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Past Residencies
Elixir of Life: Alek Phan Reflects on Water
Under The Orange Sun by Alek Phan Trúc Artist Statement Nobel Prize-winning physicist C.V. Raman, who was awarded the prize in 1930 for his work on ‘the scattering of light”, once observed that we often take water for granted, forgetting that it is one of the most powerful forces on Earth, and that “the true elixir of life is water”. Water has shaped our planet’s history and remains a vital force in the ongoing story of life. When silt-laden freshwater merges with the salty sea, the particles…
An Invitation with Returning River
The Returning River collective and the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence invite you for an art + community gathering in celebration of Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Free and open to all! Friday September 20, 2024 5:30pm Storytelling walk. Meet at Huron Square. 6:30pm Performances at Scadding Court, starting outside the Lab's PlaySpace before moving indoors. The event opens with a storytelling walk through Chinatown led by artist Kwoi Gin, who will regale you with funny, tender,…
Renaissance in Residence: Paper
Poster art by Renaissance, 2024. Photo courtesy of the artist. August 23-24, 2024, Toronto-based street artist Renaissance will be creating work in the Lab's PlaySpace. A micro-residency. Artist Statement Paper originated from a tree that stood as a beacon for many generations as a self-sustaining ecosystem before it was cut down severed from its roots taken from its community broken down altered and changed into the form we know now as paper. This current project that I am embarking on is…
Nava Waxman working with Blue Gestures and other archival images
A short interview with artist Nava Waxman whose creative research is on view in the Lab's PlaySpace from August 9 to 23, 2024. Thank you for sharing your art with the public! How was it creating in the space? I wasn’t sure what to expect and how it would unfold, but I felt I was guided by the possibility of bringing some photographic images that communicate with the Lab, the community, and the physical space as a shipping container, which I felt is such a liminal and transitory space. And I…
Longing Belonging Redux
Poster art by Kwoi Gin We're proud to launch our new home with a poster art series by artist Kwoi Gin. Longing Belonging Redux is a vivid, powerful assemblage of tableaux vivant dealing with unarchived history. The exhibition is on view July 17 to 31, 2024 at the Lab's new PlaySpace at 707 Dundas St West. "My father came under the guise of PaperSon," writes Kwoi, during the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act when Canada denied Chinese people from immigrating on the basis of race, after using tens…
Patio Party this Friday!
If you're in Toronto, drop by a Patio Party we're co-hosting in the courtyard at Scadding Court Community Centre (707 Dundas St W). It's a free, family-friendly outdoor event with a special performance at 9pm (hint: flash mob). There will be art and music by members of the Lab, as well as pop-up vendors, crafting areas for all ages, and food of many flavours. Our friends at Long Time No See Collective also have a poster art exhibition on view at Scadding Court. Kwoi Gin will be exhibiting…