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AGYU launches its new season with the Raqs Media Collective

fmaquito — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Tricky math and haunting messages accumulate in unresolved poetics this fall at the Art Gallery of 91��ɫ (AGYU).

The AGYU invites you to "surge out there" as it joins with Raqs Media Collective: technological poets for an India in transition, to present their newest exhibit Surjection.

Of the current generation of Indian artists, the from New Delhi (Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, Shuddhabrata Sengupta) are among the best known and most widely exposed in the west – and certainly the most media conscious. Having started as documentary filmmakers, over the past 20 years they have evolved a sophisticated, and sometimes performative, practice that combines film, media, audio and text, all of which draw upon philosophy and political theory, in installations of an unresolved poetics.

Right: Members of the Raqs Media Collective, from left, Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Jeebesh Bagchi and Monica Narula

The Raqs Media Collective exhibition, Surjection, opens with a free public reception tonight, from 6 to 9pm at the Art Gallery of 91��ɫ. The artists will be at the reception.

The collective describes their AGYU exhibition this way: “Raqs Media Collective delights in transposing the plenitude of the incalculable onto the fabric of the ordinary. By counting to infinity, sensing animation in stillness and speaking in the language of silence, Raqs will breathe numbers, figures, proverbs and stories into the galleries of the Art Gallery of 91��ɫ.”

In this exhibition of entirely new work, the artists start with traces that are minimal but that contain great amplitude within them, such as the palm print of Raj Konai – the ancestral trace (from 1859) of the entire history of forensic identification – that hovers over the exhibition. Now animated, this image of a counting hand initiates a series of moves that the viewer animates through the exhibition. At the same time, the viewer witnesses other evolutions in video projection where stillness itself slowly is animated. Surjection begins outside, in AGYU Vitrines and occupies both galleries.

The elements of the exhibition are in a surjective relationship to each other. “Surjection” is a mathematical concept devised by the Bourbaki Group, whereby the elements of one set are applied, transposed, or mapped onto those of another set. Surjection continues until Sunday, Dec. 4.

Surject yourself onto the Performance Bus

It’s an entirely different experience of numbers and letters on the Bingo Dilemma Bus. The game starts tonight at 6pm sharp when the Performance Bus departs the Ontario College of Art & Design University campus at 100 McCaul St.. Riders gather the clues to the game on the way to the Raqs Media Collective exhibition opening at the AGYU. Artist and game host Oliver Husain will be on the bus calling out the game clues. Performance Bus returns downtown at 9pm.

Math too tough for you? Go back to school with AGYU @ Art Toronto

The AGYU tricks or treats fair patrons with one of its specially commissioned installations featuring Toronto novelist Derek McCormack and Toronto artist Ian Phillips. The haunted schoolhouse is the outcome of an four-year project supported by the AGYU of H.A.M.S. (Holiday Arts Mail-Order School), which is a correspondence course (for the 1936-1937 school year) devoted to the holiday arts. Hallowe’enologists will be on hand to take your questions and offer demonstrations. Alumni are welcome.

Virtually AGYU

The surjective relations continue online with the as independent Toronto curator Su-Ying Lee visits the studio of New 91��ɫ-based artist Alexandre Singh, whom she met in Paris this past summer while travelling in Europe. on her travels through Europe.

Writing from the ash-filled Grimsvötn sky, Toronto artist counts down the rest of her days in Iceland as she writes about contemporary art and generous helpings of never-ending splendour, mind-blowing sunsets, migratory birds, half-shorn sheep, geothermal pools and more.

For more information, visit the AGYU website.

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Audio Interview: Osgoode Professor Jamie Cameron on free speech, abortion protests and the Gibbons legal case

fmaquito — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000

, professor at 91��ɫ’s Osgoode Hall Law School, talked about the , in which Ontario launched a lawsuit in 1994 against a group of protesters some say were terrorizing staff and patients outside an abortion clinic, on CBC Radio’s “Sunday Edition” May 15.

is available on CBC's website and begins at the 11:15 mark. It runs to the 30:11 mark.

Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer, with files courtesy of YFile – 91��ɫ’s daily e-bulletin.

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CBC’s Ideas re-airs girls and bullying documentary, featuring Professor Debra Pepler

fmaquito — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:00:00 +0000

CBC Radio's Ideas program is re-airing "," Lynn Glazier's audio documentary about the social world of girls where a hidden culture of nastiness lurks beneath a cultural facade of niceness. The series examines the tumultuous nature of female relationships from girlhood to adulthood.

The radio series, and its companion , features commentary from Professor Debra Pepler. Pepler is distinguished professor in the Faculty of Health's Department of Psychology, senior associate scientist at the , and a member of 91��ɫ's LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution.

Pepler is an expert on bullying behaviour among teens and children; Part 1 of the radio series sites groundbreaking research she conducted with Professor Wendy Craig of Queen's University into children's bullying activity on schoolyards. Craig and Pepler currently co-lead (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network), which provides anti-bullying resources for educators, parents and children.

Part 3 airs on January 21, 2011 at 9 pm on CBC Radio 1. Parts 1 and 2 are currently available for download on the . A connected to both the audio and film documentaries is also available with additional resources.

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Audio: Professor Anne Russon speaks to Quirks & Quarks about how orangutans communicate using mime

fmaquito — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Anne Russon, a cognitive ecologist and professor of psychology in 91��ɫ’s , spoke about orangutans’ ability to communicate using mime, on CBC Radio’s “Quirks & Quarks” Sept. 18.

You can listen to Russon's interview with host Bob McDonald on . The interview begins at the 1:30 mark.

Russon has observed 18 cases of orangutans in Borneo using mime to communicate both simple and complex messages. In one example, an orangutan asked a researcher for help cracking open a coconut by acting out the motions required. Another wanted to share the memory of having had a researcher remove a sliver from a foot by repeatedly miming the action. It is thought that this form of communication among these great apes could provide a clue to the origins of human language.

Related Links, courtesy of CBC online:

in Biology Letters
Original news release from the Research Website
(with video of the coconut incident)

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Audio: Professor Maggie Toplak speaks to Metro Morning about children, ADD, ADHD and misdiagnoses

fmaquito — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Professor Maggie Toplak, a clinical psychologist in 91��ɫ’s , discussed a new American study that found that attention deficit disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children are commonly misdiagnosed with Matt Galloway on CBC Radio’s “” in Toronto Aug. 19.

The and can be found on CBC's Website.

Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.

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Audio: Professor Alan Middleton says humor, buzz and new format keys to Old Spice guy's marketing success

fmaquito — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000

, professor of marketing in the Schulich School of Business, spoke to Toronto's 680 News about the success of Old Spice's youtube video campaign to rebrand their image using commercial spots featuring actor and former NFL player Isaiah Mustafa. You can (click the play button below Mustafa's photo):

"It's a brilliant piece of up-to-date marketing," Marketing expert Alan Middleton said.

Middleton is with the Schulich School of Business and told 680News the company created a buzz online long before the old spice guy's chiselled chest appeared on TV.

"They Twittered, they Youtubed, they used all the contemporary connections to get the story out there."

Middleton doubts the Old Spice guy will ever start to stink.

"If they keep being cheekier in the underground networks - in the Youtubes and the Facebooks - then they can keep it going for a while," Middleton thinks.

Middleton told 680News the brand really didn't have anything to lose.

"They're not all of a sudden making Tide a figure of fun. They're doing it with a brand that wasn't going very far," he explained.

Sales are up 107 per cent and the Old Spice YouTube commercials have been viewed more than 58-million times.

The complete article's available on . You can also watch the original Mustafa ad for Old Spice.

Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer

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Audio: Professor Stuart Shanker says self-regulation a growing trend in child and adult psychology

fmaquito — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000

, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Philosophy and director of the , spoke about the concept of self-regulation – managing our inner emotional life – and its increasing role in treating children with mental disorders, such as autism, and adults on CBC Radio’s “Ideas” program July 15.

The interview runs over 53 minutes and is available on the .

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Audio: Professor Laurence Packer speaks to Quirks & Quarks about bee research

fmaquito — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Professor Laurence Packer, professor of biology in the Faculty of Science & Engineering, spoke to Bob McDonald, host of CBC's Quirks & Quarks on June 26 about his research on international bee populations. He is the author of .

You can listen to the interview on . The clip runs approximately 10 minutes.

Here's what Quirks & Quarks had to say about it:

That constant buzzing noise coming from South Africa these days makes Dr. Laurence Packer think of his true passion. He's a Canadian melittologist, which means that when he hears buzzing, he thinks of "the beautiful insect" rather than "the beautiful game." Dr. Packer studies bees, and in his latest book, he dispels a lot of myths - for instance, not all bees sting, not all bees make honey, and not all bees live in social colonies - and he warns that unless we do more to save the bees, we risk losing many of our food crops.

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Audio: Professor Ron Atkey on security jurisdiction at the G8 and G20 summits

fmaquito — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:00:00 +0000

, lawyer and adjunct professor of national security law in 91��ɫ’s , spoke about who has security jurisdiction at the G8 and G20 summits, on CBC Radio’s “The Current” June 22. You can listen to his interview on . The interview appears in the show's first part. Professor Atkey's clip begins at approximately the 8:30 mark.

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