Author: Matt Soar

Design counterarchives

The design team for Orphans 2022: Valeria Kriletich (@valeriakriletich Buenos Aires), Long Xi Vlessing (@longxiv Vancouver/Tiohtià:ke), and Matt Soar (@mattsoar Tiohtià:ke).  See valeriakriletich.myportfolio.com for more about her graphic design, including samples of her work for the past four Orphan Film Symposiums (posters, T-shirts, printed programs, social media, website and motion graphics).  Valeria selected the typeface for Orphans 2022: Misto, a quirky display font created in 2019 by Ukrainian graphic designer Kateryna Korolevtseva (@katerintseva Киев, Украина), Misto (“city” in Ukrainian) is a reverse-contrast typeface she says is “inspired by Slavutych — the youngest city of Ukraine, which was born after the Chornobyl

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Creative Process

In my creative work and in my teaching, I try to emphasize the importance of process: the necessity of taking time to sit with images and ideas, to let the mind wander, to fossick, as Ross Gibson has put it, thereby de-emphasizing – if only temporarily – the inexorable pull towards polished outcomes. In this brief post, I’d like to share some early process work of Long Xi Vlessing*, a senior undergrad student at Concordia who was hired by us to help develop a visual sensibility for Orphans 2022. While Long Xi’s work might not be especially evident in the

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Come one, come all! Orphans 2022 – June 15-18, 2022

UPDATE. June 13, 2022.  [vimeo 714575128 w=640 h=360] You can still register to attend the symposium in person. Day-rate is $50 to include food/drink. For locals attending only one session (sans food), no charge.   To WATCH the live-stream online, register on the same site. In the first field, enter $0 payment (or a pay-what-you-will gift). The following day you will received an email with the password.  Log in to the Vimeo “live event” page: https://vimeo.com/event/2190360 during symposium hours. Schedule here. Some screenings will not be live-streamed due to rights restrictions or, more likely, the nature of sensitive or problematic material.  Questions?

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Orphans 2022 – COVID Protocols

UPDATED JUNE 12, 2022: The Government of Canada lifted its Travel Advisory for all non-essential international travel in February. As of April, proof of negative PCR test is no longer required for fully vaccinated travelers to Canada. Proof of vaccination with a Government of Canada approved vaccine is required for foreign nationals boarding air, rail and marine vessels crossing the border, as well for those crossing land border by automobile. Unvaccinated adults who are foreign nationals are not allowed entry into Canada for the purposes of tourism. Travelers entering Canada are required to set up account ArriveCan account and upload

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Orphans 2022 – Accommodations

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Orphans 2022 – Speakers, Presentations, Screenings

  UPDATE (May 10, 2022): The full Program and Schedule is now here. We are happy to announce this slate of speakers, presentations, and screenings for the Orphans 2022 Counter-Archives. Registration is open (to all!) for the June 15-18 event at Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal. Limited to 160 seats. Yes, the symposium is greenlit for an in-person gathering! Most of the speakers will be together in the theater, with a few presenting via video link. (Schedule of themed sessions forthcoming.) The symposium begins on the evening of Wednesday, June 15, followed by three days and nights of presentations

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