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John Smaller
Founder John Smaller discovered the cultural landmark that is Kensington Market over twenty years ago and has made it part of his daily ritual ever since.
His professional career began as an originating partner of Implosive Media, and for the past five years, he has been working with mixMotion - a VJ crew dedicated to transforming the art of live visual environments. For the past few years John has been working with friends and business partners to open a modular conceptual space in Kensington Market. This space will act as a hub for a broad spectrum of creative people to meet, interact and show off their work; this space is *Hotshot. Karlen Chang Founder Karlen Chang has lived and worked in Kensington Market for over 10 years. He is a multi-disciplinary designer and one of the founders of mixMotion – a VJ crew known for live video mixing at events throughout the city. Currently he is involved in creating video and interactive installations at festivals and clubs in Noah Jones Founder & General Manager Noah Jones is a an artist/musician who grew up in the Kensington area attending Kensington Community School for junior schooling, and then Horizon Alternative School (housed in the same building) for junior high. He has worked extensively in the food service industry as well as many other fields including building and renovation. Ella Cooper Programming & Marketing Supervisor Ella Cooper is a local arts manager, fine arts photographer and art enthusiast. Originally from Montreal, she holds an extensive background in visual arts, dance, photography, music, design and new media. She's having a blast working with Hotshot to help program new shows while telling as many people as she can about this awesome new space in the market. Ella also spends a chunk of her time working in the studio above *Hotshot as the Founding Director of the Emerging Arts Professional Network, plus she carries out a number of arts management, web and graphic design contracts through her new company Ella Cooper Creative Arts. She serves on the board of the Cultural Careers Council and has been awarded numerous grants for arts management training from the London Independent Theatre Council in England and the CCCO’s Income Managers Program, including a Chalmers Professional Development Award for her dance photography. She has worked for a number of arts organizations that include independent theatre companies in England, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Shaw Festival, Kaeja d’Dance & Soundstreams Canada. Ella is also the Co-Host of blogTO’s Arts Now Podcast. Aaron Dawson Aaron Dawson is part of the mixMotion VJ crew and the Hotshot extended family. He has been heavily involved in the music scene in Toronto for the past 7 years, performing with Off The International Radar, under the moniker v.impel as well as various other music projects. He has held DJ residencies at The Queenshead and The Sparrow, and his video and music work has been exhibited in Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Hong Kong.
http://offtheinternationalradar.com/ www.myspace.com/veeimpel  Noah, Karlen, Ella and John. Photo by Alex Cooper
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