সাবধান / SHABDHAN (“CAREFUL”)
by L. Akhter in collaboration with namrata, a part of In Transit

সাবধান / SHABDHAN (“careful”) sits at the easternmost Scarborough subway station; central to the homes, workplaces, and lives of South Asian migrant and marginalized people. More specifically, the installation and poem explore the literal and lateral surveillance faced by Bengali communities. সাবধান is an interrogation of and a plea to community, of caring and being careful. It asks those who engage with the work—Is this what you meant?—to reflect upon the ways that performative respectability become violent microcosms of living in surveillance states: we are surveilled, and we surveil each other.

সাবধান / SHABDHAN (“CAREFUL”) Transit Poster
May 8th to May 30th 
Kennedy Station

সাবধান / SHABDHAN (“CAREFUL”) Interactive Installation
Saturday May 21st, 12-4PM
Dentonia Park

Cleopatria Peterson (they/them) has a multi-disciplinary arts practice that explores the intersectionality of their identities as a black, non-binary transgender crip artist through the mediums of narrative, printmaking, illustration and education. They are a member of the Crip Arts Collective, have had their work shown at The Canadian Textile Museum, and are one of the co-founders of Old Growth Press. They graduated from the Cross Disciplinary Art: Publications program at OCAD U as the medal winner for their class (2020) and also hold a Bachelor’s of Design from TMU’s Fashion Communication program. Their first solo show Bestie Mart will be debuting at Tangled Art + Disability this May.

L. AKHTER

L. Akhter is a Bangladeshi emerging storyteller, researcher and multidisciplinary artist based in Treaty 13 territory. Her work and praxis explore identity and intergenerational healing. Akhter has exhibited at Hearth Gallery and Project 40 Collective in Toronto and recently published a poetry anthology titled Shurma. She uses open mics and installation as a platform for reclaiming power and community building.

NAMRATA

namrata is a bangladeshi mixed media artist based in tkaronto. her work embodies her own lived experiences and explores what leading a life with love can look like. while studying advertising, namrata is dedicated to creating radical shifts in the media we all consume.