2 THE VOICE, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012 EDITOR ALEXANDRA GRANT ews & features Samuel Roy-Bois standing inside his installation with an art piece that he had created specially for Friday’s open house. SASCHA PORTEOUS photo ampus resident artist opens art Installation to the public Langara’s Artist-in-Residence unveils his public art installation By SASCHA PORTEOUS salvaged motorcycle mounted on a rotating platform was on display at the March 2 open ouse of “Nothing Blank Forev- er,” the college’s artist-in-residence public art installation. The installation is a glass cube box, set between the library and the student union building. It’s the set for a feature film that Samuel Roy-Bois has been filming throughout the year. He described “Nothing Blank Forev- er” as a “road movie, shot in camera, everything is being shot in that glass box.” The film will feature one main character portrayed by 10 different ac- tors. The opening was a chance for stu- dents, faculty or anyone off campus to view his project. “For this open house I created a new sculpture, but it is also going to be a component in the movie,” he said. Roy-Bois said the film explores the “idea of going on an adventure but on a much smaller territory.” The biggest challenge of the project has been filming a travelling motion picture in a confined space, said Roy- Bois. “T see progress and I am happy with how it is coming together,” he said. Jay Strachan, the director of facili- ties and purchasing at Langara, said Roy-Bois is the third artist-in-resident the school has had. When a large-scale building such as the college’s library is built, an institu- tion normally has to pay fees to the City of Vancouver’s art funding. In- stead, the college asked the city if it could put the fees for the library, which were approximately $200,000, towards an art program that would stay on cam- pus. This was how the artist-in-resi- dence program was born. “The artist-in-residence is a novel approach the school has taken. We ap- proached the city and said... it would be better for us to use the money to- wards an education program,” said Strachan. “Instead of giving that mon- ey to the city we have allocated money every year to go towards the [artist-in- residence] program.” 66 The artist-in- residence is a novel approach the school has taken JAY STRACHAN Art study funded b college Arts instructor given one of six research grants for his study of symmetry By CARLY RHIANNA SMITH ith a $600 research grant from Whe: College in hand, fine arts instructor Gordon Trick is creating art that encourages people to look at the world in different ways. Trick received one of six research grants from the college. The money will go towards his research into what he calls “the symmetry of experience over time.” This concept is expressed in his eerie silkscreen pieces. “Tm kind of allowing the information to impress itself upon me rather than deliberately going out and looking for specific things,” he said. Trick has been exploring the effects of different cultural backgrounds on perception, something he encounters as an instructor when he asks students what they see in a drawing. “They see line where I see colour, they see volume where I see shape,” he said. Trick has travelled throughout Scot- land, Ireland and Canada, document- ing images collected from “boundary” areas that are somehow removed from society. Trick pores over photographs from his trips, trying to notice recurring themes. He hopes his artwork reflects these repetitive occurrences through strategically placed imagery. His most recent piece, “quiet quiet,” is composed of three wood and steel panels in a horizontal row. The images on them are created with screen print- ing and drawing. The central image shows an old the- atre in Killarney, Man. called the “Shamrock Theatre.” The left and right images are a view up and down a river from a stone bridge in Connemara, Ire- land called the “Quiet Man Bridge.” “The sense of the symmetry was the quiet spaces where these two unrelat- ed images exist,” he said. Seven other faculty members re- ceived research grants: theatre arts in- structors Mara Gottler, Dale Genge, Catherine Lee and Brad Gibson, biolo- gy instructor Jessica Kalra, archaeolo- gy instructor Rick Blacklaws and biol- ogy department chair Frank Williams. Three Langara grads nominated for awards Three Langara journalism grads are in the running for Ma Murray awards By JEREMY SALLY ates are proving to be best in class by being nominated for a trio of news awards. Sean Kolenko, Jessica Barrett and Megan Cole have each been nominated for a Ma Murray award, given out by the British Columbia and Yukon Com- munity Newspapers Association. “T was totally surprised, it wasn’t something I expected at all,” said Ko- lenko. His article, “Sink and Swim” for the North Shore Outlook, is a candidate for best environmental piece. Kolenko said he initially felt the ar- ticle wasn’t anything special. “I’ve done articles that I really like, that I’ve really T= Langara journalism gradu- enjoyed. This one, I didn’t get into as much.” The York University literature grad- uate graduated from Langara’s jour- nalism certificate program in 2010. “T always loved to write,” said Ko- lenko. “So I asked myself, how am I go- ing to make money doing what I love? Well, journalism was the fit.” Barrett is up for the arts and culture writing award. It’s the second time she’s been nominated. She wrote “Writing on the Wall” for the Vancou- ver WestEnder, about street art culture in Vancouver. She believes the article “came alive” because of the description and detail she put into it. “Being there in person, going along with the activity, adds invaluable de- tails that you miss when you just do a normal interview,” said Barrett. To re- search the story, she followed ac- claimed street artist Shallom Johnson during an illegal graffiti run. Cole’s photo reporting for the Nelson Star of a woman costumed as a zombie is now in the running for the best spot news photo. “T was very surprised to be honest,” said Cole. “I didn’t even submit that picture - my editor did.” All three graduates credited Langa- ra’s program for their success, espe- cially the instructors. “TEthics class] may seem lame at first... but you will quickly realize the value of Ross Howard’s teaching,” said Kolenko. Kolenko added that keeping in touch with instructors is vital. “Tm a CP style stickler, because of Ed Henczel,” said Cole. “The program taught me to find that angle, to look for the story, and I cannot say enough about the teachers,” said Barrett, who singled out instructor and Globe and Mail reporter Frances Bula for being an invaluable resource throughout Barrett’s career. MEGAN COLE photo Langara grad Megan Cole’s nominated picture.