Hospitality 1: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Despite inclement weather leading up to the launch of Cue Up Collectives new Hospitality events at Video In Video Out, the event was quite the success!

With an inspirational talk by our guest Jackline Ochieng, the audience was treated to a discussion concerning hosting activities for dinners and the difference and similarities between such activities between Kenyan culture and Western Canada.  Delighting the audience with her karisma and humor, Jackline ended by leading the audience in a dance of celebration.  The audience sipping chai and sampling Kenyan Mandazi, a type of donut pastry, settled back and enjoyed the evenings short slate of videos brought by independent producers.  Included in the evenings presentations were:

Jeff Langille's video concerning an exploration of the landscape, DVD, approx. 8 min.
Jonny Ross's video. A spiritual comedy of urban boredom.  Two parallel stories about two dependent fellows faced with the challenge of spending a day alone.  DVD, approx. 12 min.

A thanks from the Cue Up Collective for all those who helped launch a new season and next month we look forward to engaging our audience with a local psychic who will read the VIVO space and will speak about the unseen energies.  Stay tuned for our press release.