Operations

Operations is an ongoing project by artist Ibrahim Abusitta, where video footage of Palestinian resistance is redrawn, frame by frame, as a hand-drawn animation.

By recreating each image on paper by hand, the work transforms footage that would never be shown in legacy media into something tactile and enduring. The project explores how we see and process images of the struggle, creating a space to slow down and reflect on what is routinely erased or left unseen.

Opening Reception:

Thursday May 7, 6:00 – 9:00pm at Whippersnapper Gallery

Artist Talk:

The artist will participate in a post screening discussion
Thursday May 14, 7:00 – 9:00pm at CineCycle

Ibrahim Abusitta is a Palestinian-Canadian visual artist based in Toronto. His painting practice examines the intersections of personal archive and political history, with a focus on cultural memory and the nuances of diasporic identity. He is the 2025 recipient of the Laura Ciruls Painting Prize. His work has been featured on the cover of Briarpatch magazine and in the book A Year on the Abyss of Genocide by Mahmoud Al Shaer (ARP Books). Abusitta has exhibited across Canada and the United States.

Whippersnapper Gallery is committed to the underdog artist. “We provide emerging artists and cultural workers with a platform to expand the parameters of their practice and develop ethical, rigorous relationships with communities, particularly racialized, queer, disabled and working class people. Our teeny tiny gallery is viewable by the public 24 hours a day through fully exposed street level windows. Whip is structured to encourage peer-to-peer mentorship and create innovative programming that catalyzes social transformation. We offer space to experiment and confront displacement in the ever-gentrifying urban core in which we are situated. artist-run centre committed to the cultivation of inclusive spaces for emerging visual and media arts, community arts, and experimental forms of exhibition making. We provide artists and cultural producers with a flexible platform and exhibition space to expand the parameters of their professional practice. Whippersnapper is structured to encourage peer-to-peer mentorship and promote success by the artists’ own standards. Through critical and diverse programming, Whippersnapper initiates new relationships and unexpected conversations.”