[BCMA] MOA Presents World Premiere of IMPRINT

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IMPRINT


World premiere of new work created by Turning Point Ensemble, Henry Daniel,
and Owen Underhill with assistance from Chief Robert Joseph

Commissioned for MOA’s Celebration of Creativity, presented by Vancouver
2010 Cultural Olympiad

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 7:00 pm (free of charge)


 	
 	 
 

 	
 	 
When you try to do new things, it is necessary to take risks, go outside
your comfort zone, and meet new people. The creation of Imprint has been
such an experience – requiring a number of people to dream and imagine
something outside of a standard artistic or cultural collaboration. We would
especially like to thank Jill Baird and Jennifer Robinson from MOA for the
invitation to create this work, and for introducing us to Chief Robert
Joseph and William Wasden. Both ‘Bobby’ and ‘Wa’ generously shared
Kwakwaka’wakw songs and stories. The resulting contemporary piece has been
created from these experiences. We would like to express our humble
appreciation for the invitation to join the celebration of the rejuvenation
of this most special place.  
                                                        Henry Daniel and
Owen Underhill


Imprint is an interdisciplinary work created by choreographer Henry Daniel
and composer Owen Underhill for the Celebration of Creativity and the launch
of the new MOA. This live performance will take place as part of the opening
day celebrations at 7:00 pm on Saturday January 23, 2010. A collaborative
process involving the principal creators, MOA Curator Jill Baird,
Kwakwaka’wakw participants Chief Robert Joseph and William Wasdan, and the
Turning Point Ensemble, has led to a unique contemporary work that responds
and extrapolates from Kwakwala language and song to new music, dance and
technology. The intention of the creators is to explore the imprint of
cultural artifacts and stories as transmitted from place to place,
time-to-time, and person-to-person. 

The Imprint performance will be site-specific, beginning in the Great Hall
and dispersing out to other parts of the Museum including the Multiversity
Galleries. Elements of Imprint include seven live musicians of the Turning
Point Ensemble performing music composed by Owen Underhill, a soundscape
based on the recording of Chief Robert Joseph in the Kwakwala language, five
dancers choreographed by Henry Daniel, and telepresence technology developed
by engineers Ivan Bajic and Jie Liang with Daniel through a Canada
Council/NSERC new media grant. For a complete list of Imprint participants,
please visit www.moa.ubc.ca/events.

 

Please join us for the premiere of this spectacular new work, which will
also be presented on June 17-20, 2010 at the Milton Wong Experimental
Theatre, SFU Woodwards. For more information on Turning Point Ensemble,
please visit www.turningpointensemble.ca.


 	
 	  	  	 
 

 	
 	  	  	
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Imprint is curated by Jill Baird, MOA Curator of Public Programs, and made
possible by a Canada Council/NSERC New Media Grant, a BC Arts Council
Special Project Unique Opportunities Grant, New Works, IRMACS Centre at SFU,
UBC Department of Theatre & Film, SFU Contemporary Arts, Barry Hegland, and
Stefan Smulovitz. All photos courtesy Henry Daniel.

A Celebration of Creativity is presented with Vancouver 2010 Cultural
Olympiad. Additional sponsors: The Vancouver Foundation, The Canada Council,
Consulat Général de France à Vancouver, Audrey Hawthorn Fund for
Publications, and Alican Mould & Plastics. Many thanks to sponsors CBC, NUVO
Magazine, The Georgia Straight.


Contact
Jennifer Webb, Communications Manager
604.822.5950 or jenwebb at interchange.ubc.ca
UBC Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2 www.moa.ubc.ca

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