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SUMMARY:Artist Talk | Apolonija Šušteršič (Light Therapy)\, Aaron Labbé (LUCID)\, November Paynter (Artistic Director MOCA)
DESCRIPTION:How can culture and museums contribute to well-being in society? \nArchitect and artist\, Apolonija Šušteršič first installed Light Therapy in 1999 at Moderna Museet in Stockholm to explore how contemporary museums can act as a public space\, and as social spaces for wellbeing. \nBased in Toronto\, Aaron Labbé is determined to change the way we approach the treatment of mental health. Inspired by the lack of non-invasive therapy options\, Aaron created LUCID\, an immersive sensory experience that aims to help people cope with anxiety\, stress and depression\, as well as improve overall mental health. \nIn a conversation moderated by Paynter\, Šušteršič and Labbé will share their work and areas of concern\, and together consider how institutions can find ways to bridge disciplines and introduce ideas to improve public well-being. \nLight Therapy is the second project in the Art in Use series at MOCA. This year-long program presents works and public events that ask: Can art motivate social\, political and cultural change? What meaningful role does art play in our lives? How can we use it as a tool? \n  \nApolonija Šušteršič’s work is related to a critical analysis of space; usually focused on the processes and relationships between institutions\, cultural politics\, urban planning and architecture. Her broad-ranging interests stem from the study of space and continue its investigation into the social and political nature of our lived environment. She holds a PhD from the University of Lund\, Malmö Art Academy\, Sweden and is a professor in the Department of Art & Public Space art at Oslo National Academy for the Arts. She has participated in contemporary art institutions and events internationally. \nFor MOCA’s installation of Light Therapy\, we sought the advice of Aaron Labbé who has spent more than four years exploring non-invasive therapy options including light and sound. Labbé’s thesis project resulted in LUCID\, an immersive sensory experience designed to provide therapeutic support. LUCID is installed on Floor 1 of MOCA from January 18 – 27. \n#themuseumisnotwhatitusedtobe #lighttherapy #artinuse \nThis event is sold out! \nDepending on capacity\, there may be tickets available at the museum before the event.\nLUCID runs Jan. 18-27 and ‘Light Therapy’ is on view until April 30. \n  \n \nApolonija Šušteršič’\, Light Therapy\, 2018.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/talk-by-apolonija-sustersic-with-november-paynter-artistic-director-moca/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190102T130000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to BELIEVE
DESCRIPTION:Tour with curator\, David Liss\nAt 1pm and 1:30pm\n\nJoin us for a 20-minute introductory tour. Meet on Floor 1 under Kendell Geers’ BE:LIE:VE installation.\n\nNo registration needed.\nPlease purchase your admission ticket in advance online.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbove: Kendell Geers\, BE:LIE:VE\, 2002/2018. Below: Andreas Angelidakis\, DEMOS – A Reconstruction\, 2018. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/introduction-to-believe-6/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181219T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181219T140000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
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SUMMARY:Introduction to BELIEVE
DESCRIPTION:Tour with curator\, David Liss\nAt 1pm and 1:30pm\n\nJoin us for a 20-minute introductory tour. Meet on Floor 1 under Kendell Geers’ BE:LIE:VE installation.\n\nNo registration needed.\nPlease purchase your admission ticket in advance online.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbove: Kendell Geers\, BE:LIE:VE\, 2002/2018. Below: Andreas Angelidakis\, DEMOS – A Reconstruction\, 2018. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/introduction-to-believe-5/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk | Kendell Geers
DESCRIPTION:Profoundly marked by his upbringing in South Africa during the Apartheid era\, Kendell Geers’ art often explores issues of social and political justice. BE:LIE:VE\, specially commissioned by MOCA for our inaugural exhibition\, is one of a number of his neon works that expose literal word plays that urge new ways to consider the complexities and paradoxes of language\, power and truth. \nThis is a free event with registration.\n \nEngage and Immerse member registration opens November 19.\nPublic registration opens November 21.  \nRegister here\nFloor 1 \n \n Kendell Geers\, BE:LIE:VE\, 2002/2018. Still from Member Preview September 2018. Image by Alexis Wood.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/artist-talk-kendell-geers/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181130T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
CREATED:20181126T160919Z
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SUMMARY:Art Metropole: Discussion with Scapegoat editors and issue contributors
DESCRIPTION:Join Scapegoat Journal at MOCA and Art Metropole for the launch of our next issue! \nScapegoat Issue 11: LIFE\n\nArchitectural modernity is an emphatically secular modernity that imagines itself to have been recently liberated from an age in which architecture was a metaphysical discipline\, and whose architectural forms were constrained by the metaphysical requirements of the king or the church.\n\n \n\nToday\, architects do not see themselves as metaphysicians\, and yet there is unfinished metaphysical business at the core of the modern project that continually undermines this narrative of liberation. Hidden within the new rationalist core of architectural modernity is the old western metaphysical distinction between life and non-life — the living and the non-living — which in the 21st century has increasingly become a site of political struggle in the built environment\, linking struggles over reproductive rights\, environmental justice\, climate change\, archaeology\, and urban design.\n\n \n\nIn the LIFE issue we find evidence of architecture’s ongoing metaphysical work in the use of architectural building codes as a tool to limit women’s reproductive choices in Texas\, the US military’s conversion of the Aleutian archipelago into its own private radiation sensor\, the management of racialized ghosts in Indonesian squatter settlements\, the rise of neo-vitalist urbansim in Europe\, and the introduction of the logic of automation into burial practices in Tokyo.\n\n \nContributors include Alexander Arroyo\, Maros Krivy\, Rosemary Joyce\, Craig Damion Smith\, Will Fu\, Sanford Kwinter\, Noah Scheinman\, Larissa Belcic and Michelle Shofet\, Fan Wu\, Rouzbeh Akhbari and David Schnitman\, Micah Lexier\, Oliver Vilela\, Joe Culpepper\, Matthew Allen\, Michael Fisch and Erez Golani Solomon\, George Johannes and Lori Brown and Eliza McCullough\, and Adam Bobbette.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/art-metropole-discussion-with-scapegoat-editors-and-issue-contributors/
LOCATION:Art Metropole at MOCA\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6R 2B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art Metropole,Community Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181205
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SUMMARY:Screenings and Artist Talk | Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen
DESCRIPTION:For over a decade Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen has been working in a variety of media and materials to create visual responses to challenges within today’s society. Migration and disempowerment are some of his main areas of research. Larsen’s work can be understood as visual anthropology. His film Promised Land\, featured in the exhibition BELIEVE follows migrants in Calais\, France as they attempt the highly dangerous and near impossible task of getting into England. \n  \nScreening Program\nWednesday\, November 28 – Monday\, December 3 \nIn addition to his 3-channel film Promised Land included in the exhibition BELIEVE\, MOCA will program a selection of his recent works. \nArtist Talk\nSaturday\, December 1\, 3pm\nFloor 1 \nNikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen introduces clips from some of his most recent works exploring issues related to current global migration crises. \nThe artist talk is free but requires pre-registration. \nMember registration starts November 7.\nPublic registration starts November 8. \nRegister here \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen\, Promised Land\, 2011. Image courtesy the artist.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/screenings-and-artist-talk-nikolaj-bendix-skyum-larsen/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181117T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181117T153000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
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SUMMARY:Sound Performance | Jeneen Frei Njootli
DESCRIPTION:Jeneen Frei Njootli is a Vuntut Gwich’in artist and a founding member of the ReMatriate Collective. In her interdisciplinary practice she uses media such as performance\, sound and textiles. Much of her work deconstructs the history of the materials she uses. She investigates their relationship to trade\, ceremonial regalia\, and the politics of First Nations art. Her cinematic-scale photograph Knowledge Transference IV is included in MOCA’s inaugural exhibition BELIEVE\, and she is shortlisted for the 2018 Sobey Art Award. \nNjootli’s live sound performances are sonic landscapes; frequencies and living energies that carry knowledge\, information and stories related to her personal experience and the world around her. \nJoin us for a special performance on Floor 1. No registration required.\n \n  \n \nPhoto courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/sound-performance-jeneen-frei-njootli/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181116T203000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk | Tim Whiten
DESCRIPTION:Tim Whiten is a Toronto-based creator of charged objects that embody myths and narratives\, bringing these stories alive and affirming their relevance to the times in which we live. \nWork by Tim Whiten is featured in MOCA’s inaugural exhibition\, BELIEVE. His incredible glass objects\, After Phaeton and Reliquaire\, embody narratives related to power\, belief\, continuity of being and understanding our place in the world. \nTim Whiten was born in Inkster\, Michigan and lives and works in Toronto. He is represented by Olga Korper Gallery. “I do not refer to myself as an Artist; I think of myself as an image maker who also creates cultural objects. In close to forty years creating works\, I have sought to navigate the territory of the human condition and its transformative potential.” \nWork by Tim Whiten featured in MOCA’s inaugural exhibition\, BELIEVE (on view until January 6\, 2019): \nAfter Phaeton\, 2013 \nHand-crafted crystal clear glass\, ionized glass\, brass fittings \nAfter Phaeton embodies the mythological tale of Phaeton\, son of the sun god Helios\, who begged his father to let him drive the horse-drawn chariot of the sun. In a daring act of arrogance\, Phaeton ignored his father’s cautionary warnings about the mighty powers of the chariot and crashed it into the earth\, setting the planet ablaze. While Whiten does not insist upon singular interpretations of his work\, After Phaeton can be understood in our current era as a lesson related to humility\, privilege and power. \nReliquaire\, 2012 \nHandcrafted crystal clear glass\, human skull\, gold leaf \nResembling the sacred architecture of a church or temple\, Reliquaire is a glass container that houses a human skull visible through a magnified lens. The skull\, as a container for the brain\, represents the locus of knowledge\, imagination and identity. Most often relics are the preserved remains of someone who may have achieved great and extraordinary things\, but the identity of this skull\, obtained through medical and academic sources\, is unknown. Whiten protects and elevates this “ordinary” person\, acknowledging that all of life is sacred and important. \nThis event is free but requires pre-registration. \nMember registration starts November 7.\nPublic registration starts November 8. \nRegister here \n  \n \nTim Whiten\, After Phaeton\, 2012. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/tim-whiten-artist-talk/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Member's Event,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
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SUMMARY:Green Screen Workshop with Andy Holden
DESCRIPTION:Artist Andy Holden introduces the influence of cartoon landscapes\, characters and scripts on the world of contemporary art and his practice in particular. Participants will have the chance to delve into his research for Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape\, work on cartoon scripts\, make cartoon objects as props and then literally enter into the animated world via simple green screen technology.\n\nFree with admission\nAll ages \nPlease note\, Floor 5 is closed from 10am – 2pm for set up. \n  \nPhoto by Tom Sandler
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/green-screen-workshop-andy-holden/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181109T203000
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SUMMARY:'Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape' | Andy Holden LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Through close observation of the adventures of well-known characters including Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote\, artist Andy Holden has adapted ten laws of cartoon physics to create a theory of art and the world we now inhabit. The first of which is that “anybody suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of their situation.” Holden\, who first learned to draw by copying cartoons\, argues that the golden age of this discipline offered “a prophetic glimpse” into the world in which we live. Studying cartoons\, he suggests\, will help us better understand the events that are shaping our present day\, not least the moments of financial crisis and the recent election and referendum results. \nIn this special live performance\, Holden is transported into the cartoon-world via green screen technology. This leap into a series of familiar landscapes unfolds an astonishing journey through the history of animation\, critical theory\, physics and art\, before arriving at contemporary politics and Holden’s theory that the world has now come to resemble a cartoon. \nPrice:\nAdult: $15\nSeniors and Students: $10\nUnder 18: Free\nEngage and Immerse Members: $5 \nReserve your tickets here.\nLimited availability \nPlease note: Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape will be closed Friday\, November 9\, in order to set up and rehearse for the evening performance. \nWatch the trailer for Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape:
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/laws-of-motion-in-a-cartoon-landscape-andy-holden-live/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Member's Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181030
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SUMMARY:Art Toronto
DESCRIPTION:Canada’s international fair for modern and contemporary art\, returns this fall in its 19th season. Visit MOCA at Booth 13 and learn about our programs\, view select artworks and become a member. \nArtworks on View: \n\nDEMOS – A Reconstruction by Andreas Angelidakis\n\n  \nArt Toronto highlights. Join us at: \n\nWest End Gallery Hop\nFriday\, October 26\, 6-10pm\nHop across 17 of the top contemporary galleries in Toronto’s west-end. Free and open to the public.\n\n  \n\nBreaking Ground: New Models of Engaging Audiences\nSaturday\, October 27\, 1pm\nNovember Paynter\, Director of Programs\, will be speaking as part of Art Toronto’s PLATFORM Speaker Series.\n\n  \nArt Toronto Opening Night  \nThursday\, October 25\, 2018: 6:30-10pm\nA benefit for the Art Gallery of Ontario \nClick here to purchase Art Toronto Opening Night tickets. \nHours \nFriday\, October 26: 12-8pm\nSaturday\, October 27: 12-8pm\nSunday\, October 28: 12-6pm\nMonday\, October 29: 12-6pm \nClick here to purchase tickets to Art Toronto
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/art-toronto/
LOCATION:Metro Toronto Convention Centre\, North Building\, 255 Front Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181014T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181014T160000
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Legibilities of Disagreement with The Department of Unusual Certainties\, Pamila Matharu\, and Public Studio
DESCRIPTION:2 pm-4 pm\nAll ages welcome\nFree courtesy of TD Bank Group (no registration required)\nFloor 4\nPlease arrive 15 minutes early \nThe Department of Unusual Certainties\, Pamila Matharu\, Public Studio explore disagreement in different disciplines including urban geographies\, pedagogy\, and architecture. \nRehearsing Disagreement \nHiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois Rehearsing Disagreement is the first project in MOCA’s Art in Use series on MOCA’s Floor 4. The project comprises of four participatory works that explore disagreement and conflict through the lens of art and within the structure of museum. Inviting visitors to share their lived experiences\, the artists present the argument that co-existing in difference is a generative part of our civic responsibility. \nAs an extension to their project a weekend program\, Cultivating Legibilities of Disagreement\, features participatory activities\, talks\, and workshops that frame the question: how does disagreement play a useful role in our everyday? By identifying the positive effects of differences\, participants can develop the skill of agreeing to disagree. \n  \nBios \nThe Department of Unusual Certainties is a multi-disciplinary studio who designs a collaborative process for engagement\, communication and education. \nIn 2010\, DOUC started as a result of a shared need to ask questions about our everyday existence. This curiosity continues to grow and has manifested over the years through projects that traverse urban design\, public art\, education\, cartography and social engagement. \nPamila Matharu (Birmingham\, UK\, 1973- ) is an immigrant-settler with an interdisciplinary practice as an artist\, educator\, and cultural producer. She engages close readings of gaps\, omissions and fissures of the unexamined intersectional life and the everyday. A graduate of Visual Arts and Fine Arts Education from York University (2002)\, she’s been grant recipient from the Toronto\, Ontario and Canada Art Councils and continues to contribute to Toronto artist-run culture community for over the past 24 years; that has primarily focused on artist-run cultural production\, advocacy\, and art-worlding. Her upcoming solo show One of These Things are Not Like the Other\, debuts at A Space Gallery\, March 15 – April 20\, 2019. \nPublic Studio is the collective art practice of filmmaker Elle Flanders and architect Tamira Sawatzky. Public Studio creates large-scale public artworks\, lens-based works\, films\, and immersive installations\, which focus on conflict and landscape in the everyday. \nHiba Abdallah is a text-based artist who often works with others to develop public installations\, projects\, and exhibitions about the narratives of place. Abdallah’s work cultivates a playful yet reverent sense of community that seeks to foster collective public imagination. \nJustin Langlois is an artist\, organizer\, and currently an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Integrated Learning in the Faculty of Culture + Community at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. His practice explores collaborative structures\, critical pedagogy\, and custodial frameworks as tools for gathering\, learning\, and making. \n  \nAccessibility: \nMOCA Toronto is a barrier-free and accessible museum for all. We are located on the first five floors of the Tower Automotive Building\, with elevators serving each floor. The museum has wheelchair and stroller parking as well as two walkers and wheelchairs available onsite for use. If you have other needs we should know about\, contact us at visitorexperience@mocalegacy.webpreview.site ahead of time to make any arrangements. \n  \n\n  \nHiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois\, Failing is a Matter of Perspective – Rehearsing Disagreement Commission\, 2018. Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/cultivating-legibilities-of-disagreement-with-the-department-of-unusual-certainties-pamila-matharu-and-public-studio/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181013T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181013T170000
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SUMMARY:Difficult Conversations with Niki Landau
DESCRIPTION:1:30pm-5pm\nFree with admission\nLimited capacity (Registration required)\nFor ages 14 and over\nFloor 4 \nRegister here \nNiki Landau\, both a theatre artist and alternative dispute resolution practitioner\, will facilitate conversations around disagreement through a series of exercises that help build useful skills such as self-awareness\, listening\, compassion\, and mutual understanding. \nRehearsing Disagreement  \nHiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois’s Rehearsing Disagreement is the first project in MOCA’s Art in Use series on MOCA’s Floor 4. The project is comprised of four participatory works that explore disagreement and conflict through the lens of art and within the structure of the museum. Inviting visitors to share their lived experiences\, the artists present the argument that co-existing in difference is a generative part of our civic responsibility. \nAs an extension to their project\, a weekend program features participatory activities\, talks\, and workshops that frame the question: how does disagreement play a useful role in our everyday? By identifying the positive effects of differences\, participants can develop the skill of agreeing to disagree. \n  \nBios \nNiki Landau is a mediator\, actor\, playwright\, and theatre producer. She teaches theatre arts at York University and Seneca College\, and is a Mediation and Communication Skills trainer who has worked with many individuals\, families and organizations to help improve skills\, relationships and group dynamics. She co­founded Theatre PANIK in 2005 and has taken part in the grassroots peacemaking initiative The Compassionate Listening Project. \nHiba Abdallah is a text-based artist who often works with others to develop public installations\, projects\, and exhibitions about the narratives of place. Abdallah’s work cultivates a playful yet reverent sense of community that seeks to foster collective public imagination. \nJustin Langlois is an artist\, organizer\, and currently an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Integrated Learning in the Faculty of Culture + Community at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. His practice explores collaborative structures\, critical pedagogy\, and custodial frameworks as tools for gathering\, learning\, and making. \n  \nRegister here\nA general admission ticket must be purchased in addition for entry into the event. You may purchase your ticket at the museum or online. \n  \nAccessibility: \nMOCA Toronto is a barrier-free and accessible museum for all. We are located on the first five floors of the Tower Automotive Building\, with elevators serving each floor. The museum has wheelchair and stroller parking as well as two walkers and wheelchairs available onsite for use. If you have other needs we should know about\, contact us at visitorexperience@mocalegacy.webpreview.site ahead of time to make any arrangements. \n \n\n  \nHiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois\, Striking a Balance – Rehearsing Disagreement Commission\, 2018. Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.\n 
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/difficult-conversations-with-niki-landau/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181014T110000
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SUMMARY:All the Headlines We Can't Agree With (Reading the Paper\, Together) Hiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Oct. 13\, 11am-1pm\nSunday\, Oct. 14\, 11am-1pm\nAll ages welcome\nFree with admission (no registration required)\nFloor 4 \nHiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois welcome visitors to a collective newspaper reading activity. Visitors will work with the artists to scroll through current newspaper articles and highlighting headlines\, quotes\, and arguments they disagree with. The exercise will emphasise how points of disagreement with representations of the world around us can be a catalyst for meaningful conversations. \nRehearsing Disagreement \nHiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois’s Rehearsing Disagreement is the first project in MOCA’s Art in Use series on MOCA’s Floor 4. The project is comprised of four participatory works that explore disagreement and conflict through the lens of art and within the structure of the museum. Inviting visitors to share their lived experiences\, the artists present the argument that co-existing in difference is a generative part of our civic responsibility. \nAs an extension to their project a weekend program\, features participatory activities\, talks\, and workshops that frame the question: how does disagreement play a useful role in our everyday? By identifying the positive effects of differences\, participants can develop the skill of agreeing to disagree. \n  \n  \nBios  \nHiba Abdallah is a text-based artist who often works with others to develop public installations\, projects\, and exhibitions about the narratives of place. Abdallah’s work cultivates a playful yet reverent sense of community that seeks to foster collective public imagination. \nJustin Langlois is an artist\, organizer\, and currently an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Integrated Learning in the Faculty of Culture + Community at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. His practice explores collaborative structures\, critical pedagogy\, and custodial frameworks as tools for gathering\, learning\, and making. \n  \nAccessibility: \nMOCA Toronto is a barrier-free and accessible museum for all. We are located on the first five floors of the Tower Automotive Building\, with elevators serving each floor. The museum has wheelchair and stroller parking as well as two walkers and wheelchairs available onsite for use. If you have other needs we should know about\, contact us at visitorexperience@mocalegacy.webpreview.site ahead of time to make any arrangements. \n \n\n  \nHiba Abdallah and Justin Langlois\, But What Do You Really Think – Rehearsing Disagreement Commission\, 2018. Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/all-the-headlines-we-cant-agree-with-reading-the-paper-together-hiba-abdallah-and-justin-langlois/
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180930T070000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
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SUMMARY:DEMOS - A Reconstruction - Nuit Blanche at MOCA
DESCRIPTION:DEMOS – A Reconstruction\, 2018 \n74 vinyl-covered foam modules \nRelationships that are constantly negotiated in the age of the Internet are explored in three dimensions by Andreas Angelidakis’s DEMOS – A Reconstruction. \nThe work consists of 74 foam modules that have been arranged for Nuit Blanche into a fixed structure designed by the artist. This amphitheatre-like space can be used as seating from which to watch three videos that trace the story of Angelidakis’s first Soft Ruin that was produced in 2007 to his current installation at MOCA. \nWorks on show: \nTetris Mountain\, 2003 \nBuilding an Electronic Ruin\, 2011 \nMINERVA\, 2014 \nPlease note that for Nuit Blanche the installation of DEMOS – A Reconstruction is a fixed structure and the modules should not be moved. \n  \n“I started out as an architect\, working in online communities such as Active Worlds and Second Life. I was part of a collective called NEEN\, which in the early 2000s explored the new boundaries of Art Online\, or what we used to call “the emotional landscape of the Internet.” I built worlds for our group\, places where we could hang out as avatars and pretend to be together. I tried to understand what the architecture of the internet could be\, what kind of buildings would grab the fleeting attention span of the online human. \nA few years later\, I visited Second Life again\, and found some of my abandoned buildings\, looking as new as when I copy-pasted and re-coded modules to build them. I began to think of how I could make an electronic building age gracefully\, instead of just looking dated. I went back to Second Life\, and tried to teach a building how to become a ruin. \nSomewhere in the process\, I turned my electronic ruin into soft building parts\, upholstered with digitally printed textures. On these new ruins\, visitors could comfortably lie down to watch the story of my Soft (ware) Ruin.” \nExtract from text by Andreas Angelidakis \n\nLast entry time: 6:30 a.m. \n  \nAccessibility: \nMOCA Toronto is a barrier-free and accessible museum for all. We are located on the first five floors of the Tower Automotive Building\, with elevators serving each floor. The museum has wheelchair and stroller parking as well as two walkers and wheelchairs available onsite for use. If you have other needs we should know about\, contact us at visitorexperience@mocalegacy.webpreview.site ahead of time to make any arrangements. \nAndreas Angelidakis\, Installation View DEMOS – A Reconstruction\, 2018. Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/demos-a-reconstruction-nuit-blanche-at-moca/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180526T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180527T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
CREATED:20180522T220312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180523T182152Z
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SUMMARY:Sneak Preview Weekend: Doors Open Toronto
DESCRIPTION:MOCA’s new home in the Junction Triangle will truly define what we believe is the role of the 21st century museum: to be first and foremost a welcoming\, accessible\, and relevant space. \nWe are inviting the public for a sneak preview weekend\, May 26-27\, 2018 for Doors Open Toronto. \nSaturday\, May 26\, 12pm – 5pm (last entry at 4:30pm) \nSunday\, May 27\, 12pm – 5pm (last entry at 4:30pm) \nAccessibility Notes: Due to ongoing construction\, MOCA is not currently accessible by mobility aid devices. Visitors will need to climb 1 step from the street into a stairwell\, and an additional 32 of steps/stairs to access an elevator on the second floor. \nDirections \n 
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/sneak-preview-weekend-doors-open-toronto/
LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170916T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170917T190000
DTSTAMP:20260407T014105
CREATED:20170824T205711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170824T211400Z
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SUMMARY:MOCA at the Roncesvalles Polish Festival
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. \nJoin us over the weekend of September 16 & 17 at the Roncesvalles Polish Festival. Grab some pierogies and meet us at our green MOCA tent where we’ll be sharing information about the new museum and document community thoughts and feelings on camera. \nWe are interviewing the public to find out their views on contemporary art\, what they believe are the relevant issues of our time\, and their hopes for the new MOCA. Plus interviewees will receive a snazzy MOCA tote bag. \nSaturday\, September 16\, 11am-11 pm (MOCA tent hours: 11-6pm)\n Sunday\, September 17\, 11am – 7 pm (MOCA tent hours: 11am – 7pm) \nLocation:\n Roncesvalles Avenue\n Click here for directions
URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/polish-festival/
LOCATION:The Roncesvalles Polish Festival\, Roncesvalles Avenue\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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