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Rae Staseson

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Background

Biography

Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University / Directrice et Professeure adjointe, département des études en communications, Université Concordia

As well as being the catalyst for this workshop's Artists' Panel, Staseson has greatly facilitated the Thinking with Water workshop through her encouragement and support as the Chair of Communication Studies at Concordia University. As an intermedia artist and filmmaker, Staseson will present a new work during this workshop. Turning to her existing but un-activated footage, Staseson will recombine segments into a new production of sound and image that provokes a "thinking with water" through an aural and visual drawing of the alterity of water's surface. Her perspectives on process, research-creation practices and place will be of great value to this workshop and, moreover, promise to move the conversation beyond text.

En plus d’avoir été le catalyseur pour la table ronde des artistes de cet atelier, Staseson a été d’une aide précieuse au projet Penser avec l’eau, offrant encouragement et soutien en tant que Directrice des études en communications de l’Université Concordia. Par ailleurs, en tant qu’artiste intermédiatique et cinéaste, Staseson présentera une nouvelle œuvre au cours de cet atelier. Utilisant des images existantes mais inédites, Staseson recoupera des segments afin de créer une nouvelle production de son et d’images, incitant à « penser avec l’eau » par un dessin visuel et auditif de l’altérité de la surface de l’eau. Ses perspectives sur le processus, le lieu, et les pratiques de recherche-création seront inestimables à cet atelier et, qui plus est, promettent de faire bouger la conversation au-delà du texte.

Please see Water Drawing (version 1).

Veuillez voir le résumé: Water Drawing (version 1) (v.f.).

Organizing experience / Expérience d’organisation :
Chair: Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University (2008-2009 [Interim], 2009-2010); Curator: Darren Ell: Haiti:Holdup - solo exhibition (publication at press), Media Gallery, Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montréal, (Qc.); Co-organizer: Critical Landscapes Working Group, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Society and Culture, Concordia; Artistic Advisor, Thinking with Water (2009-); Co-curation: (w/ K. Sawchuk) Apparencies, by Richard Hancox, Media Gallery, Concordia (2009); Extensive organizational experience: Chair/member, var. admin. committees (2004-).

Publications
  • Between Sand & Snow: My Personal Saskatchewan. Organized by Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, 2010.
  • Discoverable. Co-curated by Kim Sawchuk & Owen Chapman. A mobile art campaign in conjunction with the President's Conference Series, Concordia University, Montréal, (Qc.)
  • Anthology Film Archives, curated screening. New York City, New York, 2007.
  • St. John's International Women's Film Festival, juried. St. John's, NL, 2007.
  • Onion City International Film & Video Festival, juried. Chicago, IL, 2007.
  • Projecting Memory, curated solo screening, Jersey City Art Museum, Jersey City NJ, 2007.
  • Images International Festival of Independent Film & Video, curated. Toronto, ON, 2007.
  • Edges Media Arts Festival, juried. Victoria, BC, 2007.
  • Traumatic Landscape, curated, Dalhousie Univ. Art Gallery, Halifax, NS, 2007.
  • New Forms International Festival, curated screening, Vancouver, BC, 2006.
  • PPP, curated solo scr., Roth Gallery, Casino Project Space. High Falls NY, 2006.