cSPACE Eau Claire

David Matyas Creative Residency: La Mosca Live Performance
2023-08-18 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub, 381 2 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2P 0C5, Canada
La Mosca Performs Live!
Band and members Manuel Jara, David Matyas, Samuel Downie and Luis Tovar gather in the spirit of the Fly’s La Mosca for this live performance, fusing funk, flamenco and beyond.

Special Workshop with artist Lauren B. Sanchez
2023-08-19 11:00 - 14:00 UTC
Prepare to be enchanted with Metamorphosis in Cobalt – an art exhibition where the realm of process and manifestation converge in a captivating display of creativity in the mesmerizing hue of Cobalt Blue. Every painting in this exhibition is not just a finished masterpiece but an ongoing work in progress. As you stroll through Marvin’s Room, you’ll have the rare opportunity to glimpse into Lauren’s creative process, observing the birth of ideas and the evolution of emotions brought to life through brushstrokes. As the exhibition unfolds, so too does the emotional landscape of the space, mirroring the artist’s journey and manifesting an atmosphere of inspiration and curiosity.
Just like the pieces showcased in Metamorphosis in Cobalt, you can witness the evolution of your own artwork throughout Lauren’s workshop. Discover the transformative nature of Cobalt Blue as you delve into the alchemy of the creative process. You will learn to express emotions and inner visions in watercolor.

Metamorphosis in Cobalt by Lauren Sanchez Art Exhibit
2023-08-20 11:00 - 14:00, 2023-08-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-24 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
Artist Lauren B. Sanchez will use Marvin’s Room as her laboratory of artistic experimentation.
Prepare to be enchanted with Metamorphosis in Cobalt – an art exhibition where the realm of process and manifestation converge in a captivating display of creativity in the mesmerizing hue of Cobalt Blue. Every painting in this exhibition is not just a finished masterpiece but an ongoing work in progress. As you stroll through Marvin’s Room, you’ll have the rare opportunity to glimpse into Lauren’s creative process, observing the birth of ideas and the evolution of emotions brought to life through brushstrokes. As the exhibition unfolds, so too does the emotional landscape of the space, mirroring the artist’s journey and manifesting an atmosphere of inspiration and curiosity. Just like the pieces showcased in Metamorphosis in Cobalt, you can witness the evolution of your own artwork throughout.

Marvin’s Room Presents Scott Morin’s Songs for Marv
2023-08-20 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Scott Morin and Marvin Kee first met in 1992 when Scott joined Marvin’s first group, the legendary High Rollers, for an epic concert at Highwood Music Festival. Their friendship maintained for over 30 years and became even closer when Scott moved back to Calgary in 2015. Scott and Marv shared a love for soulful music, jazz and the music of Prince – this intimate show in tribute to Marvin will explore some of those songs that became a source connection for them both over the years.
Scott Morin – Saxophone
Angela Wrigley – Vocals
Sheldon Zandboer – Keyboards
Jim Johnston – Drums

Marvin's Room Presents: "Bring Your Own Beef" Break Battle
2023-08-26 13:00 - 17:00 UTC
After a long hiatus, Grim Reminder has resurrected Bring Your Own Beef in honour of our 15 year anniversary! This breakdancing event reflects what our crew enjoys the most: live music, BBQs, DJs, and cyphers full of Bboys and Bgirls. Come celebrate with us and throw a round down in the cypher to be crowned cypher royalty!

Sunday Scratch Sessions @ Marvin's Room
2023-08-27 15:00 - 19:00 UTC
Sunday Scratch Session 004 – Open Turntables / Live MCs
The Fourth of many Sunday Scratch Sessions Live Open Turntable format and MCs… also gonna be on Streamed on TWITCH!!!
and its FREEEEEE!!!
Will be streaming on www.bnastybeats.net ( B-Nasty Beats Scratch Session 7) Come Join and get your name into our monthly DRAWS.
Djs: Nick K2, Grubbernaut, and MORE… and you can join too just come down.
Hosted by B-Nasty Beats, Apex Unit 79, Tabilist Lounge Calgary, Sunday Scratch Sessions.
The Fly and Rubix collaborated on each other’s projects and hip hop was an huge influence on The Fly’s sound. As one of the Sunday Scratch Sessions hosts, Rubix and friends is bringing this session to Marvin’s Room.

Making Treaty 7 Remount of Okosi Band Rehearsals
2023-08-28 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-08-29 17:00 - 18:00, 2023-08-30 15:00 - 18:00 UTC
Marvin’s Room Month at cSPACE Eau Claire
A jam fusion of pow wow and contemporary music that will be featured in the theatrical production of Okosi.
From the Making Treaty 7 Website:
O’kosi (oh-go-see) is the Blackfoot word meaning ‘in the fall when we gather,’ and refers to returning home to the river valley for winter camps.

Luis Tovar and Arturo Marc Quartet Open Rehearsal
2023-08-28 19:00 - 23:00 UTC
Luis Tovar and Arturo Marc quartet open rehearsal.

Marvin's Room presents ‘’LUZ’’ Live Show
2023-08-29 20:00 - 23:00 UTC
Luis Tovar and Arturo Marc quartet live performance.
Venezuelan seasoned percussionist Luis ‘El Pana’ Tovar, and Venezuelan-Canadian singer-songwriter Arturo Marc have joined forces to create ‘’LUZ’’, an unforgettable live music experience that fuses Arturo’s unique blend of Venezuelan folk and Caribbean music, under the guidance of Luis‘ exceptional music production and percussion skills. ‘’LUZ’’ live experience aims to amplify the work done in Arturo’s debut EP ‘’LUZ’’ produced by Luis and expected to be release on Friday, October 20th, 2023. The ‘’LUZ’’ EP showcases their ability to seamlessly blend Venezuelan and Latin cultural influences into a harmonious musical journey.
In ‘’LUZ’’ the live show collaboration, Arturo Marc’s emotive vocals and genre-blurring compositions are elevated by the rhythmic expertise of Luis ‘El Pana’ Tovar. The audience can expect a fusion of traditional Venezuelan melodies, reggae-infused rhythms, and a dynamic shot of cultural diffusion. The performance promises to showcase the seamless integration of Arturo’s heartfelt music with Luis‘ percussion artistry, delivering a unique and unforgettable musical experience.
Arturo Marc is an emerging talent in the music scene, renowned for his distinctive fusion of Venezuelan folk music, reggae, and ska. With a focus on heartfelt lyrics and engaging melodies, Arturo brings a fresh perspective to the stage. With over two decades of professional experience, Luis ‘El Pana’ Tovar is a Venezuelan-born percussionist who has made his mark in the Western Canadian music landscape. Known for his outstanding percussion skills, dynamic energy and unique ability to infuse his Afro-Caribbean roots into any project, Luis brings an electrifying presence to live performances and recording sessions.

Come FLY with Me with Rein the Rebel and featured guests
2023-08-31 15:00 - 21:00 UTC
An ode to ‘The FLY’.
Original Rudes members Rein the Rebel, Roofeo and Creeasian join forces to create a series inspired by the life, conversations with, and the music of Marvin Kee.

Thursday, August 31, 3pm-9pm
The Exchange: come kick-it.
Visual installation and exhibit with Marcello Correa, JT Rebalbos and Brandon Barcena.

Friday, September 1, 3pm-9pm
Art-Luck. Food and Music.

Saturday, September 2, 3pm-9pm
Beats, Rudes, and Life.

Marvin's Room Closing Fam Jam
2023-09-03 14:00 - 18:00 UTC
A specially curated exhibition from the personal archives and collection of musician Marvin Kee.
Music, Art, Food.
Free to attend.

This is Not My Culture - Open Studio
2023-09-04 13:00 - 17:00 UTC
This is Not My Culture – Open Studio
cSPACE Neighbourhood Hub
Artist Xstine Cook invites you to contemplate the creative potential of plastic as she transforms diverted packaging material into a full body mask creature.
By touching, manipulating, and re-purposing plastic that was intended for a single use before being thrown to Earth to process over unknown millennia, This is Not My Culture invites you to view this miraculous material not as waste, but as an extraordinary resource. The globe’s frantic pace of plastic generation is at the crux of the fraught relationship between humans’ minds and hearts; our addiction to convenience, vs the interconnectedness of all life.
The packaging materials for this residency were generated by Cook’s family’s normal consumption over the course of a year, and will be prepared on site in the Hub, where the mask will be imagined, designed, created and exhibited. Viewers will observe the repetitive, meticulous process of creation, and the slow reveal of the creature.
Open Studio
Whenever the artist is working, the space will be open. See schedule for confirmed times, or drop by to see what’s going on.
Note: Space will be closed: September 14-18
Events and Happenings
Check out several community events happening as part of This is Not My Culture, including Make-Your-Own Mask sessions, Mapperz Bring Your Own HDMI Vol II projection mapping event, Work and Watch movie nights, Cabaret Jam puppet meet up, a screening of the Bum Family’s film Pollution Solution, a special National Day of Truth and Reconciliation screening of Gitz Crazyboy’s Peace Pipeline, and an exhibition of This is Not My Culture creations.
*Some events request registration via Eventbrite.
*Photo credit: Sean Dennie

This is Not My Culture - Watch and Work: Circle of Care
2023-09-05 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Watch and Work is a series of films and documentaries you can watch while artist Xstine Cook works on her Hub residency. Be welcome to bring along a project of your own. Please use the Eventbrite link to register.
Tuesday September 5
12pm: Watch and Work: Circle of Care – Gender Identity EDIA Workshop produced by Calgary Arts Development Association (CADA).
Come by to watch CADA’s Virtual Town Hall – Circle of Care–Gender Identity EDIA Workshop led by Sable Sweetgrass. This is a 1-hour Zoom session that we will watch during artist Xstine Cook’s residency at the Hub.

This is Not My Culture - Watch and Work: 18 Products Made From Trash
2023-09-05 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
Watch and Work is a series of films and documentaries you can watch while artist Xstine Cook works on her Hub residency. Be welcome to bring along a project of your own. Please use the Eventbrite link to register.
Event 2: Tuesday September 5
3pm: Watch and Work: 18 Products Made from Trash

Drop in to watch 18 Products Made From Trash – a 2.5 hour documentary during artist Xstine Cook’s residency at the Hub.

18 Products Made From Trash is from Season 3 Marathon | World Wide Waste | Insider Business
We make 2 billion metric tons of garbage every year. This documentary highlights people, companies, and governments all over the world who are using old and new technologies to turn trash into treasure. Whether it’s bricks made from milk cartons or eyeglasses made from coffee grounds, or mats made from. human hair, here’s 18 fascinating examples of how people around the globe deal with World Wide Waste.
18 Products Made From Trash will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency “This is Not My Culture” at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the video screning, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the video.
Free screening of this video is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September.
The cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residency program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary.
*Note that capacity is extremely limited.* If you sign up, please attend, or cancel your reservation so that others may.
Please consider a donation to Nature Conservancy of Canada
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This is Not My Culture - Watch and Work: The Story of Plastic
2023-09-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton)
Watch and Work is a series of films and documentaries you can watch while artist Xstine Cook works on her Hub residency. Be welcome to bring along a project of your own. Please use the Eventbrite link to register.
Event 3: Tuesday September 5
7pm: Watch and Work: Free screening of The Story of Plastic
Drop in to watch The Story of Plastic, a searing exposé revealing the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. The Story of Plastic presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis. The Story of Plastic is a life-changing, Emmy-winning film depicting one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues.This impactful documentary film traces the destructive lifespan of plastics across three continents and sheds light on a global movement calling for change.
Directed by Deia Scholsberg , produced by Pale Blue Dot Media with React to Film. https://www.storyofstuff.org

The Story of Plastic will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency This is Not My Culture at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the screening, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the talk.
Free screening of this movie is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s “This is Not My Culture” artist residency at cSPace Eau Clair Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September.
*Note that capacity is extremely limited.* If you sign up, please attend, or cancel your reservation so that others may.
Please consider a donation to Nature Conservancy of Canada
https://secure.natureconservancy.ca/site/SPageNavigator/Forms/landing.html?s_locale=en_CA&_ga=2.136098099.329967507.1691470962-445715520.1691470962
The cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residency program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary.

This is Not My Culture - DIY Mask Making Activity
2023-09-10 13:00 - 17:00 UTC
Drop in and try your hand transforming plastic into an interesting mask. All ages, children welcome with accompanying adult.
ABOUT XSTINE COOK:
A cultural activist who uses the power of storytelling to bring unconventional stories and art forms to light, Xstine Cook operates on the core belief that all humans are art makers, and acts of radical creativity are necessary to evolve our understanding of ourselves, each other and our world.
Xstine is a visitor to the Treaty 7 area, who was raised in Calgary and in the foothills of Alberta along Dog Pound Creek. Cook is a mask maker and multi-disciplinarian and she trained at Dell’Arte theatre school in Humboldt County California, and with various masters in Indonesia, Italy, France, and the West Coast of Canada.
Xstine co-founded Green Fools Theatre where she wrote, directed, and designed many of the company’s boundary-stretching original works until she left in 2003 to start the Festival of Animated Objects, and CAOS, an interdisciplinary arts company.
Xstine is the recipient of the 2022 City of Calgary Award for Community Achievement in the Arts, the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, the Rozsa Foundation’s Innovation Award, and countless awards for her filmmaking.
She recently co-wrote and produced MONSTR, an animated short by Tank Standing Buffalo for HBO Max Warner Brothers Discovery Access Animated Shorts Program.

Photo Credit: Sean Dennie

This is Not My Culture - Watch and Work: Koyaanisqatsi
2023-09-11 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Edmonton)
Watch and Work is a series of films and documentaries you can watch while artist Xstine Cook works on her Hub residency. Be welcome to bring along a project of your own. Please use the Eventbrite link to register.
Event 4: Monday September 11
5pm: Watch and Work: Free screening of Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio’s classic 1982 film Life Out of Balance

Drop in to watch Koyaanisqatsi “Life Out of Balance” an experimental classic film featuring a collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot, to a soundtrack by Philip Glass. The footage focuses on nature, humanity, and the relationship between them.
Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning “life out of balance,” this renowned documentary/experimental film reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Featuring extensive footage of natural landscapes and elemental forces, the film gives way to many scenes of modern civilization and technology. Given its lack of narration and dialogue, the production makes its points solely through imagery and music, with many scenes either slowed down or sped up for dramatic effect.
Release date: September 14, 1983 (New York)
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Music composed by: Philip Glass, Michael Hoenig
Sequel: Powaqqatsi
Cinematography: Ron Fricke
Koyaanisqatsi will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency This is Not My Culture at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the screening, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the talk.
Free screening of this movie is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September.
The cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residence program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary.

This is Not My Culture - Watch and Work: Powaqqatsi
2023-09-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton)
Watch and Work is a series of films and documentaries you can watch while artist Xstine Cook works on her Hub residency. Be welcome to bring along a project of your own. Please use the Eventbrite link to register.
Event 5: Monday September 11
7pm: Watch and Work: Free screening of Powaqqatsi, Godfrey Reggio’s 1988 film Life in Transformation

Drop in and watch Powaqqatsi, also known as Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, a 1988 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio’s experimental 1982 film, Koyaanisqatsi. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilogy.
Powaqqatsi is a Hopi neologism coined by Reggio meaning “parasitic way of life” or “life in transition.” While Koyaanisqatsi focused on modern life in industrial countries, Powaqqatsi, which similarly has no dialogue, focuses more on the conflict in Third World countries between traditional ways of life and the new ways of life introduced with industrialization. As with Koyaanisqatsi and the third and final part of the ‘Qatsi‘ trilogy, Naqoyqatsi, the film is strongly related to its soundtrack, written by Philip Glass.
Release date: April 29, 1988
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Music composed by: Philip Glass
Sequel: Naqoyqatsi
Cinematography: Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis
Powaqqatsi will play as part of Xstine Cook’s Artist in Residency This is Not My Culture at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Cook will be working on her art during the screening, and attendees are welcome to bring along a project they want to work on while watching and listening to the talk.
Free screening of this movie is presented as part of Xstine Cook’s This is Not My Culture artist residency at cSPACE Eau Claire Neighbourhood Hub. Xstine will be modifying and altering reclaimed commercial plastic packaging material into an artistic creation during the month of September.
The cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residence program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary.
