In just over one week, Vancouver's New Forms Festival will mark a decade of curating media art, electronic music and digital culture, so to celebrate this auspicious occasion, CBC3 has stepped onboard as a sponsor for the festival.
From cutting edge electronic beats to a lo-fi pedal-powered gramophone on rails, this year's festival cuminates in one of the largest media arts exhibitions of its kind that Vancouver has ever seen, featuring four nights of music, and eight nights of art. (I personally have a goal of hitting every one of the music nights, no small feat for somebody with wee ones, so we shall see how possible that is)
You still have nine more sleeps till the festival starts, so for now, get your motor running with a sampling of some of the musicians playing this year:
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Festival events schedule after the jump:
Friday, September 10th: Opening Gala (& SWARM AfterParty)
The festival opens with a gala evening featuring Basketball, Love & Electrik, No Gold, Love Dancing, Babe Rainbow and Resorts in free performances starting at 10pm. From laptops to bands and everything in between; this lineup showcases the diversity of Vancouver’s electronic music scene today. This event is an open invitation for the community and newcomers alike to check out and enjoy the exhibition and music. Light projections by Peter Hagge.
Curated by Chris Wang.
W2/Storyeum, 151 West Cordova Street, 10pm, Free
Saturday, September 11: The Opposite of Fear
A night of music that builds sonic bridges between dubstep, funk, hip hop, static, bass, experimentalism and visual sound. Featuring "the new guard" in electronic music, Blue Daisy (UK), Slugabed (UK), Illum Sphere (UK), NastyNasty (US) , Michael Red and Lomax, the night reclaims an enlightened and joyful mindset through truly next-level genre-defying live electronic music.
Curator: Michael Red.
W2/Storyeum, 151 West Cordova Street, 10pm, $20 advance / $25 at the door.
Sunday, September 12th: Beat Nation
Beat Nation is a ground-breaking collective of indigenous hip hop artists working in traditional and new media. Beat Nation is about music, it’s about art and it’s about the spirit of Indigenous peoples and cultures. Beat Nation will present a fresh line up of performers, from Cree to Inuit to Haida to Mohawk and more; the roots of hip hop are there but they have been ghost-danced by young Native artists who use hip hop culture’s artistic forms and combine them with Aboriginal story, experience and aesthetics. The evening features Sista Hailstorm, Urban Buffalos, Ostwelve, Skeena Reece, Peter Morin and Christie Charles.
Co-curators: Tania Willard and Skeena Reece. Produced by Glenn Alteen, grunt Gallery and Paul Armstrong, International Arts Initiatives.
W2/Storyeum, 151 West Cordova Street, 8pm, $5 at the door or by donation.
Friday, September 17th the festival presents Body.
A celebration of dance music through collaboration between local and international artists. The evening features Omar-S The Best (US), Scott W (Canada) and Jason Lev (Canada) with video projections by Shawna McLellan and Nicolas Sassoon. The night will deliver a new experience on the dance floor through installation and sound.
Curators: Cedric Meister and Josh Bartholemew.
W2/Storyeum, 151 West Cordova Street, 10pm, $20 advance / $25 at the door.