Rosalind Nashashibi: Bachelor Machines

Exhibition

A film installation by Rosalind Nashashibi set on a cargo ship sailing from Southern Italy to Sweden via Portugal, England and Ireland.

A boat on water
Shadow of tree branches, and a building with a pool

Curator: Charles Reeve

Exhibition Information/Summary: 

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Bachelor Machines Part 1 captures snippets of life aboard a cargo ship sailing from Italy to Sweden as part of its ceaseless journeys through Europe and the Middle East. Further, while Part 1 consists of one film loop, Part 2 comprises two, synchronized loops. Bachelor Machines’ second part recreates a step forward in the histories of film’s commentary and technology both.

Publication: Bachelor Machines Part 1 Pdf

A boat on water

Public Program Events (list with description if needed):

  • Thursday, July 10, 7 p.m. Free. 
    • Curator’s Tour with Charles Reeve: 
  • Thursday evening walk-throughs: 
    • 20-30 minute discussions of the works on view. Free and open to the public. Walk-throughs begin at 6:30 p.m. 
    • July 31: Pablo de Ocampo. 
      • Pablo is a curator and occasional artist living in Toronto where he is the Artistic Director of the Images Festival. 
    • August 7: Jacob Korczynski. 
      • An independent curator, Jacob has organized “Skip, Divided,” a program of Nashashibi’s earlier films, for Pleasure Dome. “Skip, Divided” will screen on August 16 at 8 p.m. (pdome.org) 
    • September 4: Simone Jones. 
      • Simone is a multi-media artist and associate dean in the Faculty of Art at the Ontario College of Art & Design. 
  • August 16, 8 p.m.
    • “Skip, Divided: the films of Rosalind Nashashibi.” Organized by Jacob Korczynski for Pleasure Dome. At Cinecycle, 129 Spadina Avenue. $5. 
  • September 7, 9:30 p.m.

Flash in the Metropolitan, a film by Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer. In “Wavelengths 5” at the Toronto International Film Festival. Art Gallery of Ontario, Jackman Hall. (For info and tickets, visit www.tiff08.ca.)