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Exhibition highlights the reawakening of the Pacific Central Northwest Coast Nation’s cultural practices and family belonging.
The Polygon Gallery presents As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic from Feb. 24–May 14, 2023. The international touring exhibition, curated by The Polygon Gallery’s Elliott Ramsey, is dedicated entirely to the Wedge Collection as featured in Aperture’s recently published book of more than 100 photographs from African diasporic culture. The exhibition celebrates Black life in its myriad forms, drawing from cultures around the Atlantic to illustrate a polyphonic sense of community and family.
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC is exhibiting Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots, on display from November 4, 2021–March 27, 2022. The vital exhibition shines a light on the different ways of understanding the world through the lenses of African and Black communities by exploring the relationships between traditional and contemporary African art and Black Canadian contemporary art. The exhibition is a celebration of these diverse practices and the lasting legacy of African and Black Canadian artists.
This Capture Photo Fest speaker series event is not one to miss! Kaja Silverman—one of today’s most exciting critical thinkers in the field of photography, whose work informed the curatorial premise of The Blue Hour, the 2018 Feature Exhibition—gives a lecture based on her forthcoming book. See you there!
In this workshop with Vancouver-based video and photo artist Annie Briard, participants will be encouraged to consider how, through the magic of stop-motion photography, they might explore the spaces between the real and the imagined, the physical and the virtual.
“No Where Now Here explores how cultural landscapes are increasingly becoming criss-crossed and blurred due to globalization, shifting borders, and the current migration crisis. What are our perceptions of borders, boundaries, and shared habitats in today’s global climate?”
For analogue-based photography, is it the best of times, or the worst? Could the future be analogue after all? Panelists Nicole Langdon-Davies (Beau Photo) and Katie Stewart (SAD Magazine), and moderator Alistair Henning explore these questions in this talk organized by ArtsScene Vancouver.
Nadia Belerique and Sky Goodden talk the poetics of perception, the role of images in contemporary culture, and the exchange between artist and viewer. Part of Capture Photography Festival's speaker series.
Listen to Megan A. Smetzer give a lecture on the reframing of indigenous/settler narratives through photographic practices.
How have artists approached the atomic in their work? How do the intertwining histories of nuclear power and photography affect artistic production? As new threat of nuclear action looms today, what responsibilities does art have to address this topic? Together Siddall and O’Brian trace the influence of the nuclear on artistic expression in the atomic age and of art on nuclear activity. Part of Capture Photo Fest's speaker series.
As part of Capture Photography Festival's speaking series, David Campany discusses the nature and fate of news photography archives and the appropriation of press imagery by artists. Be sure to check out the corresponding festival exhibition, Yesterday's News!
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