimagines the artist residency as a fluid space for collaboration, experimentation, relaxation and community connection

We are delighted to announce our September 2021 breathing room artist in residence: Wendel Vistan 

Wendel Vistan is a Filipino-Canadian immigrant, student, and artist who resides on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. She explores notions of narrative, landscape, home and displacement through film photography, painting, poetry and video. She has participated in youth art programs at Contemporary Art Gallery and Unit/Pitt. She is currently studying Sustainable Agriculture at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Facilitated by Iris Film Collective and EPFC North, breathing room artists are provided with some filmmaking materials and equipment, technical and creative support, and access to work/exhibition space at Moberly and/or Burrard View Fieldhouse. The residency also includes optional opportunities for artists to engage with the local community via workshops, talks, screenings and other public activities. breathing room artists are invited to share their creative discoveries at a free public in-person and/or online event on the last Thursday of their residency.

Soooooooooo much great stuff going on this week! Join us for Art Club (Tuesday, Online/Moberly Fieldhosue), CineKids: Pet Projects (Thursday, Online), the premiere of Doing It For Love: Five Stories From Creative Communities in Global Pandemic (Friday, Roundhouse Community Centre), The Sound We See: A South Vancouver Neighbourhood Symphony (Saturday, Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre), Intro to Super 8 and 16mm Cinematography & Hand-Processing (Sunday, Online/Moberly Fieldhouse)… We can’t wait to hang out with you!

More info: http://www.archive.echoparkfilmcenter.org/blog/epfc-north/