CCCP (Central Canadian Centre for Performance) is co-founded by Winnipeg artists, jaymez and Miss Lyndsay Ladobruk.

CCCP will be presenting a performance installation ThreeD at Cluster’s finale BLITZ! Saturday, March 26th, 8pm at 318 Ross Ave. Later on, jaymez will be presenting visual stimuli at Cluster’s after party (Saturday, March 26th, after 11pm, also at 318 Ross Ave).

About CCCP (from their website):

“The Central Canadian Center for Performance is a Winnipeg based organization which is dedicated to the promotion and exhibition of performance art.  We are a community based group with a focus on bringing performance art out of the galleries and theaters and into non-traditional spaces, the street and to the general public at large.”

Interviewed by Sasha Amaya
Filmed, Edited & Music created by Dave Betz

CCCP will be hosting an international performance festival: Performance Roulette Friday, March 18th @ 7pm CST

For more info, visit CCCP’s website www.cccponline.net or contact us at info@cccponline.net

Cluster’s coming… Ketchup

Created by Bryan Ugrin

Music by Jackie Davis

Cluster is featuring New-york-based composer/librettist extraordinaire Matthew Ricketts on its second and third nights, march 25th (“Resolutions and Irresolutions”) and March 26th (“BLITZ”). On March 25th, Matthew’s piece Trio, a cluster festival commission, will be premiered by guest artists Trio ’86. On March 26th, Matthew’s growing literary prowess will be highlighted  in the piece sensual emergency , which is a semi-improv-based piece developed by Kelly Lovelady using Ricketts’s libretto of the same title.

From Matthew Ricketts’s official website :

Matthew Ricketts is a Canadian composer. A recent graduate of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music (B. Mus Honours Composition and Music Theory, summa cum laude), Matthew has studied under renowned composers Brian Cherney, John Rea and Chris Paul Harman. His music has been performed across Canada and in the United States, at festivals in Montreal, Nebraska, Whately and Boston, where his Double Concerto shared for first prize at the ALEA III International Composition Competition (2007). In 2010 his Triptych: Three Tapestries for Baritone and Piano was performed to great acclaim at the Prix d’Europe vocal competition in Montreal at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur. Recently, his chamber orchestra piece In What Language? was awarded first prize at the SOCAN Foundation’s 2010 Awards for Young Composers (category: Sir Ernest MacMillan).

samples of his work:

Quick Study (excerpt from mm. 207-280)

(more to be added!)

Today’s featured artist is Winnipeg-based visual artist, Miles Pasick.

Miles will be exhibiting his works at Cluster’s raucous finale, BLITZ! on Saturday, March 26th, 8pm in his studio at 318 Ross Ave.

In his own words:

“I am interested in visual language. My background in illustration has
influenced new and unusual ways to communicate. Looking back at my old
works, I see my progression, and even though they were contract
pieces, most have fond memories and experiences behind them. My work
has no medium boundaries; sometimes it’s paint, sometimes it’s pen,
sometimes it’s everything all at once. It don’t really have a “thing”,
I guess I like to keep it constantly moving forward, backward, and
sometime to the side. Wherever my ‘art-on’ takes me.”

“Under Troubled Waters”
Graphite on stonehenge paper, & Digital, 9 x 12″

“See No (evil)…”
Graphite on paper, 16 x 16″

“Red Balloon”
Acrylic on paper, 9.5″ x 9.5″

You can view more of Miles’ work on his website: www.milespasick.com

Cluster is ACI Manitoba’s March Featured Member of the Month!

Cluster’s coming… #2

created by Bryan Ugrin

music by Chris Verogos

First Cluster fan video! Yeah! Keep ‘em comin’!

Cluster’s first featured artist of the day is local chamber choir  antiphony. Cluster will be featuring Antiphony in the first concert of the 2011 festival, “the inner owl”, taking place March 24th 2011 at Crescent Fort Rouge United Church. Antiphony will be performing a new work by Luke Nickel titled “Baiting an Owl”, with text by James Nickel. As well, Antiphony will be featured in a collaboration with Heidi Ugrin and Montreal-based chamber-ensemble Trio ’86 titled “the inner owl”, which remixes Nickel’s original work.

From their official website:

“Antiphony was founded in the fall of 2008 as a self-directed group of 10 singers.

Motivated by their shared passion for choral music and their desire to communicate that enthusiasm with audiences across Winnipeg, Antiphony performs from a diverse and exciting range of musical styles and genres.

Marge Koop, a local voice teacher and the artistic director of Up Front Productions, says, ‘Antiphony is a refreshing new vocal ensemble in the city. They have a clean sound and beautiful blend. The singers are expressive and play off each other to great effect. It is obvious that they love what they do. This group is not to be missed!’ “

samples from their first EP release “Point in space” (2010):

* such great heights

* I am the great sun

Check out this remix of Cluster’s first promo video.

REMIX created by Brad Crawford

Original created by Bryan Ugrin

Music created by Eliot Britton

Cluster’s coming…

Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Festival drops on Winnipeg, MB, Canada March 24-26, 2011 – so, get ready.

This year’s festival – Cluster’s sophomore installment – is sure to thrill, chill and fill your ears, eyes and minds with inspiring, electrifying, provocative and innovative pieces and performances. So much more than a festival, Cluster is an a visceral experience that must be seen to be believed.

Since the inaugural festival in March 2010*, Cluster has grown in size and scope, and evolved in bold and exciting ways. This year’s festival features over 50 dynamic artists and performers – from the Netherlands, the UK, New York, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg – presenting an incredibly diverse range of art and performance:

From intricately crafted new music to wild improvisation; hacked ipads to hyped identity; aural alchemy, roller derby, beatnik cabaret, headphone rave, installations, exhibitions, interactivity… culminating with a red-blooded dance party…

Cluster IS Winnipeg’s most dynamic take on contemporary art and sound.

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Over the next couple of weeks, we will be updating the Cluster blog daily with news, featured artists, videos, links, and interviews with the artists and performers.

Check back often and spread the word.

Enjoy Cluster 2011 – and get ready for the future!

*check out the video on our homepage for a dynamic video of Cluster 2010.