THE COMPLETION OF THE FIVE-YEAR ARTIST RESIDENCY AT
ABERTHAU MANSION/WEST POINT GREY COMMUNITY CENTRE
From 2013 through 2018, LocoMotoArt Collective, enjoyed five productive and fruitful years in artist residency at Aberthau Mansion/West Point Grey Community Centre as part of the Vancouver Park Board Arts Culture and Engagement Divisions initiative "The Field House Program. "The Field House Studio Program" places artists with community- engaged and social practices into neighbourhoods to create work, in and with community. The program brings the arts as an integral part of everyday life, into Vancouver neighbourhoods. Further, the program creates space to invite community, colleagues and curious visitors to share in intimate creative processes with artists through daily, shared arts experiences that are social, cooperative and collaborative. This website documents the work, achievements and explorations and provides links to publications authored during the residency, and this page selective culminates the story. LocoMotoArt is suppported by the not-for-profit Interdisciplinary Media Artist's Association/Population of Noise, often referred to as IMAPON.
Banner photo above special thanks to: Grace L. Cuenca. Photographs below: Laura Lee Coles.
Banner photo above special thanks to: Grace L. Cuenca. Photographs below: Laura Lee Coles.
LocoMotoArt's studio space on the third floor (Upper Left and Right seen behind the fireplace chimney) proved to be an amazing space and opportunity in multiple ways. Being on the third floor had significant advantages. Beside having a sense of a "birds eye view", the space provided amazing sunlight during certain times of the day, privacy yet publicness, and served as a wonderful laboratory and inspiration for the development of various creative digital tools.
The surrounding garden galleries on site offered many opportunities for creative thought, expression, respite and cultivation of ideas. We enjoyed garden space at the Aberthau Community Garden hosted by transition initiative Village Vancouver, and worked specifically with the West Point Grey Pre-school in the planting of gardens and art creation. These projects can be viewed under the page: Aberthau Garden Projects
It is from our first experiences of being in the gardens, exploring nearby Jericho Park, and the beach shoreline, that we were inspired to create various creative works, stage, events and exhibitions. We opened up the space to other artists from time-to-time, forged partnership relationships, and had to privilege to work with pre-school aged children.
Primary accomplishments during the residency include: The co-curation and production of Oscillations as an event as part of the International Symposium on Electronic Arts with Vancouver New Music (2015), presenting Moments of Happiness during the ARts BC conference in Burnaby (2018); and PoSSeSSiONz installation curated by Wynne Palmer for Paul Wong's seminal group exhibition "Thru The Trap Door". Presently, the creative tool, Textura Corpus, inspired and developed during which was inspired from the beginning of this residency.
The surrounding garden galleries on site offered many opportunities for creative thought, expression, respite and cultivation of ideas. We enjoyed garden space at the Aberthau Community Garden hosted by transition initiative Village Vancouver, and worked specifically with the West Point Grey Pre-school in the planting of gardens and art creation. These projects can be viewed under the page: Aberthau Garden Projects
It is from our first experiences of being in the gardens, exploring nearby Jericho Park, and the beach shoreline, that we were inspired to create various creative works, stage, events and exhibitions. We opened up the space to other artists from time-to-time, forged partnership relationships, and had to privilege to work with pre-school aged children.
Primary accomplishments during the residency include: The co-curation and production of Oscillations as an event as part of the International Symposium on Electronic Arts with Vancouver New Music (2015), presenting Moments of Happiness during the ARts BC conference in Burnaby (2018); and PoSSeSSiONz installation curated by Wynne Palmer for Paul Wong's seminal group exhibition "Thru The Trap Door". Presently, the creative tool, Textura Corpus, inspired and developed during which was inspired from the beginning of this residency.
PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE RESIDENCY.
LOCOMOTOART: IN PUBLICATION
International Symposium on Electronic Arts - 2015 Vancouver. (ISEA)
Repurposing Urban Space: Arts as the Catalyst for Change by jil p. weaving and Laura Lee Coles, MA.
http://isea2015.org/proceeding/submissions/ISEA2015_submission_40.pdf
Disrupting Conventional Boundaries of Public Art In Urban Space, Laura Lee Coles, MA
http://isea2015.org/proceeding/submissions/ISEA2015_submission_116.pdf
Digital Eco-Art: Transformative Possibilities, Digital Creativity. Routledge Taylor &
Francis Group. Laura Lee Coles and Philippe Pasquier. 2015.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14626268.2015.998683
The following publications are available at www.researchgate.net; www.academia.edu
LocoMotoArt: Digital art in natural settings.
The 8th International Conference on the Arts in Society (AIS), June 2013, Budapest, Hungary. Author: Laura Lee Coles International Journal of New Media, Technology and the Arts, Volume 10 Issue 1 pp. 1-10, Champaign, Illinois: Common Grounds Publishing
LocoMotoArt and the HTN (Human, Technology, Nature) Triad-Relationship.
7th Conference of European Research Network Sociology of the Arts in Vienna, Austria. Distributed paper, published abstract 2012.
LocoMotoArt: Interacting with natural setting through performance using pico projection. International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA), September 2011, Istanbul, Turkey; Primary author: Laura Lee Coles; co-author: Philippe Pasquier, Ph.D. Published online 2012.
Repurposing Urban Space: Arts as the Catalyst for Change by jil p. weaving and Laura Lee Coles, MA.
http://isea2015.org/proceeding/submissions/ISEA2015_submission_40.pdf
Disrupting Conventional Boundaries of Public Art In Urban Space, Laura Lee Coles, MA
http://isea2015.org/proceeding/submissions/ISEA2015_submission_116.pdf
Digital Eco-Art: Transformative Possibilities, Digital Creativity. Routledge Taylor &
Francis Group. Laura Lee Coles and Philippe Pasquier. 2015.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14626268.2015.998683
The following publications are available at www.researchgate.net; www.academia.edu
LocoMotoArt: Digital art in natural settings.
The 8th International Conference on the Arts in Society (AIS), June 2013, Budapest, Hungary. Author: Laura Lee Coles International Journal of New Media, Technology and the Arts, Volume 10 Issue 1 pp. 1-10, Champaign, Illinois: Common Grounds Publishing
LocoMotoArt and the HTN (Human, Technology, Nature) Triad-Relationship.
7th Conference of European Research Network Sociology of the Arts in Vienna, Austria. Distributed paper, published abstract 2012.
LocoMotoArt: Interacting with natural setting through performance using pico projection. International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA), September 2011, Istanbul, Turkey; Primary author: Laura Lee Coles; co-author: Philippe Pasquier, Ph.D. Published online 2012.
Conferences, Presentations & Panels
- 2011 ISEA Istanbul, Turkey Theme: Humans, Nature and Machines 2011 CHI Vancouver, BC
- 2011 Staging Sustainability York University Toronto, ON
- 2012 European Research Network Sociology of the Arts, Vienna, Austria
- 2013 Arts In Society Budapest, Hungary
- 2014 PECHAKUCHA, Richmond, BC
- 2014 Arts In Society, Rome, Italy
- 2015 Respondent panelist: Surrey Art Gallery –
Salmon People urban screen projection of Julie Andreyev and Simon Lysander Overstall - 2015 ISEA – Vancouver – Theme Disruption
- 2017 Creative Cities Network, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 2018 Arts BC, Vancouver, British Colmbia – Art installation
- 2018 Urban Issues Film Festival – “Tactical Urbanism” Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC - Keynote
locoMotoArt Members: 2012-2018
IT IS WITH APPRECIATION TO THE ARTISTS
WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR LOCOMOTOART’S SUCCESS AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE GENRE OF DIGITAL ECO-ART
Original Research Artists
2011 - 2012
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Dinka Pignon
Jamie Griffiths
Annie Bunker & Chuck Koesters of OTO Dance
Residency Artists 2012 – 2013
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Jamie Griffiths
Wynne Palmer
Rob Scharein
Sebnem Ozpeta
Sarah Shamash
Merlyn Chipman
Mark Nazemi
Maryam Mobini
Miles Thorogood
Laura Lee Coles
Graham Brown
Guest Artist: First Nation: Aaron Rice/excerpts of the late Terry Haines - Coyote X
2014
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Jamie Griffiths
Wynne Palmer
Rob Scharein
Sebnem Ozpeta
Merlyn Chipman
Mark Nazemi
Maryam Mobini
Laura Lee Coles
Graham Brown
Sarah Shamash
Guest Artists: Patrick Litchty, ecoarttech’s Nicole Sansone, Valerie d. Walker, Aisha Jamal, Tyler Fox, Yi Stropky, Pius Jung Kit Chan, Victoria Gibson and First Nation: Aaron Rice
2015
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Rob Scharein
Sebnem Ozpeta
Merlyn Chipman
Mark Nazemi
Laura Lee Coles
Sammy Chien
Wynne Palmer
Miles Thorogood
Guest Artists: Amir Aziz, Jeremy Inkel, PrOphecy Sun, Mirae Rosner, Valerie d. Walker Vancouver New Music Partner Guest Artists: Joda Clement, Jean Rothier, and Giorgio Magnanensi Dancers performing with Sammy Chien: Jess Marolow, Kaitey DeSante, Lily Hsu, Kelly McInnes, and Heather Lamoureux
Guest Artists Culture Days: Jerry DesVoignes and Bina Salimath
2016 -2018
Dave Leith
Merlyn Chipman
Rob Scharein
Laura Lee Coles
Guest Artists Culture Days 2016:
Grace L. Cuenca, Earth Heart Hum – Samuel Romero, and Jack Procter
Guest Artists: Arbres de Memoire - Lee Hutzulak
WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR LOCOMOTOART’S SUCCESS AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE GENRE OF DIGITAL ECO-ART
Original Research Artists
2011 - 2012
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Dinka Pignon
Jamie Griffiths
Annie Bunker & Chuck Koesters of OTO Dance
Residency Artists 2012 – 2013
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Jamie Griffiths
Wynne Palmer
Rob Scharein
Sebnem Ozpeta
Sarah Shamash
Merlyn Chipman
Mark Nazemi
Maryam Mobini
Miles Thorogood
Laura Lee Coles
Graham Brown
Guest Artist: First Nation: Aaron Rice/excerpts of the late Terry Haines - Coyote X
2014
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Jamie Griffiths
Wynne Palmer
Rob Scharein
Sebnem Ozpeta
Merlyn Chipman
Mark Nazemi
Maryam Mobini
Laura Lee Coles
Graham Brown
Sarah Shamash
Guest Artists: Patrick Litchty, ecoarttech’s Nicole Sansone, Valerie d. Walker, Aisha Jamal, Tyler Fox, Yi Stropky, Pius Jung Kit Chan, Victoria Gibson and First Nation: Aaron Rice
2015
Phil Thomson
Dave Leith
Bobbi Kozinuk
Rob Scharein
Sebnem Ozpeta
Merlyn Chipman
Mark Nazemi
Laura Lee Coles
Sammy Chien
Wynne Palmer
Miles Thorogood
Guest Artists: Amir Aziz, Jeremy Inkel, PrOphecy Sun, Mirae Rosner, Valerie d. Walker Vancouver New Music Partner Guest Artists: Joda Clement, Jean Rothier, and Giorgio Magnanensi Dancers performing with Sammy Chien: Jess Marolow, Kaitey DeSante, Lily Hsu, Kelly McInnes, and Heather Lamoureux
Guest Artists Culture Days: Jerry DesVoignes and Bina Salimath
2016 -2018
Dave Leith
Merlyn Chipman
Rob Scharein
Laura Lee Coles
Guest Artists Culture Days 2016:
Grace L. Cuenca, Earth Heart Hum – Samuel Romero, and Jack Procter
Guest Artists: Arbres de Memoire - Lee Hutzulak
BACKGROUND:
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Local Events Produced by IMAPON
- 2008 Symphonies of Time @ VIVO Media Arts Centre
- 2012 Transformative Possibilities at VIVO Media Arts Centre
- 2012 LocoMotoArt @ Tatlow Park
- 2013 LocoMotoArt @ Queen Elizabeth Park
- 2014 Patterns – Aberthau Mansion
- 2014 Lighting the Way – Vancouver Folk Festival
- 2015 Oscillations – In partnership with Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Park Board and ISEA-Vancouver
- 2017 Arbres Des Memoire – Trees of Memory In partnership with Vancouver Park Board, with special guests Kits Point Military History Museum and the The Seaforth Highlanders Museum - Special Guest Artist: Lee Hutzulak