Visioning New Horizons - A symposium by Post Image.

Post-Image Research Cluster, led by co-directors, Deanna Bowen, Hannah Claus (outgoing) and Juan Ortiz-Apuy (incoming), is excited to announce a compelling two-day symposium titled “Visioning New Horizons”.

This event extends the dialogue initiated in Post-Image’s 2022-2023 speaker series “Moving the Landscape to Find Ground,” aiming to explore strategies, projects, and policies to affect change and decenter colonialism within arts institutions founded upon White settler governance and colonial structures.

“Visioning New Horizons” is presented in partnership with Indigenous Futures Research Centre, Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts, Milieux Institute for Arts and Culture and Onkwehonwené:ha Research Chair.

From interrogating images, to the critical role of curation in challenging narratives, the panels will engage with 2-Spirit/Queer practices and IBPOC expression of new materialities through lens-based practices, navigating through critical themes in arts and culture. Attendees can anticipate thought-provoking conversations that not only delve into past practices but also envision actionable change for the future.

Schedule

Day 1: Friday November 3, MB 10.201

• 11 a.m. - Keynote presentation
  Jolene K. Rickard (Tuscarora, Turtle Clan), an Associate Professor at Cornell University, curator, and visual historian specializing in Indigenous art and material culture, will lend her expertise to initiate the discussions and frame the narrative for ensuing conversations.
• 1:30 p.m. - New materialities and lens-based practices
  Catherine Blackburn, Hannah Claus, Juan Ortiz-Apuy
  Moderator: Joana Joachim
• 3 p.m. - Reclaiming Place through Process
  Dayna Danger, Peter Morin, Michaëlle Sergile
  Moderator: Alice Ming Wai Jim

Day 2: Saturday November 4th, MB 9th floor

• 11 a.m. - Archival Activism
  eunice bélidor, Monika Kin Gagnon, Désirée Rochat
  Moderator: Deanna Bowen
• 1:30 - 2 p.m. - Spirit/Queer Artmaking and Curatorial Projects
  asinnajaq, Léuli Eshrāghi, Kablusiak
  Moderator: Michelle McGeough
• 3 p.m. - Critical Curation
  Lori Beavis, Michelle Lavallee, Crystal Mowry
  Moderator: Elwood Jimmy