Welcome to Rock Can Roll
ROCK LIVES IN ST. JOHN’S
Click here for Rock Can Roll Festival Schedule
The Fourth Annual Rock Can Roll Independent Music and Media Festival and Conference takes place in downtown St. John’s October 23-26, 2008. Brought to you by Rock Can Roll Media Collective and the Independent Artists Cooperative.
THE RAWK
The Rock Can Roll Festival highlights Newfoundland’s independent rock music scene with jam-packed shows programmed for
The Rock House, the Ship, The Rose and Thistle, Distortion and Turner’s Tavern. At the Rock Can Roll Festival we focus on our own and spend a weekend celebrating the music and accomplishments of the independent artists and bands who live and work here in Newfoundland, (with a few special guests from away). See our amazing
Rock Show and Conference Schedule.
THE CONFERENCE
Eastern Edge Gallery
This year’s Conference will concentrate on how musicians and artists are using new technologies to conceive, create and present their work. The Conference is structured as three late afternoon/early evening Sessions at Eastern Edge Gallery. Each Session will feature a series of individual artist presentations, media screenings and Q and A's.
Session One will take place simultaneously at Eastern Edge Gallery and on the virtual platform of Second Life. Artists in both real and virtual spaces will perform and discuss (among other subjects) online platforms, hybrid reality performance, Anymation, Trans-humanism. Artists in Session Two will present on new and unique approaches to media, collaboration, art-making and performance. Session Three focuses on Video and how artists are exploring the parameters of the media in creating new work and performance. Session Three concludes with a Special Screening of The Heart, a new feature exploring hip-hop culture in Newfoundland, directed by Colin Browne. Opening shorts - Donnie Dumphy series by Nik Nexton.
Who’s Playing
photo by rhonda pelley
MEDIA PRESENTERS
Avatar Orchestra Metaverse (Canada/USA/Europe/Asia)
BlocksBlocksBlocks Recording Club
Bob Wiseman (Toronto, ON)
Brittany Traverse (St. John’s)
Colin Brown – (St. John’s)
Errand Boy (St. John’s)
Danny Keating (St. John’s)
Glenn Gear (Montreal, PQ)
Liz Solo (St. John’s)
Magali Meagher (Toronto, ON)
Nik Sexton – (St. John’s/Toronto)
Noisefold (Sante Fe, NM)
Second Front Performance Art Collective (Canada/USA/UK/Italy)
Eifachfilm Vacirca – (Germany)
Stelarc (Australia)
Tom Jantol (Zagreb, Croatia)
BANDS
AE Bridger (St. John’s)
Amusia (St. John’s)
Black Bags (St. John's)
Black Mask Brigade
Blood Shot Monk (St. John’s)
BNT (St. John’s)
Bob Wiseman (Toronto)
Cara Lee Coleman (St. John’s)
Class War Kids (St. John’s)
Colleen Power (St. John’s)
Colonel Craze and the Hunch (St. John’s)
Danielle Smith (St. John’s)
Danny Keating (St. John’s)
Devastator (St. John’s)
The Domestics (St. John’s)
Elite Motif (St. John’s)
Errand Boy (St. John’s)
From Outer Space (Cornerbrook)
Iron Giant
(Moncton)
Jigger (St. John’s)
Jill Porter (St. John’s)
Johnny Hardcore (St. John’s)
Late Greats (St. John’s)
Lizband (St. John’s)
Magali Meagher (Toronto)
Maggie Meyer (St. John’s)
Matthew Hare(St. John’s)
Map To Temenos (Mount Pearl/St. John's)
Mercy, the Sexton (St. John’s)
Monday Nights (St. John’s)
Noisefold (Santa Fe)
Oberon (St. John’s)
Pathological Lovers (St. John’s)
Patrick Canning (St. John’s)
The Phobics (St. John’s)
Queen’s Maid(St. John’s)
Rhiannon Thomas (St. John’s/Toronto)
Rayfield (St. John’s)
Satans (St. John’s)
Sports (St. John’s)
The Subtitles
Swords (St. John’s)
Two Guitars Clash (St. John’s)
Texas Chainsaw (St. John’s)
Weapon (Mount Pearl)
Ye-Yeti(St. John’s)
See where and when everybody is playing by visiting the Schedule Page
Rock Can Roll Festival acknowledges the continued support of the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council and Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Atlantic Basin Project Continues
The Atlantic Basin Project - an e-publication featuring the work of contemporary artists living in coastal communities throughout the Atlantic Basin - was released at the Resource Centre for the Arts Gallery in St. John's with special presenatations from the website. The release was also celebrated simultaneously in the environments of Second Life with a performance by the Second Front. (image from the Atlantic Basin Project: Volume One by Jeremy Webb. )
We are proud to be presenting work from artists working many world locations, from Newfoundland to Thialand, Costa Rica to England. The Atlantic Basin Project features a wide array of work - original video and audio creations, extraordinary photography, cross-country and international collaborations, essays on the impact of tourism on culture and examinations of the effect of climate change on our environment.
You may now view the Atlantic Basin Project online: Atlantic Basin Project. Feedback is welcomed. To stay tuned in please join our Mailing List
hybrid reality performances
RCR have been presenting live performances simultaneously in the virtual environments of Second Life and in live venues in St. John's. Anthony Brenton released his new chapbook Daybreak Saint City, (published by Trainwreck Press ), this year live at the Reject Room. Anthony was joined by Liz Solo to read from new work at both the real world venue the Reject Room and in the Second Life version of the same venue. We have been building virtual representations of real world venues and presenting our performances simultaneously in both spaces.
Liz Solo's CD release of "alien" was also presented live in Second Life as well as at the Ship in St John's featuring special guest musicians Mike Kean, Alex Pierson, Marcel Levandier, Sam Hall, the Pathological Lovers , Steve Abbott.
The RCR/IAMCOOP Second Space Project explores new tools artists are using to interact, create and present work in online environments. We have an ever evolving installation and building space on Odyssey Island in Second Life. To be a part of the project or to find out more please Contact us or visit us on Odyssey Island.
About Rock Can Roll
Rock Can Roll is an artist's media collective and independent record label formed by seven Newfoundland artists in April of 2004. RCR is focused on producing and documenting the work of independent artists in the form of audio recordings, live performances, new media presentations and via emerging technologies. RCR have produced hundreds of live shows, scores of audio release, film and video screenings, new media installations, demonstrations and symposia. Every year RCR collaborate with the Independent Artists Cooperative to produce the Annual Rock Can Roll Independent Music and Media Festival.
