Flash forward 10: Uncanny Worlds

Exhibition

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the international Flash Forward photography festival with an exhibition of works by past winners from OCAD University.

6:30-8:00pm
6:30-8:00pm
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Artists: Sebastián Benitez, Kotama Bouabane, Danny Custodio, Nathan Cyprys, Adrian Fish, Jinyoung Kim, Alex Kisilevich, Sanaz Mazinani, Meryl McMaster, Geoffrey Pugen, Stacey Tyrell, Elise Victoria Louise Windsor

Curators: MaryAnn Camilleri and Lisa Deanne Smith

Exhibition Information/Summary: 2

Publication: https://www.ocadu.ca/sites/default/files/documents/Flash%20Forward%20Uncanny%20Worlds%20Brochure.pdf

Public Program Events (list with description if needed):

  • Tuesday, October 28, 6:30 p.m.
    • Artist’s Talk with Stacey Tyrell 
    • Tyrell will speak about developing her career, exploring her practice, current projects and the challenges a contemporary artist can face in the career market. Tyrell was one of the Magenta Foundation’s 2012 top emerging Canadian photographers as well as Toronto Life and NOW Magazine’s “must see” pick for the 2014 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival.
  • Friday, October 31, 12:30 p.m. 
    • Artist’s Talk with Meryl McMaster 
    • McMaster will discuss her career since graduating from OCAD U. Her work explores questions of identity, representation, perception, myth, memory and the environment. Her recent exhibitions include In-Between Worlds at the Art Gallery of Hamilton Design Annex, the 2014 CONTACT Photography Festival at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) in Toronto, and RED: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis.
  • Saturday, November 1, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 
    • Portfolio Reviews with Patrick Macaulay, Director, Visual Arts, Harbourfront Centre; Nicholas Pye, artist; Meera Margaret Singh, artist; and a Sharing Table facilitated by Keesic Douglas, April Hickox and Jennifer Long. 
    • Open to emerging and mid-career photographers with a cohesive body of work. Space is limited. Please email onsite@ocadu.ca for details.
  • Wednesday, November 12, 7 p.m. 
    • Pecha Kucha: Inspiration and New Directions with Sebastían Benitez, Danny Custodio, Nathan Cyprys, Geoffrey Pugen and more. 
    • Pecha Kucha is Japanese for “chit chat.” It is the speed dating of the academic lecture.
  • Wednesday, November 19, 6:30 p.m. 
    • Insite Exhibition Tour with Peter Sramek, Professor, OCAD U 
    • Sramek studied photography at MIT and has taught at OCAD U since 1976. He is Chair of Cross-Disciplinary Art Practices. Represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery in Toronto, his works are in many collections, notably the Musée Carnavalet (Paris), Toronto Archives, Art Gallery of Hamilton, National Library of Canada, the Allan Chasanoff Collection (NY) and MOMA (NY).
  • Wednesday, December 10, 6:30 p.m. 
    • Insite Exhibition Tour with MaryAnn Camilleri, Founder of the Magenta Foundation and Director of the Flash Forward Festival.
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