BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada - ECPv6.0.8//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201222T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201222T190000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20201216T025551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T135348Z UID:19065-1608656400-1608663600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Tea Base: Mahjong Live Zoom Hall DESCRIPTION:Register now\n\n\n \n \n Online pre-registration required \n Join Tea Base for a performative Mahjong game where a family group\, Hannia\, Jade and Chau Cheng will play together with Florence Yee facilitating and the audience acting as the fourth player! \nFrom December 2020 – March 2021\, Tea Base is in residence with MOCA. A plan to host monthly Mahjong Halls on Michael Lin’s installation Archipelago (2020) has been reformatted to launch online. Once MOCA can reopen and it is safe to do so\, the programme will activate the space and be hosted in person. Additionally an instructional manual has been produced by Tea Base that anyone can download and spend more time with. During their virtual residency\, Tea Base will also be conducting research into oral histories to create a living archive of grassroots endeavours by queer and BIPOC collectives in the neighbourhood. \nMahjong is a tile-based game played in much of East and South-East Asia\, originating sometime in the Qing dynasty. There are different rules in each location\, although the version Tea Base play is the Hong Kong style. It is meant to be a gambling game\, but most people only use chips to keep score. As a tool for social engagement\, it is often seen as a game for seniors\, like in the dozens of Mahjong halls in family associations in Toronto. It is used by Tea Base and the community as a way of practicing Cantonese\, connecting others and working the brain. \nDon’t forget to download Tea Base’s Mahjong Instruction Booklet to become familiar with the game of mahjong. \n \n \n \n \n Download\n\n\n \n \n Tea Base is a curious community arts space tucked away in Tkaronto/Toronto’s Chinatown Centre Mall. The community aim to make accessible space for intergenerational activists and artists who support social justice movements in and around Chinatown. Tea Base is a space that develops solidarity across marginalized groups through relationships\, joy\, and collaboration. Some of the members taking part in MOCA’s programming include Christie Carrière\, Florence Yee\, Hannia Cheng. \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAnimation based on an illustration by Christie Carrière URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/tea-base-mahjong-live-zoom-hall/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Tea-Base-Mahjong_Illustratiion_Christie-Carrière_gif.gif ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200329T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200329T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230620T205303Z UID:15539-1585486800-1585501200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light.\n\nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks.\n\nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to.\n\nLearn more\n\nThe Power of a Single Seed\nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n\n\nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each day of the workshop series will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification and preparing a seed to grow in its preferred environment. At the end of the workshop\, you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Archiving Eden: Exchange (detail)\, 2019\, Installation view at MOCA Toronto\, Canada. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2020-02-14-2020-03-29/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Seed-exchange-web-banners-01.png ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200329T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200329T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200127T183231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200317T151211Z UID:15955-1585483200-1585497600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Drawing to Communicate with Dalia Hassan DESCRIPTION:MOCA Toronto will be temporarily closed effective Saturday\, March 14\, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our communities. We are closely monitoring the situation with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Toronto Public Health.\nWe will be rescheduling this event. Please stay tuned on our website for new dates or changes. \n\nThough drawing is typically viewed as a springboard to further artistic production\, this workshop will explore drawing as a fundamental practice in its own right. Participants will be encouraged to express their personal experiences through the lines\, shapes\, colours and textures they draw\, contributing to and building upon each other’s work in a group activity designed to open up communication and response. \nIn addition to guiding the workshop\, artist and Akin studio resident Dalia Hassan will share her experiences in contemporary drawing and display samples of her work to provide participants with examples of different drawing techniques. \n  \nDalia Hassan is a Cairo-born\, Toronto-based visual artist. She received her Bachelor of Visual Arts from the American University in Cairo in 2007 and has spent the majority of her career working as an independent artist in Egypt. Hassan’s earlier work explored themes relating to city life\, reflecting the abnormalities of her urban environment in a fantasized setting\, often with gallows humor. Hassan’s recent practice\, however\, has turned toward abstraction\, focusing on the mind and the relationship between consciousness and existence. Her work has been exhibited in Cairo and Toronto. \nThis workshop occurs on TD Community Sunday. Admission to the museum is free all day! \n\n\nDalia Hassan\, DRW 12-19\, sumi ink\, felt-tip pen and watercolour on paper\, 8.5 x 11 inches\, 2019 URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/drawing-to-communicate-with-dalia-hassan/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Community Event,Family,Free,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Dalia-Hassan_Event-Calendar-Banner_1200x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200328T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200328T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200302T205638Z UID:15538-1585400400-1585414800@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \nThe Power of a Single Seed\nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n \nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each day of the workshop series will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification and preparing a seed to grow in its preferred environment. At the end of the workshop\, you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home. \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Archiving Eden: Exchange (detail)\, 2019\, Installation view at MOCA Toronto\, Canada. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2020-02-14-2020-03-28/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Seed-exchange-web-banners-01.png ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200327T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200327T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200127T182730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T205003Z UID:15943-1585335600-1585339200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:EVERYWHERE BEEN THERE DESCRIPTION:MOCA Toronto will be temporarily closed effective Saturday\, March 14\, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our communities. We are closely monitoring the situation with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Toronto Public Health.\nWe will be rescheduling this event. Please stay tuned on our website for new dates or changes. \n\nFriday\, March 27 at 7 pm (Chapter I) \nSaturday\, March 28 at 2 pm (Chapter II) \nSunday\, March 29 at 2 pm (Chapter III) \nPresented as part of the exhibition HUSH SKY MURMUR HOLE by Megan Rooney\, this three-chapter performance further animates notions of traditional femininity\, domesticity\, consumption-based societies and the mythological that occur throughout Rooney’s practice. Please join us for the Toronto premiere in the exhibition space on MOCA’s Floor 3. \nChoreography: Temitope Ajose-Cutting\nSound: Paolo Thorsen-Nagel\nPerformers: Temitope Ajose-Cutting\, Leah Marojevic\, Megan Rooney\, Moira Rooney\nDirection\, Text and Costumes: Megan Rooney \nIncluded with museum admission. \n\n \nMegan Rooney\, EVERYWHERE BEEN THERE\, Performance Kunsthalle Düsseldorf\, 2019. Photo: Katja Illner URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/everywhere-been-there/2020-03-27/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Free,Performance,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Megan-Rooney_Event-Calendar-Banner_1200x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200320T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200127T183157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T204946Z UID:15941-1584730800-1584734400@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Artists on Artists: Daniel Rotsztain on Carlos Bunga’s "A Sudden Beginning" DESCRIPTION:MOCA Toronto will be temporarily closed effective Saturday\, March 14\, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our communities. We are closely monitoring the situation with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Toronto Public Health.\nWe will be rescheduling this event. Please stay tuned on our website for new dates or changes. \n\nAt an existential moment in Toronto’s development\, how does Carlos Bunga’s A Sudden Beginning respond\, not just to MOCA\, but to the city beyond? This tour by urban geographer Daniel Rotsztain will explore how Bunga’s work can help us grapple with the uncertainty and impermanence of a rapidly changing urban environment. How do we locate ourselves in a city that is shifting beneath our feet? Where do our stories live when the landscape is unstable? Bunga’s immersive\, impermanent sculptures offer clues. \nMOCA’s Artists on Artists series is a programme where local artists are invited to discuss MOCA’s current exhibitions\, or a single artwork\, in any format or direction of their choosing. \n  \nDaniel Rotsztain is an urban geographer\, artist\, writer and cartographer whose work examines our relationship to the places we inhabit. The author and illustrator of All the Libraries Toronto and A Colourful History Toronto\, Rotsztain’s work has been featured in the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star and as a regular segment on CBC Radio’s Here and Now. A frequenter of libraries\, malls and strip malls\, Rotsztain seeks to understand and support the diverse settings of the city’s public life through walking tours\, residencies and landscape interventions. He is the co-lead of plazaPOPS\, an initiative dedicated to recognizing and enhancing strip mall parking lots as community gathering spaces in Toronto’s inner suburbs. \n\n\n\n\nImage courtesy the artist. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/artists-on-artists-daniel-rotsztain-on-carlos-bungas-a-sudden-beginning/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Free,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Daniel-Rotsztain_Event-Calendar-Banner_1200x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200316T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200212T144402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T204925Z UID:16221-1584360000-1584374400@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:March Break Sound Workshop DESCRIPTION:MOCA Toronto will be temporarily closed effective Saturday\, March 14\, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our communities. We are closely monitoring the situation with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Toronto Public Health.\nWe will be rescheduling this event. Please stay tuned on our website for new dates or changes. \n\nJoin Toronto-based artists/composers Germaine Liu\, Anni Spadafora and Christopher Willes as they construct an evolving installation of sound sculptures and drawings in a noisy meditation on the weather. Participants are invited to play and draw on a sonic table that amplifies their actions into a collective soundscape\, creating an unusual experience of listening. Using everyday objects and audio instruments\, this workshop explores sound as a physical energy that moves through the air. \nEach day at 2 pm the artists will lead participatory sound performances. Experience a vibrant sonic environment that brings weird weather inside. \nChristopher Willes is an interdisciplinary artist\, composer\, and researcher based in Toronto. He is an associate artist of Public Recordings—a collective that focuses on interdisciplinary performance\, publication\, and learning. He studied music at the University of Toronto and received an MFA from Bard College. \nGermaine Liu is a Toronto-based percussionist and composer. Her recent work focuses on the relationships between human and instrumental bodies by developing environmental specific pieces that explore the sounds inherent to objects and spaces. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in music composition at York University in Toronto. \nAnni Spadafora (Guest Facilitator (March 19 and 20) is an interdisciplinary artist and performer based in Toronto. She is a founding member of the band New Fries. Recent project and performance sites include Extrapool (Nijmegen)\, Milieux Institute (Montreal)\, Gardiner Museum (Toronto)\, Khyber Centre for the Arts (Halifax)\, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. \n  \nMOCA will be open during March Break\, March 16–20: \nMonday 11 am–6 pm\nTuesday 11 am–6 pm\nWednesday 11 am–6 pm\nThursday 11 am–6 pm\nFriday 11 am–9 pm\nSaturday 11 am–6 pm\nSunday 11 am–6 pm \nMarch Break Workshop is from 12 pm–4pm. \n\nImage by Claire Harvie\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/march-break-sound-workshop/2020-03-16/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Family,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/rock-talking1200x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200314T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200314T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200313T204929Z UID:15532-1584190800-1584205200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:MOCA Toronto will be temporarily closed effective Saturday\, March 14\, to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our communities. We are closely monitoring the situation with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Toronto Public Health.\nWe will be rescheduling this event. Please stay tuned on our website for new dates or changes. \n\nArchiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \n  \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Archiving Eden: Exchange (detail)\, 2019\, Installation view at MOCA Toronto\, Canada. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2020-02-14-2020-03-14/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Seed-exchange-web-banners-01.png ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200229T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200229T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T190916Z UID:15531-1582981200-1582995600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \nThe Power of a Single Seed\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n \nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each day of the workshop series will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification and preparing a seed to grow in its preferred environment. At the end of the workshop\, you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home. \nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Archiving Eden: Exchange (detail)\, 2019\, Installation view at MOCA Toronto\, Canada. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2020-02-14-2020-02-29/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Seed-exchange-web-banners-01.png ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200223T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200223T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T190856Z UID:15530-1582462800-1582477200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \nThe Power of a Single Seed\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n \nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each day of the workshop series will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification and preparing a seed to grow in its preferred environment. At the end of the workshop\, you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home. \nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Archiving Eden: Exchange (detail)\, 2019\, Installation view at MOCA Toronto\, Canada. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2020-02-14-2020-02-23/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Seed-exchange-web-banners-01.png ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200223T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200223T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200127T183118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200131T143041Z UID:15953-1582459200-1582473600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Colour Feels with Laura Dawe DESCRIPTION:Drop-in and learn how to transform your feelings into abstract paintings. Taking inspiration from Megan Rooney’s exhibition HUSH SKY MURMUR HOLE\, Toronto-based artist Laura Dawe will teach you how to express your emotions through texture and shape\, invite attendees to consider the metaphoric aspects of their feelings\, and learn a variety of mark-making and colour mixing techniques. Leave with two or three small finished works on paper. All materials will be provided. \nLaura Dawe is a multidisciplinary artist whose painting and installation work is frequently exhibited by major Toronto commercial galleries. Recently\, she completed a collaborative installation in the Drake Sky Yard and an interactive Tarot performance at /edition International Art Book Fair. Dawe teaches a drawing workshop called Joyful Still Lives from her studio and is a drawing professor at Sheridan College. She holds an MFA from OCADU and a BA in History from Dalhousie University. \nThis workshop occurs on TD Community Sunday. Admission to the museum is free all day! \n\n \n \nImage courtesy the artist. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/colour-feels-with-laura-dawe/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Family,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Laura-Dawe_Event-Calendar-Banner_1200x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200221T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200127T183048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200131T143025Z UID:15939-1582311600-1582315200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Artists on Artists: Kristina Guison on Sarah Sze’s "Images in Debris" DESCRIPTION:Led by artist Kristina Guison\, this tour invites viewers to engage with Sarah Sze’s installation Images in Debris through a series of perceptual and meditative exercises. Interactive prompts will frame a discussion connecting Sze’s work to cognitive psychological theories of memory and perception. \nMOCA’s Artists on Artists series is a programme where local artists are invited to discuss MOCA’s current exhibitions\, or a single artwork\, in any format or direction of their choosing. \nKristina Guison is a sculpture\, installation and performance artist investigating ontological questions in science and culture. She completed her BFA in Sculpture/Installation at OCAD University in 2016 and is currently studying Psychology and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Guison has exhibited her work and participated in artist residencies in Canada\, the Philippines and Spain. \n\n\nKristina Guison\, Weather to Store. Act 3: Outside\, 2018. Co-presented by SAVAC\, FADO and Art Spin\, Toronto. Photo credit: Priam Thomas. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/artists-on-artists-kristina-guison-on-sarah-szes-images-in-debris/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Free,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Kristina-Guison_Event-Calendar-Banner_1200x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200217T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200217T123000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200127T182437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200212T213555Z UID:15935-1581939000-1581942600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Movement Workshop with Pia Bouman and Annie Feiler DESCRIPTION:This Family Day\, join choreographers Pia Bouman and Annie Feiler for a movement workshop that will guide participants through Carlos Bunga’s sprawling cardboard installation\, A Sudden Beginning. Through a series of somatic prompts\, participants will be invited to interact with the installation and reflect on themes of architecture and temporality. \nPia Bouman is a choreographer whose works reflect on the immediate — on things that must be shared to become part of collective memory. With many of her works appearing at dance festivals and schools throughout Toronto\, Bouman performed Dissemination\, a solo created for her by Alison Cummins\, as part of the Older & Reckless series (curated by Claudia Moore) in 2012\, and a self-choreographed piece\, Erasing Margins\, as part of the same series in 2018. She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement\, a not-for-profit organization with a unique and inclusive mandate. After 42 years in Parkdale\, the school opened its doors on Sterling Road in September 2019. \nAnnie Feiler received her dance education at the Pia Bouman School for Ballet and Creative Movement and\, later\, in Windsor\, Ontario\, with Anne Marie Pilon Gerdun. After reconnecting with Bouman following her university studies\, Feiler teaches in the school’s Young Children’s Program. \nThis workshop takes place at two times on Monday\, February 17. Sign up for free below: \n11:30 am\n2:30 pm \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nIntervening A Sudden Beginning\nPictured: allie higgins\, Lauren Runions\, Denise Solleza\, Yui Ugai and Shelby Wright\nI/O Movement\nPhotography by Colin Medley URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/movement-workshop-with-pia-bouman-and-annie-feiler/2020-02-17/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Family,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Web-Banners-Feb-2020-01.png ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200215T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T190832Z UID:15528-1581771600-1581786000@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \nThe Power of a Single Seed\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n \nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each day of the workshop series will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification and preparing a seed to grow in its preferred environment. At the end of the workshop\, you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home. \nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Archiving Eden: Exchange (detail)\, 2019\, Installation view at MOCA Toronto\, Canada. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2020-02-14-2020-02-15/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Seed-exchange-web-banners-01.png ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200207T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200207T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191216T151554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T210228Z UID:15797-1581094800-1581109200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Free Friday Nights DESCRIPTION:From 5 pm to 9 pm MOCA’s programmes and exhibitions will be free. \nDine at Forno Cultura. Members receive half off select bottles of wine. \nFree Friday Nights are made possible with support from the Hal Jackman Foundation \nPhoto by Gabriel Li\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/free-friday-nights/2020-02-07/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Web_Event-calandar-.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200205T193000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20200120T145916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200131T142930Z UID:15931-1580929200-1580931000@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Intervening "A Sudden Beginning": allie higgins\, Lauren Runions\, Denise Solleza\, Yui Ugai and Shelby Wright DESCRIPTION:To mark the opening of MOCA’s 2020 winter exhibitions\, this performative intervention will take place within and alongside Carlos Bunga’s large-scale cardboard installations included in A Sudden Beginning. Through a succession of slow and deliberate movements carried out by five dancers\, this performance positions Bunga’s installation as a passageway and transitional space\, softening the relationship between body and materiality. Choreographed by Lauren Runions of I/O Movement. \n  \nLauren Runions is a Toronto-based contemporary dance artist\, choreographer and founder of I/O Movement\, a contemporary dance project that considers the flexibility of place and invites movement into daily life. Runions has participated in multiple self-directed and facilitated residencies including Open Space: CreativAction\, The Collective Practice Project\, Banff Centre: Collective Composition Lab\, Dancemakers: Plug & Play\, The Roundtable Residency\, Connection Dance Works and ANDA. As community development increasingly drives her practice\, she has hosted public workshops including Movement at the Mall (Art Starts/Daniel Rotzstain)\, Dancing + Drawing (I/O Movement) and Field Guide for Performance in Public Space (Maximum City). \nallie higgins\, originally from Charlottetown\, Prince Edward Island\, is a Toronto-based contemporary dance artist and longtime collaborator with Lauren Runions and I/O Movement. She has appeared in such works as Last Song for PS: we are all here\, Shell Power for Split Bill\, and in various works by New Blue Dance. higgins has also presented her own work for I/O Movement’s This is Our Place residency and Art in the Open (PEI). \nDenise Solleza (they/them) is a Toronto-based Filipinx-Canadian dance artist. Graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from York University in 2013\, they have worked with such artists as Valerie Calam\, Brandy Leary/Anandam Dancetheatre\, Hanna Kiel\, Roshanak Jaberi/Jaberi Dance Theatre and Tracey Norman. Solleza is also the co-founder of contemporary dance collective Half Second Echo. \nYui Ugai was born in Hiroshima\, Japan\, and began her training at the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and Theatre Dance in Hiroshima and Takarazuka. In 2008\, Ugai was awarded a prize for excellence in dance by Dance Dance Dance magazine\, and has since performed at Nuit Blanche\, Luminato Festival\, Fringe Festival\, Heliconian Club\, WE DAY\, Dance Ontario Dance Weekend and Dance Matters. She has performed with Ballet Creole\, Kashe Dance\, Kaeja d’Dance\, The Little Pear Garden Dance Company\, Parahumans and Anima Inc (Mexico/Peru). She produced Dance Kotoen in 2011\, a dance event sponsored by Nishinomiya city to support youth dance artists and community. \nShelby Wright is a Toronto-based dance artist and choreographer who has performed professionally in New York\, Toronto\, Montréal\, Halifax\, Winnipeg and Vancouver. Since 2015\, Wright has worked with Toronto artist Katie Lyle on a collaborative performance practice combining their artistic backgrounds in dance\, film and visual art. Wright also works as co-artistic director of the Toronto Dance Community Love-In. \nThis performance takes place during our Winter 2020 Members’ Preview and Public Opening on Wednesday\, February 5: \n7 pm (Members’ Preview)\n8:30 pm (Public Opening) \n\n\n\nCarlos Bunga\, Capella\, 2015. Site specific. Installation view at MACBA\, Barcelona\, 2015. Photographed by Adrià Goula. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/intervening-a-sudden-beginning/2020-02-05/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Exhibition Opening,Free,Member's Event,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/Carlos-Bunga-1_Event-Calendar-Banner_1200x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200205T220000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191218T145717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200205T141006Z UID:15789-1580925600-1580940000@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Winter 2020 Members' Preview & Public Opening DESCRIPTION:Members’ Preview: 6–7:30 pm\nPublic Opening: 7:30–10 pm (No tickets required) \nMOCA’s Winter 2020 Programme brings together the work of artists Carlos Bunga\, Shelagh Keeley\, Megan Rooney and Sarah Sze\, all of whom address space as a physical and emotional construct to be endlessly rebuilt. Spanning the four floors of the museum\, their artistic statements are set into a dialogue that emphasizes the transient and precarious conditions of our time. \n\nSpecial performance: Intervening A Sudden Beginning: allie higgins\, Lauren Runions\, Denise Solleza\, Yui Ugai and Shelby Wright\nTo mark the opening of MOCA’s 2020 winter exhibitions\, this performative intervention will take place within and alongside Carlos Bunga’s large-scale cardboard installation\, A Sudden Beginning. Through a succession of slow and deliberate movements carried out by five dancers\, this performance positions Bunga’s installation as a passageway and transitional space\, softening the relationship between body and materiality. Two performances will take place during the night: \n\n7 pm (Members’ Preview)\n8:30 pm (Public Opening)\n\n\nThe Akin Studios will be open to the public (6–9 pm)\nLight food and drink available during the Members’ Preview (6–7:30 pm)\n\nSee all upcoming exhibitions \nClaim your tickets here\nMembers: Please log in first to claim tickets \nNeed to renew your membership?\nLog in here \n\n\n\n\n\nMegan Rooney\, Installation view: Fire on the Mountain\, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf\, 2019. Courtesy the artist and DREI\, Cologne. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/winter-2020-members-preview-public-opening/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Free,Member's Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/STD_Winter2020_EventCal_DEC4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191229T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191229T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T215107Z UID:15526-1577624400-1577638800@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \nThe Power of a Single Seed\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n \nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each day of the workshop series will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification and preparing a seed to grow in its preferred environment. At the end of the workshop\, you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home. \nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Vault: Exchange (detail)\, Installation view at the Ontario Science Centre Toronto\, Canada. April – August 2019. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2019-12-29/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_Dornith_Banner_NOV5-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191229T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191229T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191007T203038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T170407Z UID:15070-1577617200-1577635200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:"Age of You" Drop-In Activity: Defying Facial Recognition DESCRIPTION:Think you can outsmart facial recognition? In this workshop\, participants get to design and construct masks and headpieces inspired by CV Dazzle\, a project by artist Adam Harvey that provides information and tips for creating “looks” that can camouflage the face from face detection technology. Using elements such as asymmetry\, tonal inverse and the concealment of certain facial features\, you will be able to learn and test which design combinations are most effective in hiding from facial recognition technology. \nLearn more about Age of You \n  \n\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/age-of-you-drop-in-activity-defying-facial-recognition/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Free,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_DefyingFacial_AUG29.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191221T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T215100Z UID:15525-1576933200-1576947600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \n  \nThe Power of a Single Seed\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n \nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each day of the workshop series will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification and preparing a seed to grow in its preferred environment. At the end of the workshop\, you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home. \nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Vault: Exchange (detail)\, Installation view at the Ontario Science Centre Toronto\, Canada. April – August 2019. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty-2019-12-21/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_Dornith_Banner_NOV5-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191213T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191008T151843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T153207Z UID:15075-1576263600-1576270800@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Sarah Sharma: "From Mommy’s Basement to Outer Space" DESCRIPTION:This talk will draw a line between Mommy’s Basement to Outer Space and offer a feminist alternative to the technological escapism that pervades our present moment\, justly termed the Age of You. The lone male in Mommy’s Basement\, equipped with technological portals to more habitable worlds\, is by now a common cultural trope. But the cliché goes beyond the wounded masculinity that festers in the extreme right wings of the political spectrum. Mommy’s Basement contains a motley crew of men who temporarily descend and retreat from social life\, including the hikikomori (Japan)\, alt-right hate mongers\, internet trolls\, the new precariat\, internet addicts\, gamers\, enterprising tech-bros\, and (maybe) a few geniuses hard at work. But as this talk will argue\, Mommy’s Basement isn’t a futile space: it is a powerful media lab\, where unjust ideas about gender and social difference become part of the logic of new technological designs. \nSarah Sharma is Associate Professor of Media Theory at the ICCIT/Faculty of Information and Director of the McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. Her research and teaching focuses on the relationship between technology\, time and labour and in particular on issues related to gender\, race and class. She is the author of In the Meantime: Temporality and Cultural Politics (Duke UP\, 2014) and is currently working on a new book\, The sExit\, which explores the relationship between technology\, gender and cultural fantasies of exit. At the McLuhan Centre\, Sarah directs interdisciplinary research and public programming concerned with navigating and understanding the complexities of contemporary digital life. \nRegister here \n  \n\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/sarah-sharma-from-mommys-basement-to-outer-space/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_SarahSharma_Banner_OCT8.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191105T154605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191203T150939Z UID:15317-1575723600-1575738000@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Archiving Eden: Seed Exchange by Dornith Doherty DESCRIPTION:Archiving Eden: Exchange presents x-ray images of 5\,000 seeds — the smallest number required to preserve a single plant species. Housed within a vault-like structure\, the installation by artist Dornith Doherty comes to life during seed exchange events\, where visitors are invited to take home an image from the vault’s walls and replace it with a transparent envelope containing a single Canadian seed. Over time\, the installation will change both physically and visually: from representational to actual\, dark to light. \nThe seeds available for exchange are representative of common agricultural crops grown in Canada\, including soy\, corn and beans\, as well as a variety of native wild plant species. The black-and-white x-rays lining the installation’s walls were captured by Doherty in collaboration with scientists at several international seed banks. \nMOCA presents Archiving Eden: Exchange as the fifth installment of Art in Use\, a series devoted to exploring the ways in which museums can be socially and politically useful. With Archiving Eden: Exchange\, viewers are encouraged to examine their collective responsibility to care for the environment while reflecting on the monumental effort required to safeguard biodiversity. At the close of the exhibition\, the 5\,000 seeds will be donated to the Toronto Botanical Garden Seed Library — a collection of vegetable\, herb and flower seeds that growers can borrow from and donate to. \nLearn more \nThe Power of a Single Seed\nWith Sayeh Dastgheib-Beheshti\n \nJoin us for a 15-minute drop-in workshop on how to grow a native Ontario plant from a single seed. Native plants have evolved over millennia to thrive in a specific climate and are an integral part of our environment. They offer food\, shelter and ecosystems for wildlife and humans alike. Each of these workshops will feature a different plant variety. You will learn about its characteristics\, its importance to wildlife\, as well as the basics of seed stratification as well as the basics of stratification and preparing a seed to grow in certain conditions.  At the end of the workshop you will leave with a seed that is already stratified\, or one that you can stratify to grow at home. \nFree\, drop-in\, all ages\, 1-4 pm \n\n\n\n\nDornith Doherty\, Vault: Exchange (detail)\, Installation view at the Ontario Science Centre Toronto\, Canada. April – August 2019. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/archiving-eden-seed-exchange-by-dornith-doherty/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Art in Use,Free,Programming ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_Dornith_Banner_NOV5-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191205T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191205T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191007T202655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T184449Z UID:15060-1575568800-1575576000@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Digital Justice Lab Workshop: Mapping Data Bodies DESCRIPTION:From the apps we use on our devices to the surveillance systems on city streets\, we live in a datafied world\, in which information about us is being collected on a daily basis. In this workshop\, we will navigate the impact of datafication to form a better understanding of our “data bodies” and how they are used\, stored and shared by governments and corporations. \nThe Digital Justice Lab’s (DJL) mission is to focus on building a more just and equitable digital future. Working alongside technologists\, community activists and policymakers\, DJL helps shape a better public understanding of technology and its impact on communities across the country. Through capacity building\, public engagement and continuous collaboration\, DJL supports diverse communities in making informed decisions around digital issues. Digital Justice Lab is a project of Tides Canada\, a registered Canadian charity dedicated to providing uncommon solutions for the common good. \nThis workshop is part of a series of workshops presented in partnership with Digital Justice Lab for Age of You. \nRegister here \n  \n\n  \n \nIllustration by Annalise Hyunh URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/digital-justice-lab-workshop-mapping-data-bodies/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Free,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_DJL_Banner_OCT8.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191130T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191130T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191107T201424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T201515Z UID:15366-1575129600-1575136800@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Alan Emery in conversation with Jonathon Gatehouse DESCRIPTION:Marine biologist\, Alan Emery\, and journalist\, Jonathon Gatehouse\, discuss the immense changes occurring in the oceans and how these shifts are affecting Canada\, a country with three ocean coasts. This conversation delves into what can be done with technology\, resources\, changes\, and sacrifice to address the global climate crisis.  \n  \nJonathon Gatehouse is a Toronto-based journalist and author who has covered news and politics at home and abroad for more than two decades\, reporting from dozens of countries. He has also written extensively about science and the arts. \nAlan Emery is a marine biologist who has published on the subjects of ecology\, evolution\, and taxonomy as well as the origins and natural history of coral reefs. For 13 years he was president of the Canadian Museum of Nature. He has worked on numerous documentaries on the topic of marine biology; developed environmental policy documents for the Canadian government\, the World Bank\, and the United Nations. \nThis programme is organised in dialogue with Shezad Dawood’s exhibition Leviathan. Public programmes for Leviathan are supported by Brenda Simpson and Len Goodman.  \nFree with RSVP. Reserve your tickets here. \nShezad Dawood\, Leviathan Legacy Pt 1\, 2018\, VR environment\, duration variable\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/alan-emery-in-conversation-with-jonathon-gatehouse/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_ShezadTalk_Banner_NOV6.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191128T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191128T190000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191007T201613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T204235Z UID:15072-1574967600-1574967600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Victoria Sin: "If I had the words to tell you we wouldn’t be here now" DESCRIPTION:If I had the words to tell you we wouldn’t be here now uses storytelling\, drag and theatrical devices to explore how language not only gives shape to thought\, but shapes thought. The performance stages a dialogue with a desiring queer body and a percussionist to illuminate how identity and experience are not only represented but also created and reinforced through language and naming. \nFor the North American premiere of If I had the words to tell you we wouldn’t be here now\, Sin performs alongside percussionist Nikki Joshi and wears a specially commissioned oceanic costume by Athens-based designer Dimitra Petsa. The work is site-responsive\, changing in composition each time it’s performed. If I had the words to tell you we wouldn’t be here now was first performed at Chi Wen gallery in Taipei and later travelled to the 2019 Venice Biennale. \nVictoria Sin is an artist whose work uses speculative fiction within performance\, moving image\, writing and print to interrupt normative processes of desire\, identification and objectification. Drawing upon personal encounters of looking and wanting\, their work presents heavily constructed fantasy narratives about the often unsettling experience of the physical within the social body. \nRecent presentations include Age of You\, MOCA\, Toronto (2019); Kiss My Genders\, Hayward Gallery\, London (2019); Meetings on Art\, Venice Biennale\, Venice (2019); BCE\, Whitechapel Gallery\, London (2019); Art Basel\, Hong Kong (2019); Park Nights\, Serpentine Galleries\, London (2018); and Indifferent Idols\, Taipei Contemporary Art Center\, Taipei (2018). \nNikki Joshi is a percussionist based in Toronto\, where she recently completed the 2018/19 Rebanks Family Fellowship at the Glenn Gould School. She holds a Master’s Degree from McGill University\, where she studied with Aiyun Huang. During her time at McGill\, she received the 2017 Mobility Award\, and travelled to Bern University of the Arts in Switzerland to conduct research at the school’s renowned Department of Music Theatre. Joshi holds a Bachelor’s Degree\, Performer’s Certificate\, Arts Leadership Certificate and 2015 John Beck Percussion Scholarship from the Eastman School of Music\, where she studied with Michael Burritt. \nSupport from Beverly and Jack Creed. \n  \nSOLD OUT \nPerformance starts at 7 pm. \n\n  \n \nVictoria Sin ft. Matteo Gemolo (traverso)\, If I had the words to tell you we wouldn’t be here now\, 2019. Performance part of Meetings on Art\, 58th Venice Biennale\, 2019. Credit Riccardo Banfi. Courtesy Delfina Foundation and Arts Council England. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/victoria-sin-if-i-had-the-words-to-tell-you-we-wouldnt-be-here-now/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/EventBanner_VictoriaSin_OCT4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191124T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191124T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191007T201049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T153008Z UID:15068-1574593200-1574611200@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:"Age of You" Drop-In Activity: Draw the Internet DESCRIPTION:What does the internet look like — to you? MOCA invites you to consider this question while exploring Age of You\, an exhibition highlighting such themes as data\, artificial intelligence\, surveillance and the limitless capabilities of the internet. After exploring the exhibition\, head to Floor 1 to draw how you picture the internet in your mind’s eye. You can add your drawing to a cumulative piece that will reveal\, over the course of the day\, how our visitors see the internet — as an infinite\, sprawling collective of images and ideas. \n  \n\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/age-of-you-drop-in-activity-draw-the-internet/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Free,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/EventBanner_DrawInternet_OCT4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191117T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191117T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191111T143032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T205232Z UID:15422-1574006400-1574010000@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:In the Age of You with Hans Ulrich Obrist DESCRIPTION:We are excited to have Hans Ulrich Obrist in town on Sunday November 17. As co-curator of MOCA’s current exhibition Age of You he will talk about the central themes of the show\, the coming publication and the future life of the project\, in the gallery space at 4 pm. \nObrist is Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. He has curated more than 300 exhibitions. His books include Ways of Curating\, Mondialité\, Somewhere Totally Else and Lives of the Artists\, Lives of the Architects. \n  \nInstallation view\, Age of You\, MOCA Toronto. Photo by Tom Arban Photography Inc.\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/in-the-age-of-you-with-hans-ulrich-obrist/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Talks,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_IntheAgeofYou_Banner_NOV11.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191114T200000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191007T195409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T190157Z UID:15058-1573754400-1573761600@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Digital Justice Lab Workshop: Imagining Feminist Interfaces DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to imagine a feminist digital voice interface? Through a series of speculative design exercises\, we will prototype and discuss what voice technologies might look like if we designed them in line with the central commitments of feminism: participation\, agency\, embodiment\, equity\, empowerment\, plurality and justice. Participants will learn the basics of designing a conversational UI but no prior coding skills are needed. \nImagining Feminist Interfaces is presented in partnership with Digital Justice Lab and Trinity Square Video. \ntendernet is a collective of female-identifying technologists\, writers\, educators\, designers and activists whose work explores speculative design\, networked devices and privacy through an intersectional feminist framework. Most recently\, the collective has led workshops aimed at developing radical feminist interventions to emerging technologies\, with a focus on voice interfaces. Becca Ricks and Zoe Bachman are co-founders of tendernet. tendernet.us \nThe Digital Justice Lab’s (DJL) mission is to focus on building a more just and equitable digital future. Working alongside technologists\, community activists and policymakers\, DJL helps shape a better public understanding of technology and its impact on communities across the country. Through capacity building\, public engagement and continuous collaboration\, DJL supports diverse communities in making informed decisions around digital issues. Digital Justice Lab is a project of Tides Canada\, a registered Canadian charity dedicated to providing uncommon solutions for the common good. \nWe recommend that workshop participants bring a laptop. \nThis workshop is part of a series of workshops presented in partnership with Digital Justice Lab for Age of You. \nRegister here \n  \n\n  \n \n\n\n\nImage courtesy Digital Justice Lab URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/digital-justice-lab-workshop-imagining-feminist-interfaces/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Free,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/EventBanner_ImagineFeministInterface_OCT4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191113T210000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20191016T175254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191109T190136Z UID:15195-1573671600-1573678800@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:Pint-Sized Conversations: Body of Work with Raoul Olou DESCRIPTION:Pint-Sized Conversations with MOCA is a Wednesday night brought to you by Henderson Brewing Co. MOCA will present Body of Work every second Wednesday of the month.\n\n\n \n\n\nBody of Work talks invite artists and those who have worked across the floors of MOCA Toronto—members of Akin’s Studio Program\, Art Metropole\, the Ontario Science Centre’s studio residency and the Toronto Biennial—to discuss their individual practices. ‘Body’ is a term used to describe the texture and weight of beer\, and the word body in artistic practice often refers to a particular arrangement of artworks. The speakers in this series have been invited to respond to this duality.\n\n\n \n\n\n—\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRaoul Olou is a multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. His work focuses on ideas of home\, belonging and archiving the mundane. For his talk\, Olou will discuss his recent work and his use of documentary processes across various disciplines\, including animation\, experimental games and painting. Olou was a resident artist in the Akin Studio Program at MOCA from October 2018 – September 2019.\n\n\n\n\nThis event is free and all are welcome! If you’d like to reserve a spot\, you can buy a ticket for $5 and enjoy a free pint when you arrive.\n\nLearn more about Pint-Sized Conversations\n\nRegister for tickets\nImage courtesy the artist. URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/pint-sized-conversations-body-of-work-with-raoul-olou/ LOCATION:Henderson Brewery\, 128A Sterling Rd\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Free,Partner Event,Talks ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/PintSizeConversation_ArtMet_EventCal_RaoulOCT16.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191027T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191027T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T193433 CREATED:20190826T175641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191009T170018Z UID:14500-1572174000-1572192000@mocalegacy.webpreview.site SUMMARY:"Age of You" Drop-in Activity: Defying Facial Recognition DESCRIPTION:Think you can outsmart facial recognition? In this workshop\, participants will design and construct masks and headpieces inspired by CV Dazzle\, a project by artist Adam Harvey that provides information and tips for creating “looks” that can camouflage the face from face detection technology. Using elements such as asymmetry\, tonal inverse and the concealment of certain facial features\, you will be able to learn and test which design combinations are most effective in hiding from facial recognition technology. \nFree. No tickets or registration required. Drop-in and stay as long as you would like. \n  \n\n  URL:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/calendar/age-of-you-workshop-defying-facial-recognition/ LOCATION:MOCA Toronto\, 158 Sterling Rd.\, Toronto\, Canada CATEGORIES:Age of You,Community Event,Family,Free,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mocalegacy.webpreview.site/wp-content/uploads/WebsiteEvent_DefyingFacial_AUG29.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="MOCA%20Toronto":MAILTO:info@mocalegacy.webpreview.site END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR