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“Age of You” Drop-in Activity: Draw the Internet

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

What does the internet look like to you? MOCA invites you to consider this question as you explore the exhibition "Age of You", which highlights themes like data, artificial intelligence, surveillance and the limitless capabilities of the internet. Then, visit the Art Hub on Floor 1 and draw how you imagine 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.

Shezad and Alice Talk
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From the Bay Area to the Arctic: Shezad Dawood and Alice Xia Zhu

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

Artist Shezad Dawood is joined by researcher Alice Xia Zhu for a conversation that addresses the fate of microplastics in marine and freshwater contexts, from the San Francisco Bay to the Arctic. This programme is organised in dialogue with Shezad Dawood’s exhibition "Leviathan", presented on MOCA’s Floor 4. "Leviathan" is an ambitious “episodic monster” consisting of ten filmic episodes that envisage a future, uncannily much like our present, to consider possible links between borders, mental health, and marine welfare.

Shirin Fathi MOCA Toronto

Artists on Artists: Shirin Fathi on “Age of You”

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

Shirin Fathi is an Iranian-Canadian artist whose work focuses on cultural changes in relation to gender identity. Through role-play and the use of cosmetics, masks and prosthetics, Fathi uses her own body as a subject to stage ambiguous and often marginalized identities. Fathi will lead a tour and discussion of "Age of You", with refreshments to follow.

MOCA’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.

Digital Security 101

Digital Justice Lab Workshop: Digital Security 101

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

This workshop takes a holistic approach to digital security, investigating what it means to find practices to protect yourself in a digital environment. This workshop, led by Digital Justice Lab’s Director, Nasma Ahmed, will explore how we relate to our virtual bodies, and what we can do to navigate and counteract components of hyper-surveillance through digital practices.

Extreme Self Panel

What is The Extreme Self?

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

During the opening week of "Age of You", we present a conversation that delves into the exhibition’s key concern: data. How have we become our data, and how is our data becoming us? Artist Agnieszka Kurant and two of the exhibition’s curators, Shumon Basar and Douglas Coupland, are joined by moderator Joachim Johnson of HXOUSE to discuss our current and ever-accelerating technological moment.

Age of You Opening MOCA Toronto

Age of You: Members’ Preview & Public Opening

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

It’s about you. As the world shifts from fossil to digital capitalism, you’ve become that precious new resource: data.

You’re increasingly imaginary, invisible and immortal. Do we need a new word to describe this thing that individuality is morphing into?

You’re becoming your Extreme Self.

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TD Community Sunday August 2019

TD Community Sunday

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

Enjoy free admission to the museum from 10am to 2pm.

TD Community Sundays are made possible by TD Bank Group through its corporate citizenship platform, The Ready Commitment.

MOCA Toronto Akin party Night Visions

MOCA Goes Dark: Night Visions Dance Party – SOLD OUT

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

MOCA will be transformed into an interactive art party by a group of Toronto’s talented emerging artists. This building, at 158 Sterling Road, was once the site of legendary illicit dance parties, raves, and punk gigs. Taking inspiration from this past, underground nightlife hub, we will revive its wild legacy for one night only with amazing art and music, lighting MOCA up in the dark. Starting at 9pm, come play with artist-led interactive installations and activities on the ground floor. Dance among art with beats by DJ Lulu Wei on our blacklight dance floor.

This party is presented with the exhibition 'An Index' which features 24 artists from the inaugural Akin Studio Program. An Index makes visible the labours of artistic creation through an open and honest charting of the processes, challenges, delights, and failures of making art in the city. Night Visions credits the importance of social play in creative production. For the first time ever MOCA Goes Dark, and invites you to explore the museum transformed by local artists.

Painting with Food

Painting with Food

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

This workshop explores different ways to create art using sustainable and natural materials. Artist Maria Queiroga will show participants how to use foods like beet juice and hibiscus tea to create safe and chemical-free inks.  You will have a chance to make beautiful, abstract paintings using natural ink on paper.

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Akin Exhibition MOCA Toronto

‘An Index’ Opening Reception

MOCA Toronto 158 Sterling Rd., Toronto

Join us to celebrate the first exhibition of Akin residency artists at MOCA.
This location at 158 Sterling Road is a site of making: from its beginnings as a historic car parts factory, to an underground venue for raves and artist studios. Throughout the past year, the fourth floor of MOCA has served to extend this legacy by opening space for studios, residencies, as well as programs exploring art’s utilitarian role in contemporary society. In the context of the site’s histories, this exhibition features works by artists who have produced within this space as part of the inaugural Akin Studio Programme. 'An Index' makes visible the labours of artistic creation through an open and honest charting of the processes, challenges, delights, and failures of making art in the city. 

Free
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