​​August 11, 2pm–4pm
Concordia University, 1515 St. Catherine W. (EV Junction, the atrium near Room 2.785)
Free admission; wheelchair accessible
 
In association with the upcoming World Social Forum 2016 held in Montreal from August 9 to August 14, (t)here., as part of the Department of Art History of Concordia University, is proud to present its discussion panel, featuring special guest Alvis Choi a.k.a Alvis Parsley. The event will be held at the EV Junction, the atrium near Room 2.785 on the second floor of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (1515 St. Catherine W.), on August 11, at 2pm. The venue is wheelchair accessible.
 
(t)here. began as a Vitrine exhibition installed on the third floor of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex in June 25th, to remain until mid-September 2016. Featuring the wall texts of our authors, it introduces the topics which will be discussed both in the discussion and in our publication, found online at http://t-here-wsf.tumblr.com/ This panel will cover the topic of borders, its definition and redefinition by artists, and its impact on migrants, but also on borderland residents. The discussion follows the themes of this year’s World Social Forum’s goal to explore notions of migration and citizenship.
 
The panel will start with a short presentation by a selection of authors of the publication, before having Alvis Choi present their own recent work with “Butterfly” – Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network. A short and informal Q&A will follow, with the project organisers, authors, and guests.
 
Food and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided.
 
Participating authors, and guest – nick cabelli, Sherry Babadjanov, Alvis Choi a.k.a. Alvis Parsley, and Helen Watts.
 
Organisers— Camille Devaux, naakita feldman-kiss, and Coltrane McDowell.
 
(t)here. is presented in partnership with Concordia University’s Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group (EAHR), sponsored by the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for the Study of Canadian Art. We would also like to thank the Fine Arts Student Relations, the Department of Art History, Concordia University and the World Social Forum. A special thank you to Dr. Alice Ming Wai Jim for her advice and help.

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​Living in One Brain
Gaëtane Verna (Power Plant, Toronto)
 
In this presentation Verna will talk about the development of her curatorial vision and practice, from her early days as director of the Foreman Art Gallery at Bishops’s University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, through to her current position as director of The Power Plant.
 
Gaëtane Verna has been the Director of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, Canada’s leading public gallery devoted exclusively to contemporary visual art since March 2012. Before taking up the post at The Power Plant, she was Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Musée d'art de Joliette in Lanaudière, Quebec for six years. From 1998 to 2006, she was the curator of the Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop’s University, while also teaching in the Art History department of both Bishop’s University and the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has many years of experience in curating, presenting, publishing catalogues and organizing exhibitions by emerging, mid-career and established Canadian and international artists such as Vasco Araújo, Alfredo Jaar, Luis Jacob, Shelagh Keeley, Kimsooja, Yam Lau, Oswaldo Maciá, Ed Pien, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Pedro Reyes, Gabor Szilasi, Javier Tellez, Denyse Thomasos, YOUNG HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES and Zineb Sedira, among many others.
 
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The Ethnocultural Art History Research Group (EAHR) is proud to be co-presenting this lecture as part of a series of conversations hosted by the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art entitled Afternoons at the Institute. Bringing established and emerging scholars together, the series focuses on pressing questions and current issues in the research and writing of art histories.
 
The series has been made possible by a generous donation from the Jarislowsky Foundation.
 
All Afternoon at the Institute conversations are held in EV-3.725, the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, on the 3rd floor of the Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex, 1515 Ste-Catherine Street West. Metro Guy-Concordia (map).
 
Conversation are free and open to the public.

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Dissonant Integrations
5 mars au 2 avril 2016
 
Vernissage: le samedi 5 mars, 15h-18h, à la Galerie Z Art Space. Gratuit et ouvert au public.
 
Ethnocultural Art Histories Research (EAHR) est heureux de présenter Dissonant Integrations, une exposition collective et un programme vidéo qui s’intéressent à la perturbation comme outil de contestation des représentations dominantes de la race, de l’ethnicité ainsi que d’autres formes d’identités fixes. Présentant douze artistes et collectifs basé-e-s au Canada et aux États-Unis, Integrations Dissonant cherche à élargir notre compréhension de la diversité par le biais des œuvres qui perturbent les stéréotypes ethniques et/ou raciaux, ainsi que les récits essentialistes de l'identité et des représentations culturelles.
 
De la photographie et la vidéo à la sculpture, les artistes sélectionnés travaillent à partir d’une variété de médias et recourent à des pratiques créatives diverses, telles que la réutilisation, l’autoethnographie et l'appropriation. Explorant les thèmes du déplacement, de l'immigration et de la diaspora, les artistes utilisent l'ironie, l'humour et l'expérimentation pour naviguer à la fois entre la représentation publique et de soi, l’identité nationale et mondiale, le familier et l'inconnu. En jetant une lumière sur les défis quotidiens auxquels font face les communautés ethnoculturelles, ces artistes explorent des problèmes sociopolitiques urgents qui ne cessent d’alimenter et de remettre en question le discours de l'art contemporain.
 
L’exposition Dissonant Integrations marque le cinquième anniversaire du groupe de recherche Ethnocultural Art Histories Research (EAHR), fondé en 2011. Elle s’inscrit en continuité avec son mandat visant à faciliter les possibilités d'échange et de création dans l’analyse des aspects liés à la représentation ethnique et culturelle dans les arts visuels au Canada. EAHR regroupe une communauté d'étudiant-e-s et de chercheur-e-s à travers le Canada issu-e-s principalement de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université McGill et de l'Université de Montréal.
 
Artistes
Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Victor Arroyo, Pansee Atta, Minhee Bae, Richenda Grazette, Fanny Latreille-Beaumont, Kimura Byol-Nathalie Lemoine, Eva-Loan Pontom-Pham, Shay (Shawn M. & Ayse B.), Team Sagittarius, Alisi Telengut, Karen White.
 
EAHR tient à remercier les entités suivantes pour leur généreux soutien : Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia Council on Student Life, Department of Art History et Art History Graduate Student Association de l’Université Concordia, Concordia Student Union, la galerie Z Art Space, Kafein, articule et OPTICA.
 
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Dissonant Integrations
March 5 – April 2, 2016
 
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 5, 3pm - 6pm, at Z Art Space. Free and Open to the Public.
 
Montreal (QC) - Ethnocultural Art Histories Research (EAHR) is delighted to present Dissonant Integrations, a group exhibition and video program investigating disruption as a tool to challenge dominant representations of race, ethnicity and other forms of fixed identities. Featuring twelve artists and collectives based in Canada and the United States, Dissonant Integrations seeks to expand our understanding of diversity through artworks that disrupt ethnic and/or racial stereotypes, and redress essentialist narratives of cultural identities and representations.
 
From photography and video to sculpture, the selected artists work in a range of media and draw on various creative practices, such as upcycling, auto-ethnography and appropriation. Exploring themes of displacement, immigration and diaspora, the artists use irony, humor and experimentation to navigate between public and self-representation, national and global identity, the familiar and the unfamiliar. By unraveling the everyday challenges faced by ethnocultural communities, these artists engage with pressing social-political issues that continually fuel and challenge contemporary art discourse.
 
Dissonant Integrations marks the fifth-year anniversary of Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Group (EAHR) since its founding in 2011 and demonstrates EAHR’s ongoing pursuit to facilitate opportunities for exchange and creation in the examination of issues of ethnic and cultural representation within the visual arts in Canada. EAHR is a community of students and researchers from across Canada, including Concordia University, McGill University and University of Montreal.
 
Artists
Ifeoma U. Anyaeji, Victor Arroyo, Pansee Atta, Minhee Bae, Richenda Grazette, Fanny Latreille Beaumont, Nathalie Lemoine, Eva-Loan Pontom-Pham, Shay (Shawn M. & Ayse B.), Team Sagittarius, Alisi Telengut, Karen White.
 
EAHR would like to thank the generous support of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, the Fine Arts Student Alliance, the Concordia Council on Student Life, Concordia’s Department of Art History and Art History Graduate Student Association, Concordia Student Union, Z Art Space, Kafein, articule and OPTICA.