Sanctuary Inter/rupted curated by Jessica Kirk and Mitra Fakhrashrafi
Kaiatanoron Dumoulin Bush with Ryan Rice, Amani Bin Shikhan with Hamda Warsame, Sharine Taylor, Samira Warsame and Noor Khan
February 23, 2018 -
March 24, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, February 23, 7-10pm
Curated by Jessica Kirk and Mitra Fakhrashrafi
Kaiatanoron Dumoulin Bush with Ryan Rice, Amani Bin Shikhan with Hamda Warsame, Sharine Taylor, Samira Warsame and Noor Khan
February 23-March 24, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, February 23, 7-10pm
In 2013, Toronto City Council passed a motion making Toronto the first “sanctuary city” in Canada. While a sanctuary city seeks to ensure that people without “legal” status have access to essential services, Sanctuary Inter/rupted, interrogates both the contradictions and possibilities of these claims. We know that the state always already treats non-white bodies as “illegal”. Through photography, mixed media, writing, and video installations, the interactive body of work is accompanied by songs and soundbites that present visual and sonic inquiry into questions related to diaspora, (im)migration, colonialism, histories and futures of justice in the city.
WAY PAST KENNEDY ROAD is a collective of multidisciplinary emerging artists based in Scarborough and other rejected but resilient corners of the GTA. We build spaces for ourselves both online and offline using art as a means of resisting the borders and boundaries that define each of our lives and our works in distinct ways.
Sanctuary Inter/rupted is supported by University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union. All design materials were made by Cinderullah.
Documentation by Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Noor Khan, Way Past Kennedy Road, and Samira Warsame in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Left: Samira Warsame, A Search for Hooyo. Right: Kaiatanoron Dumoulin Bush and Ryan Rice: Tkaronto v.s Akwe:kon. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Kaiatanoron Dumoulin Bush and Ryan Rice: Tkaronto v.s Akwe:kon. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Amani Bin Shikhan and Hamda Warsame, sharine taylor, and Way Past Kennedy Road in view. in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Way Past Kennedy Road in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Samira Warsame, A Search for Hooyo. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Samira Warsame, A Search for Hooyo. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Samira Warsame, A Search for Hooyo. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Noor Khan in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Noor Khan in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Noor Khan in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Noor Khan in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Hamda Warsame in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Hamda Warsame in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by Hamda Warsame in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
sharine Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Works by sharine taylor in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
Sanctuary Inter/rupted, 2018. Installation View. Work by Amani Bin Shikhan and Hamda Warsame in view. Photo credit: Roya DelSol
