Toronto Biennial of Art, through June 5, 2022 features for the week: Water, Kinship, Belief,

TBA launches its first ever publication! This week, TBA launched the publication Water, Kinship, Belief, co-published by the Toronto Biennial of Art and Art Metropole. Spanning the 2019 Biennial, entitled The Shoreline Dilemma, as well as our 2022 edition, What Water Knows, The Land Remembers, this book is a “third” site, a place where the continuities, resonances, and dissonances between editions are made evident. Water, Kinship, Belief is a means to bring together the artists, artworks, collaborators, and ideas that have informed the exhibitions and programs. Couldn’t join us for the launch? Catch up on what you missed here. Water, Kinship, Belief will be available to purchase at select TBA sites soon, but you can purchase your copy anytime when you click here.

Upcoming Programming  For our events calendar click here.

The Cafe at the End of the Future:  a crip performance extravaganza Participants: Syrus Marcus Ware with performers Aeshna Ware-Huff, Janice Lee, Jaz Fairy J, Troy Jackson, and LAL Sat, May 7 | 1–3pm Small Arms Inspection Building This program will have ASL-English Interpretation provided by Toronto Sign Language Interpreter Service (TSLIS).

ASL Interpreted Storytelling at Arsenal Contemporary Storyteller: Emily DiCarlo Sat, May 7 | 11am–12pm Registration is suggested. This program is presented in partnership with Toronto Sign Language Interpreter Service (TSLIS). An Observing Walk Participant: Toronto Landscape Observatory Sun, May 8 | 2–4pm 72 Perth Ave Registration is required.

Yaliyat Cocahq Participant: Ivanie Aubin-Malo Sun, May 15 | 2–3:30pm Small Arms Inspection Building In Person | Workshop Registration is required. Yaliyat cocahq is co-presented by the Toronto Biennial of Art and Oakville Galleries. Quebecoise and Wolastoq (Maliseet) artist Ivanie Aubin-Malo presents a dance workshop drawn from her experiences in powwow circles and in connecting with other wolastoqiyik communities.

TBA Curatorial Fellowship Highlight The Curatorial Fellowship Program, made possible by the generous support of TD Bank Group through the TD Ready Commitment, was conceived of as an experimental and collaborative process through which emerging curators can cultivate personal curatorial methodologies, and realize a substantial curatorial project within the framework of the Toronto Biennial of Art. The inaugural fellows are Sebastian De Line (Haudenosaunee-Métis-Cantonese/Canada) and Chiedza Pasipanodya (Zimbabwe/Canada). "Ngozi: We Might Listen for the Shimmerings" by Chiedza Pasipanodya Ngozi: We Might Listen for the Shimmerings is an ongoing curatorial project surrounding belief, death, and embodied listening. Following a series of familial roadside deaths surrounded by myth and uncertainty, this exhibition embarks along tributaries of thought exploring the unfinished nature of death with three artists – Timothy Yanick Hunter, Anne Zanele Mutema, and  Buhlebezwe Siwani. Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art, Ngozi: We Might Listen for the Shimmerings is made possible by the generous support of TD Bank Group through the TD Ready Commitment, and with support from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council.  "The Shape of Sound" by Sebastian De Line Comprising over fifty multimedia artists, musicians, designers and curators, Jatiwangi art Factory’s (JaF) artistic practices emphasize local rural life in relation to land and the terracotta industry in Jatiwangi District. Clay is central to all of their artistic and cultural activities in the spirit of community empowerment. As April 2nd, 2022 marked the beginning of the month of Ramadan in Canada, JaF rings in the opening of the Biennial while calling forth a time of fasting, introspection, and prayer observed by many community members of Toronto. The material remnants of this performance remain at the Small Arms Inspection Building for the duration of the exhibition. The Shape of Sound is made possible by the generous support of TD Bank Group through the TD Ready Commitment, and in partnership with the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, and the Gardiner Museum. Accommodations generously provided by The Drake Hotel.

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About TBA The Toronto Biennial of Art is Canada’s leading visual arts event focused exclusively on contemporary art from around the world. For 10 weeks every two years, local, national, and international Biennial artists transform Toronto and its partner regions with free exhibitions, performances, and learning opportunities. Grounded in diverse local contexts, the Biennial’s city-wide programming aims to inspire individuals, engage communities, and contribute to global conversations. This event has been financially assisted by the City of Toronto, the Government of Ontario, and the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.

Image Captions: 1. TBA Curators Katie Lawson and Tairone Bastien reading from Water, Kinship, Belief at 72 Perth Ave. Photo: Roxanne Fernandes. 2. LAL Performing. Photo: Syrus Marcus Ware.⁠ 3. Program image for Yaliyat cocahq featuring Ivanie Aubin-Malo. Photo: Magdalena Marszalek.

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