Projects and Events
New Forms Festival
New Forms Festival 2006 and 2007: International Festival of Media Arts
New Forms Festival focuses on transformations of culture, art and movement in electronic media. Hosted at various venues in Vancouver, New Forms features interactive art exhibits, performance/events series and Art Camps - consisting of artist talks and workshops. Midforms and Dubforms are smaller events, which span the year, are dedicated to bringing Vancouver the latest in electronica and digital art.
Reframe 2
Reframe 2 Media & Leadership Conference May 13th & 14th 2005 at Malaspina University/College hosted by the Centre for Humanities and Innovation Nanaimo B.C. Showcasing innovation, imagination and independence in media creation and distribution, Reframe2: Media and Leadership explored the people’s voice formed and framed in the digital age. Pooling the knowledge of both media artists, academics, independent media distributors and critics, Reframe 2 connected those reshaping the mediasphere.
Data Stream
Interactive installations and digitally manipulated images explore chance combinations and juxtapositions in Nanaimo Art Gallery's Datastream. The various collaborators include members of the Centre for Digital Humanities and Innovation, the Educational Technology Centre as well as the Malaspina Digital Media Technology Program.
Soundscape 2003: Romina Wendell (Audio Mix - Lullabies for Androids)
Centre For Digital Humanities & Innovation Malaspina University/College, Nanaimo BC
The Centre for Digital Humanities Innovation (CDHI) provides a resource and collaborative locus for the humanities scholarship whose work adapts and advances computing techniques in pedagogy. The CDHI Lab provides digital representation of image, text and sound-based cultural artifacts, and it promotes the dissemination and study of new digital artifacts and research associated with computing in the humanities
Holding Together Film Festival
Holding Together Film FestivalMalaspina University, Nanaimo B.C.
Held Tuesday evenings February to March 2004 at Malaspina University/College, The Holding Together Film Series explored contemporary use of film as a vehicle for cultural transmission. The series focused on films relating to cultural values, experiences and stories from filmmakers who were indigenous to and/or worked in close consultation with the cultural groups depicted.
The film series was sponsored by The Malaspina Anthropology Department, The Centre For Digital Humanities Innovation and The Malaspina Women Studies Department.>View web page
Film Selection, Event Coordination, Program Design & Copywriting Romina Wendell
Studio B Arthaus Series
Studio B Arthaus Series
Studio B, Gabriola B.C.
This three part series combined the work of two complimentary multi-medium artists and was exhibited in in Gabriola's contemporary art gallery Studio b.
Soul R Desire Artists:
Jennifer Clark | Shuga Bush | Carla Chaos
Music: Andabeatsistah
Blue Serenity Artists:
Reuben Kambeitz | Stephen Youngman
Music: Canbeats | Andabeatsistah
Eclectic Vibes Artist: Steven Redburn
Spoken Word Performer: Colette Sparohawk
Music: Audio Collage | Andabeatsistah
Show Curator & Coordinator: Romina Wendell
Poster Design from artist images: Romina Wendell
Women of the Middle East Film Festival
Women of the Middle East Film Festival
Malaspina University, Nanaimo B.C.
The Women of the Middle East Film Festival celebrated the cinematic visions and life stories of Middle Eastern women in a four day, 14 film on-campus film festival. Held the week prior to International Women’s Day, the festival explored both the cultural diversity and the status of women in the Middle East as well as the immigrant experience of women from the region. The aim of the festival was to broaden campus resident’s understanding of the Middle East and to highlight gender issues within the region.
The festival was free of charge and donations collected went to a teacher sponsorship programme administered by the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA) for rural teachers in Afghanistan.
The event was sponsored by the Malaspina Women Studies Department, Malaspina Faculty Association and Malaspina Human Rights Office.
Festival Coordination, Film Selection, Program Design & Copywriting Romina Wendell
Intention
Vancouver and Sunshine Coast 2003-2007
Annual winter camp for Vancouver's arts and culture and activist community
inspiration - organization - coordination - design - dissemination
