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TRAMPOLINE HALL TORONTO LECTURES June, 2010 Curator: Erica Kopyto Lauren Nunziata: Caffeine and Teachers Todd Falkowsky: National Symbols Matt Hamman: Cursing November 16, 2009 Curator: Sheila Heti Mary Albino: The Mean Problem Christine Pountney: Lot's Wife and the Art of Looking Back Kristy Willow: Transitioning October 19, 2009 First show with The Garrison as our new venue Curator: Laurie McGregor Sarah Barmak: Mixed Martial Arts Sachin Hingoo: Feigning Interest Elizabeth Bromstein: Sex with Robots September 14, 2009 Curator: Lauren Bride Eric Foley: Teenage Circumcision Chrissy Reichert: Holy Airport Experience Aurora Stewart de Pena: Stairway to Heaven August 10, 2009 Curator: Sheila Heti Lynn Crosbie: Don't Have Casual Sex Elena Bird: From the Journals 2007 - 2008 Sameer Farooq: Women are a Gift from God July 6, 2009 Curator: Amy C. Lam Doc Matt Dunn: Squash Xenia Benivolski: Not Cool Alexandra Napier: Only Children June 8, 2009 Curator: Carl Wilson Lisan Jutras: Puking Up Your Demons Noah Goodbaum: How To Hold It Down When We're Fucked Up in the Game Derek McCormack: Vintage Novelty Gags May 11, 2009 Curator: Sheila Heti Amanda Phillips - "Victory" Felix Vikhman - "Failure" Lee Smolin - "Freedom" April 6, 2009 The Money Show Curator: Becky Johnson Andrew Gardner: The Future of the future of the economy Sara Peel: A financial audit of Trampoline Hall Non-lecture about what everyone thinks about money March 9, 2009 Curator: Jon Davies Grant Heaps: The word “earnest” Kelly Jenkins: The Origins of Mormonism Katie Bethune-Leamen: Slang and Bling February 9, 2009 Curator: Margaux Williamson Susan Fothergill: Her car, a raccoon, the Moon, love and another thing Saniya Ansari: Has some good points Michael Higginson: Being in the way February 1, 2009 (in Vancouver at Performance Works) Curator: Veda Hille Andrew Feldmar: Cooking from Memory Kevin Chong: Fraternal Polyandry Faith Moosang: Asserts “There are Clues Everywhere” – a talk about Nancy Drew January 12, 2009 Curator: Jon McCurley Steve Thomas: Personal Identity Ashley Long: Train Hopping Mel Penner: Something Else December 8, 2008 Curator: Lauren Bride Chandler Levack: Evan Webber: Dan Shapiro: November 17, 2008 Curator: Amy C. Lam Deirdre Fraser: Romance Novels Malcolm Sutton: Tumbleweeds Lex Vaughn: Catering October 27, 2008 Curator: Alex Snukal Daniel Vila: Authenticity Dave Dyment: A Certain Poet Kevin Hegge: Weird Horror-Porn Videotapes September 22, 2008 Curator: Jamie Shannon Mathew Den Boer: Symmetry Amish Morrell: Nude Hiking Victoria Kent: Maybe space stations, maybe something else August 18, 2008 Curator: Carl Wilson Erella Ganon: Friendship 202 Jesse Huskien: The Curta Calculator: Its Construction, History and Aura Jody Rosen: The Jody Grind July 21, 2008 Curator: Erica Kopyto Athena Karkanis: Beauty Pageants in Colombia Jamie Travis: The Female Teenage Babysitter and her Young Charge Neil Waldman: Why people turn to cooking as a second career June 1, 2008 (in New York at The Slipper Room) Curator: Sheila Heti Drawings of your soul or swimming pool by Ted Mineo and Colleen Asper Margaux Williamson: The Soul Guy Lesser: Swimming Pools Amanda Filipacchi: Dr. Fish June 2008 Curator: Lauren Bride All lectures written by Lauren Bride Angelika Pietruk: Observations on Lakeview Laura McCoy: How we talk about the Sky at Night Kathleen Phillips: Why the Blues May 12, 2008 Curator: Becky Johnson All three lectures researched members of Becky Johnson's family, who they had not met before, and gave lectures about them. Emily Halfon: Devin "Kit" Johnson (Becky's brother) Michael Balazo: Edward "Ted" Johnson (Becky's father) Carl Wilson: Anne Theresa Garber (née Hershoran) (Becky's mother) April 14, 2008 Curator: Jon McCurley James Joyce: Passive Resistance Lou Calabro: The word "like" Simone Schmidt: The Cancer Industry March 10, 2008 Curator: Laurie McGregor Adam Bunch: Not being naked Laurie McGregor (no relation): Being Laurie McGregor Christopher McKinnon: Beavers in Chile and elsewhere Feb 25, 2008 (in San Francisco at 12 Galaxies) Curators: Sarah Robayo-Sheridan and Margaux Williamson Veronica Graham: How to perform surgery if you have gangrene Brett Hoff: UFOs and US elections Raimundas Malasauskas: How to Avoid Public Appearances Set design by David Yun and Sarah Wylie Ammerman Feb 11, 2008 Curator: Erica Kopyto Anand Rajaram: Shaving David Jager: Japanese Cuspers Marni Lifshen: Unrecognized States Jan 14, 2008 Curator: Jon McCurley Oliver Husain: The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 Bonny Poon: Doing It To Death Gerry Campbell: Impostor Syndrome December 10, 2007 Curator: Margaux Williamson Jordan Tannahill: Bravislovia (a made up country) Daniel Arci: brain hacking Desmond Cole's: "Jesus was a cunt" November 19, 2007 Curator:Alex Snukal Jonathan Adjemian: Communal Living During the English Revolution Jen Hutton: Doorstops Danielle Allen: How to Say More Without Speaking October 22, 2007 (At Fort York) (Comic book show) Curator: Becky Johnson Leah Buckareff: Hyperbolic Crochet Waylen Miki: Robotism Jacob Zimmer: Diverse Curiosity September 10, 2007 Curator: Lauren Bride Paul Baines: Squirmishness Souvankham Thammavongsa: A Small Problem Amanda Burt: Animal Navigation Aug 13, 2007 Curator: Erica Kopyto Vicki Stroich: The Romantic Hero Today: Who Cares? Joanna Falck: Judy Blume Marcus Bornfreund: Wedding Rings July 9, 2007 Curator: Dave Meslin Phil Sarazen: A 21st Century approach to God Kevin Clarke: Early childhood education Jenny Keith: tba June, 2007 (Trampoline Hall takes a rest) May 14, 2007 Curator: Margaux Williamson Kristen Aspevig: Artificial Intelligence Diane Borsato: Fungus Eugene Slonimerov: Why you can only write songs when you're sad. April 16, 2007 Curator: Becky Johnson Cathy Gordon: Slut Profiling Paul Banwatt: Afflictions/Messages from God Michal Grajewski: The Negative Impact of Pedestrians on the Environment March 12, 2007 Ideals and Idealism Curator: Lauren Bride Murray Enkin: My youthful search for truth, and what I ended up with Amy C. Lam: "Money or Garbage" Timothy Comeau: Morality and Idealism Feb 12, 2007 Curator: Erica Kopyto Chris Lee: self-refereeing Jessica Edwards: hunting B. Soonstra: mercantilism and department stores Dec 11, 2006 Curator: Sholem Krishtalka Craig Rodmore: quotations and things people have said David Bronstein: jocks Alexis Diamond: the Victorian gentlemen's club for the 21st century Nov 13, 2006 Curator: Alex Snukal Matt Smith: Voting by Chance Jenny Florence: Amazonian exploration mishaps Jon McCurley: provides a history of his own face October 16, 2006 Curator: Lauren Bride "What is your place in the world?" Julia Tausch: What is my place in my friends' worlds? Jeoff Bull: What is your place in my world? Chris Randle: What is my brother's place in World of Warcraft? Aug 21, 2006 Curator: Alex Pugsley Pike Wright: her mother's obsession w. bear maulings. Flora Wood: worksite accidents Pazit Cahlon: smell: past, present and future July 10, 2006 Portraits by Lee Towndrow Roxana Vahed presents Tom Kerr: Canadian superheroes in American comics Tom Kerr presents Nenad Jovanovic: Flea circuses, both real and fraudulent Nenad Jovanovic presents: Roxana Vahed: Why do we draw hearts the way we do? June 5, 2006 Curator: Erica Kopyto Andy Hamilton: Bike theft in Toronto Jess Dobkin: Colorblindness Josh Block: Songs that get stuck in your head May 8, 2006 Curator: Margaux Williamson Peggy Gale: Some transcribed conversations from around 20 years ago Brian Mallette: Nature Amy Langstaff: Etiquette April 10, 2006 Curator: Ulysses Castellanos Milosh Rodic: Tony Robbins Alvaro Castellanos: Why doing things for free is conducive to success David Liss: Norwegian Black Metal March 13, 2006 Love Curator: Lauren Bride Ulysses Castellanos: Love vs. Creativity Kate Kennedy: Love as explained by the Pope and Archie comics Jesse Brown: Hasidic speed dating February 13, 2006 Curator: Alex Snukal Alex Wolfson: Barry Goldwater and American Conservatism Adam Lauder: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Bojana Stanic: Stalin January 16, 2006 Curator: Kirstan Azan Stephanie Abbot: I am a short girl Chris Whitley: Mr. Maa: Hero or Menace? Luke Wilson: What Would Jesus Do December 15, 2005 Tickets only. No show November 21, 2005 Curator: Becky Johnson Makesi Arthur: Time and a Finite Universe Zeesy Powers: The Oneida Commune Aitor Coria: The Lawn October 17, 2005 Curator: Eugene Slonimerov Becky Johnson: The Letterpress (w. Jerry Schaefer) Timothy Luginbuhl: The Fear Josh Thorpe: The Opossum September 19, 2005 Curator: Margaux Williamson Sholem Krishtalka: Complaining Angela Dizes: Slowness Otino Corsano: The Statue of Liberty August 15, 2005 Sleep Curator: Sophie Afriat Ben Freedman: Insomnia and demonic possession. Deanna Bowlby: Call for school to start later. Matt Price: Interviews a narcoleptic, an insomniac and a sleepwalker (Heidi Hamilton, Buffy Childerhose, and Abi Slone). Live sleeping humans (Get names) July 18, 2005 Curator: Erica Kopyto Aleysa Young: Teenage Girls and Their Diaries Kirsten Azan: Migration Patterns of New Torontonians Harry Kopyto: Weigh Scales June 2, 2005 Curator: Eugene Slonimerov Nicole Greenblatt: Being late Jamie Shannon: Dog breeding Izida Zorde: Stealing May 2, 2005 Curator: Alex Puglsey Matthew Lella: Why we need more time zones. Jacob Tierney: The New Russia and the Old Me Ken Babstock: Tinned sardines April 18, 2005 Curator: Lauren Bride Anna Linda Siddall: Freisland Maggie Maloney: Lego Lindsay Gibbm: The Alphebetization of Bramalea March 21, 2005 Curator: Buffy Childerhose Roberto Veri: Children's books Kathryn Borel: People and their names Haroon Hassan: U.S government farm subsidies Jan/Feb 2005: No shows December 13, 2004 Sheila's last show Adam Sol: Fantasy Sports Leagues Matt Collins: Revolutionary email poetry Katerina Cizek: Floods November 15, 2004 Amanda Miller: Cake Ben Cormier: Origins of everyday expressions Chris Adeney: Traveling alone and with friends in the modern world. October 18, 2004 Curator: Lauren Bride Sheila Hanlon: Mudlarks Richard Marcellus: Sermons from Mount Chingcousay Patrick Thornton: The Ontario Driver's License System September 20, 2004 First show w. Sneaky Dee's as our permanent venue Sherwin Tija: Those Missing Girls (lecturing on missing children posters) Alex Snukal: The Death of Mama Cass (about fatness) Tamara Faith Berger: Female suicide bombers in Chechnya and Does it matter how we die? TORONTO VENUE TOUR August 16 2004: AGOMaggie MacDonald: "A Bling is not a Thing" Dave Meslin: Drinking Games Tao Drayton: Hugging people July 19 2004: Sneaky Dee's Curator: Lauren Bride David Regan: The Six-Month Separation of 1977 Desiree Wells: Clumsiness Loryl MacDonald: In Defense of the Potato June 2004: Rockit Shayam Selvaduri: Chairs in colonial India Katarina Gligorevic: Carrier pigeons Lee Towndrow: The Assassination of May 2004: Cinecycle Jane Wells: Children's games Beatriz Yuste: Machu Pichu if you can James O'Reilly: Uranium City April 2004: Rockit Tyler Clark Burke: My Grandfather Lee Henderson: Freeloading Julian Holland: WHO Suicide & Para-Suicide Statistics March 2004: Silver Dollar Room Brian Joseph Davis: Wood paneling: Did we say goodbye too soon? Neil Wedman: Watching a film at least twelve times Erica Kopyto: Malapropisms and social climbing February 2004: Gladstone Hotel Nadia Ross: Intelligent cooperation Dr. Gabor Mate: Hiding behind the role of knower Chrisian Moreton: No longer a choirboy January 2004 Mariko Tomaki: Saying goodbye Rachel Bokhout: Forts Mehmet Umsal: Seeking asylum December 2003 Lisa Gabriele: Being a hero Louis Marrone: The radius of circles Jack Blum: Jews at Christmas November 2003 David Miller vs. Trampoline Hall with David Miller Jane Jacobs, Daniel MacIvor, Luis Jacob, Nino Ricci, Deanne Taylor and Semi Chellas as Timekeeper October 2003 Doug Saunders: Atopicality Andrew Kaufman: Molly Ringwald Matt Crookshank: Getting away with it September 2003 Lauren Bride: My Grandmother Ryan Kamstra: Global economics and the schoolyard in my dreams Jerry Waese: My brain theory August 2003 Doug Bell: Ranting before breakfast Caroline Dionne: Genderbending Ruby Zagorskis: Hikikomori syndrome July 2003 Arianne Robinson: Nudity Ian Morfitt: The ranters Bobby Hsu: The art of ducking June 2003 Anton Piatigorsky: Avoiding Feeling Fineberg Lauren Piech: Vegas and what people want Jacqui Clydesdale: Why we shouldn't climb Mt. Everest May 2003 Andre Alexis: Memorizing Dante Esteban Uribe: Traveling Semi Chellas: Infinity and my father April 2003 Sean Dixon: The malleable personality Adam Pasquella: Texas Lynne Valeriote: A cereal you can't get here March 2003 Christian Bailey: Conviction & Certainty Alex Pusgley: The physicist friend Morwyn Brebner: The nuclear threat February 2003 Andrew Johnson: Falling asleep in movies Kate Rae: Dry humping Jeanne Randolf: Pivot: an improvised lecture January 2003 Victor Hymen: Gossip is worse than pork Elizabeth Renzetti: Horse racing Sean K. Robb: Wrestling in the 20th century December 2002 Jane Farrow: Vacation pics Ron Cunnane: Procrastination Carly Street as Starlee Kine: A reenactment of the rundown November 2002 Trampoline Hall U.S. Tour October 2002 Gustavo Escobedo: Bokassa and cannibalism in the CAR Jenny Armour: Uncohabited marrieds Matias Rozenberg: Silence September 2002 It is Yom Kippur. Boiled chicken is served John Stiles: Apple picking in the Annapolis valley Ruby King: Time and temping Steve Kado: The coelacanth August 2002 An evening of lectures about Patrick Roscoe Andrew Morrow (shoe analysis) Chris Turner (obituaries) Jim Downs (private eye) Dr. Dan Perlitz (psychoanalyst) Panellists Mo Al-Nuaimy, Judith Parker and Dr. Kenneth Montague July 2002 The Eye - set by Ben Portis Tony Burgess: Blind spots Darren O'Donnell: Eye contact Catherine Osborne: Food photography June 2002 Chris Turner: Pen cults Halli Villegas: The pleasures of fashion ads Kevin Temple: Levinas and the waiter-server relationship May 2002 Miss Trampoline Hall What Is Beauty? Pageant April 2002 Sunday Muise: Orphans Luke Kirby: All the girls I loved before high school Mary Lewis: The meaning of life March 2002 The Utopias lecture. Their moms answer questions. Blaise Wigglesworth: Man, Superman, and me Duane Wall: Cameraworld Leo Salloum: Rallying the 3rd grade February 2002 Kevin Connolly: UFO abductions Gabriel Heti: My liver transplant Richard Rosenbaum: Art + magic January 2002 Linor David: Suburban edens Matthew MacFadzean: The number 32 Sigrid Johnson: How sweet to be an idiot December 2001 Peter Lynch: Female poisoners of 18th c. France Julia Rosenberg: Why I hate the idea of God Guy Tanentzapf: Love is stronger than death (All shows from 2001 to 2004 curated by Sheila Heti, unless indicated otherwise) |