Programming

Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” – NRATI Wednesday 29 June 2011 –    Facilitated by cheyanne turions In conjunction with Gallery TPW’s presentation of The Normal Condition of Any Communication, Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” has been selected to compliment the exhibition. Curated by cheyanne turions, The Normal Condition of Any Communication features works that exp”… more

Hank Bull’s Notes for a Research on Hearing – NRATI Wednesday 25 May 2011 –    Facilitated by Hank Bull and cheyanne turions In conjunction with the 2011 Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art, the inimitable Hank Bull has been invited to select a reading in relation to his upcoming performance with the festival.Compiled in 1987, Notes for a Research on Hearing was born of a New Year’s day conversat”… more

Enrico Mandirola – Spring 2011 Residency Screening and Artist Talk Friday 15 April 2011 –  Since early March 2011 Bogota based filmmaker Enrico Mandirola has been in residence at LIFT. During his stay Enrico has produced two new films on 16mm in collaboration with LIFT and Niagara Custom Lab. These new films include El cuento a 30 minute 16mm reflection on war and the short A l’aube.  Since early March 2011 Bogota based filmma”… more

Redmond Entwistle – Fall 2009 Artist in Residence Thursday 1 October 2009 –  New York City based artist Redmond Entwistle was LIFT’s Fall 2009 artist in residence. During his six -week stay in Toronto Redmond created a new 16mm film project Satellite with LIFT. Satalllite was premiered October 17th, 2009 at Gallery TPW. Jacob Korczynski produced an essay to accompany the presentation of Satellite that can be downloade”… more

Redmond Entwistle – Fall 2009 Artist in Residence – Screening at TPW Saturday 17 October 2009 –  Redmond Entwistle – Satellite Satellite is co-presented by Pleasure Dome and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto  Gallery TPW is pleased to co-present a new work by Redmond Entwistle, the third event in conjunction with the Gallery TPW series You Had To Be There.   Redmond Entwistle – Satellite Satellite is co-pres”… more

Lost Secrets of the Royal – In Production for November 2011 Friday 1 April 2011 – Beginning in 2007 LIFT and the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival began discussions towards realizing a commissioning project producing new work from LIFT’s large collection of 35mm Hong Kong films from the 1970s and 80s. In 2009 festival Artistic Director Heather Keung and LIFT Executive Director Ben Donoghue developed a commissioning”… more

LIFT OUT LOUD April 13 – Guest Moderator Chris Sheasgreen Wednesday 13 April 2011 – LIFT OUT LOUD, A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading SeriesWith Guest Moderator Chris Sheasgreen (Less Than Kind) with a one hour television pilot for discussion LIFT OUT LOUD, A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading SeriesWith Guest Moderator Chris Sheasgreen (Less Than Kind) with a one hour television pilot for discussion Pipeline written by Brandon”… more

LIFT co-presents “On Screen 3: Stone and salt and stars and skin” at the Images Festival Sunday 3 April 2011 –  “What is substance?” This question, asked in Samatha Rebello’s film, echoes through all of the works in this program. Basic elements of stone, salt, stars and skin are not always what they seem, and time and perception can transform the most immutable objects into something new. For more information see: http://imagesfestival.com/index.p”… more

Artist Talk: Beatrice Gibson – No Reading After the Internet Friday 8 April 2011 – As a special No Reading After the Internet edition of Talk to the Pie, filmmaker Beatrice Gibson has been invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of her film The Future’s Getting Old Like the Rest of Us.  As a special No Reading After the Internet edition of Talk to the Pie, filmmaker Beatrice Gibson has been invited t”… more

Mark Twain’s War Prayer – No Reading After the Internet Friday 1 April 2011 – Featuring Mark Twain’s War Prayer, complimented by ideas from Fernando Solanas + Octavio Getino, Susan Sontag and Howard Zinn   Facilitated by John Gianvito and cheyanne turions As part of the 2011 Images Festival, filmmaker John Gianvito has been invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of his film Vapor Trail (Clark).”… more