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SUMMARY:Artist Talk + Opening Reception: Garden of Broken Shadows
DESCRIPTION:Artist talk with El Rass in the Dark Horse Cafe at 401 Richmond\, followed by the exhibition opening reception at Critical Distance (Suite 122) \nFriday\, June 23rd\, 2023\n6:30 – 9:30 pm:\n401 Richmond: Dark Horse Cafe and Critical Distance\, Suite 122 \nJoin us for an artist talk with Lebanese rapper El Rass at Dark Horse Cafe\, located inside 401 Richmond. Presented as part of Critical Distance’s summer exhibition Garden of Broken Shadows\, El-Rass will be in conversation with curator Fatma Hendawy. Informally\, they will discuss different topics starting from the cultural and linguistic specificity of Arab rap to El-Rass’s philosophical analysis of identity and immigration issues. Immediately following the talk we will proceed to the Critical Distance gallery for the opening reception of Garden of Broken Shadows. \nThis event is free with registration; space is limited and seating is first-come\, first-served.  \nAbout the artist \nMazen El Sayed (aka El Rass)\, is a rapper and music producer from Tripoli\, Lebanon. His discography includes 8 albums\, the most recent is titled “Ard El Khof” \, as well as more than 200 singles in collaboration with other music-makers and rappers from the region. El Rass’s work has earned recognition and visibility in the Arab world\, specifically for his dense lyrical content\, versatility of styles and subject matter\, and his personal sonic approach. El Sayed worked as a journalist before devoting his time to music\, and has been described as a subversive voice inspired from traditional and contemporary expression\, from the spiritual and the worldly. \nAccessibility\n\nCritical Distance prioritizes creative and collaborative approaches to access in conversation with guest curators\, artists\, access professionals\, and people in community. Both Dark Horse Cafe and the Critical Distance gallery are located on the ground floor at 401 Richmond\, a wheelchair accessible building with a ramp at the Richmond Street doors and an accessible washroom on every level. The gallery is equipped with automatic doors and we commission audio description for all exhibitions. Updates on any measures we develop in relation to artworks or events will be posted as it becomes available. For any questions or more information\, please contact us at info@criticaldistance.ca.\n\n– \nCritical Distance thanks co-presenter MARSM Canada for partnering on programming for El Rass. Garden of Broken Shadows is made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Critical Distance gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Arts Council\, an agency of the Government of Ontario. \n 
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/artist-talk-opening-reception-garden-of-broken-shadows/
LOCATION:401 Richmond\, 401 Richmond St. West\, Toronto\, ON\, M5V3A8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The Time of Balsams: In Conversation with Lamis Haggag and Marina Fathalla
DESCRIPTION:The Time of Balsams: In Conversation with Lamis Haggag and Marina Fathalla \nThursday\, June 29th\, 2023\n6:00 pm\nCritical Distance Centre for Curators\nSuite 122 – 401 Richmond St W\, Toronto \nVisitors will meet at the gallery to experience the exhibition\, Garden of Broken Shadows\, before the group proceeds down the hallway to the courtyard for the event.  \nResisting singular\, easy\, conclusive\, or finite definitions The Time of Balsams is a conversation between Lamis Haggag and Marina Fathalla. Taking cues from Lamis Haggag’s new work The Lamenting Monotropa at Critical Distance\, we will delve into myth-making\, insisting on returning to the ways of being that live through us. We will be guided by the sun to unburden and to find solace in its harshness\, in her silence. The tradition of lamentation reminds us that we’re storytellers\, that we inherited grief\, knowledge and layers of culture\, through colonial occupations\, and others passing through. We dance to sadness\, we collectively share in it\, we make things up as we go\, we lose ties in order to blend in\, we lose ourselves\, we return. \nThis in-person event is free with registration. \nAbout the artists \nLamis Haggag is an Egyptian multimedia artist\, living and working in Toronto since 2016. She received her MFA from The University of Calgary in 2013 and her BFA from Helwan University\, Cairo in 2008. She participated in exhibitions and residencies in Toronto (Doris McCarthy AIR program)\, Montreal ( Artist in residence at Fonderie Darling)\, Calgary\, St. Thomas Ontario\, Cairo\, Beijing\, Dakar\, Lagos\, Berlin and Incheon. In addition to her art practice\, Haggag is an art instructor\, installer and proposal writer. She received various grants and scholarships in Canada from CCA\, TAC\, OAC\, AFA\, Interaccess Artist-run Center and the University of Calgary. Haggag is also the recipient of awards and grants from the Goethe Institute in Lagos\, the Goethe Institute in Cairo\, Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture in Incheon\, Al Mawred Al Thaqafy for the Arab region\, Kamel Lazaar Foundation in Tunisia\, and various awards from the Ministry of culture in Egypt. \nMarina Fathalla is a coptic artist and currently the Director of Programming at Whippersnapper Gallery. She grew up in Mississauga alongside the Credit River on unceded Anishinaabeg territory. Guided by the unseen\, or what is just beneath the surface\, she’s currently exploring dormancy\, the mystical and ritual through textiles\, writing and movement. She finds the most joy in creating programming that is site\, group and community-responsive and supporting emerging artists to grow their practice. \nAccessibility\n \nThe Critical Distance gallery is located on the ground floor at 401 Richmond\, a wheelchair accessible building with a ramp at the Richmond Street doors and an accessible washroom on every level. The gallery is equipped with automatic doors. Critical Distance prioritizes creative and collaborative approaches to access in conversation with guest curators\, artists\, access professionals\, and people in community. For any questions or more information\, please contact us at info@criticaldistance.ca. \n– \nGarden of Broken Shadows is made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Critical Distance gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Arts Council\, an agency of the Government of Ontario. \n  \n\nImage: Lamis Haggag\, plant picking / The lamenting monotropa\, 2021-22\, Digital photography print on chiffon. Courtesy of the artist. \n 
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/the-time-of-balsams/
LOCATION:401 Richmond\, 401 Richmond St. West\, Toronto\, ON\, M5V3A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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SUMMARY:Artist Talks: Katherine Melançon and Anahita Norouzi
DESCRIPTION:Artist Talks\nKatherine Melançon and Anahita Norouzi \nThursday\, July 13\n12:30 pm\nOn Zoom: Register on Eventbrite \nJoin us online to learn more about the practices of artists Katherine Melançon and Anahita Norouzi\, as part of Critical Distance’s summer exhibition Garden of Broken Shadows\, curated by Fatma Hendawy.  \nAbout the artist(s) \nKatherine Melançon’s practice is interested in the intersection of the natural and the technological. More recently\, she has been exploring non-human beings’ agency; what could become of the world of art\, if it was created with non-human people? Often using the starting point of scanography of natural specimens\, she plants these new seeds in various materials\, exploring images’ fluidity through cycles of metamorphosis between physical and digital soils. Katherine holds an MFA from Central Saint-Martins in London\, UK\, and a BA in digital media from Université du Québec à Montréal\, Montreal\, Canada. Her work has been exhibited in Canada\, the USA and Europe. In 2022\, she was named on the Sobey Art Award long list. She lives and works in Montreal. \nAnahita Norouzi is a multidisciplinary artist\, originally from Tehran and active in Montreal since 2017. For the past four years\, she has been traveling between Iran and Canada to conduct her research which lies at the intersection of colonial histories\, experiences of immigration and displacement\, and the issue of identity and memory. Her practice is research-driven\, instigated by marginalized histories and the legacies of botanical explorations and archeological excavations\, particularly when scientific research became entangled in the colonial exploitation of non-Western geographies. Norouzi’s works have been shown internationally\, most recently at BIENALESUR\, the International Contemporary Art Biennial of South America\, in Buenos Aires\, Argentina. She has received numerous grants\, fellowships\, and awards\, most notably the Grantham Foundation Award\, Liz Crockford Artist Fund Award\, and the Vermont Studio Center Merit. She is the winner of Impression residency at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2022 and the finalist for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize for pieces shown at the Royal College of Art’s Henry Moore Gallery in London and in Dubai. \nAccessibility\n\nASL Interpretation will be made available at this virtual event.\nCritical Distance prioritizes creative and collaborative approaches to access in conversation with guest curators\, artists\, access professionals\, and people in community. For any questions or more information\, please contact us at info@criticaldistance.ca. \n– \nGarden of Broken Shadows is made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Critical Distance gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Arts Council\, an agency of the Government of Ontario. \n  \n\nImages (left to right): Anahita Norouzi\, Arid Florilegium (detail)\, 2022\, Inkjet prints on archival paper\, paper cutouts\, plexiglass\, 16 x 20 in. Courtesy of the artist. Katherine Melançon\, Nature morte. Un million d’horizons (detail)\, 2017\, laser-engraved ceramic\, 10 x 13.5 in. Photo: Jean-Michel Seminaro.
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Ahmed Naji and Fatma Hendawy
DESCRIPTION:In Conversation\nAhmed Naji and Fatma Hendawy \nTuesday\, August 1\n12:30 pm\nOn Zoom: Register on Eventbrite to receive the link\n \nCritical Distance is pleased to present an engaging dialogue between acclaimed Egyptian author\, Ahmed Naji\, and renowned curator\, Fatma Hendawy as part of our summer exhibition\, Garden of Broken Shadows. The discourse will revolve around their experiences in adapting to life in the United States and North America\, with a particular focus on the challenges and opportunities that come with using a different language as creators. \nAbout the artist \nAhmed Naji is the author of three novels\, Rogers (2007)\, Using Life (2014)\, And Tigers to my Room (2020)\, and another non-fiction book (Rotten Evidence: Reading and writing in prison) as well as numerous blogs and other articles. His work has been translated into different languages including English\, Italian\, Spanish\, and others. In 2016 Ahmed was sentenced for 2 years in prison in Egypt after a reader complained that an excerpt published in a literary journal harmed public morality. His imprisonment marks the first time in modern Egypt that an author has been jailed for a work of literature. Writers and literary organizations around the world rallied to support Naji\, and he was released in December 2016. His original conviction was overturned in May 2017. \nAbout the curator \nFatma Hendawy Yehia is an Egyptian-Canadian curator\, based in Toronto since 2017. Yehia graduated in 2020 from the Master of Visual Studies Curatorial program at university of Toronto. Since 2008\, Yehia held different positions at the New Library of Alexandria including Head of Permanent Exhibitions (2010-12). She was the Assistant Curator at the AGYU\, Toronto (2021-22). She was Guest Curator at Images Festival 2022\, and currently she works as Assistant Archivist at the Art Museum\, University of Toronto. Yehia participated in curatorial workshops (including Tate Intensive 2017)\, residencies (ProHelvetia and ZKU/Berlin) and curated several projects in Egypt\, UK\, Switzerland\, France\, Germany\, and Canada. Her curatorial practice focuses on investigating censored archives\, questioning inaccessible histories\, and navigating militarised spaces. \nAccessibility \nASL Interpretation and live captioning will be made available at this event.\nCritical Distance prioritizes creative and collaborative approaches to access in conversation with guest curators\, artists\, access professionals\, and people in community. For any questions or more information\, please contact us at info@criticaldistance.ca. \n– \nGarden of Broken Shadows is made possible through the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Critical Distance gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Arts Council\, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
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