"Double Date" - an interdisciplinary sight and sound performance
Double Date at Lennox Contemporary, Toronto. 2007.
Artistic director: Tazeen Qayyum
Preview - Friday, 13 July, 2007. 7pm
Performance - Saturday, 14 July, 2007. 7pm
Lennox Contemporary, 12 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, ON M6J 2Y7
Pay what you can
Double Date is a collaborative, interdisciplinary performance project between artists from SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Collective) and AKA Gallery, Saskatoon. This project investigates the possibilities of merging South Asian and Western artistic practices. By using contemporary experimental and performance techniques, Double Date explores how different historical art practices and visual strategies might meet and mediate on contemporary experiences in art. The project has its basis in the analysis of two paintings: The Lady Excusing Her Love Bites as Cat Scratches (India, 17th century) and Jean-Honore Fragonard’s The Swing (France, 1767). This collaboration encourages the audience to re-imagine and re-interpret strategies for inter-cultural dialogue and understanding in the visual arts.
Artists
Faisal Anwar (Toronto), Deanna Cuthand (Saskatoon), Gaya Ganeshan (Toronto), Frances J Ferdinands (Toronto), Noni Kaur (Toronto), Rosina Kazi (Toronto), Jackie Latendresse (Saskatoon), Laura Margita (Saskatoon), Jesus Mora (Toronto), Megan Morman (Saskatoon), Nick Murray (Toronto) and Mehta Youngs (Saskatoon)
