Artist Talk for "Collective/Memory" Exhibition

Sur Gallery / LACAP

Artist Talk with Triangle, Crear Poder Popular, and Watermelon Seeds Collective.

Image: Coman Poon, you can never cross the same river twice (nunca se puede cruzar el mismo río dos veces), 6:19 min.2024. Join us for an artist talk with members of the Crear Poder Popular Collective, Triangle Collective, and Watermelon Seeds Collective as they share their projects that aim to connect and support their communities, understanding collective memory as essential to resist violent forms of erasure. ABOUT THE COLLECTIVESSince 2023, the CREAR PODER POPULAR COLLECTIVE, composed of four Montreal-based Chilean women, have led exhibitions, workshops, and presentations in universities, schools, and memory sites across Canada, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Sweden. Their practice combines visual arts, research, and pedagogy, rooted in participatory methods and a commitment to social justice. Carolina Echeverría’s acclaimed visual art explores migration, identity, and cultural exchange; Gisela Frías, a geographer and professor at Dawson College, focuses on participatory action research across Latin America; Denise A. Olivares combines textiles and photography to reframe memory and belonging; and Sarabeth Triviño, a professional artisan and textile artist, works with crochet, macramé, knitting, and embroidery to address feminist, social, and environmental issues. Members of the TRIANGLE COLLECTIVE include three artists from various disciplines and backgrounds. Born in Colombia, Olga Barrios came to Canada as an adult. She is a choreographer, dancer, arts educator, video dance creator and co-founder/co-artistic director of Vanguardia Dance Projects. Barrios has collaborated with dance, theatre, musical, and multidisciplinary projects with diverse companies and troupes. Edgardo Moreno is a Hamilton-based composer, musician and sound designer who immigrated to Canada from Chile in 1974. He has worked as a composer for contemporary dance, film, and sound art installations. Coman Poon is a visual and performance artist, curator, arts writer, dramaturg, theatre maker and dance artist of Cantonese Chinese background who came to Canada from Hong Kong as a child. The WATERMELON SEEDS COLLECTIVE is a group of women united by a shared commitment to resistance and social justice. Their practice centers on creating textile art works that explore themes of human rights violations in Latin America, historical memory, and solidarity with Palestine. Since 2019, the members Miriam C., Brenda Cortés, Priscila Diaz, Andrea Idrobo, Paz Jurado, and Maria Paz Lira have met to collaborate, share stories, create artworks, and participate in various public art projects that create awareness about the Palestinian struggle, as well as share their experiences as women, immigrants, and activists. In 2024, they formed the Tatreez Circle Toronto and The Tatreez Sumud Chile. ABOUT THE GALLERYSur Gallery is Toronto's first gallery space dedicated to the exhibition and critical engagement of contemporary Latinx and Latin American Art and is a project of LACAP. For information contact:416-654-7787info@surgallery.cawww.surgallery.cawww.surgalleryvirtual.cawww.facebook.com/LACAPsurgalleryhttps://www.youtube.com/user/lacapcanada/videos Gallery Hours:Wednesday to Friday 12 pm-6 pmSaturdays 11AM-5PMLocation: 100-39 Queens Quay East, Toronto Sur Gallery acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts; Ontario Arts Council; Government of Ontario; Toronto Arts Council; and The City of Toronto through section 37. Sur Gallery also acknowledges its partners and sponsors Casa Maiz, Casa Salvador Allende Toronto, Día de los Muertos Collective, See Through Web and Hoffworks Productions.

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