Programming — 2008
HOW: Engagements with the “Hollywood Indian”
Main Gallery
October 17 – November 21, 2008
Curated by: Ryan Rice
Copresented by: Trinity Square Video and imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
Pilgrimage of Wanderers
Main Gallery
September 5 – October 10, 2008
Curated by: Tamara Toledo
Copresented by: Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace
Enacting Emancipation
Main Gallery
June 28 – August 2, 2008
Opening June 28, 2008, 4:00 pm–7:00 pm
Curated by: Vicky Moufawad-Paul, Tannis Nielsen
Obsolete Concepts
Main Gallery
May 9 – June 13, 2008
Curated by: Melissa Bennett, Olivia Lam
Documentary Uncertainty
Main Gallery
March 29 – May 2, 2008
Copresented by: Images Festival, Goethe-Institut
Other events involving Hito Steyerl, John Greyson, and Stephen Andrews:
-Thursday April 10 4pm all three artists participate in a panel discussion on The Documentary hosted by the Images Festival @ the Gladstone Hotel. Other panelists include Werner Ruzicka, Director of the Duisburger Filmwoche in Germany and member of this year's Images Festival Jury; as well as moderator Sharon Hayashi, Assistant Professor, Film Studies, York University.
-Hito Steyerl will be offering a Graduate Workshop on Essay Film at York University on Saturday April 12, and will be participating in a Symposium on Autobiography and Film at the University of Toronto April 10 & 11. The symposium ends with a screening of three films and a discussion with the artist at the Camera Bar,1028 Queen St W, April 11, 7:30 pm
For more information on Hito Steyerl's Toronto appearances, please visit the Goethe-Institut at www.goethe.de/toronto or contact Doina Popescu at arts1@toronto.goethe.org. For more information on the 21st annual Images Festival, April 3-13, please visit www.imagesfestival.com.
Grotesques
Main Gallery
February 23 – March 21, 2008
Curated by: Lissette Olivares
Copresented by: FADO
Performances Saturday February 23, starting at 6:30 pm
6:30 David Khang, Untitled
6:45 Naufus Ramirez Figueroa, White Slavery in Toronto
7:15 Irene Loughlin, Mythical Grotesques
8:00 Cheto Castellano, Pies con Barro and Muddied Feet
8:45 Nao Bustamante, Given over to Want
War Zones
Main Gallery
January 11 – February 15, 2008
Curated by: Sally Frater
