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Pemberton Festival
Come join us at the Pemberton Festival this summer and watch Mondo Spider perform alongside a phenomenal lineup of artists -- Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Tom Petty, the Tragically Hip, and many, many more!!
Friday - Sunday, 25 - 27 July 2008
1835 Highway 99
Download the Pemberton Arts Flyer and check out the Arts Lineup! (1.2M pdf)
Great Northern Way Campus Open House
Come celebrate Vancouver's emerging centre of innovation in sustainability, arts & culture, and digital media. Concepts for the future development of GNWC will be on display. Join us for live performances, an exhibition of works by local artists, and fun hands-on activities. Entertainment for the whole family!
For more information download the flier.Saturday 21 June 2008
10AM - 3PM
577 Great Northern Way
Main Street Car Free Festival
The Mondo Spider will be making an appearance at the Main Street Car-Free Festival. Join us for a stroll down Main Street!
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Main Street between 12th and 16th
VIDFEST
The Mondo Spider has been invited to participate in Vancouver International Digital Festival (VIDFEST).
The Tippett brothers are media visionaries. They attend VIDFEST to connect with the top creative minds working in digital media. Attracting visionaries from games, Web 2.0, interactive design, animation and mobile applications, the festival is an annual "must-attend" in Vancouver.
May 21-24, 2008. Go to www.vidfest.com for more info.
Emily Carr Institute Film and Animation Festival
Killing the Spider is a short narrative about a girl and a young boy who contemplate about the life of a spider. It is a contemporary myth that portrays human and animal relationships within the framework of science, nature and the imagination.
Vancity Theatre
1181 SEYMOUR ST (AT DAVIE)
VANCOUVER, BC
V6B 3M7
More info here: http://mediagrads.eciad.ca
Film by Matt Johnson.
Juicy Danger Meets Burning Man
To commemorate the 10-year anniversary Special Edition DVD release of David Vaisbord's Juicy Danger Meets Burning Man documentary, Larry Harvey, Executive Director of Burning Man, will be in Vancouver for an evening of celebration and debauchery. The evening will begin with a screening of this cult classic film and escalate into pure riot and revelry! The after party for this event will feature a Burning Man inspired fashion show, the band Blackberry Wood, DJs Jay Michael and Timothy Wisdom - not to mention food, fire and awe inspiring and often dangerous performances and installations.
And guess what they mean by dangerous?
Hint: it has eight legs and weights 1500 lbs...
Saturday 10 May
Japanese Hall
487 Alexander Street, Vancouver, Canada
More info here: juicydangermeetsburningman.com
Great Northern Way Campus
the Great Northern Way Campus (GNWC), is an unique, graduate university environment that is firmly planted in the heart of Vancouver's historic light industrial zone. It combines the efforts and resources of four huge academic institutions: University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser, Emily Carr, and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Still in it's early stages of development, GNWC aims to 'intersect arts, technology and the environment in a manner that bridges academia with industry, artists with technology, and innovation with development.' This forward thinking campus is an integrative environment that builds community and celebrates innovation.
with art, technology, energy awareness and education, the GNWC is a natural partner for eatART. At present, we have made the GNWC our home, and the in the future, we will collaborate further with both students and staff.
for more information: http://www.gnwc.ca/
Vancouver's Creative Future
On May 3, 2008 Vancouver Mayoral candidate Gregor Robertson will be at eatART to meet with the arts community and to discuss how he plans to make Vancouver a centre for creative capital. Located at Great Northern Way Campus, eatART is an emerging organization devoted to "energy awareness through art". The organization is home to a three and a half tonne solar-powered tricycle and the 1500 pound robotic Mondo Spider.
As MLA for Vancouver Fairview, Gregor has demonstrated commitment to issues of housing affordability, social and environmental sustainability, and support for the creative sector of Vancouver.
Join us on May 3rd to share ideas with the arts community about how Vancouver can develop an economy that goes beyond reliance on natural resources.
eatART
555 Great Northern Way.
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, 2-4 pm
Visit the official blog here: http://iheartgregor.wordpress.com/
Or see us on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12813978230
Burn BC Spring Fling
Come and see The Mondo Spider at the Burn BC Spring Fling! This late night celebration of new spring life casts The Mondo Spider in the timeless struggle between nature and machine, all set to brilliant pyro-choreography and acrobatic dance.
When: April 18th,8pm - 2am
Where: The Waldorf, 1489 East Hastings Street
More info and tickets: Spring Fling
The Mondo Spider is going back to School
The UBC Engineering Physics Department has invited our mad creation to perform on Feb 7th during Engineering Week. Since many of the artists who worked on the Mondo Spider completed the Engineering Physics program at UBC, it will sort of feel like a homecoming!
Date: February 7th, 2008
Time: 12:00-3:00pm
Location: In the lane in front of Hebb Theatre
eatART warm up party
You are invited to the first official eatART party at The Hangar (our headquarters on the Great Northern Way Campus). It is primarily a membership drive for eatART.
eatART is a non-profit organization that promotes energy awareness by funding, fostering and showcasing innovative art projects and artistic performances.
Our events (including this one) are our primary source of revenue. This is a private, members-only party. As such, only members and associate members (and their guests) can attend.
Entrance to this party is free with a paid membership.
- $25 for an eatART associate membership dard
- includes free entrance to our "membership drive" parties (including this one)
- students get $5 off
- free admission for a guest of your choice; please only invite friends who are genuinely interested in eatART.
- membership lasts one year
- $50 for a full membership.
- includes free entrance to our "membership drive" parties (including this one)
- students get $5 off
- free admission for 4 guests of your choice; please only invite friends who are genuinely interested in eatART.
- membership lasts one year
- gives you voting rights
- you can stand for an office position with eatART
- art grants are available to full members only
Performances by:
- Brasstonaut: http://www.last.fm/music/Brasstronaut
- "Daisy" the giant solar powered tricycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXf3GwDW_88
- The Mondo Spider http://www.mondospider.com
- DJs: Force Fields + Special Guests!
Mondo Spider on Discovery Channel!
Mondo Spider was featured on Discovery Channel on Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 4PM and 8PM PST!
Burn BC at the Waldorf
Burning man Event at the Waldorf - put on by Burn BC. Live bands, burlesque performances and DJ sounds along with an after hours party. The Mondo Spider walked down Hasting Street, stopping awestruck spectators -- we even stopped a cop car with our menacing machine.
Location/details:
- At Waldorf Hotel on Hastings: 9pm (first act starts) till 2 am is live music/DJ's and performances.
- 4 Blocks away: 1 am till 8 am is the after-hours party with DJ's and massage/healers room(s)--- giving sessions of all kinds of healing styles and dancing and DJs
- Cost: Waldorf is $15 and then you can get into the after-hours for free.
Burning Man 2007
Mondo Spider rocked the Playa, making the rounds to neighbouring theme camps and beyond.
Pictured to the left is Mondo Spider with Daisy -- the giant solar-powered tricycle -- in the background.
Mondo Artacko
Come see the Mondo Spider at our art show "Mondo Artacko"!!
The show is happening on Sunday, Aug 12th at 6pm until midnight at the Snap Gallery (190 W. 3rd Street)... Poster attached.
We welcome families and children... but bring them early. Then it will turn into a party later on at night.
There will also be:
- performance art by yours truely as "Slave Eater"
- DJs (and dancing later at night)
- The Light Bulb Effects (a band)
- Food and Drinks!
Art Camp 2006
Mondo Spider made a local appearance at Art Camp 2006Burning Man 2006
Mondo Spider plays on fears of technological intervention in the natural world and the potential for horrible consequence. Known for being a stealthy, calculated, and deadly predator, the spider has become a recognized symbol of fear. While many people cower in the presence of even the smallest spiders, this mechanical spider is a large drivable kinetic sculpture of anxiety. As this mechanical walking machine roams it strikes fear into the hearts of observers and unsuspecting prey.
It was shown at Burning Man 2006: Hope and Fear.
Unveiling
The Mondo Spider was finally unveiled to the public at the Great Northern Way campus. Amazingly, the spider did not break. Unlike in the JYW competition, the spider lived to tell the tale. The unveiling BBQ proved to be a successful fundraiser with more than $1000 raised from more than one hundred spectators. This small taste of success fuelled the sleep-deprived team of volunteers.