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
The cSPACE Eau Claire Hub Artist in Residency program is supported by cSPACE Projects and The City of Calgary.
cSPACE is situated on Treaty 7 territory, home of the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as the Tsuut’ina Nation, the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations, and Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6.
