Fringe Arts

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  Circus of the Mind

  Peter Murray – Published March 2, 2011

  “It’s not just a spectacle, but something that the audience is intimately involved in,” said Shannon Collier, one of the organizers of Atem, an event that will combine guided meditation, improvisational music and circus acts.

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  Parlovr Not a Fightr

  Dan Hawie (The Silhouette, McMaster University) – Published February 28, 2011

  Parlovr’s frame of mind is a bit of a head-scratcher. If you mispronounce the band’s name as, say, “Parlover” instead of the correct “Parlour,” the band members will gladly yield to your mishap.

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  Puro Instinct — Headbangers In Ecstasy

  Ashley Opheim – Published February 28, 2011

  Turquoise sonic and padded melodies like e-mails like moss gardens like death petals make you feel when you don’t care

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  Math Pop for the Masses

  Colin Harris – Published February 28, 2011

  These days it seems like pop music has become an increasingly effortless affair. But it doesn’t have to be that way, necessarily.
  Sacramento’s Tera Melos started out playing schizophrenic math rock, a genre named after the careful counting required for its polyrhythmic sound

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  Why Trans Art Matters

  Laura Beeston – Published February 28, 2011

  Religious symbolism, art space and the curating process in Concordia’s student-led Art Matters Festival are some core questions at the centre of recent speculation following a decision to deny local trans artist Johnston Newfield’s installation “Embark” into the exposition “Enter the Foam & Achieve Second Sight.”

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  Lit Writ

  Heather Davidson – Published February 28, 2011

  The cat dead, and no one
  in the mood for a wake.

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  Art, Splattered

  Ashley Opheim – Published February 28, 2011

  Today marks the official first day of the Art Matters Festival 2011. Now in its 11th year, the festival runs for a mere three weeks and involves the work of more than 200 Concordia students.

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  Konyves’ Version

  kelly tatham – nexus (camosun college) – Published February 28, 2011

  “I can write bad shit and get paid for it.”
  That was screenwriter Michael Konyves’ motivation for getting into the film industry.

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  Poetry Deciphered

  – Published February 28, 2011

  Rare is the person who hasn’t, by now, at least heard of Shawn Carter, alias Jay-Z, let alone downloaded a song or two to bump from their speaker system of choice, be it auto or iPod, when in need of a good aural pick-me-up.

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  Art Matters Is Retro and Innovative

  Alex Mcgill – Published February 15, 2011

  Art Matters has evolved into the biggest student-run art show in Canada, a renowned two-week long festival showcasing and celebrating student art.