Release: Towards an unburdening
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This conversation will delve into the powerful themes and artists showcased in Labour, an exhibition that includes text, film, and installation works of panelists Tanya Lukin Linklater, La Tanya S. Autry and Chantal Gibson, alongside Natalie Asumeng, Tony Cokes, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Martine Syms. Together, they will explore critical questions such as: What motivates our inclusion in institutional spaces? Who holds the right to tell our stories? How can we express justified rage against microaggressions and discrimination? And how can rest be wielded as a form of resistance?
Performances and Incantations
The panel will open with a sonic introduction by Michael Shand, Sekou Lumumba, Richard Grossman, Etric Lyons and James Rhodes and will conclude with a poetic outro by poetic writer, community organizer and cultural curator Farhia Tato.
About the exhibition Labour:
Inspired by Claudia Rankine's scholarship on microaggressions in Citizen and themes of perceptibility, Labour seeks to unveil the invisible labour of the colonized. The exhibition challenges societal racial biases through the lens of Blackness and Indigeneity, exploring, among other concerns, how unseen labour might be unburdened and shifted onto the dominant. The evocative works of Natalie Asumeng, La Tanya S. Autry, Tony Cokes, Chantal Gibson, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Martine Syms examine white supremacy’s manifestation in institutional power paradigms and its corrosive effects on BIPOC. In so doing, this exhibition operationalizes and reveals unseen labour while activating alternative teachings from Black and Indigenous perspectives. Featuring an electrifying mix of audio, video, textual, and immersive works, Labour creates a powerful sensory experience that disrupts conventional narratives. By reimagining how the colonized perceive, engage with, and ultimately challenge the forces that shape our world, Labour becomes a powerful site of defiance.