Loop Collective 20th Anniversary Screening & Book Launch

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The Loop Collective is pleased to celebrate our 20th anniversary this year with a series of events designed to highlight our collective's history and development. Since our inception in 1996 with four members, Loop has contributed a significant role to Toronto's experimental filmmaking community through many programming endeavours and touring events from our 30+ cumulative members over the course of the past two decades.
 
We invite you to join us on Thursday February 4, 2016, at Innis Town Hall, Toronto, for the launch of a newly self-published monograph, featuring essays by Kelly Egan, Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof, R. Bruce Elder, Kathryn Elder, and a chart by John Porter, alongside posters, photographs and artist pages. This limited edition publication will be available with our recent DVD, Selected Works by the Loop Collective, distributed via CFMDC and Re:Voir.

The launch will be accompanied by a screening of recent works on 16mm, 35mm and video from our members that will include several Toronto premieres and a Q&A with artists in attendance, featuring new and recent works by Stephen Broomer, Dan Browne, Colin Clark, Kelly Egan, Angela Joosse, Erika Loic, Shana MacDonald, Ajla Odobasic, Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof, Jocelyn Statia, and Ty Tekatch.

In addition, Loop will present three evenings of retrospective screenings of our members' works in anticipation of the Innis Town Hall launch. We encourage you to join us for these unique events that will offer an unparalleled glimpse into the artistic development of these filmmakers, viewing works on their original intended formats in an intimate screening environment:
 
#1 – Thursday January 14, 8-10pm
at TRINITY SQUARE VIDEO, 401 Richmond St, Suite 376, Toronto
Films & videos by Ajla OdobasicStephen Broomer, Jocelyn StatiaIzabella Pruska-Oldenhof.
 
#2 – Sunday January 17,  8-10pm
at CINECYCLE, 129 Spadina Ave. (down the laneway), Toronto
Films & videos by Ilana GutmanShana MacDonaldKelly Egan, & Colin Clark -- featuring a live performance by FLEISCHMOP
 
#3 – Thursday January 21, 8-10pm
at TRINITY SQUARE VIDEO, 401 Richmond St, Suite 376, Toronto
Films & videos by Ty TekatchAngela JoosseErika LoicDan Browne.

All events are free and open to the public!

For further details and press info, please contact Dan Browne: [email protected].

The Loop Collective is a group of independent media artists formed in 1996 to develop a public platform integrating experimental film and video with other art forms. We program and produce works for presentation through exhibitions and events in both traditional and non-traditional spaces. Our mission is to explore the roots of experimental film and video by creating a dialogue with other art media. We strive to promote experimental film and video for critical engagement by cultivating relations among different artistic communities. Loop has presented gallery installations, screenings, and artist talks by renowned figures including Michael Snow, Carl Brown, Chris Welsby, Christian Lebrat, Double Negative Collective, Richard Kerr, R. Bruce Elder, Carolee Schneemann, and Jósef Robakowski. Programmes of films by Loop members have screened at venues including The National Film Board of Canada (Toronto), Cinema Parallele (Montreal), WNDX Festival of Moving Image (Winnipeg), NASCAD (Halifax), TRUCK Gallery (Calgary), Cineworks (Vancouver), Factory Media Center (Hamilton), Leeds International Film Festival (UK), and the 2010 Canadian Retrospective at EXiS Festival (Seoul).

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Loop gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, CFMDC, Innis College and the Cinema Studies Institute (University of Toronto), in providing generous assistance to make these events possible.

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Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Sat Jan 16 2016, Wed Jan 20 2016, Wed Feb 03 2016.
Thursday, January 14, 2016 (All day)
Sunday, January 17, 2016 (All day)
Thursday, January 21, 2016 (All day)
Thursday, February 4, 2016 (All day)

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Thursday, January 14, 2016 (All day)
Sunday, January 17, 2016 (All day)
Thursday, January 21, 2016 (All day)
Thursday, February 4, 2016 (All day)