SFU School of Contemporary Arts
Life after film school: an interview with SFU alumna Emily Bayrock
October 11, 2019By: Alison Wick, Peak Associate 2019 graduates of the SFU School of Contemporary Arts’ film program showcased their graduating films back in May, which The Peak had the opportunity to attend and cover. Four months later, The Peak caught up with alumna Emily Bayrock to talk about her grad film Virgo Rising and her future plans for both the film and herself. The film is a short “hybrid-fiction” that follows a narrative story about a young woman coming to terms with unknown chronic pain — later identified as vulvodynia — and layers it with interview testimonials about real women’s experiences…
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Skoden Festival directors talk reconciliation, community engagement, and the festival’s first year
May 27, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor Skoden is a one day Indigenous Film Festival happening Saturday, June 1 at SFU Woodwards. Skoden, an Indigenous slang term for “let’s go then”, promises to showcase Indigenous filmmaking in BC and to foster conversations…
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Shimmering with Julie Hammond and Other Inland Empires
May 18, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor Julie Hammond is a Vancouver artist whose practice focuses on place and identity. She recently completed her MFA in Contemporary Arts at SFU in 2017, and her grad project is being mounted again this week…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 20–24
May 17, 2019By: Winona Young, Head Staff Writer Judy Radul’s This is Television book launch SFU School of Contemporary Arts’ visual arts professor, Judy Radul, is launching her new work, This is Television. The book is based on her art exhibition of…
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Martini Shot: A Graduating Film Showcase
May 6, 2019By: Alison Wick, Arts Editor I really did not know what to expect from the graduating showcase of the SFU School of Contemporary Arts’ Film program for 2019. In the weeks leading up to the screening, what I had mostly…
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