From Glissant Unfixed and Unbounded

Photo: Edouard Glissant en 1997 (in 1997) in New York City by © Jean-Christian Bourcart

From Glissant Unfixed and Unbounded

An event presented by Elegoa Cultural Productions and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

December 5, 6 and 7, 2019.

Curators Pamela Edmonds, Wanda Nanibush and Catherine Sicot joined forces to create the event From Glissant: Unfixed and Unbounded in Toronto on December 5, 6 and 7, 2019 at the AGO.

This international event attempts to unfix and unbound current thinking around Identity by exploring poet-philosopher Édouard Glissant’s alternative: Relation. Building on Toronto’s current political and artistic dynamics, this event sets in motion relational poetics between local and international participants who together will explore the potential of art to engage in the assertion of identities, its consequences on respect and the sharing of land and resources. The event proposes to enact Glissant’s concept of “Le Tout-Monde” (Whole-World or One World) in order to allow new imaginaries to flow.

The format of the event evokes Glissant’s multifaceted sensibility by combining experimental films, choreographed readings, sound and music pieces, interactive games, theoretical responses and discussions.

Participants and/or works by:
Benjamin J. Allard, Lillian Allen, Mosab Alnomairy, Gabriel Beck, Sandra Brewster, Manthia Diawara, nichola feldman-kiss (with collaborators Lodi Awad, Blandine Kan, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Ruth Mathiang, Leila Mosemi, Roula Said, Mabinty Sylla, Maryem Toller), DJ Grumps, John Greyson, Rosemary Heather, Nasrin Himada, Moridja Kitenge Banza, Olivia McGilchrist, Alejandra Higuera, Katherine McKittrick, Rea McNamara, Sukaina Kuba and Craig Mulholland, Olive Martin and Patrick Bernier, Joiri Minaya, Esery Mondésir, Darlene Naponse, Rehab Nazzal, Public Studio, Ronald Rose-Antoinette, Larissa Sansour, John Ralston Saul, charles c. smith, Bojana Stancic, Adrian Stimson, Swapnaa Tamhane, Eve Tuck, Rinaldo Walcott, Fan Wu, the public and others guests to be confirmed.

Tickets are $5 – $25 CAD.
Eventbrite’s processing fee applies to tickets upon purchase.

SEE FULL SCHEDULE BELOW

Additionally, Miho Hatori will perform Salon Mondialité, programmed in conjunction of the event by the Art Gallery of Ontario at 8:00pm on December 6 and 7. Contact AGO for separate Tickets to this event.

TO REGISTER:
To register/buy tickets, $25 for the full 3-Day event, click here.
To register/buy tickets, $5 for Day 1 – Thursday December 5, click here.
To register/buy tickets, $10 for Day 2 – Friday December 6, click here.
To register/buy tickets, $10 for Day 3 – Saturday December 7, click here.

For additional information contact Astrid Ho, Event/Program Coordinator of Elegoa Cultural Productions at astrid.ho@elegoa.com.

Accessibility
The AGO is Wheelchair Accessible.
*The Art Square Café and Gallery is not wheelchair accessible. Please contact us before November 25 so that we can help people in need of assistance with entering the space.

From Glissant Unfixed and Unbounded – SCHEDULE

DAY 1 – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 – 6:00 to 10:00 pm onwards
(AGO Jackman Hall and Art Square Café and Gallery)
From Creolization to Rhizomatic Identities
Opening remarks
PART 1 – Édouard Glissant and Gérald Vizenor
Films by Manthia Diawara (on Édouard Glissant), and by Wanda Nanibush (on Gérald Vizenor – filmed with Darlene Naponse)
PART 2 – From Creolization to Rhizomatic Identities
In conversation – Wanda Nanibush with Darlene Naponse, Ronald Rose-Antoinette, Eve Tuck and Rinaldo Walcott
PART 3 – Listening to Le Tout-Monde
Drinks and music program by DJ Grumps. Campbell’s program is inspired by Édouard Glissant’s research and love of music. Program hosted at Art Square Café and Gallery (not wheelchair accessible* Please contact us before November 25 to discuss options to help access), across the street from the AGO.

DAY 2 – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 – 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
(AGO Jackman Hall and AGO South Entrance)
Chaotic Conversations
PART 1 – Chaos-Opera
In tribute to Glissant’s Chaos-Operas, poetry and sound mix of different languages staged by Bojana Stancic
With Sirens by nichola feldman-kiss and performers Lodi Awad, Blandine Kan, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Ruth Mathiang, Leila Mosemi, Roula Said, Mabinty Sylla, Maryem Toller.
Multiverse by charles c.smith
Mosab Alnomairy
Fan Wu
Lillian Allen
Hymne à nous by Moridja Kitenge Banza
Followed with an intervention by John Ralston Saul
PART 2 – Ocean: Migrations to Chaos
Films and sound piece by Olive Martin and Patrick Bernier, Joiri Minaya, Sukaina Kuba and Craig Mulholland
Response by Rinaldo Walcott
PART 3 – Chaos to Opacities
Films and performative readings by Esery Mondésir, Ronald Rose-Antoinette, Swapnaa Tamhane
Lunch break
PART 4 – Chaotic Conversations
A conversation moderated by Makesense (Interactive game by Gabriel Beck facilitated by Benjamin J. Allard) with Sukaina Kuba, Esery Mondésir and members of the public.
Tour with Sandra Brewster of her exhibition Blur in AGO.

DAY 3 – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7- 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
(AGO Jackman Hall and AGO South Entrance)
Land and Future(s)
Opening performance by Adrian Stimson
PART 1- Land and Future(s)
Films and responses by Rehab Nazzal, Public Studio, John Greyson, Olivia McGilchrist, Moridja Kitenge Banza and presentation by Katherine McKittrick.
Lunch break
PART 2 – In the Future We Are from the Finest Porcelain
A film by Larissa Sansour.
Response by Nasrin Himada
PART 3 – Land: present and future
In conversation with Rehab Nazzal, John Greyson, Moridja Kitenge Banza, and Adrian Stimson. Moderated by Yaniya Lee.

In conjunction with the event:

The Tbc publication, by Rosemary Heather, Rea Mc Namara and Alejandra Higuera. The tbc publication team will gather audio, visual, words and any form of interaction with participants and the public before, during and after the event, with the intention to propose an alternative memory of it.

L’échiqueté by Olive Martin and Patrick Bernier.
Altered chess game played via Skype by/with authors Olive Martin and Patrick Bernier. Appointments to be booked anytime.

The event is commissioned and produced by Elegoa Cultural Productions and co-presented with the Art Gallery of Ontario. It is funded for its main part by the Canada Council for the Arts, through the Sector Innovation and Development Program.

Elegoa Cultural Productions (2012) is a social enterprise for artistic production that advances the development of creative and socially-active communities locally and internationally. Working with partners, Elegoa commissions residencies, artworks, exhibitions, events, publications and alternative forms of diffusion. Projects have been produced in Canada, France, Cuba, and are currently developing in new places around the Atlantic space.

Elegoa Cultural Productions
32 Bartlett Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6H 3E6
(647) 771-5371
www.elegoa.com

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