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    Iranian Plaza 6075 Yonge St, North York

    REZA NIK sofreh for two, 2022 Location: Iranian Plaza (6075 Yonge St, North York) Date: August 21, 12pm - 2pm Outdoors, free to the public *The Iranian Plaza is accessible by TTC using the 97, 61 or 53 bus routes which are all wheelchair accessible routes. The plaza is a strip mall with parking including accessible parking in the front. Reza Nik's sofreh for two references both Iranian food and drink carts and 'Sofreh', a loose term translated to a textile on which food is served but that often functions as a shorthand for various preparations, practices, ceremonies and rituals. This improvisational performance is mediated through a roving structure that considers the spatial facets of food and feasting as narrated through diasporic and intergenerational experiences and memories. sofreh for two is presented as part of Place Settings, a large-scale, durational project that considers how food functions to connect and disrupt. […]