Name: ISF2016 Free Programming: let's heal the divide
Start: 2016-07-13T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Victory Square Park

ISF2016 Free Programming: let's heal the divide

Established in 2011, the Indian Summer Festival (ISF) is a multi-disciplinary arts festival produced by the Indian Summer Arts Society, a not-for-profit charitable arts organization based in Vancouver, Canada, on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. This year’s festival runs from July 4-14 2024. Its mission is to offer multi-art experiences of exceptional caliber, thoughtfully curated through a South Asian lens. ISF connects rich and complex pasts with the emerging future, delighting audiences while provoking necessary dialogue and debate.

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While this event is free and open to the public, it is helpful for us to know if you are coming so we know how much chai to bring! Please RSVP!
 
‘let’s heal the divide’ is a Vancouver Biennale site-specific work for VCC Downtown Campus that reflects upon the history and current conditions of Vancouver and addresses the socio-economic, political and cultural points of disconnect present in the area. The site-specific neon work, hung on the façade of the Vancouver Community College building, marks a physical division between the Downtown East Side and the commercial and financial districts that border it. The location of this work highlights the glaring economic disparity between neighbourhoods and acts as an intersection between perceived borders. It marks a physical division between one of the most impoverished postal codes in Canada and one of the wealthiest. The artwork prompts us to question the sometimes arbitrary lines that divide us. In the spirit of hope, this piece calls for action, collective healing, connectivity, and inclusion. On Wednesday July 13, the artist, Toni Latour, will be speaking about her work as part of Indian Summer Festival 2016. Toni Latour is an East Vancouver queer feminist artist who works in photography, installation, text-based practices, drawing, video, sound, public and performance art.
 
WE THANK OUR AMAZING PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH THIS EVENT: Vancouver Biennale (Co-Presenter) Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association (Community Partner) INDIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL IS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL SUPPORT OF: Simon Fraser University (Founding Partner) Heritage Canada, Province of BC, City of Vancouver (Government Partners) CBC, Georgia Straight & Spice Radio (Premier Media Partners)

Victory Square Park

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