Category: Events

Publicly hosted events, by The Papercut Arcade, consisting of public salons, talks, and art shows populated by open-call submissions, as well as closed projects by the collective that are published and shared.

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Choose Your Own Way #3: Apocalypse

image with text reminiscent of old text based games

Theme : Apocalypse
An Interactive Fiction Salon

Date: April 23rd
Location: Artech, 336 E 1st Avenue, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territory
Featuring: Louise Chow, Christopher Alan Slater, Kay Slater, Lisa Smedman, and YOU!

Let’s make even (more) interactive narratives! We will use the theme APOCALYPSE to create interactive stories, art, and games during the month, so mark your calendar for our 3rd narrative event where we create interactive stories/games together in the weeks leading up to our salon/show event on May 3rd.

This is our third interactive narrative event. For a feel for our previous events, check out our CYOW archived events.

The theme that connects our work is APOCALYPSE, but the format in which you present your interactive story is up to you. You can do a mini booklet, a zine, a Twine project, a performance piece, an RPG game, an audio project, or any other format you can think of! Work within the theme and then get it ready to share with a public audience on May 3rd at our salon. During the weeks leading up, we invite you to use the hashtag #cyoaway as you document your process!

NEW: We are going to host in-person meetup/jam sessons in the weeks leading up to the salon. Hosted by writer and collective member Slater, you’ll be welcome to share your ideas along side your fellow creators, ask questions, and get inspiration! You’ll also have dedicated, scheduled time to work on your project (we know that can be part of the challenge!)!

Workshop/Game Jam #1:
Date: April 5th
Location: Artech, 336 E 1st Avenue, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territory
From: 11:00-5:00 P.M

Workshop/Game Jam #2:
Date: April 19th
Location: Artech, 336 E 1st Avenue, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territory
From: 11:00-5:00 P.M

Need some inspiration? Check out some of the work that was created during our last CYOW events!

Our application process for a CYOW (Choose Your Own Way) event is very informal. As long as you adhere to basic rules of respect and anti-oppression, are willing to label any content that may be unsuitable for public/all-ages consumption, and are willing to challenge yourself to produce work on theme with the event – we want you to participate. The jam days/workshops (which happen in the weeks leading up to the salon event) are optional in-person meet-ups, scheduled online work-a-thons, and self-directed sharing via social media. The final salon event (May 3rd) will showcase work that was produced! Our collective members reserve the right to review and approve all materials prior to their being presented at our public events.

Not interested in showing your work, but do want to participate in the lead-up workshops and the creative challenge? First time making interactive fiction? You are very welcome; we meet up in person once or twice, but primarily work connected via Discord and Facebook messenger to bounce ideas and help each other. Also, we do not require a FINISHED idea to show at our salon events. Work-in-progress is welcome.

Notes:
The Papercut Arcade defines *artist as a person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, photographer, painter, novelist, poet, or filmmaker. The keyword is practice; therefore, if you make art or produce work with the intent of participating in a The Papercut Arcade challenge or exhibition, you ARE an artist.

CYOA = > CYOW: We had previously called these events CYOA in honour of our childhood love of Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebooks. They shaped who we are now as people. However; one of the original authors has since formed a new company and formalized a trademark with which they are going after indie game designers and publishers. Rather than deal with any of that (but still keeping in the spirit of the choose your own narrative adventure games), we’ve renamed our narrative events CYOW or Choose Your Own Way.

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Inedible Cakes

Header banner for Inedible Cakes. Shows date + facilitator (Feb 23rd 2020 + Kay Slater)

Artshow & Salon: February 23rd, 2020, 6-9:30 P.M.

Event Schedule Coming Soon.

Call for submissions is now closed.

Featuring art by: Louise Chow, Christopher Alan Slater, Kay Slater, Heather Bell, Jessie Ilham, Shanna Cheng, Lisa Smedman, Kit Maloney, Georgia Couver, Tracy-Lynn Chernaske, Valerie Pugh, Syd Orion Winkler, Christer Guillergan, Livia Du Hamel and Pancake Puppetry.

Whether she said it or not, Marie-Antoinette’s infamous quote “let them eat cake” has been used for everything from a call to arms for class revolution to ironic patisserie slogans.

These words have come to be associated with the naive, the willfully ignorant, the libertine, and the apathetic. This event provides a place for us to come together to show, discuss, and contemplate our place in the class war – and we welcome your contributions and thoughts! Works on display will include framed works, 3D sculpture and 3 performance pieces. A written exhibition booklet will be available in English (and available as a digital PDF).

Engage in our dialogue around “perfect” food, sugar addiction, diet shaming, class inequality, food for show, access to food, and more. Join us on February 23rd, 2020 as our collective and guest creators present what “inedible cakes” means to them.

Open call for submissions is now closed.

Note: The Papercut Arcade defines *artist as a person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, photographer, painter, novelist, poet, or filmmaker. The keyword is practice; therefore, if you make art or produce work with the intent of participating in a The Papercut Arcade challenge or exhibition, you ARE an artist.

This is not a juried or curated exhibition, but the artworks will be screened for offensive (illegal/oppressive/appropriative) content.

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CYOW* #2

*Choose Your Own Way

Home:
An Interactive Domestic Fiction Salon

Date: November 30th
Location: Artech, 336 E 1st Avenue, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territory
Featuring: K. Alix Anttila, Louise Chow, Jonathan Dawes, Christopher Alan Slater, Kay Slater, Lisa Smedman

We made some (more) interactive fiction! Using the theme HOME, we worked to create interactive stories/games/art during the month of November with the intent to share with folks on November 30th.

The writing theme that connected our work was HOME, but the format in which folks presented their interactive stories was up to them. Mini booklets, Twine projects, performance pieces, RPG games, audio projects, or any other format folks could think of! People worked within the theme and then got their projects ready to share with a public audience for November 30th at our salon. During the month, we invited folks to use the hashtag #clubIFHome so we could document the event!

Check out some of the featured projects from our event:

Our application process for CYOW events was very informal. As long as folks adhered to basic rules of respect, were willing to label any content that might have been unsuitable for public consumption, and were willing to challenge themselves to produce work on theme with the event – you were welcome. The CYOW jam (which happened throughout November) involved conversation and sharing our our social media platforms. The final salon event showcased work that was produced and our collective members reserved the right to review and approve all materials presented at our public event.

Notes:

The Papercut Arcade defines *artist as a person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, photographer, painter, novelist, poet, or filmmaker. The keyword is practice; therefore, if you make art or produce work with the intent of participating in a The Papercut Arcade challenge or exhibition, you ARE an artist.

CYOA = > CYOW: We had previously called these events CYOA in honour of our childhood love of Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebooks. They shaped who we are now as people. However; one of the original authors has since formed a new company and formalized a trademark with which they are going after indie game designers and publishers. Rather than deal with any of that (but still keeping in the spirit of the choose your own narrative adventure games), we’ve renamed our narrative events CYOW or Choose Your Own Way.

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The Great Selfie Battle #3

November 23rd 2019

Gallery coming soon.

Collective Photo Challenge: Self portrait snapshots on a theme.

Embrace the selfie.

Featuring photography by: Louise Chow, Christopher Alan Slater, Kay Slater.

The self portrait, a portrait of an artist produced or created by that artist*, has a long and noble tradition. The selfie however is often associated with low art and derided for it’s casual and ephemeral nature. From duck face to selfie sticks, it is not a type of self-portrait that commands much respect. This makes it the perfect method by which we can practice our photography and creativity without the worry of being “a good photographer”.

This past November, a few members of our collective published the results from our Selfie Battle list of photo prompts. The only restrictions for this challenge are that participants be the focus of each shot, that each selfie be in some way connected to a prompt, and that the final snapshot be uploaded to social media using our collaborative hashtag.

Prompts for 2019 (5 more than last year):

  1. The future
  2. Drag
  3. Metalhead
  4. Underwater
  5. Going Up
  6. Hammer Time
  7. Toss Up
  8. Throw Down
  9. Fisticuffs
  10. Either Or
  11. Friendship is magic
  12. Working
  13. Sweat
  14. Obscured
  15. Game

Artists were encouraged to embrace all the elements and tools used to produce a series of selfies tagged with #GreatSelfieBattle2019. Photos were shared via social media (any channel was fine) with the understanding that The Papercut Arcade would collect and repost on their instagram channel to archive the event. The challenge remain closed for one more year as we figured out how we want to open the challenge to others and how to ultimately present this work going forward.

Collective members Kay Slater and Louise Chow have engaged in this challenge (of their own making) for the past two years. Check out #GreatSelfieBattle2018 and #GreatSelfieBattle2017 on instagram for previous years!

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CYOW #1

*Choose Your Own Way

Hungry: An Interactive Adventure Salon

Date: June 13th
Location: Artech, 336 E 1st Avenue, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territory
Featuring: K. Alix Anttila, Toren Atkinson, Louise Chow, Emile Koelhuis, Emily Papel, Kay Slater, Chris Slater, Lisa Smedman, TomoRobo, and Brendan Vance

Our inaugural group of ClubIF Jammers (now The Papercut Arcade) were an eclectic bunch of animators, artists, designers, musicians, programmers, and writers playing with the “Choose Your Own Adventure” concept around the chosen theme of “HUNGER”. Featuring the work of Alix Anttila, Toren Atkinson, Louise Chow, Emile Koelhuis, Emily Papel, Kay Slater, Christopher Alan Slater, Lisa Smedman, TomoRobo, and Brendan Vance.

We’re in the process of collecting and consolidating all of the event content onto the website. If you were one of our creators, please be sure to fill out and return the Google Form (sent via Facebook) so that we can feature your work on this website!

Check out some of the featured projects from our event:

Our application process for CYOW events was very informal. As long as folks adhered to basic rules of respect, were willing to label any content that might have been unsuitable for public consumption, and were willing to challenge themselves to produce work on theme with the event – you were welcome. The CYOW jam (which happened throughout November) involved conversation and sharing our our social media platforms. The final salon event showcased work that was produced and our collective members reserved the right to review and approve all materials presented at our public event.

Notes:

We tried to drive some donations on behalf of the GVFB (Greater Vancouver Food Bank). In fact, here’s the link to our donation page if you want to continue making contributions on our behalf!


The Papercut Arcade defines *artist as a person who practices any of the various creative arts, such as a sculptor, photographer, painter, novelist, poet, or filmmaker. The keyword is practice; therefore, if you make art or produce work with the intent of participating in a The Papercut Arcade challenge or exhibition, you ARE an artist.

CYOA = > CYOW: We had previously called these events CYOA in honour of our childhood love of Choose Your Own Adventure Gamebooks. They shaped who we are now as people. However; one of the original authors has since formed a new company and formalized a trademark with which they are going after indie game designers and publishers. Rather than deal with any of that (but still keeping in the spirit of the choose your own narrative adventure games), we’ve renamed our narrative events CYOW or Choose Your Own Way.