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FACULTY OF ART SABBATICAL PRESENTATIONS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28 | 12:30—2:30PM | MCA 460, 100 McCaul Professor Barbara Astman’s sabbacal objecves were based on furthering and expanding her pracce based research. One of her objecves was to spend me in the darkroom to examine abstracon though the photogram process. The darkroom is her research laboratory and the methodology includes an examina- on of the material and tools available to create with hand made negaves in the darkroom. The negaves used for this research were clear glass, mainly figural vessels. This methodology allowed for a greater quesoning and reassessment of the potenal of the photogram in image making, as well as allow for the art to thrive and progress. This exploraon also incorporated digital intervenon as part of the study. The darkroom was our research laboratory and the methodology included an examinaon of the materials and tools available and or invented to fully ulize hand made negaves, using glass figural objects in both the colour and black and white darkrooms at OCAD U. BARBARA ASTMAN, RICHARD FUNG, LUKE PAINTER & b.h. YAEL Lessons for Polygamists, premiered at Images Fesval, April 2017 In 2013, Professor Richard Fung received a four-year SSHRC Insight research-creaon grant, the principal deliverable of which was a fea- ture length documentary, Re:Orientaons, which revisits parcipants from my 1984 video Orientaons: Lesbian and Gay Asians three dec- ades later. The film considers the shiſts and connuies in idenes, polics and condions facing people at that parcular intersec- on of race, gender, sexuality and class. The fourth year of the project was designed for what SSHRC describes as knowledge mobilizaon, and that was the principal acvity for my sabbacal year. In short, this involved organizing screenings and discussions of the resulng docu- mentary film Re:Orientaons at fesvals, universies and community groups in Canada and internaonally. During the year he also wrote a number of texts and realized another documentary film Nang by Nang. Luke Painter’s presentaon will discuss two different but connected works created during his sabbacal: Modern Wand and The Teasers and the Tormenters. The Teasers and the Tormentors is a 3D animaon that references and connuously transforms set designs from 20 th century theatre, film and illusion shows. The work travels across different me periods, exploring the tensions between compeng movements and making tangenal, formal and narrave connecons between references. Through the use of mirrors in the animaon, the viewer’s perspecve shows the acon outside of the camera frame which becomes a reflexive technique that allows the viewer a sense of awareness of the space beyond the set. Modern Wand is a number of sculptures that are amalgams and translaons of historical design objects and furniture. They are fabri- cated in glass and wood through tradional and laser cut techniques and rest on a series of interconnecng and raised carpeted plaorms. These sculptures convey organic, ornamental and anthropomorphic sensibilies with the appearance of holding the body and also physically suggesng the body at the same me. The work offers a space for the viewer to imagine the oſten-contrasng themes of funconality and fantasy that played out in the 20 th century in relaon to art and design pracces. b.h. YAEL PROFESSOR, INTEGRATED MEDIA/ART & SOCIAL CHANGE In her report of acvies during her half-sabbacal, b.h. Yael will reference a number of projects, some completed and cul- minang over a few years of work, and others iniated and sll in process of research and development. One work fol- lows up on previous work around the polics of Israel/ Palesne, this me a consideraon of images of witness and how these are perceived; the majority of the work is autobio- graphical in various media forms: documentaon through a completed website, experimental animaon, memoire wring, and photography. Sze-Yang Adé Lam, ILL NANA DiverseCity Dance Dance Company in Re:Orientaons Vessels, work in progress RICHARD FUNG PROFESSOR, INTEGRATED MEDIA/ART & SOCIAL CHANGE The Teasers and the Tormentors. Computer generated anima- on. Dimensions variable. 2017. LUKE PAINTER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DRAWING & PAINTING/ DIGITAL PAINTING & EXPANDED ANIMATION BARBARA ASTMAN PROFESSOR, PHOTOGRAPHY
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FACULTY OF ART SABBATICAL PRESENTATIONS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28 | 12:30—2:30PM | MCA 460, 100 McCaul
Professor Barbara Astman’s sabbatical objectives were based on furthering and expanding her practice based research. One of her objectives was to spend time in the darkroom to examine abstraction though the photogram process. The darkroom is her research laboratory and the methodology includes an examina-tion of the material and tools available to create with hand made negatives in the darkroom. The negatives used for this research were clear glass, mainly figural vessels. This methodology allowed for a greater questioning and reassessment of the potential of the photogram in image making, as well as allow for the art to thrive and progress. This exploration also incorporated digital intervention as part of the study. The darkroom was our research laboratory and the methodology included an examination of the materials and tools available and or invented to fully utilize hand made negatives, using glass figural objects in both the colour and black and white darkrooms at OCAD U.
BARBARA ASTMAN, RICHARD FUNG, LUKE PAINTER & b.h. YAEL
Lessons for Polygamists, premiered at Images Festival, April 2017
In 2013, Professor Richard Fung received a four-year SSHRC Insight research-creation grant, the principal deliverable of which was a fea-ture length documentary, Re:Orientations, which revisits participants from my 1984 video Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians three dec-ades later. The film considers the shifts and continuities in identities, politics and conditions facing people at that particular intersec-tion of race, gender, sexuality and class. The fourth year of the project was designed for what SSHRC describes as knowledge mobilization, and that was the principal activity for my sabbatical year. In short, this involved organizing screenings and discussions of the resulting docu-mentary film Re:Orientations at festivals, universities and community groups in Canada and internationally. During the year he also wrote a number of texts and realized another documentary film Nang by Nang.
Luke Painter’s presentation will discuss two different but connected works created during his sabbatical: Modern Wand and The Teasers and the Tormenters.
The Teasers and the Tormentors is a 3D animation that references and continuously transforms set designs from 20th century theatre, film and illusion shows. The work travels across different time periods, exploring the tensions between competing movements and making tangential, formal and narrative connections between references. Through the use of mirrors in the animation, the viewer’s perspective shows the action outside of the camera frame which becomes a reflexive technique that allows the viewer a sense of awareness of the space beyond the set.
Modern Wand is a number of sculptures that are amalgams and translations of historical design objects and furniture. They are fabri-cated in glass and wood through traditional and laser cut techniques and rest on a series of interconnecting and raised carpeted platforms. These sculptures convey organic, ornamental and anthropomorphic sensibilities with the appearance of holding the body and also physically suggesting the body at the same time. The work offers a space for the viewer to imagine the often-contrasting themes of functionality and fantasy that played out in the 20th century in relation to art and design practices.
b.h. YAEL
PROFESSOR, INTEGRATED MEDIA/ART & SOCIAL CHANGE
In her report of activities during her half-sabbatical, b.h. Yael will reference a number of projects, some completed and cul-minating over a few years of work, and others initiated and still in process of research and development. One work fol-lows up on previous work around the politics of Israel/Palestine, this time a consideration of images of witness and how these are perceived; the majority of the work is autobio-graphical in various media forms: documentation through a completed website, experimental animation, memoire writing, and photography.
Sze-Yang Adé Lam, ILL NANA DiverseCity Dance Dance Company
in Re:Orientations
Vessels, work in progress
RICHARD FUNG PROFESSOR, INTEGRATED MEDIA/ART & SOCIAL CHANGE
The Teasers and the Tormentors. Computer generated anima-tion. Dimensions variable. 2017.
LUKE PAINTER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DRAWING & PAINTING/
DIGITAL PAINTING & EXPANDED ANIMATION
BARBARA ASTMAN PROFESSOR, PHOTOGRAPHY
