Gita Hashemi: Like Flesh and Blood
Gita Hashemi's Like Flesh and Blood finds its starting point in the memoirs of Joseph Emin (1726-1809), an Armenian born in Iran and raised in Bengal, who traveled to Europe to garner support for...
Zinnia Naqvi: Seaview
Combining home video and recent footage along with text, conversations, and testimonials that often contradict the imagery, Zinnia Naqvi's Seaview reveals the complications of translating culture across time and seas.
Ali Kazimi: Fair Play
Ali Kazimi's Fair Play depicts the lives of ordinary people who were affected by the arrival, detention and departure of the Komagata Maru, through ten quiet vignettes in stereoscopic 3D. Presented in partnership with...
Work It.
The works of "Work It." explore various modes of institutional critique, raising questions of appropriation and commodification, and the ways in which they reflect on one's identity as an artist and cultural worker. Featuring...
Monitor Reruns
In partnership with A Space Gallery and Images Festival, Monitor Reruns brings together five Canadian artists whose works represent the last decade of Monitor. Nurjahan Akhlaq, Ayesha Hameed, P. Mansaram, Vivek Shraya & The...
Nuit Blanche: Thamilini & Yalini Jothilingam
As part of Nuit Blanche 2014, SAVAC is proud to present Goddess-entranced, a performative, mixed media installation by Thamilini & Yalini Jothilingam, exploring postcolonial and post-migratory haunts. Using the space of a freight elevator in the 401 Richmond building, the...
Info Bomb: The Subcontinent Newsroom
A project with Other Asias and Aam Awaam Co-presented by SAVAC & Art Metropole October 4-25 Follow the ongoing project. Watch films. BILF (Berlin International League of Foreigners) Birds and Terrain by Monika Löve...
Abbas Akhavan: Study for a Glasshouse
Abbas Akhavan’s practice examines the domestic sphere, more recently focusing onto spaces just outside the home – the garden, the backyard, and other domesticated landscapes. In collaboration with SAVAC, Akhavan will exhibit his new...
The 7th Register
Now in its 7th year, SAVAC’s annual juried members’ exhibition, The 7th Register is an exciting showcase of the range of contemporary art practices in SAVAC’s membership.
