VIDEO: Interview with Anumation

11 Jun, 2018Summan KandolaNo tags

VIDEO: Who is the woman behind the captivating illustrations of “Anumation“? Surrey604’s Summan Kandola gets up close and personal with Anu Chouhan as she delves into the intentions behind her art and her hustle.

Meet Anu Chouhan (Anumation)

Anu Chouhan is an illustrator from Surrey BC, Canada. Growing up, she always knew she wanted to pursue an artistic career and spent a lot of time learning about animation and fashion, while drawing inspiration from video games, movies, and nature. Upon completion of her Bachelor of Arts degree and Commercial Animation diploma, Anu worked as a Mobile Game Artist in Vancouver, gaining valuable industry experience. She is currently working on freelance illustration projects from her home studio. Her unique, edgy, and energetic art has garnered attention on social media from major publications, celebrities, and influencers.

Upcoming Events Featuring Anumation

Catch Anumation June 13 at 5X Art Party and June 28 at Masala Mobb.

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See more Anumation artwork at Anumation.ca.

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Vancouver-based content creator, Summan Kandola talks about what we think about. Summan talks art, creativity, media, social justice and more. If you can't find her covering a story - you'll find her dressing you in her XOANDHUSTLE clothing line of custom-hand painted jackets. Join the conversation on her YouTube channel: @summankandola. Drip in custom swag: www.xoandhustle.com

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22sep(sep 22)2:30 pm16dec(dec 16)4:00 pmRock N’ Roll Meets Embroidery In Artwork Inspired By Diy Culture(september 22) 2:30 pm - (december 16) 4:00 pm Location: 13750-88 Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada Cost: FREE

KATHY SLADE: THIS IS A CHORD. THIS IS ANOTHER. | SEPTEMBER 22−DECEMBER 16, 2018 | OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 | 2:30−4PM

Surrey, B.C. | Surrey Art Gallery is pleased to announce another exhibit completing their four textile-themed shows this fall. Kathy Slade: This is a chord. This is another. opens Sunday, September 23 from 2:30 to 4pm. Admission is free. This solo exhibit explores Slade’s decade and a half long practice of making textile-based works that put sound at the centre of the image. Pop music, literature, art history, rock n’ roll, and film stills inform the artist’s embroidered panels created between 2002 and 2017. Her minimal, monochromatic works are charged with the passion of fandom and female desire to upturn power.

The embroiderer has been traditionally depicted in art as a quiet and lonesome female figure. In Slade’s artworks, however, a noisy, assertive spirit rips out of her stitched and printed images. One panel depicts Veruca Salt from the 1971 film Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as she brazenly declares, “I want it now!” Italian conceptual artist Alighiero Boetti (1940–1994), famous for a series of embroidered maps of the world, influenced Slade’s artistic practice. In a series of panels reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s silkscreens, Slade shows Boetti playing the drums. Her largest installation is a pom-pom made of orange yarn, sitting silently on the Gallery floor but invoking the energy of cheerleading chants at pep rallies. Celebrating the do-it-yourself culture of both rock and roll history and non-professional textile-making, Slade’s work underscores the idea that we can all be artists. The DIY culture of textile arts is echoed in her instructional abstractions of “Learn Guitar” manuals and stitched notations of guitar chords popular in rock music. The title alludes to the punk rock maxim first coined by Mark Perry in 1976: “This is a chord. This is another. This is a third. Now form a band.” and points to the ease with which anyone can be a rock star, an artist, a revolutionary.

Other artworks in the show include embroideries based on song lists scrawled on crumpled scraps of paper or inspired by sheet music of 1960s chanteuse Francoise Hardy and 1980s new wavers Duran Duran. The exhibition also features silk georgette scarves with slogans that range in references from New Order to Brexit.Surrey Art Gallery Curator of Exhibitions and Collections Jordan Strom says, “Kathy Slade gathers her miscellany and elevates them as lost moments from the not-so-distant past. Her embroidered images may appear at first to be austere and meditative, but with closer examination, they unleash a raw energy—a raucous noise and yearning for a better world.”The opening reception will also celebrate Surrey Art Gallery’s other textile artworks on exhibit: Maggie Orth’s interactive colour-changing weavings in Moving Towards Stillness, the 20+ fibre-based artworks from the Gallery’s collection in Connecting Threads, and the abundance of beloved items for the home and wardrobe in The Art of Warmth by Peace Arch Weavers and Spinners Guild.

About the Artist Kathy Slade is a Vancouver-based artist, curator, and editor. She is currently completing her MA at European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland and holds a BA from Simon Fraser University. She works in a variety of media including textiles, sculpture, sound, performance, film, video, print, and publication. Through her practice, Slade points to moments and events in literature, art history, and popular culture from which to reimagine existing texts, to create looping structures, and to produce remakes that play on repetition and ideas of original and copy. Recent solo exhibitions include I WANT IT ALL I WANT IT NOW, Walter C. Koerner Library, Vancouver, BC (2018) and Blue Monday, 4COSE, London, UK (2017). Slade founded READ Books at Libby Leshgold Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she holds the position of Head of Publication and Communication. http://www.kathyslade.com/ The exhibition Kathy Slade: This is a chord. This is another. will be accompanied by a publication of the same name that documents the exhibition and includes essays by Brady Cranfield, Lina Morawetz, and Jordan Strom.

RELATED EVENTS Admission to all exhibitions and events is free unless otherwise noted (donations gratefully accepted). Panel and Opening Reception Sunday, September 23 | 1:30−4pm Celebrate the opening of our contemporary textile art exhibitions! A panel discussion with Connecting Threads artists Roxanne Charles, Bettina Matzkhun, and Ruth Scheuing will start at 1:30pm; reception follows at 2:30pm. Visitors will also have the opportunity to engage with a new participatory installation Bearing Witness by Roxanne Charles and Debbie Westergaard Tuepah and learn some weaving techniques in the process.

Exhibition Tour Saturday, October 20 | 2:30−4pm Unravel the threads (figuratively speaking) in our textile exhibits Connecting Threads and Moving Towards Stillness to learn about how the artworks are made, what inspired them, and how they challenge our assumptions about art. Exhibiting artists Kathy Slade and Robin Ripley will accompany Gallery Curator Jordan Strom to share their reflections on their works!

About Surrey Art Gallery

Internationally recognized for its award-winning programs, Surrey Art Gallery is the second largest public art museum in Metro Vancouver. Founded in 1975, the Gallery presents contemporary art by local, national, and international artists, including digital and audio art. Its extensive public programs for children through to adults aim to engage the public in an ongoing conversation about issues and ideas that affect our communities and to provide opportunities to interact with artists and the artistic process. Admission is free.

Surrey Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the City of Surrey, Province of BC through BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Surrey Art Gallery Association.

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September 22 (Saturday) 2:30 pm - December 16 (Sunday) 4:00 pm

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27sep(sep 27)1:00 am31oct(oct 31)1:00 amThe Mighty Harvest Glow is Coming to Langley(september 27) 1:00 am - (october 31) 1:00 am Location: Milner Village Garden Centre, 6690 216th Street, Langley, BC Cost: starting at $8.99 for children and seniors and $11.99 for adults (plus fees) Free for children 3 and under.

03oct(oct 3)1:00 am17nov(nov 17)1:00 amDiwali in B.C.1:00 am - (november 17) 1:00 am Location: various venues throughout B.C. Cost: various ticket prices

05oct(oct 5)7:00 pm31(oct 31)10:00 pmPotter’s House of Horrors returns for more fright-inducing fun7:00 pm - 10:00 pm (31) Location: Potter’s Farm & Nursery 12530 – 72nd Avenue, Surre

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A favourite all-ages Halloween attraction is back and better than ever, Oct. 5 - 31

Surrey, BC (September 18, 2018) | Potter’s House of Horrors - one of the Lower Mainland’s largest Halloween attractions - returns Friday, October 5, for its 16^th year of family-friendly screams, shivers and laughter.

This is no ordinary haunted house. The “scare crew” at Potter’s spends months planning the annual maze of terror — complete with the latest high-tech animatronics and digital sounds, plus trained actors. Family Hour and a special Li’l Haunters attraction (for children 12 and under) ensure everyone can be part of the fun. Partial proceeds go to Critter Care Wildlife Society. In addition, Potter’s House of Horrors is proud to support the Surrey Food Bank and will be accepting non-perishable food donations onsite.

Potter’s House of Horrors includes the following attractions:

Two Ultra-Scary Haunted Houses

Monstrosity 2.0: The ever-popular Monstrosity house is back and better than ever, updated with brand new scares and animatronics. Prepare yourself for spooky surprises and scary fun — and possibly an evil clown or two.
Devil’s Descent: A terrifying vortex of rotted wood, rickety mineshafts, punishing industrial machines, monsters and zombies. The Potter’s “chicken counter” is sure to rack up a ton of “bok-boks” when people run screaming out of the exits.
Plus, this year introduces Grimes Square, a terrifying, new, ultra-creepy entranceway in front of the haunted houses. Come see Potter’s House of Horrors’ haunted take on New York’s 42^nd Street theatre district and Times Square. Who knows what lurks around every corner. Spectacular photo opportunities await.

Li’l Haunters | A kids-only attraction with two mini haunted houses that aren’t too dark or scary, and contain no animatronics or actors. The first house, Mystic Village, includes a slightly creepy ghost town that sets the tone for the fun to follow at the second house, Spooky Castle. Other neat stuff includes a basketball/baseball toss, and table games such as air hockey and foosball. Children 2 & under and parents/guardians are always admitted free. Braver kids may want to check out Family Hour at Potter's House of Horrors, recommended for children ages 12 & up.

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Escape Room (NEW FOR 2018): Attendees have 20 minutes to escape a "burning" building, complete with smoke effects and annoying neighbours. Solve puzzles and search for clues as the clock ticks down. Tickets available online.
Haunted Photo Booth: Get four freakish photos sent directly to your phone or email, complete with fun green-screen effects.
The Last Ride: Experience what it’s like to be enclosed in a coffin and whisked away to a ghostly graveyard — complete with sound effects. NEW FOR 2018, an all-new soundtrack is ready to whisk you away on the spookiest ride of your life.
Xtreme Paintball Haunted Shootout: Shoot 50 rounds at haunted props and spooky animatronics. Now featuring ultraviolet black-light effects.
Creep’s Concession: Including neon cotton candy, theatre-style popcorn, “haunted” hot dogs, and more.

When | Friday, Oct. 5 through Wednesday, Oct. 31(closed Monday, Oct. 8 for Thanksgiving)

Ultra-scary show 7pm – 10pm (extended hours on certain nights)
Family Hour — a tamer version of the ultra-scary haunted houses, for younger guests or the faint of heart. Offered earlier in the evening. Hours vary
Li’l Haunters, suitable for children 12 & under. Check schedule for open hours
To view the complete event schedule, visit: pottershouseofhorrors.com.
Where | Potter’s Farm & Nursery | 12530 – 72nd Avenue, Surrey (one block west of Kwantlen University; two blocks east of Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill Cinemas)

Note: Parking is free. Open rain or shine - the haunted house, box-office line, and lines to enter the haunt are all indoors. Concession and snacks are available onsite.

Admission Rates and Tickets

Tickets are available in advance from pottershouseofhorrors.com or at the door. Tickets have limited availability. It is highly recommended
tickets be purchased online in advance
50% off all tickets opening weekend Early bird pricing: 25% savings on select nights (when purchased online only).

Photos and Videos | https://www.pottershouseofhorrors.com/gallery

About Potter’s House of Horrors | Every fall, Potter’s Farm & Nursery staff converts their grounds from an enjoyable, plant-filled garden centre into a maze of terror, with all the latest animatronics, digital sounds, high-tech scares and trained actors to put on a fun and scary event that sends chills down the spine of all those who enter. Entering season 16 of our horrifically awesome event, the crew at Potter’s is more enthusiastic than ever to try to make you scream, whimper, cry, holler, yodel, laugh, gargle, giggle and guffaw! Whatever your reaction, Potter’s House of Horrors is dedicated to giving patrons a frighteningly creepy and monstrously enjoyable time this Halloween season.

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