Festival Archives Results

SURVEILLANCE, MASCOTS, SUPERHEROES : Anti-carceral colourings of the world MAY 6, 2020 5pm – 7pm A Different Booklist 779 Bathurst St. Artists Hiba Ali and Yasmeen Nematt Alla join scholar Joshua Plencner, in a talk about racist policing and surveillance. *** In the striking—and short-lived—2016 Marvel Comics superhero series Nighthawk, writer David F. Walker, artist […]

ANTLER MEN OF THE DEPTHS A reading and visual presentation of a children’s story by emerging artist and life-long learner, Miyopin. May 5th, 2020 Native Canadian Centre of Toronto 16 Spadina Rd. Hosting a reading circle, Miyopin will invite feedback on a bold  new piece of children’s literature. Filled with monstrous and magical characters, Antler […]

KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER MAY 4-6, 2020 Native Canadian Centre of toronto 16 Spadina Rd. Art can provide access to the ancestral knowledge that is vital for shaping Indigenous futures. Keeping Families Together blends traditional, personal and family stories through a collective processes of  mural-making and sculpture with youth and families. This 3-day community art action […]

MAKING SPACES MAY 2nd-June 27th, 2020 Sur Gallery 39 Queens Quay E. #100 Bringing together artists of the Latin American diaspora, Making Spaces looks at the lingering effects of colonial history in the Americas. Through moments of action and contemplation around personal stories of migration, we gather with the ongoing task to find, make, and […]

FIGHTING SCUM MAY 1 – May 30, 2020 Whippersnapper Gallery 594 Dundas St W A multi-arts exhibition, Fighting Scum scrapes against the layers of estrangement and loss experienced by immigrant workers.  Florence Yee’s installation, gentle reminders to kill your enemies and destroy your rapists, is an assemblage of found domestic objects and embroidered textiles. An […]

DERAILED: The History of Black Railway Porters in Canada April 22- april 26 (See schedule of Performances below) Toronto Railway Museum 255 Bremner Blvd Registration is necessary for this event. Click here to register. Developed by Myseum of Toronto, this theatrical experience takes a step back in time to look  at the lives of Canada’s […]

all or none Friday , May 24 3pm – 3am (Rain Date; Saturday May 25 ) The act of sitting, pausing is a central fixture in the navigation of the fatigued body in spaces of capitalism; the body that must wait for energy to return before moving again, amidst an affluent and sterile re-sculpting of […]

dark beings Friday, May 17, 2019 7pm – 9pm all ages 10pm – 2am ages 19+ Party and album launch with performances by LAL and Ziibiwan Tickets $10-20 sliding scale “In our madness, our sorrow, our joy, our resilience, we escape into timeliness and multiple dimensions that allow us to transcend, beyond our words, our […]

RUPTURES IN VIDEO GAME CULTURE May 15, 7pm – 10pm A night of talk and play with game workers, players and artists confronting capitalism, white supremacy, and misogyny in real and virtual worlds. Paolo Pedercini is a game developer, artist and educator. He teaches experimental game design, creative coding, and animation at Carnegie Mellon University. […]

Care Sunday, May 12 12:30pm-1:30pm Film Screening followed by Mother’s Day Brunch for Care Workers Care delves deep into the world of home elder care through the eyes of both paid caregivers and their elderly clients. The film reveals that despite long days taking care of others, care workers often struggle to feed their own […]

Ban’ yuh belly Thursday May 9, 7pm – 9pm Hold: Part 1 A conversation between artist Anique Jordan and activist Tina Garnett on the refusal of sense-making Thursday May 23, 7pm – 9pm Hold: Part 2 A conversation between artist Anique Jordan and journalist Priya Ramanujam on media, youth and relationships that carry memory. Ban’ […]

CIRCLE Tuesday, May 7 and May 14 7pm – 9pm A community-engaged project adapts Diana Taylor’s concept of the archive and the repertoire to consider the challenges of archiving activist movements. In 6 sewing circles, organized by Syrus Marcus Ware, a community of participants will produce a quilted banner that narrates histories of Black activism […]

BEATWORK Sunday May 5, 1pm – 4pm Beatwork is a percussion workshop for migrant farmworkers. Facilitated by musician Ruben ‘Beny’ Esguerra, the workshop reflects on Indigenous migrations from south to north. Incubating liberatory sounds of migration, land, and labour, the workshop will contribute to the development of a new collection of collaborative recordings and a […]

Power in Resistance May 2 – June 29, 2019 OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, May 2, 2019 7PM to 9PM This exhibition exposes voices of resistance and resilience that flourish throughout the Americas as a response to centuries of racism, poverty, and widespread economic and social exclusion of Indigenous peoples in the region. From the southern hemisphere […]

  Immaterial Conditions Immaterial Conditions illuminates the crossroads where care and the economy meet. Presenting film, photography and sculpture by women and gender-queer artists, the events in this series consider what it means to care. Fishel’s film considers the commodification of care and the labour that surrounds it through the lens of care workers and […]

Salt FActory MAY 1, 2019 7pm – 9pm What a simple thing is salt. It is a seasoning readily available on your dinner table now, but for most of human history, salt has had the economic significance that oil has today. Wars were waged, revolutions were ignited and empires collapsed because of salt. Before earth […]