Sylvana d'Angelo

Fata Morgana (Mysteries), Sylvana dAngelo 2018 Published with Poor Quality https://poorquality.ca/ "As is well known, atmospheric ducting is the explanation for certain optical mirages, and in particular the arctic illusion called "fata morgana" where distant ocean or surface ice, which is essentially flat, appears to the viewer in the form of vertical columns and spires, or 'castles in the air.' " An exploration of the mirage in both scientific and metaphysical terms. Fata Morgana (Mysteries) utilizes photography, text, and digital collage to explore the hazy line between historical lore and scientific reality. Purchase a copy: https://poorquality.ca/FATA-MORGANA-MYSTERIES

Spiritual Pilgrimage 2018 Second Edition Sylvana dAngelo Jeff Downer Alex Grunenfelder Natasha Habedus Enuji Jo Soojin Kim Bo Kwon Paul Zurker

Spiritaual Pilgrimage, Second Edition Vancouver Art Book Fair 2017 - Vancouver Art Gallery Spiritual Pilgrimage, Second Edition was printed over the VABF 2017 weekend by Sylvana dAngelo. The print performance highlighted the process of independent art publishing and its accessibility as a medium to build communities of communal discorce and examines the relationship between print and web and how we share information. Spiritual Pilgrimage is a website and publication derived of images submitted online by participating artists. Images were curated directly from a live folder and feed this site where they are randomly formatted for publication. Print copies of the publication by hitting Command+P and receive three pages of images. Download the A4 verso pdf and follow these instructions creating a unique web to print concept. Curated by Alex Gunderfelder and Sylvana dAngelo

Monthly Open Studio: Just Go On Talking as part of SWARM 2017 VABF invites you to “Just go on talking” an exhibition of paintings, objects and musical selections by Vancouver-based artists: YiFan Jiang, Mitch Kenworthy, Samira Warsame & Kate Metten, curated by Jennifer Dickieson. In highway driving there is an ebbing sense of conversation. There are periods of talk and activity; there are periods of vacancy and silence. The landscape is the thing to be passed through, and, as seen from the window, it forms a backdrop for the scene inside the car. A room is like a static highway drive. It’s occupants activities peak and valley, as the arrangements of objects within them command mildly, suggestions for how to act. In this way, "Just go on talking" brings attention to Eric Satie’s concept of “Furniture Music” it’s selected compositions–visual, musical and furnishing– are not just placed in a space, but integral to its formation.

4PM - 4:20PM - Oana Clitan and Sylvana dAngelo discuss thier recent and ongoing experieinces with long distance colaboration 4:20PM-5PM - Exquisite Corpse workshop Following their research on artistic collaboration using different online media, Sylvana dAngelo and Oana Clitan propose the transposition of the game Exquisite Corpse into the digital realm. Exquisite Corpse is a method of creating work by collaboration and by following a set of rules. It is a technique popularised by surrealists, as it allowed them to experience unexpected results. During the workshop, the participants will create their own exquisite corpse using only their phones and common basic image creation apps. Together with Larissa Monteiro (BR/NL), Oana Clitan (RO/NL) and Sylvana dAngelo (CA) have collaborated for their current exhibition, Anthropomorphism of Media. Oana Clitan's presence in Vancouver was made possible by CBK Rotterdam and Romanian Cultural Institute New York.

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Anthropomorphism of Media Oana Clitan, Sylvana dAngelo and Larissa Monteiro Dynamo Arts Association August 24 - September 4 2017

Anthropomorphism of Media Oana Clitan, Sylvana dAngelo and Larissa Monteiro Dynamo Arts Association Suite 103 - 30 East 6th Ave, Vancouver, Canada August 26 - Sept 3, 2017 Opening Reception August 25 7-10pm But if cattle and horses and lions had hands or could paint with their hands and create works such as men do, horses like horses and cattle like cattle also would depict the gods' shapes and make their bodies of such a sort as the form they themselves have. - Xenophanes 4th Century BCE Engaging both traditional and digital platforms the artists experiment with long distance collaboration as a devise to create new visual concepts by examining the way we communicate material ideas. As we attempt to make sense of our surroundings we often attribute human characteristics to mechanized electronics and it is unclear wether attributing such behaviours to technology is logically based on function or wether it is simply a projection of personification. Information technology presents no clear correspondence with any other entities in the world besides humans, therefore interactions with this medium will inherently be in our own image.From this understanding Anthropomorphism of Media presents work that has transformed the intended nature of an application by ascribing new meaning to a commonly understood behavior.

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The Subtle Effects of Living Backwards 2017 Preformance with Bryce Kristopher Paul Agecoutay and Minimal Violence Curated by Whitney Brennan Part of Happenstance by Decoy “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” — The White Queen to Alice, Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass “The old man lifted the light, in the form of a beautiful, incandescent ball, from the final box and tossed it to his grandson.” — Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst, The Raven Steals the Light, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1984. Roderick Main, in his 1997 book Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal wrote: “The culmination of Jung’s lifelong engagement with the paranormal is his theory of Synchronicity, the view that the structure of reality includes a principle of a causal connection which manifests itself most conspicuously in the form of meaningful coincidences”. Modern Psychologists would categorize these types of occurrences as apophina, the mistaken detection of a pattern or meaning in random or meaningless data, however abnormal physical experiences can connect us to a deeper self, perhaps even to a place of greater understanding. It is this profound scene of wonder that defies our rational scenes and opens us up to a metaphorical world where we can sense the pre-colonial values embedded within our urban public spaces. Vancouver as a new city of steal and glass seems to loom over the Coast Salish territory promoting an ever growing class of modern citizens. This does not however, remove the possibility of a trans-formative group experience randomly occurring in a public space. Without a conscious effort to view the world rationally small coincidences can evoke a strong emotional response depending on the viewers point of view and sensory exposure.

The Subtle Effects of Living Backwards Sylvana dAngelo, Bryce Kristopher Paul Agecoutay and Minimal Violence collaboration for Happenstance, Decoy Magazine Curated by Whitney Brennan Rehersal, 2017