Image courtesy of Sam Pelletier

DINNER AT THE AUTOMAT
Curated by Casper Sutton-Fosman

November 6 – December 7, 2024
InterAccess, Toronto

Opening Reception
Wednesday, November 6, 7 – 9pm

Curator Walkthrough & Conversation
Saturday, November 16, 2 – 3:30pm

InterAccess is pleased to present the 23rd Annual IA Current Exhibition, DINNER AT THE AUTOMAT.

Curated by Casper Sutton-Fosman and featuring the work of artists Lena Chen, Jenson Leonard, Alfred Muszynski, Sam Pelletier and Shay Salehi, DINNER AT THE AUTOMAT explores the promises and failures of automation and artificial intelligence. Centering the obfuscated human labour that is vital to our experience of a high-tech, automatic world, the exhibition makes visible what is often hidden, lurking beneath the surface of techno-hype.

Working in video, kinetic sculpture, multimedia painting, ready-mades and audio installation, the featured artists build a conversation around the nuances of hidden labour. The selected works illuminate the violence and absurdity of treating human bodies as machines, question the value of automating creativity, and complicate our understanding of whose labour is valued and made visible.

About the Curator

Casper Sutton-Fosman is a cross-disciplinary artist, curator, and academic currently based in Toronto, ON. Their work centres conceptions of identity through a trans and disabled lens, pushing boundaries of medium & discipline to open in-between spaces for being. Sutton-Fosman is interested in troubling linearity and authorship, interactivity and implication, working in spaces between analog and digital, involving craft practices and outdated technology. They hold an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art, Media, & Design from OCAD University and a BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College.

About IA Current

The InterAccess Current (IA Current) program supports the professional development of emerging curators and artists interested in new media and electronic practices. Each year, InterAccess selects an emerging curator, who works closely with InterAccess staff to conceptualize and execute an exhibition of works by emerging artists. “Current” refers to the now, of course, but it is also an energetic charge that causes light, heat, and all manner of electronic life; an apt metaphor for emergent creative practices within the ever-expanding field of new media.

Founded in 1983, InterAccess is a non-profit gallery, educational facility, production studio, festival, and registered charity dedicated to emerging practices in art and technology. Our programs support art forms that integrate technology, fostering and supporting the full cycle of art and artistic practice through education, production, and exhibition. InterAccess is regarded as a preeminent Canadian arts and technology centre.

Contact
950 Dupont St., Unit 1
Toronto ON M6H 1Z2
interaccess.org

Send questions regarding programming to: art@interaccess.org

Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 6pm

Accessibility
We regret InterAccess does not have barrier-free access; we are currently working to improve the accessibility of all facilities. There are five steps up with handrails to the main entrance which has an automatic (push button) door. Inside all facilities are on the same level, including a single-user accessible washroom.