Image by Richard Sandler (Represented by Gallery 881)
SLIDENIGHT Vol. V
SlideNight returns: we’re back for the opening of the fall gallery season! SlideNight is a quarterly salon where artists and the community gather for an exciting evening of lens-based art. In the spirit of the days when a slide projector was the focal point for family gatherings, SlideNight features projected work by a handful of emerging, mid-career, and established artists. On Thursday, September 19th, we are back for our fifth instalment. Doors open at 7 p.m. and admission is $25. Due to overwhelming demand, we have moved the event next door from Gallery 881 to a bigger venue where we are activating 879 East Hastings. Following the presentations, please join us for a licensed after party at Gallery 881 (admission to the after party is free)!
COST:
$25 / $30 at the door
While we may have limited tickets available at the door, these would be limited and offered on a first come, first served basis.
DETAILS:
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 7 - 10pm
Event: Doors open at 7pm; Slideshow begins at 8pm and includes one intermission.
Venue: Location: 879 East Hastings, Vancouver (Directly next door to Gallery 881!)
Parking: Plenty of free street parking in front and across from the gallery
SLIDENIGHT V
For SlideNight V, we are excited to plunge into the immersive worlds of documentary and street photography as they intersect with contemporary art. These disciplines have exploded in the last decade with the advent of smartphones, an almost second coming of the genres since the 35mm camera allowed for quickness and portability. Now, the casual photographer is able to document their world at almost any moment. Our evening will showcase both old masters and newer stars. We are so thrilled with this tremendously talented and diverse group of documentary photographers, and we hope you will join us for what promises to be another exciting evening of outstanding lens-based art.
ARTISTS
Richard Sandler
richardsandler.com
Richard Sandler, (b.1946) is a street photographer and documentary filmmaker. His still photographs are in the permanent collections of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Historical Society, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of the City of New York and the Center for Creative Photography. Sandler was awarded two New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships for photography, (1992, 1998), a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship for Filmmaking, (2006), and a New York State Council on the Arts fellowship for Filmmaking (2009). Sandler worked as a freelance photojournalist for 35 years; his clients included the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Village Voice, The Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine and The Real Paper (Boston).
Richard has directed and shot eight non-fiction films, including “The Gods of Times Square,”(1999), “Brave New York” (2004) and “Radioactive City,” (2011). Presently, Sandler's documentary film, “AKA Martha’s Vineyard” is in post production; it recounts the lovely island’s history, told from Wampanoag first nations' perspectives. His first monograph,"The Eyes of the City," (powerHouse Books, 2016) is in it’s third printing, and two other (street and subway) books are in the works. From 1985-1993 Richard taught street and documentary photography classes at the International Center of Photography in New York City.
Richard Sander is represented by Gallery 881 in Canada.
Jackie Dives
jackiedives.com
Jackie Dives is a multi-disciplinary artist working within photography, video, performance, and installation. She uses both auto-ethnography and collaborative storytelling to address themes of social justice, trauma, grief, identity and community. Her work has been recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts, the B.C. Arts Council, and the Digital Publishing Awards, and has been exhibited and screened internationally including in venues such as the Burrard Arts Foundation (Vancouver), Gallery Gachet (Vancouver), and the Maysles Documentary Center (New York).
Chad Wong
chadmanwong.com
Chad Wong is a lens based visual artist residing in the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations also known as Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in 1993, Wong received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia. His exhibitions include “我住喺呢度嘅!/I live here!” which was part of Capture Photography Festival 2024, "Empty Spaces that Fill My Heart" at Aberdeen Skytrain Station (2022) and “Ma Fan Cafe” at the Richmond Art Columns organized by Richmond Art Gallery. His photographs have been featured in C-Mag and Broad Magazine. Wong's work primarily explores the evolving cultural landscapes of the Hong Kong-Chinese-Canadian diaspora, capturing the intricate connections between identity, memory and space.
Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
alexwaterhousehayward.com
My birth in a Buenos Aires hospital was recorded with a burst of a photographer's magnesium flash in 1942. I knew then that one day I would become a photographer.
I taught algebra and ancient and medieval history in a Mexico City high school until 1975 when I moved to Vancouver with my Canadian wife Rosemary and two Mexican-born daughters.
I started as a stills photographer shooting CBC drama and variety shows. But magazines were my real love. Since the late 70s I have shot for almost every magazine and newspaper in Canada, Time, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Stern, the Guardian, Globe & Mail and many more. In Vancouver I shoot regularly for the arts section of the Georgia Straight weekly, for annual reports, campaign posters for both the Federal and Provincial NDP, etc. In 2001 Canada Post issued four rose stamps that I photographed. I am also a gardener.
13 years ago I started exhibiting my fine arts photography and I have shown at the Simon Patrich Gallery, the Exposure Gallery and the Presentation House. I frequently contribute photography essays for online arts magazines like Vancouver's Ripe Magazine, the Tyee and Montreal's Arts and Opinion.
For 13 years I taught photography for the Outreach Program of Emily Carr and I currently teach at Focal Point. I am doing collaborative work with Vancouver based Argentine painters Nora Patrich and Juan Manuel Sanchez.
SLIDENIGHT FOUNDERS/PRODUCERS
Roger Larry
@roger_larry_art
Roger is a filmmaker and artist who has made four feature films and dozens of hours of TV, Cool Daddy his latest feature doc is now screening on CBC GEM. As an artist, Roger has had three film installations co-authored with Mark Lewis screen in 2013 at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) PS1 In Brooklyn. He has a large body of work made over the last thirty years but is only now attempting to exhibit them. Roger’s first solo show was at Gallery 881 in May 2024.
Julie Lee
julielee.ca
Julie Lee is an accomplished filmmaker, curator, art-consultant and was co-founder and director of Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver’s international lens-based arts festival. She has worked at Vancouver galleries including the Winsor Gallery, as curator and manager from 2001 to 2005 and as Director of Initial Gallery in 2014 and more recently at Frank Gallery. Julie is grateful for her enduring relationships with artists and patrons throughout the world, and the joy it brings to the work. She is most proud of her social initiatives Moja Moja, Regeneration and Unite With Art. Prior to her career in visual arts, Julie was an award-winning producer of feature films and television programs in Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles.
John Goldsmith
johngoldsmithphotography.com
John Goldsmith is a Detroit-born artist, fine art printer, and gallerist living in Vancouver, Canada. He is the creator of Gallery 881 and also the owner of PrintMaker Studio, a fine art print studio and custom picture framer. John has a Master’s Degree in Chemistry from Indiana University and worked as a chemist before transitioning to the darkroom and artist. John was an invited artist for the inaugural Capture Photography Festival in 2013 and in 2016 won the festival’s public art competition. John’s artwork has been exhibited at the Format Festival (UK), Third Floor Gallery (Wales), and the Head On Photo Festival (Australia). Previously, he was the co-Director of 560 Gallery.
ABOUT GALLERY 881
Gallery 881 is a lens-based contemporary art gallery located in Vancouver, Canada and promotes the photographic arts through exhibitions, art sales, public events, and other visual art-based programming. We are a third space and seek opportunities to engage and collaborate with all levels of artists and the community. Gallery 881 is supported by PrintMaker Studio, a fine art printer and custom picture framer. Gallery 881 operates on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh Nations.
SPONSORS
We are very grateful to our generous sponsors including Gallery 881. PrintMaker Studio, Retro Modern Designs, and Low Tide Properties!
