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SUMMARY:PDA Case Study: A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention
DESCRIPTION:PDA: Case Study: A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention\nSunday\, October 4 | 2pm \nCase Study: A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention\nConversation with Aislinn Thomas\, Shannon Finnegan\, and Ramya Amuthan \nClick HERE to register. \nThis event will take place over Zoom. Please register via Eventbrite (link above) to receive the Zoom link closer to the event date. \n  \nIn August 2019\, artists Aislinn Thomas and Shannon Finnegan published a broadsheet and accessible PDF for A distinct aggregation / A dynamic equivalent / A generous ethic of invention: Six writers respond to six sculptures through the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre. Also presented as a series of sound works\, the project invited writers and poets across Canada to produce creative audio descriptions for a range of public sculptures installed throughout the Banff Centre. \nFor this case study session\, Thomas and Finnegan will be in discussion\, reflecting on the project and the challenges and opportunities of creative audio description in both accessible publishing and gallery/museum practices. They will be joined by Ramya Amuthan\, host and producer at Accessible Media Inc\, for further reflection. \n  \nThis discussion is part of Public Displays of Affection (PDA): an expanded series of events on creative possibilities in accessible arts publishing\, hosted by Critical Distance. PDA will work within disability arts communities and beyond\, building on Kelly Fritsch’s notion that “to crip is to open up with desire to the ways that disability disrupts.” Over the next several months\, PDA will produce a collective learning opportunity that considers the pleasures\, desires\, and disruptions of making arts publishing initiatives more accessible. Stay tuned for more events in the coming weeks and months. Read more about the program here. \nThis event will take place on Zoom\, and have ASL and captioning. Images will be described and presenters will describe themselves. If you have any other access requests or questions please contact emily@criticaldistance.ca \nThis program is made possible through the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. \n \n \n  \nSpeaker Info: \nAislinn Thomas​ is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice includes video\, performance\, sculpture\, installation\, and text. She culls material from everyday experiences and relationships\, creating work that ranges from poignant to absurd (and at times straddles both). Her recent works explore the generative potential of disability while pushing up against conventional standards of access.\nClick here for Aislinn’s work. \nShannon Finnegan​ is a multidisciplinary artist making work about accessibility and disability culture. They have done projects with Banff Centre\, Friends of the High Line\, Tallinn Art Hall\, Nook Gallery\, and the Wassaic Project. They have spoken about their work at the Brooklyn Museum\, School for Poetic Computation\, The 8th Floor\, and The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. In 2018\, They received a Wynn Newhouse Award and participated in Art Beyond Sight’s Art + Disability Residency. In 2019\, they were an artist-in-residence at Eyebeam. They spoke at Carleton University in 2019. They are currently exhibiting\, ​Lone Proponent of Wall-to-Wall Carpet​ at Carleton University Art Gallery. Their work has been written about in C Magazine\, Art in America\, Hyperallergic\, and the New York Times. They live and work in Brooklyn\, NY. \nRamya Amuthan​ is currently a Host and Producer at Accessible Media Inc (AMI). She works with the live afternoon show team for the daily Entertainment and Lifestyle audio show called Kelly and Company. Ramya’s work involves meeting fascinating people\, hearing their stories\, and facilitating conversations that bring out the messages wanting to be told to the disability community around Canada. Ramya is also the Co-creator of Adventures\, a chapter of the Canadian Council of the Blind\, based in Toronto\, offering and facilitating opportunities for blind and low vision individuals to challenge comfort zones and take part in daring physical activities. Ramya always makes time for hobbies; including singing – for herself and sometimes others\, dancing – mostly Brazilian Zouk\, and brushing up on her culinary skills.
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/pda-case-study/
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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SUMMARY:Discussion: Archive Means and Mediums with Reel Asian
DESCRIPTION:Reel Asian Film Festival\nReel Ideas Symposium: Archive Means and Mediums\nNovember 15\, 2020 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM \nWhy do we need community archives\, and what are the stakes of digitized archiving within the contexts of intentional erasure or a lack of historical records? This panel reflects on the necessity and challenges of archives and archival work\, inviting members of community archive initiatives to discuss their work and process. \nFeatured image courtesy of Vince Ha\, from Water Lullabies: Revisiting Roots through Family Photography \nAbout Reel Ideas\nThe Reel Ideas Symposium – On World-Building responds to a growing momentum of digitization initiatives and strategies through dialogue with artists\, community organizers and industry professionals. These sessions gather visions of radical world-building that mobilize\, engage and strengthen creative communities\, to usher in better presents and futures. \nAdmission: $3.49 per session / $10.99 for Reel Ideas Access (all panels) \n  \nModerator \n\n\nBeau Gomez • Gallery and Programs Coordinator\, Critical Distance Centre for Curators \nBeau Gomez is a Filipino-Canadian artist and community arts worker. His practice is informed by ideas and conversations around cross-cultural narratives\, and equally devotes his time in community engagement through the arts\, with contributions to various organizations including Trinity Square Video\, The 519\, Workman Arts\, and Inside Out LGBT Film Festival. In 2019\, Beau launched Fixer\, a gathering of image-makers and creators in an engaged discussion and critique of recent works in progress. He is currently the Programs Coordinator at Critical Distance Centre for Curators. \n  \nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nKatrina Cohen-Palacios • Archivist\, Home Made Visible \nKatrina Cohen-Palacios processed the archival collection of IBPOC home movies donated by the Home Made Visible project\, a participatory archival project which empowered IBPOC communities to describe their own records. She is an Archivist at the York University Libraries Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections. \n\n\n\n\n  \nVasuki Shanmuganathan • Researcher and Community Organizer\, Tamil Archive Project \nVasuki Shanmuganathan is a researcher\, educator\, and community organizer working at the intersections of race and colonialism. She is a research associate on the Race\, Ethics & Power Project at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Ethics. She is the founder of the Tamil Archive Project (TAP). A Scarborough-born collective prioritizing non-binary people and women from racialized communities which emerged out of a need for makeshift spaces of belonging by reconfiguring contemporary art and archival practices as part of communal care. \n\n\n\n\n  \nVince Ha • Filmmaker and Curator\, Invisible Footprints \nVince Ha is a writer-director who captures fragmentary moments and uses them to challenge issues of race\, class\, gender\, and representation. He holds an MFA in Documentary Media. His work has been presented locally at Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival\, Gardiner Museum\, Buddies in Bad Times\, The ArQuives\, and Hot Docs Rogers Cinema\, and internationally in China\, Germany\, Japan\, Thailand\, United Kingdom\, the United States\, and Vietnam.
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/reel-asian-archive-means-and-mediums/
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Galeries Ontario/ Ontario Galleries' Professional Development Series
DESCRIPTION:Join Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries for upcoming online workshops\, where senior\, mid-career\, and emerging professionals will gain professional knowledge\, skills and practices in the public art gallery and museum sector. \nEmily Cook\, Critical Distance’s Education & Accessibility Programs Director\, will be joining the panel of presenters for the first workshop in the series\, Collections and Accessibility. \n  \nWorkshop #1: COLLECTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY \nThursday\, January 28th\, 2021\nTime: 2:30pm to 5:30pm ET \nThe relationship between art and disability has a rich but complex history. Although disability arts as a sector has only recently been acknowledged and supported in Canada\, disability arts as a practice by disabled artists has always existed in one form or another. \nWhile today\, we recognize that art galleries and museums are mandated to serve the ‘general public’\, however\, many disabled people are barred from fully experiencing what galleries have to offer. Not only can spaces exclude through physical barriers\, many galleries and museums are not accessible in their programming\, exhibitions and collections. \nThis workshop provides an introduction to disability arts\, tracing the gaps in galleries; accessibility and inclusion in their programs. This workshop will also address the gaps of accessibility online. Institutions need strategies to not only make their online and physical spaces more accessible but must actively resist the compulsory able-bodiedness of the “visual” arts as a whole. \nPRESENTERS: \nSean Lee\, Director of Programming – Tangled Arts + Disability\nDavid Bobier\, Media artist and founder of VibraFusionLab\nEliza Chandler\, PhD\, Assistant Professor\, School of Disability Studies\, Ryerson University\nYasmeen Nematt Alla\, Communications Manager\, Akimbo Art Promotions\nEmily Cook\, Education / Accessibility Programs Director\, Critical Distance Centre for Curators \nSessions will include: \n\ndiscussion on disability arts and justice;\ncase studies discussing web and digital access with a focus on social media and alt text;\ncase studies on practices in gallery spaces;\nvisual descriptions and how to describe it or communicate it;\nand panel discussion on current practices and the future of accessibility in the gallery sector.\n\nTO REGISTER FOR WORKSHOP #1 – COLLECTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY: \nComplete registration form then email form to –  Jessica Lukas\, Secretariat Coordinator\, members@oaag.org\, with the subject line – ATTN: MAP – Workshop Series \n CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM \nInterested in the upcoming workshops in March? Fill out the Expression of Interest Form to receive a notification of the next three workshops registration openings. \nREGISTRATION FEES:\nSingle Day Workshop Cost\nGOG Members: $150.00\nGeneral/Non-Members: $250.00\nStudents (with valid student ID): $45.00 \nRegistration includes access to the presentations and discussions\, supplementary materials\, and any additional activities. \nVENUE LOCATION: \nThese workshops will all be held virtually via Zoom –  A Zoom link will be sent once registration payment has been processed. \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:\nGOG gratefully acknowledges the funding contribution from the Museums Assistance Program with the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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SUMMARY:Case Study: El Alto
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 22 | 1pm \nCase Study: El Alto\nConversation with Maria del Carmen Camarena\, Eliza Chandler\, Saada El-Akhrass\, Vanessa Dion Fletcher\, Sean Lee\, and Beatriz Miranda\, moderated by Aidan Moesby \nFREE Event – Click HERE to register. \nThis event will take place on Zoom\, and have ASL and captioning. Images will be described and presenters will describe themselves. If you have any other access requests or questions please contact emily@criticaldistance.ca. \n \nEl Alto is a print and digital magazine produced by the British Council that showcases arts and culture in the Americas. The upcoming issue is centered around d/Deaf and disability arts and accessible practices in different countries of the region\, connecting the breadth of activism\, creativity\, and critical work accomplished in very different social and political contexts. With the publication scheduled to be launched in Spring of 2021\, this conversation will bring a number of contributors to El Alto together to discuss accessible publishing in the Americas\, and broadly explore publications where d/Deaf and disabled artists’ works are featured. We are inviting participants to share publications that platform disabled artists from a political and disability justice perspective\, so we can together learn more and highlight this critical work and thinking. \nTo access the first issue of El Alto\, please click here (please note\, free registration with issuu is required): \nThis discussion is part of Public Displays of Affection (PDA): an expanded series of events on creative possibilities in accessible arts publishing\, hosted by Critical Distance. PDA works within disability arts communities and beyond\, building on Kelly Fritsch’s notion that “to crip is to open up with desire to the ways that disability disrupts.” Building on PDA’s initial events in Fall 2020\, the series will continue to produce a collective learning opportunity that considers the pleasures\, desires\, and disruptions of making arts publishing initiatives more accessible. Stay tuned for more events in the coming weeks and months. Read more about the program here. \nThis event is developed in partnership with British Council\, Tangled Art + Disability\, Bodies in Translation\, and 17\, Instituto de Estudios Críticos. \nPublic Displays of Affection is made possible through the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. \n \n  \nSpeaker Info: \nMaria del Carmen Camarena is a vocalist who has performed in numerous musical groups. She appeared in the El Rey Nació opera from composer José Luis González Moya in Guadalajara city’s Teatro Diana in 2012 and performed at the fourth Nairobi International Culture Festival in 2016\, along with other high-profile performances. \nEliza Chandler is an Assistant Professor in the School of Disability Studies at Ryerson University where she teaches and researches in the areas of disability arts\, critical access studies\, social movements. She leads a research program focused on disability arts and crip cultural practices. Chandler is also a practicing curator. \nVanessa Dion Fletcher is a Lenape and Potawatomi neurodiverse Artist. Her family is from Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiitt (displaced from Lenapehoking) and European settlers. She Employs porcupine quills\, Wampum belts\, and menstrual blood reveals the complexities of what defines a body physically and culturally. Reflecting on an indigenous feminist body with a neurodiverse mind Dion Fletcher creates art using composite media\, primarily working in performance\, textiles\, video. She graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016 with an MFA in performance and York University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has exhibited across Canada and the US. \nSaada El-Akhrass is the Senior Programme Manager\, Arts\, Americas at the British Council since 2019. She previously held the position of Arts Manager for the British Council office in Canada. Since 2014\, she’s been promoting cultural dialogue and relations with the UK\, by building partnerships with art leaders\, practitioners and organizations and engaging in common ideas surrounding artistic and social challenges. She holds a master’s degree in Art History from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM)\, where she co-founded Les Territoires\, an artist-run centre dedicated to emerging artists. \nSean Lee is an artist and curator exploring the notion of disability art and accessibility as the last avant-garde. Orienting towards a “crip horizon”\, his practice gestures towards the transformative possibilities of a world that desires the way disability can disrupt. Sean holds a B.A. in Arts Management and Studio from the University of Toronto\, Scarborough and is currently the Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability. He also is a member of the Ontario Art Council’s Deaf and Disability Advisory Group and Toronto Art Council’s Visual Arts / Media Arts Committee. \nBeatriz Miranda-Galarza was born in Ecuador and has lived abroad since 2000. Her background is sociology and anthropology with emphasis in health and disability studies. During the last ten years she has dedicated her time to work with people with disabilities and leprosy regarding participatory action research in countries like Indonesia\, Nepal\, Myanmar\, Timor L’este\, Brazil\, Ecuador\, and Mexico. Currently\, she is the Coordinator of the Critical Disability Studies programme at the 17\, Institute of Critical Studies in Mexico. Since 2018\, she has accompanied artistic projects that lead to revisit the role of disabled artists in the Latin American disability movement. She earned a PhD in Sociology and Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (UK); a Master in Anthropology by the KU Leuven (Leuven\, Belgium); and Master in Latin American Studies by the University of the Andean Parliaments (Quito\, Ecuador). \nAidan Moesby is an artist curator working at the intersection of art\, health and technology. His current work investigates the dual crises of Climate Change and Mental Health exploring the relationships between the outer physical weather and internal psycho-emotional weather. I was Naked\, Smelling of Rain is a performance exploring absence\, presence\, loneliness and dis/connectedness through the lens of weather\, climate change and wellbeing. A resident at Pervasive Media Studio\, Watershed\, Bristol\, he increasingly makes large scale\, tourable works including Sagacity: The Periodic Table of Emotions\, an interactive digital installation. He has worked\, exhibited and curated nationally and internationally with partners including Unlimited (UK)\, Institute 17 (CDMX) Kulttuuri Kauppila (SUO)\, and Zacheta National Gallery (Poland).
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SUMMARY:Info Session: Ways of Attuning
DESCRIPTION:wave~form~projects (Liz Ikiriko and Toleen Touq) and Critical Distance will be hosting an information session for the Open Call for Ways of Attuning: A Curatorial Study Group on Wednesday\, March 2nd\, 2022 at 7 – 8pm EST. \nPlease join us if you have any questions about the application\, eligibility criteria\, how the program is going to unfold\, and find out more about what inspired the program. \nZoom Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86390352206?pwd=MFZESklyS0RiczIrYVBINWlUODFRQT09 \nThe session is open to everyone and will be pretty informal\, so come relaxed and curious and with your favourite drink in hand! \nASL interpretation will be provided. Please reach out in advance if you require this any other accommodations by sending us an email: waveform.opencall@gmail.com
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/ways-of-attuning-online-info-session/
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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SUMMARY:Conversation and Screening: Adrià Julià and Noa Bronstein
DESCRIPTION:Conversation and Screening: Adrià Julià and Noa Bronstein \nSaturday\, September 22nd\, 2022\n3:00 pm\nInnis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue) \n\nAdrià Julià will be joined by curator Noa Bronstein for a discussion into his ongoing interest in the parallel and overlapping histories of film production and popcorn consumption. Using an historical perspective with the language of cinema\, Julià encourages a critical look at the impact of history and culture on food and images and how these inform our understanding of the world around us. \nA screening of Julià’s Popcorn will follow the conversation. The film is adapted from footage originally presented by the San Diego-based camera company Photron of a single kernel of corn exploding into popcorn over twelve seconds. Shot with a slow-motion high-speed camera that the company sought to promote\, the found mini-film was reimagined by Julià and stretched into Popcorn\, a feature film. \n\n\nThis program is presented by Critical Distance Centre for Curators as part of Place Settings II\, featuring film and performance-based projects curated by Noa Bronstein throughout the city of Toronto. This program is in dialogue with Julià’s A Very White Flower (on view at Artscape Youngplace) and The Penitential Tyrant: Dolores Is Pain at the AGO on September 16th.\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbout the artist and curator \nAdrià Julià received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts\, a Maisterschüler from the Universität der Künste Berlin\, and a BFA from Universitat de Barcelona. His practice includes installations\, film\, photography\, and performance. Solo exhibitions include those at the Miró Foundation (Barcelona)\, Tabakalera (San Sebastián\, Spain)\, Museo Tamayo (Mexico City)\, Orange County Museum of Art (Newport Beach\, California)\, Project Art Centre (Dublin)\, LAXART (Los Angeles) and Artists Space (New York). He participated in the Lyon\, São Paulo\, Mercosul\, Kochi-Muziris\, and Jakarta Biennales. \nNoa Bronstein is a curator and writer based in Toronto. Her practice is often focused on the social production of space and thinking through how artists disrupt and subvert systems including those registering across social\, political and economic structures.\nNoa has held the positions of Executive Director of Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography\, inaugural Senior Curator at the Small Arms Inspection Building (Mississauga) and Project Manager at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her writing has appeared in publications including Artforum\, PREFIX Photo\, Canadian Art\, Border Crossings\, The Journal of Curatorial Studies and C Magazine. Recent curatorial projects include When Form Becomes Attitude at Contemporary Calgary\, bust/boom at The New Gallery (Calgary)\, With an instinct for justice at Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto) and Aleesa Cohene’s solo exhibition I Don’t Get It at Gallery 44 (Toronto)\, The Rooms (St. John’s) and Western Front (Vancouver). Noa is currently the Executive Director of Gallery TPW. \n  \nPlace Settings is made possible through the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council\, City of Toronto\, and ArtworxTO: Toronto’s Year of Public Art 2021-22. \n  \n\nImage: Detail of A Very White Flower (2022)\, Adrià Julià. \n 
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/conversation-and-screening-adria-julia-and-noa-bronstein/
LOCATION:Innis Town Hall\, 2 Sussex Avenue\, Toronto\, M5S 1J5
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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SUMMARY:Artist Panel: Materialized
DESCRIPTION:Artist Panel: Materialized\nJoi T. Arcand\, Celeste Pedri-Spade\, Catherine Blackburn\, and Nadya Kwandibens\n \nSaturday\, April 22nd\, 2023\n1:00 pm\nUrbanspace Gallery\nGround floor of 401 Richmond – 401 Richmond St W\, Toronto\n \nJoin us for a panel discussion featuring the artists from our spring exhibition Materialized. Artists Joi T. Arcand\, Celeste Pedri-Spade\, Catherine Blackburn\, and Nadya Kwandibens will present brief artist talks\, followed by a discussion moderated by curator Ariel Smith (Artistic & Managing Director\, Native Women in the Arts). \nThis panel is presented as part of Materialized\, an exhibition co-presented by Native Women in the Arts and Critical Distance Centre for Curators\, in partnership with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and Partners in Art. Materialized is on view at Critical Distance Centre for Curators from April 21 to June 3. \nThis is a free\, public event: everyone is invited.\nCapacity is limited\, register in advance on Eventbrite \nAbout the artist(s)\n \nJoi T. Arcand is an artist from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation\, Saskatchewan\, Treaty 6 Territory\, currently residing in Ottawa\, Ontario. Her practice includes installation\, photography and design and is characterized by a visionary and Subversive reclamation and indigenization of public spaces through the use of Cree language and syllabics. \nCatherine Blackburn was born in Patuanak Saskatchewan\, of Dene and European ancestry and is a member of the English River First Nation. She is a multidisciplinary artist and jeweller\, whose common themes address Canada’s colonial past that are often prompted by personal narratives. \nCeleste Pedri-Spade is an Anishinabekwe artist from Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation. She identifies as a “mark maker” who works primarily with textiles and photography. \nNadya Kwandibens is Anishinaabe from the Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation in northwestern Ontario. In 2008 she founded Red Works Photography\, a dynamic photography company empowering contemporary Indigenous lifestyles and cultures through photographic essays\, features\, and portraits. \n \nAbout the curator(s) \nAriel Smith is an award winning nêhiyaw\, white settler and Jewish filmmaker\, video artist\, writer\, and cultural worker. Ariel works as the Artistic and Managing Director of Native Women in the Arts and is in the process of completing an MFA in Film Production from York University. \nAccessibility \nASL Interpretation will be available at this event.\nCritical Distance and Urbanspace 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. \n– \nThank you to our presenting partner\, Native Women in the Arts. This program is made possible through the generous support of Partners in Art and Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Critical Distance gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Ontario Arts Council\, an agency of the Government of Ontario. \n  \n\nImage: Joi T. Arcand\, Through That Which is Scene\, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/artist-panel-materialized/
LOCATION:401 Richmond\, 401 Richmond St. West\, Toronto\, ON\, M5V3A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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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
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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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.
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/artist-talks-katherine-melancon-and-anahita-norouzi/
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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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.
URL:https://criticaldistance.ca/event/in-conversation-ahmed-naji-and-fatma-hendawy/
CATEGORIES:Talks + Panels
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