Pique is back, hitting up Arts Court with its fall lineup on Sept. 27.
This time around, they are partnering with the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) to co-produce multidisciplinary and interactive programming. Pique will host the Ottawa debut screening of UNION, a film by Brett Story and Steve Maing, which chronicles the efforts of a group of workers to organize a union campaign at an Amazon warehouse.
Poster provided by Pique.
As always, Pique will bring the avant-garde and experimental to Ottawa audiences with local and out-of-town performances, including sound artist and ecological activist Rani Jambak (Indonesia), cyber-culture curator and club DJ Otis (Belgium), and experimental breakbeat producer Infatuation (Ottawa).
Ottawa-based interdisciplinary artists Rachel Gray and Katherine Ng will also collaborate on Project INK, a new immersive performance that merges dance and live ink drawing, produced in partnership with Ottawa Dance Directive.
Full lineup:
- Chippy Nonstop
- esme2k
- Infatuation
- New Chance
- No Plexus
- Otis
- Owls Club Music Hour
- PARTYGIRL
- Pieces of Us
- Project INK presented by Katherine Ng & Rachel Gray
- Rani Jambak
- UNION a film by Brett Story & Steve Maing
- XICADA
Pique will also present Topique, a series of cultural dialogues and hear from artistic leaders. Welcoming speakers from Indonesia, the Netherlands, and across Canada, Topique sessions will cover topics such as community-powered radio in the age of algorithmic playlisting, advancing labour rights in the cultural sector, exploring sonic ecology and hyperreality, and building sustainable DJ careers.
Pique this fall takes place on a single day, Sept. 27, at Arts Court (2 Daly Ave.). Tickets are pay-what-you-can with a suggested price range of $45-75.
