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A Day in the Life: Guilty Confessions of a Designer

A Day In The Life: Guilty Confessions of a DesignerWritten by Paul Hardy // @Paulhardyinc @paulhardydesign Starved for both a late night craving and what to compose, I decide to make my way to the grocery store for some inspiring snack food. I grab a carton of milk, a dozen cookies from the bakery section,...

A day in the life: Pieces of my Day

A Day In The Life: Pieces of My DayWritten by Barb MacKenzie // @pieceonpeace It’s Tuesday morning and I am on my way to my boutique with a sewing machine in the trunk. Tuesdays are usually quiet. I am tired of doing paperwork and like any artist, I am looking for time to create. Today,...

LE CIRQUE DE LA NUIT: we like to dream big

What will you show us at The Dream Factory? Well, given the chance we'd show you a world filled with awe inspiring feats of danger, beauty and astonishment. We like to dream big! If you had a dream for the Calgary Arts scene, what would it be? Our dream would be one of support, encouragement...

Tim Uniac: a dream manipulation

Tim Uniac is a sound designer in Calgary, Alberta and he is currently the Head of Sound at Theatre Junction! What will you show us at The Dream Factory? How easily your brain can be manipulated! Super fun! If you had a dream for the Calgary Arts scene, what would it be? People would stop...

Allison Lynch: I dream of flying

Allison has performed on nearly all of Calgary’s major stages as an actor, singer, sound-designer, sound composer or musical director. She was an artist in the Theatre Junction resident company from 2007-2008. Selected credits include Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well that Ends Well, Goodnight Desdemona, Good-morning Juliet, The Shakespeare Company; Dear Johnny Deere, One Man…

Studio Cartel: a weirdly encouraging dream

Camille Betts received her BFA from Alberta College of Art and Design in 2006 studying sculpture, fibre and media arts after switching from industrial design. Pursuit of travel, music and lessons from the school of life enabled the artistic side to show itself over time. In 2009/2010 she completed the Interactive arts and Entertainment residency…

Peter Moller: Am i awake now?

Peter Moller lives and creates here, in Treaty 7 territory. He has run Egg Press Co., a graphic and sound design establishment, since forever. The recipient of a number of Betty Mitchell and Elizabeth Sterling Haynes awards and nominations for his theatre sound designs, it has been his good fortune to collaborate…

Lane Shordee: My dreams escape me

Lane Shordee is a multidisciplinary artist living in Calgary, Alberta. Drawing from construction waste and items found by happenstance, he builds elegant sculptures and installations that both challenge and indulge our relationships with our urban and rural ecologies. Shordee’s notable works include THE GREENHOUSE (Kensington, Calgary – Wreck City: An Epilogue for 809)…

Mammoth VR: A dream? … more like Virtual Reality

MAMMOTH VR is a collective of futurists and explorers that use Virtual Reality to navigate through time and space. Virtual Reality unlocks our limitations and gives us the ability to do anything, be anywhere and at any time, past, present or future. At MVR, we use this technology to tell immersive stories that…