HUB TALKS
SUNDAY MAY 19th 2024 @ 2 PM
May 19th – 2024 – The Hudson Creative Hub at 2:00 pm, 273 Rue Main Hudson, J0P 1H0 Contact: (450) 458-8050 info@hudsoncreativehub.org https://hudsoncreativehub.org/
Contact: MacLeod 9 Productions 514 487 8766 macleod_nine@hotmail.com www.macleod9.com
Montreal, QC- MacLeod 9 Productions is happy to announce the release of award winning Canadian film director G. Scott MacLeod’s lecture, The Artist in his Reykjavik Residence and travel journal, 29 Days on the Reykjanes Peninsula – Iceland, one of the worlds’ last natural wonders. MacLeod chronicled his day-to-day sagas on the Reykjanes Peninsula his film shoots, drawings, paintings and photos during his 2017, 2018, 2022 & 2023 https://www.sim-residency.info art residencies in Reykjavik. His friend and driver Einar Hedinsson showed him sites with his in-depth commentary on geothermal Iceland, cultural curiosities and traditions from the old and new Iceland including, boiling geothermal steam and power plants, rows of buses and tourists with selfie sticks waiting for their geyser and waterfall moments, black beaches, remote coastal cliffs with many varieties of birds. MacLeod also experienced the Reykjavik nightlife, postmodern art openings, numerous museums, the best arctic char and salmon imaginable and so much more that he recounted in his personal saga, delivered by the hand of an artist.
“A wonderful effort, written with clarity, insight, reflection and a good sense of purpose and direction.” Simon Davies (former teacher of Cinema/Communications at Dawson College)
Scott MacLeod was born in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. His family moved to Montreal from Cape Breton N.S. in 1969, where he was educated in French and English, fully integrating into the French culture of Quebec. Scott is a multimedia artist in the truest sense of the term.
Based in Montreal, he holds a BFA and MA from Concordia University. Scott has received numerous scholarships, grants, and awards for his multidisciplinary work.
He currently produces educational animations, films, and web platforms with MacLeod Nine Productions as teaching tools for schools, libraries, and the public. He has produced and directed eleven film collaborations with the National Film Board of Canada.
Scott is a critically acclaimed painter and photographer whose work is held in many corporate and private collections, including that of the National Gallery of Canada.
He is a storyteller, and also a performing songwriter and recording artist. He has had over 200 exhibitions and performances nationally and internationally and his art, music, and film work reflects social, political, and historical themes with an aim to promote education and accessibility to art and culture.
In Scott’s own words: “I have tried to define myself in my work through my personal “myth” or what Joseph Campbell refers to as “following one’s bliss”. This is a metaphor for pursuing one’s life path through the labyrinth, which for me has been a journey via my learning, art, and teaching practices. This journey has given me the courage to live, it has made me humble, it has fed and sheltered me, given me a voice, and enabled me to do the same for others, through teaching, outreach, and fund-raisers. As a result of this work, I have better-understood humanity’s place on this planet and have tried to be a positive influence for political and social change.”
His work can be seen at https://www.macleod9.com
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