By: Clara Xu, Peak Associate On April 15 at the SFU Audain Gallery, graduating visual arts students from the School for the Contemporary Arts opened their exhibition Kerplunk!, displaying the works of these students from CA 461, one of the last courses they take in their university career. The exhibition was a mish-mash of ideas and presentation styles, from massive chairs to a semi-voyeuristic video. The featured artists interrogated very different ideas, some around similar themes, such as social issues like labour, consumerism, and immigration; or reflections on cultural backgrounds and childhood. The Peak interviewed one of these artists, Jenny…
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By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor SFU Burnaby’s aesthetic leaves little to be desired. But thanks to this semester’s CA161 class, taught by Sabine Bitter, the campus will be revitalized with interactive art installations. From collages to conceptual sculptures, the…
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By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer For their fall exhibition this year, the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts’ (SCA) second-year Master of Fine Arts (MFA) cohort is presenting their works-in-progress show online. The exhibition, within & outside, is based on…
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By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor Update: An earlier version of this article, including the printed version, included a mistake that the festival is on Friday, June 1. The correct date is Saturday, June 1. This has been changed in the…
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By: Tessa Perkins Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a classic story with heart-warming holiday season themes of redemption and gratitude. SFU Woodward’s has teamed up with Vancouver Moving Theatre and Full Circle: First Nations Performance Society to present the…
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By: Edna Batengas SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA) has an upcoming mainstage theatre production of The Bald Soprano. It was originally written in the ’50s by playwright Eugène Ionesco as a French, Absurdist farce. The SCA has adapted…
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