Intersections Digital Studio, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada


Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada
ECUAD was founded in 1925 and is one of British Columbia’s oldest post-secondary institutions and one of the world’s leading arts institutions. ECUAD is a learning community devoted to excellence and innovation in Visual Arts, Media Arts and Design. It stimulates its students to develop new and innovative ways of thinking and creating. At the same time, ECUAD invites students to prepare themselves for life after school. The curriculum is flexible, personal, multi-disciplinary and based on the learning needs of students. ECUAD is dedicated to fostering an educational environment that is professional, practice-oriented and at the same time rooted in history and critical theory. ECUAD is providing facilities and infrastructure support for IF’11.

Gallery Gachet , 88, East Cordova Street, Vancouver, Canada


We strive to provide a focal point for dialogue and community gathering amongst outsider/dissident/non-mainstream artists. Our intent is profoundly political: through artistic means, we aim to demystify and challenge issues related to mental health and social marginalization in order to educate the public and promote social and economic justice. We believe that the expression and practice of art and active participation in culture-building is a human right, and that art and culture are critical elements of a healthy society.

Minding Animals International (MAI) provides an avenue for the transdisciplinary field of Animal Studies to be more responsive to the protection of animals.  It is recognised that animal protection in this context encapsulates environmentalism, animal liberation, animal rights, wildlife protection, animal welfare and animal justice (in no particular order of importance).  MAI aims to enable discourse between the various interests within this rapidly developing transdisciplinary field in ways that will improve the status of non-human animals and alleviate nonhuman animal exploitation.  As such, MAI facilitates research in Animal Studies as a conduit of non-governmental politics and action.

Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, was founded in September 2006 by Giovanni Aloi, a London-based lecturer in history of art and media studies. The Journal combines a heightened level of academic scrutiny of animals in visual culture, with a less formal and more experimental format designed to cross the boundaries of academic knowledge, in order to appeal to diverse audiences including artists and the general public alike.
Ultimately, the Journal provides a platform and encourages the overlap of the professional spheres of artists, scientists, environmental activists, curators, academics, and general readers. It does so through an editorial mix that combines academic writing, interviews, informative articles, and discussions with an illustrated format, in order to grant accessibility to a wider readership.

The Animal Gaze Returned

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