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EXHIBITION: Heirlooms & Lenses (CONTACT Photography Festival)

Heirlooms & Lenses by Rodell Warner

CONTACT Photography Festival

May 5–Jun 24, 2023

Reception: May 5, 6–8pm

Trinity Square Video

401 Richmond St W, St 121, Toronto

This exhibition by Trinidad-born artist Rodell Warner features a series of animated GIFs derived from archival, public-domain images distorted through optics of technology and time. Digitally-scanned visuals available online and free …

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PUBLICATION: The Loudspeaker and the Tower

The exhibition The Loudspeaker and the Tower by Manar Moursi premiered at Trinity Square Video in partnership with SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) and Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in the spring of 2019.

The exhibition has now toured to College Art Galleries | Kenderdine Art Gallery | University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK), Forest City Gallery (London, ON), and Artspace (Peterborough, ON).

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The Loudspeaker and the Tower (Touring Exhibition)

Manar Moursi

May 28 – June 30, 2022

Curated by Toleen Touq and Emily Fitzpatrick

Artspace Peterborough is excited to present Manar Moursi: The Loudspeaker and the Tower, organized and circulated by Trinity Square Video and SAVAC.

Through an immersive environment constructed of coloured lights, megaphones, masks, videos and sculptures, Toronto-and Boston-based artist, designer, and architect Manar Moursi presents a …

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The Falling Sky

Claudia Andujar, Gisela Motta & Leandro Lima

Curated by Noor Alé and Claudia Mattos (AXIS Collective)

01 April – 28 May 2022

Opening reception Friday, April 01 2022, 6-8PM

Co-presented in partnership with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

Leandro Lima and Gisela Motta adapt a black-and-white photograph of a burned Yanomami maloca (a lodging used by Amazonian peoples) into YANO-A, …

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PROGRAMMING: Ye gaane ka mood kya hai?/ What is the mood of this song?

Ye gaane ka mood kya hai?/ What is the mood of this song?with Rehana Zaman and Sharlene Bamboat

Sunday, June 272PM EST / 7PM GMT

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A love letter as call and response between artists Rehana Zaman and Sharlene Bamboat, where they discuss Pakistani disco, love and solidarity, narration, low frequencies and mutability in their work.

In conjunction with …

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PUBLICATION: EROTICA!

EROTICA! by Zarina Muhammad was commissioned in conjunction with the exhibition Jupiter in Aries, Moon in Virgo by Rehana Zaman

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Design by Philip Leonard Ocampo
Copy Editing by Daniella Sanader

PROGRAMMING: A conversation with Chandra Frank and Rehana Zaman

A conversation with Chandra Frank and Rehana Zaman

Tuesday, April 13

2PM EST / 7PM GMT

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On 13th April Chandra Frank and Rehana Zaman will be in-conversation reflecting on the feelings, thoughts and ideas emerging from the exhibition Jupiter in Aries, Moon in Virgo. They will be discussing creative praxis through fragments related to land, intimacy and kinship formations with particular focus on how …

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EXHIBITION: Jupiter in Aries, Moon in Virgo

Jupiter in Aries, Moon in VirgoRehana Zaman

03 April – 17 July 2021

A primary exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

There is a familiar point of view when sitting in the passenger seat of a car or at the kitchen table absorbed in close dialogue with others. Whether it’s the passing scenery or the preparation of food that …

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ONLINE EXHIBITION: Performing Lives

PERFORMING LIVESwith works by Bertille Bak, Lisa Jackson, Yoshua Okón, Helen Reed, May TruongCurated by Zoë Chan

01 May – 06 June 2020

Co-presented with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and Hot Docs

Visit at performinglives.com

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our capacities during this current moment, Trinity Square Video, in consultation with curator Zoë Chan and the artists, decided …

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EXHIBITION: The Loudspeaker and the Tower

Manar Moursi: The Loudspeaker and the Tower

May 03 – June 08, 2019Opening Reception: May 03, 6-8PM

Co-presented with Trinity Square Video, South Asian Visual Arts Centre, and CONTACT Photography Festival.

Curated by Emily Fitzpatrick and Toleen Touq

Through an immersive environment constructed of coloured lights, megaphones, masks, videos, photographic images, and sculptures, Toronto- and Cairo-based designer, artist, and architect …

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EXHIBITION: BAD STARS

BAD STARS is a new body of work by Christina Battle, a Primary Exhibition of the 2018 Scotiabank Photography Festival.

 

 

BAD STARS

Christina Battle

04 May – 09 June 2018

 

Opening reception: 04 May 2018, 6PMCo-presented with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

 

For the opening reception, Michael Williams from the Universe Project …

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EXHIBITION: What does one do with such a clairvoyant image?

A two-venue exhibition co-presented by Trinity Square and Gallery 44 as a Primary Exhibition of the 2017 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

05 May–03 June 2017 Dana Claxton, Stephanie Comilang, Kapwani Kiwanga, Dylan Miner, Martine Syms and Tania Willard curated by Leila Timmins, cheyanne turions and Jayne Wilkinson

What does one do with such a clairvoyant image? is a group exhibition presented across …

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