State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970 investigates Conceptual art and related avant-garde activities from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. The artists who came to California at this time were, like many other transplants, attracted by its beauty, climate and relative ease of living. More importantly, this part of the US was emerging as a leading incubator for social change and a youth-oriented counterculture, tendencies that were complementary to artists seeking alternatives to traditional modes of art making. California’s art schools, universities and artist-run spaces provided new exhibition opportunities and, additionally, the distance from the New York art press, commercial galleries and museums gave artists greater freedom to experiment as they challenged the definition of art, the role of the artist and the academic and institutional structures of the art world. New York represented tradition, California the future.

Join us for a concert by the UBC Contemporary Players at the Belkin Art Gallery. Ensemble directors Corey Hamm and Paolo Bortolussi present S P O T S, a program that celebrates the innovation and experimentation of 1970s California explored throughout the Belkin’s current exhibition, State of Mind. All are welcome. Admission is free. S P O T S Corey Hamm and Paolo Bortolussi, Directors George Crumb (b. 1929) – Myth (1974) Julia Chien, Sean Buckley, Gary Wong, Chris Morano Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938) – Spots (1986) Michael Morimoto saxophone, Gabriele Thielmann violin, Sean Buckley vibraphone, Michael Bemmels guitar Alejandro Golijov (b. 1960) – Yiddishbbuk (1992) Sarah Ho and Gabriele Thielmann violins, Sarah Kwok viola, Laine Longton cello

As part of State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, join us for related film screenings at the Pacific Cinémathèque Here is Always Somewhere Else: The Disappearance of Bas Jan Ader USA/Netherlands 2008. Director: Rene Daalder With: Tacita Dean, Ger Van Elk, Wim T. Schippers, Marcel Broodthaers, Rem Koolhaus Preceded by two films by Bas Jan Ader: I’m Too Sad to Tell You (1970, 4 mins.) and Nightfall (1971, 4 mins.) Wednesday, November 7 – 7:00 pm Thursday, November 8 – 8:30 pm — !Women Art Revolution USA 2010. Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson With: Miranda July, Judy Chicago, Yvonne Rainer, Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic Preceded by: Near the Big Chakra USA 1972. Director: Anne Severson Thursday, November 8 – 6:30 pm Friday, November 9 – 8:50 pm Wednesday, November 14 – 6:30 pm — Viva USA 2007. Director: Anna Biller Cast: Anna Biller, Bridget Brno, Chad England, Jared Sanford, Marcus DeAnda Preceded by: Dyketactics USA 1974. Director: Barbara Hammer Friday, November 9 – 6:30 pm Saturday, November 10 – 9 pm Thursday, November 15 – 6:30 pm — Chinatown USA 1974. Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd Saturday, November 10 – 6:30 pm Monday, November 12 – 4 pm Friday, November 16 – 8:35 pm Saturday, November 17 – 6:30 pm — The India Trip Canada 1971. Director: Bill Davies With: Albert Jordan Sunday, November 11 – 5:15 pm — Zabriskie Point USA 1969. Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Cast: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Rod Taylor, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin Sunday, November 11 – 6:30 pm Thursday, November 15 – 8:50 pm Friday, November 16 – 6:30 pm Saturday, November 17 – 9 pm — Kristina Talking Pictures USA 1976. Director: Yvonne Rainer Cast: Bert Barr, Kate Parker, Frances Barth, Lil Picardi, James Barth Sunday, November 11 – 8:30 pm Wednesday, November 14 – 8:30 pm — Los Angeles Plays Itself USA 2003. Director: Thom Andersen Monday, November 12 – 6:30 pm Sunday, November 18 – 6:30 pm — Rameau’s Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen Canada 1974. Director: Michael Snow Cast: Dennis Burton, Jim Murphy, Jonas Mekas, Annette Michelson, Nam June Paik Thursday, November 22 – 6:30 pm