Live stream adddress: https://www.youtube.com/user/7a11dfestival/live

7a*md8 Live Stream is the third and final stage of our multi-platform exploration of performative practices in the digital age. Artists in 7a*md8 Live Stream examine contemporary developments in the relationship between body, lens-based practices and the politics of access. This includes an interest in exploring notions of being simultaneously near and far across a range of social relations, thinking about access and location not only as a barrier, but indeed as a political choice. For artists working in performance, video-broadcasting platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram Live provide an instant and accessible medium for documentation and dissemination. This allows, among other possibilities, for ongoing, cumulative performance practices that can record everyday situations at home and work spaces that have not always been accessible to a general public.

Artists will present new performance works from a variety of locations across the globe live streamed at Trinity Square Video in Toronto on December 14, 2017.

7a*md8 Live Stream artists include Maryse Arseneault, Ali Asgar, Ivanie Aubin-Malo, Jef Carnay, ee portal [Elyse & Emilio Portal], Maggie Flynn, Romi Kim, Russell Louder, Freya Björg Olafson, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Camila Salcedo, Selma Selman, and Liz Solo.

7a*md8 Live Stream archived compilation

7a*md8 On-Line artists include Natasha Bailey, Kiera Boult, Yolanda Duarte, Bishara Elmi, Nadège Grebmeier Forget, Jessica Karuhanga, sab meynert, Mohammad Rezaei  jes sachse, and Syrus Marcus Ware.

7a*md8 On Line artist interviews

7a*md8 – On Screen is a collection of performances designed specifically for the camera by local, national and international artists. In the past few years we have seen how the camera has played a major role in bringing attention to narratives, events and bodies marginalized from the general public. Lens-based media and online platforms have created new possibilities for self representation. The artists selected for this series will speak to our relationship to media as a form of accessible communication in the face of unevenly permeable borders.

7a*md8 – On Screen artists include Lisa Birke, Erika DeFreitas, Johanna Householder & b. h. Yael, Merritt Johnson, Cressida Kocienski, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Manolo Lugo, Julieta María, Zinnia Naqvi, Michèle Pearson Clarke, Lisa Steele, Tadasu Takamine, and Alize Zorlutuna.

(Un)settled is a site-specific exhibition and residency that sets out to investigate and unsettle the history of the Guild Park and Gardens—formerly the Guild of all Arts—in Scarborough, which has grown from a collection of rural communities into a dense and culturally diverse urban sprawl on the eastern flank of Toronto. Curated by Bojana Videkanic.

For more information about (Un)settled visit http://www.unsettledproject.com

FREE TRANSPORTATION

A free bus service will be provided from downtown Toronto (Dundas St. W. south side in front of the AGO at the designated Motor Coach Loading Area) to the Guild Park and Gardens on Saturday June 10. To reserve a spot on the bus please e-mail bojana.videkanic@uwaterloo.ca. Please include your name, e-mail address and June 10th in the subject line. The spots on the bus are limited and are on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Desire Lines is a visual art exhibition showcasing notable regional artists presenting artwork from a wide variety of disciplines and curated by Art Spin’s Layne Hinton & Rui Pimenta, organized by Art Spin in partnership with Waterfront Toronto.

This exhibition responds to themes that deal with the highly nuanced dynamic of placemaking and what constitutes the concept of home, as well as exploring our complex and storied relationship to our waterfront. Desire Lines is curated in both a massive 8000 sqft. warehouse and retired condo presentation centre with many works responding to the unique features of the space itself.

Location:
291 Lake Shore Boulevard East (just west of Parliament St.)
Look for a painted white warehouse. The exhibition is fully accessible. The space, which is just south of the Distillery District, can be accessed easily by bicycle from the Waterfront Trail, or by car via Queens Quay, there is a paid parking lot available on site.

Opening Night Reception & Party: Thursday, August 24, 7 pm – 1 am
Exhibition Runs: August 25 – September 3
Exhibition Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 12 pm – 8 pm, Sundays 12 pm – 6 pm

ARTISTS:
Karen Miranda Abel
Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins
Kaitlyn Bourden
Hannah Busse
Paul Chartrand
Nicole Clouston
Naomi Dodds
Anna Eyler
Chris Foster
Young & Giroux
Sarah Kernohan
Alex McLeod
Daniel Rotsztain
Sheldon Storey
Jessica Thalmann
Tough Guy Mountain
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SPECIAL EVENTS:
Opening Night Party – Thursday August 24, 7 pm – 1 am
Opening night features a unique screening of a film program, 7a*md8 On-Screen, programmed by Golboo Amani and Fransisco-Fernando Granados, along with a musical performances by T.Dot BANGERZ Brass programmed by Art Spin’s partners at CDR and a dance-floor friendly set by DJ General Eclectic.

Curator and Artist Talk – Saturday August 26, 3 pm – 4 pm
Join Art Spin curators Layne Hinton and Rui Pimenta to walk through the exhibition and discuss some of the curatorial themes. Artists joining us to talk about their work – to be announced.

Presenting Partners:
Waterfront Toronto
Myseum of Toronto

Funding Partners:
Toronto Arts Council
Ontario Arts Council

In-Kind Partnerships:
InterAccess
Ed Video Media Arts Centre
CDR
Bike Pirates
Hoop Driver
Trip To The Moon
Everything but the Band