Howie Tsui October 13 - November 12, 2009 Critical Distance Vol

2 PaperWait Volume 12 2009/2010 aceartinc. 2nd floor, 290 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3B 0T2 204.944.9763 | www.aceart.org PaperWait Volume 12 ISSN: 1497-8776 This publication is copyrighted to aceartinc. Rights to repro- duce individual articles and artworks remain with their authors and creators. Some documentation images are the property of aceartinc. or the artists or other contributing organizations. Acknowledgments Board of Directors 2009/10 aceartinc. would like to thank the following people, organi- Joshua Ruth President sations and businesses for their ongoing support and assis- Tamara Weller Vice President tance: all contributing artists, students, curators, writers and Takashi Iwasaki Secretary photographers; our volunteers and membership; corporate Sally MacDonald/Nora Kobrinsky Treasurer and private donors; the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winni- Niki Trosky peg Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Laura Magnusson Lotteries, WH and SE Loewen Foundation, the Winnipeg Adrian Williams Foundation; Designtype, The Sign Source, Video Pool, Plug Robert Epp In ICA, MAWA, Platform Centre for Digital and Photographic Doug Smith Arts, Urban Shaman Gallery, The Winnipeg Film Group, Kendra Goertzen Goodwill Industries - Princess St., Half Pints Brewery, Scott Stephens, and Mike Carroll. Staff 2009/10 Program Coordinator PaperWait 2009-2010 hannah_g Publisher Administrative Coordinator aceartinc. Jen Moyes Editor Gallery Coordinator hannah_g Liz Garlicki Design Mike Carroll Contractors Printing Photography Friesens Coroporation, Altona, Manitoba Scott Stephens Printed in Canada Invitations, Critical Distances and Poster design Mike Carroll Tech Aston Coles | Glen Johnson Cover Photo: Will Belford wearing a bag he made from one of ace’s vinyl exhibition banners. Photo: hannah_g. If you would like to use our vinyl banner for one of your Web projects, come by and we’ll arrange something. David Krause Back Cover: 16 Days of Non Organised Art. All Photos by hannah_g, except bottom Translation into French right: Winnipeg Arcade Collective. Simone Allard Contents 5 Mandate 7 Foreword Regular Exhibitions 9 Over Here Alexandre David July 3 - August 8, 2009 Critical Distance Vol. 15:1 | A response by Aston Coles 13 100 Stories About My Grandmother Peter Kingstone August 20 - September 20, 2009 Critical Distance Vol. 15:2 | A response by Shawna Dempsey 17 Horror Fables Howie Tsui October 13 - November 12, 2009 Critical Distance Vol. 15. 3 | A response by Aaron Boissonneault 21 Dancing With The Doctor Sarah Anne Johnson February 5 - March 5, 2010 Critical Distance Vol. 15. 4 | A response by Kendra Ballingall 25 Frozen In Time, Switzerland Nathalie Daoust March 19 - May 1, 2010 Critical Distance Vol. 15.5 | A response by Przemek Pyszczek 29 Night Shift Emily Rosamond June 1 - 30, 2010 Critical Distance Vol. 15.6 | A response by Ali Jones 33 A Cracked Spider Egg: thoughts upon Nathalie Daoust’s Frozen In Time, Switzerland by hannah_g Contents 36-46 Partnerships 39 RRaCe: art, youth, and identity August 2009 - July 2010 | Critical Distance Vol 15.7 | A response by sarah.k granke 47-50 Special Programming 47 aceartinc. Feasts and Embroidery 47 Dance of the Essex Girl Hannah Crosson 48 Prairies go up in Smoke! The aceart poster exchange 48 Daniel Barrow: No One Helped Me book launch & performance of Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry 49 aceartinc.’s TURNaROUND presents… Mr Gh0sty Transmission Alpha 50 World Pinhole Photography Day: Camera Obscuras 51 What are we doing here?: rhyme and reason at 16 Days of Non Organised Art July 16 - 31, 2010 | Critical Distance Vol 15.8 | A response by Emily Doucet & Suzanne Morrissette 55 Bonefeather Curated by Emily Doucet and Suzanne Morrissette 55 Milk and Cookies with Uncle Glennie 56 Members’ Activities / Project Rooms 57 The aceartinc. Winter Warmer 57 It Kills • 58 Midnight Pie Fight 59 The aceartinc. Summer Interns 2010 60 Membership Information 61 The aceart Wiki 62 Programming Information 63 Annual Submission deadline 64 Art Pages “I wouldn’t normally…” Mandate aceartinc. is an Artist Run Centre dedicated to the develop- ment, exhibition and dissemination of contemporary art by cultural producers. aceartinc. maintains a commitment to emerging artists and recognizes its role in placing contemporary artists in a larger cultural context. aceartinc. is dedicated to cultural diversity in its programming and to this end encourages applications from contemporary artists and curators identifying as members of GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered), Aboriginal (status, non-status, Inuit and Metis) and all other culturally diverse communities. aceartinc. est un centre d’artistes dédié au développement, à l’exposition et à la diffusion de l’art contemporain par des producteurs culturels. aceartinc. maintient un engagement envers les artistes émergents et reconnaît son rôle à l’endroit des artistes par rapport au contexte culturel plus large. aceartinc. est dédié à la diversité au niveau de la programmation et vers cette fin encourage les inscriptions d’artistes et de commissaires qui s’identifient comme étant membre des com- munautés GLBT (gaie, lesbienne, bisexuelle et transsexuelle), Premières Nations (avec statut, sans statut, Inuit et Métis) ainsi que toute autre communauté culturellement diverse. Flip Book translated by Simone Allard Nathalie Daoust installing her exhibition 5 Photo: hannah_g Photo: 6 PaperWait 2009/2010 Foreword hen we began ace’s 2009-10 pro- fortnight to build and was host to a month of übersu- gramming year a quote by Harrell per events. We were interested in how the transfor- Fletcher circuitously came my way. mation of ace’s space transformed its use and, with I stuck it up by my desk and look David’s blessing, were overwhelmed by the imagina- Wit most everyday especially at those rare moments tion and full-hearted participation of the city’s art- when my sails might be in danger of being anything ists and cultural producers. This roar of involvement other than taut and full. It has informed much of the bellowed through the rest of the year, taking us full year’s programming. circle to the final event of 09/10’s program, 16 Days of Non Organised Art, an event combining the Over Largely I think of what I do as an artist as just point- Here ethos with an idea leant to us by Halifax’s Eryn ing to things that I think are interesting so that Foster called 35 Days of Non Organised Art which she other people will notice and appreciate them too.1 programmed at Eye Level Gallery. The year started off in July 2009 with Alexandre It has been an incredibly full year for us—we’ve David’s installation, Over Here, an enormous wooden been gorging on partnerships and events, and gener- curve that stretched between the three walls of the ally experimenting with what an Artist-Run Centre main gallery and halfway to the ceiling. It took a can do. And that’s just it—aceartinc. is a place staffed 7 by artists, its Board is peopled by artists and art Foundation. We sincerely thank our fantastic enthusiasts, and together we make the bread for a funders. We are also fortunate to have some great super-dooper, mega-deckered sandwich whose filling sponsors—Half Pints Brewery, The Sign Source, and is cultural/artistic produce and its dissemination. We the Goodwill on Princess Street. And thanks to our want to be fuel for all the artists and cultural produc- Board of Directors who continue to be a superb boon ers in this city/province/country/world to siphon for this Artist Run Centre and community. We bid a off into art so powerful and pervasive it will make fond farewell to several of them whilst simultane- the stairs creak, push nails out of walls, shake you up ously fan-faring the able-bodied and -minded folk then tuck you in.2 who are taking up the roles that help direct aceart. You can read about the regular exhibitions we had And of course, we want thank the people of Winnipeg in the following pages. TheCritical Distance responses who keep ace ace. Thank you for coming to the exhibi- to them are anthologized here—we had a cracking tions, artist talks, off-the-cuff events, visiting us in bunch of writers for an equally cracking bunch of our office, contributing to publications, sharing your shows. But remember you don’t have to wait for ideas and criticism, helping us move large objects PaperWait to read these responses. We post them around the gallery… in short your participation and as fully designed PDFs on our website throughout your encouragement. the year. And talking of support and participation: Liz So, what else does this PaperWait have in store Garlicki, ace’s Gallery Coordinator for the last nine for you? Last year’s flip book proved popular so we years, is leaving her post in order to concentrate on have another that is comprised from one of the stop- her own art practice. She has been such an important frame animations we posted on the splash page of and valuable part of ace, it feels like we are losing one our website (using pictures taken during installs). of our walls, but we are so happy for this new stage We have also included a fortune cookie fortune teller in her life and wish the very, very best. And so we (our Winnipeg Foundation’s Youth In Philanthropy have a new Gallery Coordinator for 2010/11—Jamie Intern’s idea) which will help you decide what to do Wright, a splendid fellow with lots of enthusiasm and in certain art situations. There are our artist pages vim, and very fine fettle. We are sure you will enjoy too, which double as postcards for you to send and and benefit from your interactions with him during thereby disseminate Winnipeg art even further.

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