Please join Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) for a conversation between Toronto-based artists Yannick Anton and David Ofori Zapparoli with curator Pamela Edmonds, in conjunction with the exhibition Outside These Walls. Moderated by Kwende Kefenste, the conversation will reflect on the photographers’ shared approach to documenting urban life and its people.

Bios:

Yannick Anton is a Toronto-based photographer. His candid and energetic photographs draw stylistic inspiration from the youthful, street, fashion, music and queer-positive cultures that he captures. He’s been documenting Yes Yes Y’all, a queer dancehall party in Toronto, since 2010, among other projects.

Informed by a strong social realist approach, David Ofori Zapparoli has represented the visual history of Canadian cities for over thirty years. Until 1999, he had focused on the public housing development of Regent Park, putting a human face on the stigmatized and transitional community of which he had been a part of since his teens.

Pamela Edmonds is a visual and media arts curator currently based in Toronto. Her primary focus has been on thematic exhibitions that explore the politics of representation particularly as they relate to issues of race, gender and national identity. She also explores the impact of African diasporic cultures on the evolving geography of global contemporary art. Recent projects include Skin Deep: Reimaging the Portrait, Project Gallery, Toronto, 2015; Confluence: Shifting Perspectives of the Caribbean, Art in Transit, 2014; Tracings: Recent Work by the W5Art Collective, Women’s Arts Resource Centre Gallery, Toronto and 28 Days: Reimagining Black History Month, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery/Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, 2012.

Born and raised in the Greater Toronto Area, Kwende Kefentse is currently living and working in Ottawa, Canada’s capital. Fascinated by cities, his various professional ventures reflect different explorations and investigations into how they function, with a particular focus on culture and space. Kwende helps to steward Ottawa’s Renewed Action Plan for Arts, Heritage and Culture (2013 - 2018) as a member of a small but mighty award-winning Cultural Development and Initiatives (CDI) team. Outside of his role at City Hall, Kwende is a DJ, producer and performer called Memetic. He is also one half of TIMEKODE, Ottawa’s longest running independent dance party.

Admission is free and everyone is welcome! CUAG is an accessible space, with barrier-free washrooms and elevator.

Discount parking passes ($4.00 flat rate) will be available for sale at the tunnel entrance commencing at 6:45 pm. See the visiting page of CUAG’s website for directions and details of the visitor parking in the P18 parkade.

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