Event – The AMP Lab

Performing the Archive: An Epic Reading

Join us for an epic reading of Sharon Thesen’s body of work!

Okanagan CoLab Pop-Up

November 7, 2018January 6, 2022 amplabEvents

Yesterday, the lab hosted a pop-up event at Okanagan CoLab which featured two of the lab’s projects: the SpokenWeb project and the Negative Heritage project. In the morning, visitors got to listen to files from the SoundBox collection, handle reel-to-reel […]

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Press Play Workshop: Tender Buttons

October 25, 2018March 23, 2022 amplabEvents

A selection of the buttons made in the workshop. The buttons read "Darkness is not a dark place", "serene waist is every colour," "a pink is scarlet," "what is a dark place," "what is the current machinery," "black on white and there is every colour," "the wind, FAKE" and finally "the current machinery distinguishes it dark".

The AMP Lab hosted it’s first Press Play Workshop! Participants did a close reading of Gertrude Stein’s poem “The Long Dress,” and then collaged words from the poem with magazine cutouts to create unique and colourful buttons.

Opera Kelowna VIP Showcase Event at UBCO

August 2, 2018November 15, 2022 amplabEvents

Marjorie Mitchell, Megan Butchart, and Evan Berg were on site to talk with Opera Kelowna’s VIP guests about the SoundBox collection and the SpokenWeb partnership prior to the incredible (and free!) Opera Under the Stars event.