[BCMA] MAGIC HOUR with Instant Coffee - at the Nikkei National Museum
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*MAGIC HOUR
**With Instant Coffee and
Nikkei **National
Museum*
*Please join us this Saturday Jan 31, 3-5pm for a Magic Hour event: *
*PERFORMANCE BY HOLY HUM AT 3:30 *
*FOLLOWED BY A SLOW DANCE, (BRING YOUR SLOW DANCE ALBUMS)*
*LIVE ARCHIVE UNWRAPPING STARTS AT 4:30*
*HOLY HUM* is the new ambient musical project of multidisciplinary artist
Andrew Lee. He will be performing with a 7 piece band comprised of: Ash
Poon, Ryan Flowers, Rob Tornroos, Leigh Denholm, Hannah Epperson, and Brian
Chan.
Over the past 15 years, Andrew Lee has toured extensively across North
America and Europe with *In Medias Res* <http://imr.ca/> (File Under:
Music) and *Siskiyou* <http://siskiyouband.com/> (Constellation Records
<http://cstrecords.com/>). He has shared the stage with Kurt Vile, Cursive,
Death From Above 1979, Julianna Barwick, Damien Jurado, Frog Eyes,
Porcelain Raft and many more and has performed at notable festivals such as
All Tomorrow’s Parties (London), Primavera Sound (Barcelona), Primavera
Festival (Portugal) and Sled Island (Calgary). He has also presented
special artistic works of music at the Vancouver Art Gallery, The Centre
for Performance Research in New York City and Kunstradio in Vienna.
*The Artist Collective Instant Coffee creates *an exhibition from the *Nikkei
National Museum’s* Collection.
The Instant Coffee Artist Collective is taking an unexpected and innovative
look at the gems from the Nikkei National Museum collection.*Magic Hour* is
the time just after sunrise or just before sunset, and we are excited to
tease out the magic in the archives.
This is the first time that Instant Coffee has been afforded the
opportunity to work with an historic collection. These collections are the
legacy of the many people of Japanese descent who have made Canada their
home since the 1800s. Rather than a static and regimented exhibit, Instant
Coffee brings their collaborative, interactive and often mischievous
approach to make the usually hidden activities of collection management
into a publicly accessible event.
Instant Coffee says: “It is a privilege to have access to these archives:
filing through images, listening to cassette tapes, watching VHS recorded
interviews and unwrapping the numerous eclectic objects. We are fascinated
by the process of recording and archiving and wanted to give the varied
approaches of documentation and preserving a performative element. “
Director/Curator Beth Carter commented: “This is our chance to take a fresh
approach to showcase the wonderful treasures from our collection while also
retaining historical accuracy and cultural sensitivity. We are grateful to
receive the BC Arts Council Innovations Grant to support the development of
the partnership with Instant Coffee. By showcasing our Nikkei collection
through the creativity of a non-Nikkei collective, we broaden our
opportunities for innovation and an explosion of creative expression.”
The exhibit will continue to change through the course of the show, with a
series of events which will invite interaction and intervention from the
community. The public is encouraged to visit and revisit the exhibition to
help provide direction or to see the changes made.
*EVENTS*
January 17, 3-5pm Opening: Archive Unwrapping, Self DJ Station
Magic Hour and Happy Hour ●
4:44 pm
January 31, 3-5 pm Holy Hum featuring Andrew Lee followed by Slow
Dance (bring your own albums)
Magic Hour and Happy
Hour ●5:07
pm
February 28, 3-6pm Speakers Series: Preserving Nikkei History, 3pm
● Live Unwrapping Family Collections
Magic Hour and Happy Hour ●
5:54 pm
April 1, 7-9:30pm Nikkei BLOOM: Party and Fundraiser ● Magic
Hour events with Instant Coffee
Magic Hour and Happy Hour ●
7:44 pm
*BIOGRAPHY*
*Instant Coffee* is a service oriented artist and curatorial collective
based in Winnipeg and Vancouver, founded in 2000. As a collective we
developed, in part, as a response to the exaggerated division between
studio and exhibition practice. Through formal installations and
event-based activities, we have built a practice that centers on providing
a public place to practice, where ideas, materials and actions can be
explored outside the isolated studio and in a manner that renegotiates
traditional exhibition structures, but is still supported by them. As an
artist and curatorial collective we have been invested in combining the
social with the aesthetic, and as such have worked in public spaces to
engage larger audiences. We have shown internationally and have exhibited
in many prominent art institutions as well as produced numerous Public Art
projects. Instant Coffee’s current List of Members: Jinhan Ko, Khan Lee,
Kelly Lycan, and Jenifer Papararo.
www.instantcoffee.org
*Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre*
6688 Southoaks Crescent
Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7
604.777.7000
www.nikkeiplace.org
Media contact
Nichola Ogiwara, Museum Programmer
ogiwara at nikkeiplace.org
604.777.7000 ext.109
We gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the BC Arts Council
Innovations Fund, Province of British Columbia, and the Deux Mille
Foundation.
--
Beth Carter
Director | Curator
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7
*T* 604.777.7000 ext 112* F* 604.777.7001
nikkeiplace.org
*Magic Hour <http://centre.nikkeiplace.org/magic-hour/> - January 17 -
April 5, 2015 *
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