a mobile lecture of sorts ~

On no fixed schedule, Orchestra, an ongoing series, of embracing and sharing artistic research in non-academic loosely defined lectures, performances, listening parties and sharing. Orchestra is interested in exploring alternative models of academia, sharing space and embodiment.

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Capacity limited for COVID-19 safety, masks required. ASL translation will be provided. Building entrance at 268 Keefer Street is at street level with no steps. Lobby has a ramp with handrail to reach the elevator. Elevator access to each floor, universal washrooms on each floor.

Sola recounts Ahọn Dudu's story through the practice of Yorùbá storytelling.

Sola as Ahọn Dudu invites you to reflect on the great land of Oke and what led to its fall through her story-performance.

Ahọn Dudu is Sola's Masters thesis project and a story Sola wrote to recount her experience with lack of Black communal culture in a community she was part of in 2019/2020. She especially tells her experience with the unwillingness to make space for black people in this environment and does this through the framework of a Yorùbá folktale.

The story explores themes such as denial, the glass box, the facade: diversity as well as racism, oppression, white supremacy, race, identity, censorship and more

You can read/listen to the stories here.

Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké

is a Nigerian of the Yorùbá ethnic group, born in Lagos State. She completed her Fashion Design undergraduate degree in the UK in 2019 and in 2021, completed her Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Design in Canada. Her design practice focuses on using Yorùbá storytelling methods to speak into issues regarding the black race in her environment and additionally depict narratives that are befitting of black bodies- through dance, song, ways of wearing and poetry. She also has a podcast on spotify named ‘...into words with Sola.’

She is the host of The Writing Circle Project (WCP).

Linktree: linktr.ee/solaolowoake

Orchestra is made possible with the generous support of SightLines

image: Ariella Ilona

Spatial Sound Performance and Artist Talk

a mobile lecture of sorts ~

On no fixed schedule, Orchestra, an ongoing series, of embracing and sharing artistic research in non-academic loosely defined lectures, performances, listening parties and sharing. Orchestra is interested in exploring alternative models of academia, sharing space and embodiment.

>> Register

Capacity limited for COVID-19 safety, masks required. ASL translation will be provided. Lobe has a small flight of 2 steps to the main space as well for accessing the washrooms. https://lobestudio.ca/accessibility

Salima Punjani is a multisensory artist grounded in relational aesthetics. A common thread through all of her work is the creation of environments that allow for receptivity of connection. She is particularly interested in how multiple senses can be used to expand the possibilities for people to feel welcome in art spaces as well as to create artful experiences of empathy, intimacy, and connection.

Her recent projects include Will you Pass the Salt? at the Phi Foundation in Montreal which invites people to sit at a dining room table and feel the sounds of 10 households in Montreal cooking and preparing a meal. The Cost of Entry is a Heartbeat at the Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest that used heartbeat data and thermal bath sounds to create a collective rest environment. Progression, a real-time immersive multisensory installation that explores the narratives of people living with multiple sclerosis fused with brainwaves and MRI scans. Konbit Anba Soley, a participatory, interactive documentary about a social movement in Cité Soleil, Haiti as well as Moms of Montreal, a multicultural photographic storytelling project offering an intimate view into the recipes and stories of families in Montreal.

Websites:

www.cargocollective.com/salima

IG @picturesalima

Links to work
The Cost of Entry is a Heartbeat

Spatial Sound Institute, Budapest, 2020

https://vimeo.com/528511895

The Cost of entry is a Heartbeat

Lobe Studio, Vancouver, 2021

Audio described version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VV3ppyzNHQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt

The Cost of entry is a Heartbeat

Lobe Studio, Vancouver, 2021

captioned version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=30yXjU_qM34&feature=emb_logo

Orchestra is made possible with the generous support of SightLines

image: Bence Mladin SSI Video/Photographer