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Observer les changements du même : la triennale GTA21 du MOCA Toronto

Le groupe responsable de cette exposition rétrospective inaugurale est composé de la commissaire invitée Daisy Desrosiers et de deux membres du personnel du MOCA : le conservateur adjoint Rui Mateus Amaral et la directrice artistique November Paynter. L’exposition peut se targuer d’être une vitrine…
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Observing the Changing Same: MOCA Toronto’s GTA21 Triennial

(Texte) Karie Liao
The group behind the inaugural survey exhibition is composed of guest curator Daisy Desrosiers and two MOCA staff members, adjunct curator Rui Mateus Amaral and artistic director November Paynter. The exhibition boasts a showcase of existing and commissioned works by twenty-one artists and…
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Becoming Better Future Ancestors: The BAU’s “Functioning Circuits” at Mercer Union

(Texte) Karie Liao
The legacy of artists’ billboards and their capacity to activate the public realm is still strong. SPACE has hosted eleven artists, including Walter Scott and Joi T. Arcand, since its inception in 2014. On display until August 14th is Functioning Circuits, a four-part series of images produced by…
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“Well Now WTF?”

(Texte) Karie Liao
Although operating entirely online has been novel for some during the COVID-19 pandemic, for others it has long been the preferred way of being. This is the case for Silicon Valet, a virtual gallery that has fostered a space for digital art and expanded practices since 2018. The gallery’s latest…
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Sandra Brewster: “Blur”

(Texte) Karie Liao
The exhibition’s title is a valuable clue to the tone and ethos of Brewster’s photographs and video works. Lining the four walls of the gallery are portraits of Black individuals captured in motion. Untitled (2016–18) is a grid of photo-based gel transfers on archival paper that presents partial…
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Life in the Cloud: The Self as Archive in the Digital Age

(Texte) Karie Liao
An archive can be defined as “a collection of records that contain information and provide evidence of some or other action.”1 In the digital era, technology increasingly captures information about our daily activities. Advances in computing power and data storage over the last fifty years have…
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Resilience in the Toronto Art Community: Six Alternative Art Spaces to Know

(Texte) Karie Liao
Like any big city, Toronto has an urban fabric characterized by the fluctuation of permanence and impermanence. The artist-run centres and other alternative art spaces have followed suit. With urban gentrification on overdrive, it seems as though the life expectancy of these spaces has steadily…
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