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

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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.

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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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15nov(nov 15)10:00 am24dec(dec 24)5:00 pmPhotos with Santa(november 15) 10:00 am - (december 24) 5:00 pm Location: 2153 Central City, 10153 King George Blvd., Surrey, V3T 2W1

22nov(nov 22)4:00 pm19jan(jan 19)10:00 pmChristmas Glow – Celebrate the Warmth of the Season at the largest indoor Christmas festival in Langley(november 22) 4:00 pm - (january 19) 10:00 pm Location: Milner Village Garden Centre, 6690 216th Street, Langley, BC

24nov7:00 pm24dec11:00 pmSurrey Tree Lighting Festival returns to Civic Plaza for 8th annual celebration(november 24) 7:00 pm - (december 24) 11:00 pm Location: Surrey Civic Plaza

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Free family event offers holiday market and lighting of 58-foot Christmas tree

Surrey, B.C. | Residents and visitors are invited to celebrate the start of the holiday season at the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival taking place Saturday, November 24 between noon and 7 p.m. at Surrey Civic Plaza. The lighting of the 58-foot tall Christmas tree-adorned with giant holiday decorations, lights and a star tree-topper-will be aired live on CTV Vancouver at 6:30 p.m.

Presented by Coast Capital Savings, the free annual community event will host a holiday market featuring local vendors and crafters, free photos with Santa, cookie decorating and a variety of family-friendly attractions. The Holiday Fun Zone on University Drive will offer food trucks and action-packed activities, including road hockey, soccer, inflatables and amusement rides.

“We are so pleased to once again partner with the City of Surrey to present the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival, a great event that brings families and the community together to kick off the holiday season,” said Maureen Young, Director, Community Leadership at Coast Capital Savings. “Coast Capital Savings is excited to support this holiday tradition that aligns so well with our commitment to build a richer future for youth in our communities.”

In addition to free activities, attendees will be treated to free live musical performances and children’s entertainers. Urban gospel and R&B singer Warren Dean Flandez will be joined by a 10-piece choir to headline the Main Stage before and after the inaugural tree lighting. Additional performers include soul singer Dawn Pemberton, award winning children’s performer and songwriter Jessie Farrell, and indie soul-pop band Lovecoast. Holiday choirs will perform on the Tree Riser Stage, Snowflake Stage and in the City Centre Library.

The Surrey Food Bank, Surrey Christmas Bureau, Sophie’s Place and the Surrey Fire Fighters’ Charitable Society will be on site collecting donations. For more information and performance schedules, including Santa’s arrival time, visit surrey.ca/treelighting.

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November 24 (Saturday) 7:00 pm - December 24 (Monday) 11:00 pm

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