Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Art's Birthday January 19th 2019!

BEAMS PRESENTS ART'S BIRTHDAY
Ortona Armoury Art's Building
Saturday, January 19th 2019
9722 102 St NW, Edmonton, AB
7:30 PM
$10 Admission

This year there will be live performances by local Edmonton artist's. Audio/Video pieces by Artists local and abroad. An art gallery and sale. 50/50 Raffle ($5 a ticket).

~Preforming Artist's

Ninjam Experimentalists with Abram Hindle
Raylene Campbell
OSO & OPO
Stephen Sereda
Hitoshi Sugiyama
Wayne DeFehr
Golden Grey
IVI
Amir Salimi
Pizzarrhea !
Noah Weninger
Shawn Pinchbeck
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~Audio/Video Works

Voice industrie
Christine Miller
Dawn Tuesday
Paul Morris
m.o.a.i.n.
minima moralia
Philippe Neau
Swill
Hari Maia
Mental Escape Pod

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~History

Art’s Birthday originated in 1963 when French surreal artist Robert Filliou declared that art didn’t exist until a million years ago when someone dropped a dry sponge into a pail of water. Choosing his own birthday of Jan. 17 to celebrate the event, Filliou proposed a public holiday, which has since been adopted by arts organizations and collectives in more than 20 nations worldwide.

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~BEAMS History

Edmonton first held such an event in 2008, presented by the Film and Video Arts Society at the now-defunct ARTery. The Edmonton Arts Council staged Art’s Birthday at Scona Pool the following year. Since 2010, BEAMS has facilitated the event annually.

2008: ARTery
2009: Scona Pool
BEAMS takes it over next
2010: Naked Cyber Cafe
2011: Bohemia
2012: Ortona
2013: Bohemia
2014: Brittany's Lounge
2015: Ortona
2016: Bohemia
2017: Ortona
2018: Ortona
2019: Ortona