On Friday, a launch party was held for the 2010 CONTACT Photography Festival at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. The festival runs for the entire month of May around various venues mostly in the downtown region of Toronto. This year's theme is "Pervasive Influence."
For more information, visit their website at http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/
Here are the events for this opening weekend:
Saturday May 1, 7:30 – 9:30pm
Come and celebrate the openings of two primary exhibitions at the University of Toronto.
The Brothel Without Walls
University of Toronto Art Centre
15 Kings College Circle
The pervasiveness of photography leads us to question its effects on society. Exploring photographs as “dreams that money can buy” and how the illusions images create are often preferable to reality, the exhibition features works by Susan Anderson, Evan Baden, Douglas Coupland, Jessica Dimmock, Marina Gadonneix, Clunie Reid, Stefan Ruiz, Joachim Schmid and Christopher Wahl.
Through the Vanishing Point
The McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology
39A Queens Park Cres E
Canadian artists David Rokeby and Lewis Kaye were commissioned to create two distinct but complementary works at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology. The artists visually and aurally reconstruct McLuhan’s presence in his former seminar room at the site commonly known as the Coach House.
FEATURED EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Saturday May 1
GALLERY 44
Always Moving Forward: Contemporary African Photography from The Wedge Collection, 2 – 5pm
STEPHEN BULGER GALERY
The Pervasive View: Vintage Prints from the National Geographic Image Collection, 2 – 5pm
XEXE GALLERY
Marina Black – The Versts (Версты), 2 – 5pm
EVENTS
Saturday May 1
ARTIST TALK – HANK WILLIS THOMAS
May 1, 1pm
Public Installation, Billboards at NE Corner of Spadina Ave & Front St
Weather permitting
Hank Willis Thomas’ work looks at race, class, and history through the lens of advertising, focusing primarily on the image of the African American male.
LECTURE – NOBODY CAN COMMIT PHOTOGRAPHY ALONE
May 1, 6pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
Please e-mail for reservations utac.rsvp@utoronto.ca
Curators Matthew Brower and Bonnie Rubenstein in conversation with artists featured in The Brothel Without Walls (UTAC) and Through the Vanishing Point (McLuhan Program) discuss the relationship between Marshall McLuhan’s media theory and today’s photographic and artistic practices.
EVENTS
Sunday May 2
ARTIST TALK – JOHN ARMSTRONG & PAUL COLLINS
May 2, 12pm
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Armstrong & Collins speak about their series of colour photographs on which they have painted images, text and swatches of colour, featured in the exhibition The Mechanical Bride. Collaborating since 2000, Armstrong & Collins, have had over 20 exhibitions in Canada and France.
ARTIST TALK – JACQUELINE HASSINK
May 2, 1pm
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Dutch artist Jacqueline Hassink has received critical acclaim for her work exploring issues of power and social relations. Hassink created Car Girls over the course of five years, photographing major car shows in seven different cities on three continents. The lecture will be followed by a book signing.
PANEL DISCUSSION – ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD
May 2, 3pm
Gallery 44
A round-table discussion about the effects of urbanization and global advertising on photographic explorations of contemporary African identity. Moderated by Sally Frater, Programming Director at the Print Studio in Hamilton, with panelists Elizabeth Harney, Associate Professor, Art Department (U of T), curator Kenneth Montague and exhibition artists.
Monday May 3
CBC ATRIUM
Finbarr O’Reilly – Congo on the Wire
Lecture, 7pm
Opening Reception, 8:30 – 10pm
Congo on the Wire: Discussion & slideshow with Finbarr O’Reilly and Médecins Sans Frontières Head of Mission Banu Altunbas.
Registration required: www.msf.ca
Come and celebrate the openings of two primary exhibitions at the University of Toronto.
The Brothel Without Walls
University of Toronto Art Centre
15 Kings College Circle
The pervasiveness of photography leads us to question its effects on society. Exploring photographs as “dreams that money can buy” and how the illusions images create are often preferable to reality, the exhibition features works by Susan Anderson, Evan Baden, Douglas Coupland, Jessica Dimmock, Marina Gadonneix, Clunie Reid, Stefan Ruiz, Joachim Schmid and Christopher Wahl.
Through the Vanishing Point
The McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology
39A Queens Park Cres E
Canadian artists David Rokeby and Lewis Kaye were commissioned to create two distinct but complementary works at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology. The artists visually and aurally reconstruct McLuhan’s presence in his former seminar room at the site commonly known as the Coach House.
FEATURED EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Saturday May 1
GALLERY 44
Always Moving Forward: Contemporary African Photography from The Wedge Collection, 2 – 5pm
STEPHEN BULGER GALERY
The Pervasive View: Vintage Prints from the National Geographic Image Collection, 2 – 5pm
XEXE GALLERY
Marina Black – The Versts (Версты), 2 – 5pm
EVENTS
Saturday May 1
ARTIST TALK – HANK WILLIS THOMAS
May 1, 1pm
Public Installation, Billboards at NE Corner of Spadina Ave & Front St
Weather permitting
Hank Willis Thomas’ work looks at race, class, and history through the lens of advertising, focusing primarily on the image of the African American male.
LECTURE – NOBODY CAN COMMIT PHOTOGRAPHY ALONE
May 1, 6pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
Please e-mail for reservations utac.rsvp@utoronto.ca
Curators Matthew Brower and Bonnie Rubenstein in conversation with artists featured in The Brothel Without Walls (UTAC) and Through the Vanishing Point (McLuhan Program) discuss the relationship between Marshall McLuhan’s media theory and today’s photographic and artistic practices.
EVENTS
Sunday May 2
ARTIST TALK – JOHN ARMSTRONG & PAUL COLLINS
May 2, 12pm
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Armstrong & Collins speak about their series of colour photographs on which they have painted images, text and swatches of colour, featured in the exhibition The Mechanical Bride. Collaborating since 2000, Armstrong & Collins, have had over 20 exhibitions in Canada and France.
ARTIST TALK – JACQUELINE HASSINK
May 2, 1pm
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
Dutch artist Jacqueline Hassink has received critical acclaim for her work exploring issues of power and social relations. Hassink created Car Girls over the course of five years, photographing major car shows in seven different cities on three continents. The lecture will be followed by a book signing.
PANEL DISCUSSION – ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD
May 2, 3pm
Gallery 44
A round-table discussion about the effects of urbanization and global advertising on photographic explorations of contemporary African identity. Moderated by Sally Frater, Programming Director at the Print Studio in Hamilton, with panelists Elizabeth Harney, Associate Professor, Art Department (U of T), curator Kenneth Montague and exhibition artists.
Monday May 3
CBC ATRIUM
Finbarr O’Reilly – Congo on the Wire
Lecture, 7pm
Opening Reception, 8:30 – 10pm
Congo on the Wire: Discussion & slideshow with Finbarr O’Reilly and Médecins Sans Frontières Head of Mission Banu Altunbas.
Registration required: www.msf.ca
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