Going Places
Going Places is a series of short audio pieces and accompanying texts narrating stories of different locations (physical and theoretical spaces). Starting on Tuesday, September 29th, 2020, six episodes of 5 to 10 mins will be disseminated via FOFA Gallery's Soundcloud account and archived on the website during Fall 2020.
The selected guests, Nathalie Batraville, Joni Cheung, Anastasia Erickson, Glenn Gear, Quentin VerCetty Lindsay, and Zinnia Naqvi, explore complex ideas around place-making and embodied situatedness.
The past few months of confinement and drastic shifts within the global mobility ecosystem have (for some) aggravated a need for a change of scenery, a thirst for new sensations while leaving behind the anxieties of an uncertain and chaotic world. As international borders are slowly reopening, global travel structure will never be the same with new health and sanitation measures, social distancing, and fewer flights; perhaps we may be shifting from over-tourism to intentional travelling. One thing is sure, imbalances between richer and poorer countries will intensify, and issues around migrations and border violence will increase. Additionally, what are the mobility issues or constraints that we experience daily within our vicinity? With these considerations in mind, Going Places offers a platform wherein meandering around memories and ideas enables a slice of escapism.
- Geneviève Wallen, Exhibition Coordinator
Anastasia Erickson Invites You to Maquis Yasolo!
Join Anastasia on a visit to her auntie's restaurant, where Mme. Solange will share with us a bit of Afro-Québécoise history, a delicious meal, and her dreams for our community.
Glenn Gear Revisits Crow Hill
Join Gear as he revisits Crow Hill, a vantage point overlooking the town of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. To him this is a personal space, a tourist destination, a site of surveillance crisscrossed by colonial cartography.
Joni Cheung, Your DJ Snack Witch, hosts Songs to my Ancestors
Cheung explores how radio shows connected members of the diaspora with their family, friends and strangers, now separated by land and water, through the crests and fall of sound.
Explore with Nathalie Batraville Conflict Resolution for the Anxious Heart
Conflict arises when opposing or antagonistic perspectives and experiences come into contact with each other, sometimes violently.Where do we go from there? And who will go with us?
Quentin VerCetty's Musings on Afro-Futurism in Canada
Embodying his role as a griot, Quentin VerCetty poetically will share a parable and speak on the importance of preserving Black narratives and memory in the public space.
Zinnia Naqvi and Micah Brown, A stretching workout to help you feel productive while isolating together.
Zinnia Naqvi and Micah Brown share about their experiences co-habitation and productivity during the pandemic.
Joni Cheung, Songs to my Ancestors II
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