{"id":45323,"date":"2020-05-06T11:27:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=45323"},"modified":"2021-10-29T21:26:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T01:26:36","slug":"contact-photography-festival-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=45323","title":{"rendered":"CONTACT Photography Festival 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2020<\/strong>
presents a new Online Program beginning May 1 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scotiabank\nCONTACT Photography Festival<\/em>, the popular annual presentation of lens-based art,\nannounced an online platform to present new works and initiatives by Festival\nartists, participants and partners, including photo essays and books, videos,\nand a variety of conversations recorded in living rooms, studios and\nexhibitions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typically\nspanning the month of May, an exceptional range of lens-based works by Canadian\nand international artists was selected for a diverse array of exhibitions at\nmuseums, galleries, public sites, and alternative spaces throughout Toronto in\n2020. While many venues will remain closed for the foreseeable future due to\nthe impact of COVID-19, some of the Festival\u2019s exhibitions, public\ninstallations, and programs will eventually open on a case-by-case basis, once\npublic safety is assured and schedules are confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To acknowledge the enormous efforts of everyone involved in the Festival and to celebrate their many accomplishments, information about all of the original programming is presented on the CONTACT 2020 website<\/a>. Visitors will discover a rich and diverse range of content with individual profiles dedicated to each of the more than 150 exhibitions and public installations originally planned for sites across the city in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTACT is\npresenting a series of online programs, many in collaboration with their\npartners, which will roll out on the CONTACT website starting May 1. The\nselection listed below reveals the scope of programs that reflect and enhance\nthe Festival\u2019s exhibitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Focus<\/strong> profiles existing and new works,\nplus initiatives including videos and other timely iterations of photo-based\nprojects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Kim\nHoeckele<\/strong> presents a new video where she takes a deep dive into her\ncomputer\u2019s research folder. Comprising hundreds of photographs, it reveals\nvisual interconnections and the complexity of reference materials used for her\nplanned Public Installation billboard project epoch, stage, shell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kim Hoeckele, Nike or Nike, 2020. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographer\nand journalist Alberto Giuliani<\/strong> presents an on-going series of images\ndocumenting front-line workers at the San Salvatore Hospital in his hometown of\nPesaro, Italy, an epicenter of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Select portraits\nare accompanied by reflections from the doctors and nurses pictured, speaking\nto the unfathomable circumstances within which they find themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alberto Giuliani, Untitled, 2020, Francesca Palumbo, Intensive Care Unit Nurse. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trinity\nSquare Video<\/strong>\npresents the group exhibition Performing Lives on a new online platform.\nCurated by Zo\u00eb Chan, the exhibition sheds light on alternative forms of\nstorytelling and strategies for viewer engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May Truong, The Outsiders (video still), 2016. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Museum of\nContemporary Art Toronto<\/strong> (MOCA) has partnered with CONTACT to jointly present Scouring the Press,\na video performance by artist Fatma Bucak<\/strong>, as a complement to the\nupcoming two-person exhibition with Krista Belle Stewart, titled Acts of\nErasure, scheduled for MOCA later this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fatma Bucak, Scouring the press (video still), Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Touched by a\nSoucouyant, a video by Trinidadian-born, Toronto-based artist Natalie Wood<\/strong>,\nis a potent example of the works to be shown in Wood\u2019s solo exhibition\nPerforming Change which is scheduled to open at John B. Aird Gallery and\nCharles Street Video this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Natalie Wood, Comfortable, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist\nProfiles<\/strong> feature conversations,\nwritings, images, and explorations focused on Festival artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Tereza\nZelenkova <\/strong>discusses her past work and new series commissioned by CONTACT\nfor the upcoming solo exhibition The Double Room at Campbell House Museum, with\neditor and producer of the podcast Nearest Truth, Brad Feuerhelm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video\nproduced by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery<\/strong> offers insight into\nDawit L. Petros<\/strong>\u2019 solo exhibition Spazio Disponibile and provides context\nfor his CONTACT 2020 Public Installation Untitled (Overlapping and intertwined\nterritories that fall from view III).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dawit L. Petros, Untitled (Overlapping and intertwined territories that fall from view III), Catania, Italy, 2019. Courtesy of the artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upcoming\nprofiles on artists in CONTACT\u2019s Core Exhibitions<\/strong> include Diane\nArbus, Aaron Jones, Christina Leslie, Ebti Nabag, Taiyo Onorato & Nico\nKrebs<\/strong>, and Ma\u0142gorzata Stankiewicz<\/strong>. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator’s\nReading Lists<\/strong> share\ntexts recommended by curators related to their CONTACT 2020 Core Exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator and\nwriter Sara Knelman<\/strong> shares some readings that informed her approach to\nthe upcoming Public Installation of Thirza Schapp<\/strong>\u2019s work Plastic Ocean\nat Dupont Subway Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philip\nMonk<\/strong>, curator of the\npublic installation of works by Greg Staats<\/strong> at Todmorden Mills Heritage\nSite for at least one day, you should continue to breathe clearly, suggests\nreadings that informed his involvement with the project and shares insights\nabout the artist\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greg Staats, Transformation, 2019. Courtesy of the artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator Heather\nRigg<\/strong> presents select readings related to Alone in the House (Still Life\nwith Clarice Lispector), the exhibition of Elisabeth Belliveau<\/strong>\u2019s work\nthat will be presented at Gallery 44 in the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elisabeth Belliveau, Still Life with Pretzel (After Clara Peeters), 2019. Courtesy of the artist <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forthcoming reading lists from exhibition curators will be featured including Zo\u00eb Chan, Benjamin Freedman, Sophie Hackett, Anique Jordan, Bonnie Rubenstein<\/strong> and Tara Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photobook\nLab<\/strong> showcases recent\npublications by artists and photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the\n2020 Photobook Lab is currently postponed, a selection of books will be\nfeatured online. This year\u2019s initiative is inspired by Spanish artist Laia\nAbril<\/strong>\u2019s exhibition A History of Misogyny Chapter Two: On Rape, to be\npresented in the CONTACT Gallery later this year. The first iteration of the\nvirtual Photobook Lab features Abril\u2019s book A History of Misogyny Chapter One:\nOn Abortion (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books by\nGenevieve Allison and Elliot Ross, Hannah Darabi, David Hartt, and Donald Weber\nwill be highlighted in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor\nInitiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#\nScotiaGallery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In previous\nyears, Scotiabank presented #ScotiaGallery at bank locations across Toronto.\nThis year, the open entry program encourages participants to come together by\nsharing their views from home. People are encouraged to take a photo and use\nthe tag #ScotiaGallery to share it on Instagram. Scotiabank will select photos\nfrom entries to be featured on the CONTACT website throughout May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikon:\nStay Inspired Lecture Series<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikon will\npresent a series of weekly lectures streamed on Facebook Live during May by\ninternational guests including Taku Kumabe<\/strong>: Shifting Perspectives for a\nNew Look (May 6); Viktoria Haack<\/strong>: Navigating the World of Social Media\n(May 13); Michelle Valberg<\/strong>: For the Love of Wildlife (May 21) and Kristian\nBogner<\/strong>: Intention, Vision, Creation (May 27). All presentations are\nscheduled for 3:00pm EDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Festival\u2019s weekly newsletter<\/strong> will announce new online content while CONTACT\u2019s Instagram account @contactphoto<\/a> will highlight related features daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

presents online<\/em> profiles on artists and artworks, conversations, video screenings, photobooks and readings to activate the exhibitions originally planned for the citywide Festival <\/p>\n

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