XINEMA: EXPERIMENTAL CONTRACTS & SUBVERSIVE ADMINISTRATION (the "Workshop")

XINEMA is excited to welcome visiting artist Charles de Agustin (NYC) for EXPERIMENTAL CONTRACTS & SUBVERSIVE ADMINISTRATION, a writing workshop presented as a part of SUNSET SEDUCTION:GATHERINGS AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL CAPTURE: a three-part series consisting of a critical discussion, workshop, and screening from February 19-23. These engagements will investigate the tensions between nonprofit, state, and grassroots formations through the lens of cultural institutions in Vancouver, BC and beyond.

EXPERIMENTAL CONTRACTS & SUBVERSIVE ADMINISTRATION (the "Workshop"):

Saturday, February 22, 2-5pm @ 5050 Wales St, Norquay Park Field House

$15 suggested donation, NOTAFLOF

Following a review of the history of artist contracts in both administrative and experimental contexts, participants will be encouraged to reflect on the challenges in their own work environments, using writing exercises to consider playful or earnest subversions of bureaucratic tools. This workshop is geared toward artists and arts workers.

Charles de Agustin makes films that scavenge at the boundaries of institutional critique. Solo and group presentations 2021-25 include Alternative Film/Video (Belgrade), Ann Arbor Film Festival (Michigan), Arts + Literature Laboratory (Madison), Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago), Kassel Dokfest (Germany), Maysles Documentary Center (New York), Revolutions per Minute Festival (Boston), Saigon Experimental Film Festival (Vietnam), South London Gallery (England), Spectacle (Brooklyn), among others. de Agustin has a BFA from Rutgers University and an MFA from the University of Oxford. He has received grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, NYSCA, Brooklyn Arts Council, and the Elephant Trust. charlesdeagustin.com

To apply to be a part of NAVIGATING COMMUNITY & LABOUR IN VANCOUVER ARTS/CULTURE SPACES (the "Discussion"), taking place on February 19, 2025 from 6 to 8pm please fill out this brief application by February 15, 2025. Status results will be notified by February 16, 2025.

To attend SUNSET SEDUCTION (the "Screening"), taking place on February 23, 2025 at 7pm please get a ticket here. Capacity is very limited so we encourage you to reserve your seat in advance.

For more information about SUNSET SEDUCTION:GATHERINGS AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL CAPTURE and corresponding events please visit xinema.ca.

SUNSET SEDUCTION: GATHERINGS AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL CAPTURE was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant and is sponsored by Tapeworm Corp. The production of Sunset Seduction was sponsored, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council. XINEMA's Fieldhouse is supported by the Vancouver Park Board's Fieldhouse Activation Program.

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