{"id":29856,"date":"2020-07-14T10:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=29856"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:41:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:41:29","slug":"if-2020-a-24-hour-online-festival-of-improvised-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2020\/if-2020-a-24-hour-online-festival-of-improvised-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"IF 2020, a 24-hour Online Festival of Improvised Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        IF 2020, a 24-hour Online Festival of Improvised Arts\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/people\/ellen-waterman\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/meaning-of-music-ellen-waterman-1200w-2_400x300_acf_cropped-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ellen Waterman\" class=\"wp-image-28059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/meaning-of-music-ellen-waterman-1200w-2_400x300_acf_cropped-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/meaning-of-music-ellen-waterman-1200w-2_400x300_acf_cropped.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dr. Ellen Waterman<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/people\/ellen-waterman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Ellen Waterman<\/a>, the 2019&nbsp;inaugural Helmut Kallmann Chair for Music in Canada, is participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/improvfest.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>IF 2020<\/b><\/a>, a 24hr, online improvisation festival based out of the University of Guelph. Prof. Waterman (flute\/voice) will be performing alongside Michael Waterman (theramin\/homemade instruments) as experimental sound duo <a href=\"https:\/\/pama2.bandcamp.com\/releases\">Pama<\/a>. Music Professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/people\/stewart-jesse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Jesse Stewart<\/a>, will also be contributing an original musical piece for the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IF 2020 Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QmvR6qovkN4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"improv-institute-announces-if-2020-a-24-hour-online-festival-of-improvised-arts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improv Institute Announces IF 2020, a 24-hour Online Festival of Improvised Arts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This \u201call-night, online celebration of the arts,\u201d which will start on August 8th at midnight GMT, will present original performances by over 150 artists from around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 8, 2020 (Guelph, ON)\u2014The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI), a partnered research institute centered at the University of Guelph, is excited to announce a new online festival celebrating improvisational art. Starting on August 8th at midnight, GMT (August 7th at 8pm, EST), IF 2020 will feature video\/audio submissions from 150+ artists from 15+ countries. This 24-hour festival, streaming pre-recorded performances, is free to attend and will feature a dynamic array of improvisational artists, including musicians, spoken word poets, dancers, and theatre practitioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival line-up has been curated by IICSI director Dr. Ajay Heble (Founder and former Artistic Director for the Guelph Jazz Festival) along with partnering organizations from across Canada and around the world. Canadian festivals presenting artists include Hillside Festival (Guelph, ON), Suoni Per Il Popolo (Montreal), Coastal Jazz and Blues (Vancouver), and Mariposa (Orillia, ON); international presenters include Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore), Sonic Arts Research Centre (N. Ireland), and Onassis Cultural Centre (Greece).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMusic and the arts have long been important catalysts for imagining, and indeed often enacting, new ways of living together in the world,\u201d Heble says. \u201cI\u2019ve been particularly struck by the way artists, arts presenters, and other organizations around the world have improvised community during these challenging times, how they have encouraged us to imagine the world anew.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IF 2020 will present a wide range of artists, including several acclaimed Canadian artists: Book of Negroes author Lawrence Hill; Juno Award-winning pianist Marianne Trudel; and Governor General\u2019s Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier. An eclectic roster of international contributors includes American free jazz bassist William Parker, Order of Australia-winning saxophonist Sandy Evans, and renowned Japanese avant-garde pianist Satoko Fujii, who Cadence Magazine dubbed \u201cthe Ellington of free jazz.\u201d The full roster of artists is available online, at www.improvfest.ca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the inspiration behind IF 2020, Heble credits URGNT, the Toronto-based online venue, as well as friends and colleagues in Italy at the University of Padua. \u201cDuring a nation-wide lockdown in a country ravaged by the Coronavirus,\u201d Heble explains, \u201cthese outstanding organizers hosted PANSODIA, their own amazing 24-hour online celebration in honour of UNESCO International Jazz Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to be able to share our own 24 hours of unique programming,\u201d Heble adds, \u201cand to celebrate the ways in which improvising artists are using the resources at hand in the arenas that are open to them in order to make right things transpire, sometimes in even the most challenging circumstances.\u201d Bracing for the heartache of a summer without live music and arts festivals, this digital gathering will provide an opportunity for people to come together and be reminded of the incredible range of art that persists regardless of this pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is being made possible through support from numerous community partners, including the University of Guelph\u2019s COVID-19 Research Development &amp; Catalyst Fund, U of G\u2019s College of Arts, and long-time IICSI partner Musagetes. The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation is generously supported through a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ellen Waterman, the 2019&nbsp;inaugural Helmut Kallmann Chair for Music in Canada, is participating in IF 2020, a 24hr, online improvisation festival based out of the University of Guelph. Prof. Waterman (flute\/voice) will be performing alongside Michael Waterman (theramin\/homemade instruments) as experimental sound duo Pama. 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