2009
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 | Panel discussion discussing the media's portrayal of the Tamil-Canadian protests that took place in Toronto this Spring. • With Elango Cheran, Prof. Daniel Drache, Sharmini Peries, Rajan Philips, Prof. Aparna Sundar • 30 November 2009, 7:30pm, UTSC
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Roy Caussy, Bonnie Devine, Afshin Matlabi, Ali Kazimi and Jeff Thomas, Yudi Sewraj, Greg Staats and Ehren Bear Witness Thomas • 29 November 2009 – 22 January 2010 • Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford ON. • Crossing Lines: An Intercultural Dialogue brings together eight artists from different parts of Canada to examine the issues of connection and disconnection and explores the sites of intersection and divergence that exist between immigrant and Indigenous communities.
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 | Simla Civelek, Leila Gajusingh, Ashok Mathur and Nilan Perera, Nahed Mansour, Meena Murugesan, Mehr Javed
3 October, 2009. 7pm-7am, 401 Richmond St. W., fourth floor
Through a series of resonant performances Ghost Stories explore the relationship of the body to questions of cultural memory and consciousness. Revealing how personal, historical and collective memories of colonization and marginalization are latent within the postures and inflexions of the body, Ghost Stories unpacks the multiple valences of diasporic identities. Histories of oppression,... |
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 | Sunday, September 20, 1-4pm
Scarborough Arts Council, 1859 Kingston Road, Toronto, ON, M1N 1T3
Facilitated by Kohila Kurunathan and Tharmila Rajasingham
Free. An all-ages event.
Scarborough residents are invited to take part in this free, collaborative workshop. Participants will use the medium of drawing as a way of expressing their memories of “home”– whether this refers to their own home or those they have only known through the recollections of others. Using a combination of drawing and storytelling, participants will engage in a discussion th... |
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Sharlene Bamboat and Alexis Mitchell, Afshin Matlabi, Jesus Mora, Gowri Savoor, Anjum Siddiqui, Hajra Waheed
15-28 August, 2009
401 Richmond St. W., VMAC Gallery (fourth floor)
Opening reception: Saturday 15 August 2009, 1–3pm
SAVAC is pleased to present Paper Planes, the annual juried group members’ exhibition at the VMAC Gallery. The exhibition was guest juried by Toronto curators Su-Ying Lee, Nicole Neufeld and member of SAVAC’s Programming Committee Frances Ferdinands.
Paper Planes brings together drawings, paintings and video wor... |
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 | "Otolith" and "Otolith II", • Wednesday 29 July, 7pm
, Studio Theatre, York Quay Centre •
$4 Members / $6 Non-Members • By activating media archives, histories of the future, and legacies of non-alignment and tricontinentalism, The Otolith Group’s artistic projects trace the end of utopian ideals. We present the first two installments of their acclaimed, in-progress video trilogy in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Universal Code’ at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Otolith (2003) concerns a 22nd-century descendant of artist Anjali... |
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July 25, 2009. 12:00–6:00pmJuly 26, 12:00–4:00pmQueen Elizabeth Theatre Foyer, 100 Princes' Boulevard, Exhibition Place, Toronto.SAVAC will be at Masala! Mehndi! Masti! with a selection of local video work from the past five years of MONITOR, our annual experimental South Asian Short Film and Video program.Submission guidelines will be available for artists interested in participating in MONITOR 6.
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Saturday June 20 & Sunday June 21, 2009. 1-3pm
Civic Square, 300 City Centre Dr., Mississauga.
SAVAC’s Affordable Art Sale at Telus Mosaic Festival of Mississauga is a unique opportunity to buy artwork created by our membership. All works will be priced under $200.Artworks include:
drawings
sketches
illustrations
paintings on paper (e.g. watercolour, acrylic)
prints (e.g. lino, screen prints)
photography
collages
mixed media on paper
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An online collaborative exhibition
Daniel Barrow, Divya Mehra, Lorna Mills, Peter Morin, Shaan Syed
May 1 - June 11, 2009
In partnership with Art Metropole
REPLYall brings together five Canadian artists living and working in different corners of the world, who will use the medium of the internet to engage in visual dialogues. Their process of creating this exhibition will be informed by the dynamic and constantly changing, image saturation of the digital age. For six weeks, from May 1 to June 11, 2009, artists will develop and create images ... |
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Chris Chong, Bari Kumar, Sharmini Pereira
23 May, 2009. 10am -12 pm, Trinity College, Combination Room
In partnership with the 2009 Tamil Studies Conference: Home, Space and the "Other"
SAVAC is very pleased to present three panelists in the field of contemporary visual arts, LA-based artist Bari Kumar, curator Sharmini Pereira and experimental filmmaker Chris Chong, whose work directly engages, observes and reflects on questions of Tamil identity and contemporary experience.
Related events:
The One Year Drawing Project: May 2005-October... |
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