Hosted by Rumble Productions and The Dance Centre
Transmedia Forum
October 14, 1998
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Rumble Productions and the Dance Centre hosted a one-day celebration and exploration of performing artists who have ventured from the stage into the use of other media such as compact discs, film, television and book publishing and the internet. Artists and industry representatives joined in a forum for idea sharing and the showcasing of innovative new works.
Works Screened:
ASAHI (ONTARIO)
Director: Drew Mullin, Producer: Paulus Productions
BELLY BOAT HUSTLE (ALBERTA)
Director: Sandra Sawatzky, Producer Sandra Sawatzky
BEAUTY CROWDS ME (ALBERTA)
Director: Julie Trimingham, Producer: Rick Kokotovitch
VA! LAISSER COULER MES LARMES (ONTARIO)
Director: Britt Randle, Producer: Katherine Bate
PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM (BRITISH COLUMBIA)
Director: Valerie Nelson, Producer: Anthony Morgan
SLAVE TO ANOTHER GOD (BRITISH COLUMBIA)
Director: J.A. Kingston, Producer: Christopher M. Oben & J.A. Kingston
ELIMINATION DANCE (ONTARIO)
Film adaptation by Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar and Michael Ondaatje, Producer: Shadow Films
Panellists:
Russ Baker (President and CEO –ETI Entertainment Technologies, Inc.)
Jennifer Clement (Vancouver based actor and business person)
Rob Egan (President and CEO- British Columbia Film)
Elizabeth Fischer (Solo and collaborative performance, music, visual arts, writing and communications technologies)
Noam Gagnon (Choreographer/performer and co-artistic producer of Holy Body Tattoo)
Judy Gladstone (Executive Director of Bravo!FACT and MaxFACT)
Burt Harris (Specializes in music law and artists’ rights)
Lizard Jones (Performer, visual artist and writer)
Andreas Kahre (Interdisciplinary artist, musician and designer)
Blaine Kyllo (Writer, editor, broadcaster, producer, publisher, and the marketing director for Arsenal Pulp Press)
Judy Radul (Visual artist, creative and critical writer)
Thecia Schiphorst (Vancouver based computer media artist, currently teaching at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design)