ILLUMINATIONS

March 12th and 13th, 2010 - Edmonton Ski Club (9613-96 Ave)
Fri 12-9:30pm, Sat 2-9:30pm

Illuminations is the final event of Edmonton’s winter season and a two-day extravaganza of recreation, art and spectacle.

During Illuminations, explore the fun of one of Edmonton’s best-kept winter secrets – the snow covered hills of the Edmonton Ski Club (9613-96 Ave). In the midst of our amazing river city, they’ve got skiing, boarding, moguls, freestyle terrain, and sledding. Courtesy of the ESC, skiing and boarding will be free during Illuminations.

Winter Light will light up the night with lantern installations, media art, special effects, and show biz spectacle!

Enjoy hospitality, music and activity in the tipis, tents and ESC Lounge.

FREE DAYTIME ACTIVITIES  (Friday & Saturday)

Winter Light is proud to present a specially commissioned interactive media artwork by Edmonton artist Will Bauer.

Dialogue speaks to the landscape, the quality of light, and the thoughts and inspirations born of this place.

The audience will see video projections on the snowy hills of the river valley - images of the seasonal aspects of the river and our natural environment.  Overlaid upon these images are words and text, which seem to swim and live within the image, crawling and sliding around with a certain natural agency.

You can participate in Dialogue!  Step up to the podium and interact with the video projections - by choosing a word you see swimming on the image and speaking it aloud into the mic, you can capture words with your voice, stringing them together along the bottom of the image to form lines of a short, multi-line poem.

Concept and Direction:      Will Bauer
Software Programming:      Manj Benning
Interaction Development:    Justin Love

Flashpoint  (Friday at 9 pm - big air warm up at 8 pm)

Winter Light and Freestyle Alberta are celebrating the creative edge of big air with an action packed demo. There will be music, commentary and a party atmosphere, and photographers will be there to record all the action.

Skiers and photographers will compete for prizes for technique, creativity and the best "Flashpoint" captured.

Artist Ian Jackson will create an original media mix of images that shows the magical combination of physical skill, art and lights on the snow.

Rocket Sled Across the North Saskatchewan  (Saturday at 9 pm)

Captain Zoom has confirmed his intention to make history with his epic and dangerous stunt Rocket Sled Across the North Saskatchewan.

Captain Zoom is out to honour the daredevil reputation and gonzo traditions of the Edmonton Ski Club, which next year celebrates its 100th anniversary. Captain Zoom credits his audacious courage on the hills to the daring stunts he witnessed as a boy – like the ‘ring of fire’ demonstrations, and of course the historic Connor’s Road Ski Ramp and the ‘visionaries’ who dared the jump.

Now a well-known personality in luge and snow circles as an ‘athlete with edge’, Captain Zoom returns from recent glories to his hometown of Edmonton to drop an epic stunt into snow hill history. His identity will be a closely guarded secret until after the Rocket Sled stunt.

The "Rocket Sled" Team
Captain Zoom – Rocket Sled Pilot
Tim "Barn Burner" Folkmann, director
FireFly Theatre
Brandon "Inflamed" Tyson
Mile Zero Dance
Vibe Tribe

Welcome Camps
Check out the tents and tipis -  to warm up, get free tea or hot chocolate, and visit around the fires.  Winter Light welcomes are coordinated by Bob Rasko and Debbie Houle.

Light Installations
Winter Light really comes alive at night, when the magical installations of lantern artists Memi von Gaza and Dylan Toymaker shine bright. Take a walk and enjoy the light!

HERITAGE ARTS

Heritage Activities

March 12
12:00- 9:00pm  Tea and Welcome April Houle
12:00- 4:00pm  Traditional Heritage Ben Moses and MJ Moses
12:30- 4:30pm  Traditional Hand Games Walter Quinn
5:00- 9:00pm  Dance Workshops Angela Gladue
5:30- 8:30pm  Drum Workshops Sheryl Sewepagaham

All Day Bannock and Fire Making Skills River Valley Programs
All Day    History of the Edmonton Ski Club Photos from the Archive

March 13
12:00- 9:00pm  Tea and Welcome April Houle
12:00- 4:00pm  Drum Workshops Sheryl Sewepagaham
12:30- 3:30pm  Dance Performance Leo Letendre
4:30- 8:30pm  Traditional Hand Games Walter Quinn
5:00- 9:00pm  Traditional Heritage MJ Moses and Ben Moses
7:00pm  Inuit Drum Performance Aimo Muckpaloo, Koonoo Muckpaloo from Yellowknife    

All Day  Bannock and Fire Making Skills River Valley Programs
All Day  History of the Edmonton Ski Club Photos from the Archive

Edmonton Ski Club Archival Images
Edmonton Ski Club has graciously provided us with some archival gems. Click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge any of the images.

PARKING

When parking, please respect the neighbourhood. Additional parking is available west of the Muttart Conservatory. The parking is accessible off 98 Ave or Connors Road, which lead to  the service road. Watch for the green Winter Light lanterns.

Produced by the Edmonton Arts Council