Enter-gration

Curated by Nahed Mansour

ARTISTS

Tejpal S. Ajji

Rachel Gorman

Karilynn Ming Ho

Rita Kamacho

Reena Katz

Jesus Mora

Idil Mussa

Bojana Videkanic

FADO in cooperation with Toronto Free Gallery, is pleased to announce the latest instalment of its ongoing Emerging Artists series. Join us March 1–4 as local performance artists explore immigration issues in Enter-gration at Toronto Free Gallery. 

North America is increasingly joining global debates on immigration as new racisms surface. Borders and boundaries are being redefined in the name of security, as movement is facilitated for some groups while others are excluded. The question is who benefits from this security regime? Who is left out? This event is a small step to building our collective awareness of the demands of movement, expectations of submission, and the struggle to fulfill challenges faced by millions with precarious status daily.

Curator Nahed Mansour writes:

Crossing the border into North-American society is not a simple act for immigrants and refugees. [“It should be hard! We need safety! How else are we going to know who’s coming into our country?”] In curating Enter-gration, I’m trying to break down these well-worn myths. [“Why?”] I intend to explore ways in which integration through assimilation is a tactic aimed to make visible minorities invisible. [“But we have multiculturalism, don’t we?”].

SCHEDULE

March 1, 7–9 pm
Bojana Videkanic: Crossing Borders/Crossing Bodies (March 3 due to weather)
Jesus Mora: Illegal Migration (additional viewings added March 4 due to weather)

March 2, 7–9 pm
Rachel Gorman: Transit
Tejpal S. Ajji: Suhbuhk [Lesson]

March 3, 4–8 pm
Idil Mussa: Knot (4–6 pm)
Bojana Videkanic: Crossing Borders/Crossing Bodies (6–8 pm)
Reena Katz: Order to Remedy

March 4, 2–5 pm
Rita Kamacho: Urban Meditations
Karilynn Ming Ho: Cowboy BeBop (Ode To My Daddy)
Jesus Mora: Illegal Migration (at 2 pm & 5 pm)

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ABOUT THE EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES

Initiated in 2002 by Tanya Mars, FADO’s Emerging Artists Series was created to provide a professional platform for emerging artists and curators from Toronto and beyond. Working within a curatorial framework, the series is intended to nurture new work and ideas, as well as provide direction and mentorship. The series is also a vehicle to showcase the work of the community’s newest perspectives in performance art.