Name: RESOLUTION 2023
Start: 2023-01-26T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-01-26T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Arts Court

RESOLUTION 2023

Digital Arts Resource Centre is a not-for-profit, artist-run media art centre that fosters the growth and development of artists through access to equipment, training, mentorship, and programming. Our mission is to support a diverse community of media artists empowered by technology, programming and the exchange of ideas.

Digital Arts Resource Centre

Join us for our annual screening of new works created by DARC members!

Arts Court

Digital Arts Resource Centre is excited to present our annual Resolution screening. Resolution is a public screening featuring a selection of works created by our members during the previous year. Join us for an in-person screening in <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7ca0b6c471784255c13567/t/614c98e66910d937e8e845a1/1632409834852/Arts+Court+Floorplan.pdf#page=3" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arts Court Theatre</a> on Thursday, January 26th at 7PM. Artists will be in attendance to participate in a brief Q&amp;A with the audience followed by a reception at Avant Garde Bar, 135 Besserer St. Resolution 2023 features works by Ingrid Dabringer, Conor DeVries, Carol Howard Donati and Beverley McKiver, Amen Jafri, Anna Eyler and Nicolas Lapointe, Conrad Osei-Bonsu, Cheryl Pagurek, D.R.P., and Carmel Whittle.For those who aren&#x27;t able to make it in person, a virtual screening will be available <a href="https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/resolution-2023/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> on our website at 7:30pm.Program ScheduleDoors: 7:00pmScreening: 7:30pmQ&amp;A: 8:30pmLocation<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e7ca0b6c471784255c13567/t/614c98e66910d937e8e845a1/1632409834852/Arts+Court+Floorplan.pdf#page=3" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arts Court Theatre</a>, 2 Daly Ave, Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2Arts Court Theatre is located on floor 3 of Arts Court.A﻿bout the WorksBreath Taking by Ingrid DabringerPlaying with a $25 underwater smartphone case was deeply therapeutic. Wasted by Conor DeVriesWasted is a short documentary film that follows two friends as they dive into an alternative food culture.Rainforest Creek by Carol Howard Donati and Beverley McKiverFrom following the path of a forest creek, to entering its waters at the base of a waterfall, Rainforest Creek takes us on a boundary-crossing journey providing a glimpse of our shared world from a different, immersive, perspective. Beverley McKiver’s improvised piano joins with ambient forest sounds as the soundtrack for this visual profile of Clack Creek on the Sunshine Coast of BC. Without assuming connections or understandings that are not present, Rainforest Creek demonstrates a challenge to the human presumption of knowledge, revealing insights into the complexity of ways of being in the world that resist our comprehension and exist beyond the barrier of what we normally see.So I Married Myself by Amen JafriFilmmaker Amen Jafri follows a divorced, single mother as she joins a controversial new global movement – sologamy (or self-marriage). While sologamy’s critics are quick to label it as narcissistic, Jafri seeks to uncover its roots and why women in particular are drawn to it. So I Married Myself is a quirky and inspiring take on the next level of female empowerment.Digi-Deuil Distribution by Anna Eyler and Nicolas LapointeDigi-Deuil Distribution (DDD) is a participatory installation focused on digital death. As virtual space becomes increasingly cluttered with our digital artifacts, DDD questions the impact of technology on our understanding of (im)mortality. Using a “pixel art” aesthetic inspired by video games, DDD plays with the commodification of contemporary experience by considering how our most sacred subjects are transformed into consumer products. At the same time, games offer an entry point to reflect on our deepest fears and anxieties outside of everyday life. DDD invites participants to purchase a small piece of virtual space in the digital graveyard of digideuil.net/. A vending machine offers tombstones containing web addresses that lead users/owners to their own burial sites. Each gravestone is unique and customizable, and participants are invited to write an epitaph and upload an image, sound, or text media file, which are in turn visible to the digital cemetary’s visitors.Offbeat Smitty - When She Calls by Conrad Osei-BonsuA simp falls in love in this experimental music video that combines live action and cartoons. Our video came together when my friend and musician Offbeat Smitty reached out to me to make something funny and quirky for his 80s style song – because of my background as a comedian. We thought of various ideas – including making the entire video in cartoon, but with the budget and timeline tight, we decided to opt for mixing media, which is something I’ve been doing a lot of in my recent works. After we shot the video in the summer in Toronto, I reached out to my friend Zach Berge who is a cartoonist to make the animated images we then incorporated into the video. This was a fun piece to make because I did it with friends and got to direct and shoot one of the grooviest songs I’ve ever heard.Variations and Permutations by Cheryl PagurekVariations and Permutations interweaves footage of dancer Jocelyn Todd and the expressive interactions she performs within Cheryl Pagurek’s States of Being video and audio installation. By combining varied viewpoints and approaches to image-making, from slow shutter to transparent projection scrim to digital screen recording, multiple iterations of Todd’s body and movements through space and time are portrayed. The interplay between layers captures simultaneous yet shifting identities and planes of contemporary experience – physical and virtual, lived and imagined, alternately shaped by both immediacy and mediation. Composer Jesse Stewart created the music tracks that are mapped spatially to respond to Todd’s movements in the installation. The installation’s custom software was developed by Jean-Claude Batista.Disrupted Thought Process by D.R.P.Disrupted Thought Process is a visualization of interrupted peaceful thought processes.There is No Word by Carmel Whittle‘There is no word’- we are nature and not separate from nature. This film combines the narrator’s voice and teachings with the imagery of the land, the ocean, the air, water and fire. Taking care of nature is taking care of ourselves. It becomes the space for retreat and for healing ourselves in ceremony and in respect of Mother Earth. Grandmother Louise teaches us that the Seven Grandfather Teachings from her traditional Ojibway, Algonquin Anishinaabe territory are a profound way of bringing this understanding into our lives. Doing the right thing requires that we care for, nurture, and heal every element of our environments: the air, waters, rocks, plants, trees and creatures, big and small. The slowing down of the elements in the film are intentional, engaging the viewer in reflection on their own relations with nature. The experimental sounds and the songs honour the gifts that Nature has given.Event PricingFree Admission (<a href="https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/donate/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">suggested donation $5 - the “door”</a>)COVID ProtocolWe are asking all attendees to please wear a mask while attending Resolution at Arts Court Theatre.Ensuring the safety of all attendees and the DARC community is our priority. We strongly encourage everyone attending the screening to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccine and boosters. AccessibilityAll doors at DARC have accessibility buttons to press for automatic entry. DARC is located on the main floor (one story above ground) of the Arts Court building. DARC’s main entrance is located at 67 Nicholas Street which is fully wheelchair accessible. Alternate wheelchair-accessible entry is available through 2 Daly Ave at the Arts Court main entrance or the Ottawa Art Gallery. Elevator access is available from 9AM – 11PM. DARC staff are available and happy to assist with all inquiries and requests regarding physical access. We also welcome inquiry, feedback, and resources regarding accessibility and accessibility improvement by phone (613.238.7648 x 6) or by email at access@digitalartsresourcecentre.ca. Visit <a href="https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/access/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/access/</a> for information on how to get to DARC, language barriers, fragrance policy, and access to programming

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