Who Shot J. Doe

Murder mystery games act as a way to diffuse the terror of murder. With their underlying formal interest and compositional fantasies, their intricacies of plot, they provide a moment to act out taboo and fantasy. In the summer of 2010, a murder takes place; Red Bird invites you to witness the story of this death, [...]
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“The Urban Diary by Andrea Kastner.”

Andrea Kastner’s URBAN DIARY A multimedia show about alleyways, garbage, and wandering through the city. OPEN STUDIO Tues–Fri June 1st–27th, 12:00-18:00. WORKSHOP Sat June 19th, 14:00–18:00. FINISSAGE Thurs June 24th, 19:00–24:00. Red Bird Gallery 135 Van Horne Multimedia artist Andrea Kastner employs the material artifacts of quotidian experience to explore the intimate [...]
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Review of The(y) May show by Nomag, and CKUT

THE(Y) MAY SHOW: NEUF ARTISTES, PAS DE BUT http://nomag.ca/2010/05/they-may-show-neuf-artistes-pas-de-but/ By Felix Posted in: Art, Latest Issue, Magazine Exposition commune transcanadienne à la galerie Red Bird Studios: The(y) may show, ce nom à double sens qui donne un clin d’oeil aux artistes de Vancouver dont la présence n’était pas garantie, distance oblige. They may show. La plupart ont bravé les quelques 5000 [...]
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The(y) May Show

the(y) may show featuring: Aidan O’Neal, Graham Landin, Jeska Slater, Karmen Mantha, Laël Williams, Les Ramsay, Maya Beaudry, Sean Orena, Steven Somersbee May 13th – May 27th 2010. 12h-16h. (Or by appointment) Vernissage May 13, 20:00–24:00. Red Bird Gallery, 135 Van Horne O. -nine artists and no point. the(y) may show brings together the work [...]
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DRINK AND DRAW call for submission

Appel à soumission | Call for submissions: Sketchbook 2009 By Aimée van Drimmelen As part of your spring cleaning ritual, Drink & Draw Montreal wants you to look through your 2009 sketchbooks and send us five of your best images! We’ll post our favourites on the site throughout the month of April, along with your name and a [...]
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The Wrong Feeling

The Wrong Feeling Red Bird Gallery, 135 Van Horne O. April 23 – May 3, 2010. Vernissage: April 23, 2010. 19h. +Abortion Spa: Performance by Emily Pelstring, Sebastian Lange & Jessica Mensch. One night only: April 23, 2010. 21h. The title of Jessica Mensch’s first solo exhibition of portraits, THE WRONG FEELING, refers to the assumptions that [...]
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Bonfire Explanations

BONFIRE EXPLANATIONS, the new show by Gordon Hull, explores a combination of media. It begins with a performance in which the audience is invited to play a game of ‘obstacle pong’- ping pong in which objects are added to the table while play takes place- against Abbou Belghazi (The Great Belghazi), who is an alter [...]
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Re-design the rings!

These are the re-design as projected, on the night of Les ANARCHOLYMPIQUES de l’ART incollabration with Nuit Blanche.by Andrew Kwerty by Dan buller by Jim Hollyoak by Katie Gosselin by Naomi Cook by Rebecca Rosen by John Player by Steven Somersbee by Mathieu Matthew Conway by Brooklin Cannon by Unkown by Winston McQuade and Michel Jarry
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Les ANARCHOLYMPIQUES de l’ART

In (de)celebration of the Vancouver Olympic Games, Red Bird will be holding all-night events that follow a mandate of exploring the role of play and subversion in the expression of dissension towards nationalist and corporate hierarchical systems. All are invited to attend, participate, voice their opinions, or remain silent and peruse the many free, free-form [...]
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“My own private Dante’s Wonderland.”

by: Jen Maclntyre
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