SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) is a non-profit, nomadic artist-run organization dedicated to fostering imaginative thought among artists and curators of colour and integrating hem into the Canadian contemporary arts ecology through frameworks of self-representation.
Programming
Monitor 13
SAVAC is pleased to present our bi-yearly experimental film and video program MONITOR 13: Dance on my head and scratch my heart, curated by Sharlene Bamboat and Priya Sen.
LEARN MOREThe Loudspeaker and the Tower
In partnership with Trinity Square Video, we are pleased to present The Loudspeaker and the Tower featuring works by artist Manar Moursi.
LEARN MOREDomestic Cinema
We are happy to co-present "Domestic Cinema" as a part of the 2019 Images Festival.
LEARN MOREPriya Sen
SAVAC is pleased to invite Priya Sen to Toronto, ON for an artist residency. Her work explores form, ethnography, music, and migration in different urban contexts. We will be screening her latest film, Yeh Freedom Life/This Freedom Life (2018).
LEARN MOREFakepicnik
SAVAC’s annual wintertime picnic, Fakepicnik, is coming up soon. Join us on Thursday 28 February 2018.
LEARN MORE2019 AGM
You are invited to SAVAC’s 2019 Annual General Meeting. Apply to join the board today!
LEARN MORElas cosas que se quedan / the things that remain
SAVAC is pleased to present Coco Guzman's graduate student exhibition,
las cosas que se quedan / the things that remain.
P. Mansaram
We are thrilled to announce that we are curating an exhibition of works by media artist P. Mansaram with the Art Museum at the University of Toronto.
LEARN MOREMaría Alejandrina Coates
Through a year-long residency, curator María Alejandrina Coates will research and design a program for BIPOC artists working at the interstices of computer programming, art, and activism
LEARN MOREDemons in Paradise
SAVAC is happy to co-present Demons in Paradise by Jude Ratnam with Workman Arts/Rendezvous with Madness and ANBU (Abuse Never Becomes Us). It is a groundbreaking documentary about Sri Lanka's devastating civil war.
LEARN MOREPandi
In partnership with Tangled Arts + Disability, SAVAC will be screening Maria-Saroja Ponnambalam's film Pandi, which looks at mental health in South Indian communities.
LEARN MOREWeather to Store
In partnership with FADO Performance Arts Centre, SAVAC is pleased to present Weather to Store, a durational performance by artist Kristina Guison.
LEARN MOREWe Look At Animals Because
In partnership with Critical Distance, and curated by Nahed Mansour and Toleen Touq, SAVAC is pleased to present We Look At Animals Because, an exhibition that gazes on animality.
LEARN MOREViews on the 4th
Visual artist Sameer Farooq will present his views on the topic of art as reporting to inaugurate our new speaker series, Views on the 4th.
LEARN MOREKAPSULA
We are thrilled to present a collaborative special issue of Kapsula Magazine that explores the notion of “spaceless place" by delving into the SAVAC Archives.
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