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Deep Wireless Festival Of Radio Art
:: A month-long celebration of radio
and transmission art, radio artists, sound artists and enthusiasts can experience performances, sound installations, new commissions, special radio broadcasts, workshops, and other special events
For a more detailed look at the festival, please click here
May 1 - June 1 The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W. | Tickets: Conference Pass $150/130 (+$20 discount for earlybird
registration) Performance Festival Pass $50 (5 performances) The early-bird registration deadlineis April 14 Day rates available
CONTACT: Toronto Photography Festival
:: An annual month-long celebration,
CONTACT features the work of more than 400 local, national and international artists, exhibiting their photographs in over 170 venues across the Greater Toronto Area. Exhibition venues include coffee shops, restaurants,
gallery spaces, retail stores, and many other interesting spaces. Admission is free to most of the exhibitions. CONTACT also presents public art installations, a lecture series, Magnum workshops and many other exciting
programs.
This year's festival will examine thematic focus is Between Memory And History. This theme will be illustrated in featured and public outdoor exhibitions and programs.
For further details and a listing of all participating galleries, please click here
May 1 - May 30 Various venues, for further information, please click here
Design Exchange: Upcoming Exhibits
:: The Art Of Clairtone May 9 - Oct. 12 For a decade, in the 1960s, Clairtone
Sound Corporation captured the spirit of the times: sophisticated, cosmopolitan, liberated. From its modern oiled-walnut and teak consoles to its minimalist logo and promotional materials, Clairtone produced a powerful
and enduring body of design work.
Founded in 1958 by two young Canadians, Peter Munk and David Gilmour, the fledgling manufacturer of hi-fi and TV consoles quickly became known for its iconic designs and
masterful advertising campaigns. The company employed some of the most talented designers and original thinkers working in Canada at the time––among them, Carl Dair, Dalton Camp, Chris Yaneff, and Hugh Spencer––who
ensured that Clairtone used the wittiest copy, the latest typefaces, and the most up-to-date exhibit and signage systems.
The exhibit includes more than 70 artifacts including original Clairtone hi-fi
consoles, vintage furniture and fashion, as well as TV commercials from the 1960s, Hollywood film clips, interviews with the founders, archival photographs, brochures, notebooks, and rare blueprints. The exhibition is
an in-depth look at an iconoclastic company that once seemed to represent all the promise of Canada.
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The Art of Clairtone: The Making of a Design Icon May 6 – Oct. 13 Curated by Rachel Gotleib, catalogue co-autored
with Nina Munk, this exhibition is a celebration of Clairtone's fiftiest anniversary. The Clairtone collection and archive at DX represent a major portion of the DX holdings and are an important part of Canadian design
history. Along with this exhibit, Design Exchange is honoured to work with the publishers McClelland & Stewart, the authors Nina Munk and Rachel Gotlieb, and the designer Barb Woolley to present The Art of
Clairtone, The Making of a Design Icon.
:: Fringe Benefits July 3 – Aug. 24 Curated by Ian Chodikoff, Editor, Canadian Architect, Fringe Benefits
focuses on a variety of ethnic and cultural groups found across the outer rings of the Greater Toronto Area to develop the visual tools necessary for architects to respond to these changes, while developing a procedure with which to respond to current and future design challenges. Chodikoff's research includes residential communities, shopping centres (strip-malls and enclosed shopping centres), mixed-use and scattered developments, recreational areas, community centres, parks and open spaces.
Design Exchange 234 Bay St. Mon. - Fri. 10:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Sat & Sun. 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Admission: $5 Adults / $4 Seniors For
further information about hours of operation and the exhibitions, please click here or phone: 416 363-6121
Power Plant Gallery: Power Ball 10
:: Power Ball
was born on 1 June 1999 and out of the gates set the standard for ambitious, glitzy and outrageous art-party fundraisers. Power Ball turns 10 this year and to celebrate the anniversary as the best and biggest party in town, we have themed Power Ball 10
DECADANCE.
A night of dancing, debauchery and decadence with outstanding entertainment, music, food, art, and fashion! Power Ball is well known within Toronto and beyond for its sophisticated audience
of urban professionals comprised of decision-makers, taste-leaders, trend-setters and the movers and shakers from film, fashion, finance, technology, media, advertising, dance, theater, music, design and the visual
arts.
The evening will feature: LETS GO TO WAR - Toronto electrofunk/hip-hop , DJ Barbi - Electro/freestyle/new wave + fabulous food and drink, performances, installations, with dancing into the
wee hours.
Thurs. May 22 Power Plant Gallery, 231 Queens Quay W. | Tickets: $140 Members, $160 Non Members To buy tickets online, please click here
ROM: Exhibitions Until June
Shreyas and Mina Ajmera Gallery of Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific
Opening April 5
:: This 700 m2 (7,500 square foot) gallery presents the artistic and cultural traditions of indigenous
peoples from Africa, the American continents, the Asia-Pacific region and Oceania. This is the first permanent home for these collections in over 30 years, with more than 1,400 artifacts on display for the first time.
The artifacts reveal aspects of spiritual and everyday life, commerce, sacred and secular ritual and art of an indigenous people. The collections were gathered between the late 19th
century to the present and represent some of the Museum's founding collections. Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume
Opening April 16
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This 600 m2 (6,500 square foot) cathedral-like space with angular walls rises to approximately 13 m (43 feet). The gallery presents highlights from the ROM's rich collection of 50,000 textile and costume artifacts,
through displays of approximately 200 pieces dating from the 1st millennium BC to the 21st
century, changed on a regular basis for the purposes of conservation. Outstanding examples include a Chinese imperial costume, late Antique and early Islamic textiles from Egypt, western fashion from the Baroque period to the present day and early Canadian coverlets.
Shanghai 1860-1940: Historical Photographs
April 26 to October 26
:: Historical Photographs provide an intimate glimpse of Shanghai in the late 19
th and early 20th
century, a rich yet tumultuous period in its history. Personal, powerful and poignant images chronicle a century of the city's architecture, people and way of life up to the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The exhibit includes images from the ROM's extensive collections of historical photographs, including recent gifts by Joey and Toby Tanenbaum and Jacob Way and Amelia Gertrud Way-Evans, and 12 photographs by celebrated photographer Sam Tata (1911-2005) on loan from the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa. The exhibition will be presented in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery.
Shanghai Kaleidoscope May 4 to November 2
:: Organized by the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the ROM, Shanghai Kaleidoscope offers an
unprecedented view of one of the world's most dynamic cities, highlighting an emerging generation of Chinese artists, architects, and fashion designers. Examining Shanghai as a laboratory for 21st
-century urban creation, the exhibition brings together an adventurous mix of art and video installations, photo-works, designer fashion apparel and runway videos by the city's leading contemporary artists and
designers. The exhibition will be presented in the Roloff Beny Gallery in the ROM's Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.
Wedgwood: Artistry and Innovation
June 7 to July 5, 2009
:: The ROM brings together for the first time a selection of close to 100 objects drawn primarily from its outstanding collection of Wedgwood wares, the finest in Canada.
Through these historical and contemporary pieces, the exhibition explores the genius of founder Josiah Wedgwood I (1730-1795), whose diverse and high quality products and business practices revolutionized the English
ceramics industry in the 18th century.
Presented in the Samuel European Galleries, the exhibition features pieces of "Queen's Ware" from the table of Catherine the Great, copies of the famed
"Portland Vase", a black basalt relief weighing 800 lbs, cameo medallions and jewellery. CONTINUING:
Darwin
until August 4, 2008
:: This comprehensive exhibition explores the extraordinary life of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) whose curiosity, observations and discoveries nearly 150 years ago forever
changed the perception of the origin of species and launched modern biological science. In addition to his theory of evolution, Darwin is known for his work as a botanist, geologist, and naturalist. From
specimens of Galápagos finches to original manuscripts and notebooks, the exhibition, on display in the spacious new Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall in the Lee-Chin Crystal, is the broadest collection ever assembled on
the life and work of Darwin.
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park Crescent | Admission: $14 - $20 Phone: 416 586-8000 Hours: Daily 10AM - 5:30 PM Fri. until 9:30 PM
Subtle Technologies Festival
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One of Toronto's most unique and intriguing multidisciplinary events: from May 24 to June 1, the Subtle Technologies Festival returns, blurring the lines between art and science. "For the 11th
annual festival we investigate light
as a medium and tool for both artists and scientists", explains Festival Director Jim Ruxton. "Light is essential to our survival, yet we rarely pause to question the various ways it intersects with our lives", adds Festival Co-Chair Sachiko Hirosue. Through performance, workshops, film screenings, poster sessions, exhibitions and a symposium the Subtle Technologies Festival delves deeply into this year's theme
light from the perspective of the artist and scientist.
Festival Highlights include:
Workshops on holography, where participants learn about the latest advances in holography for art
making and applications such as medical imaging and on photovoltaics, where participants learn how to use solar panels to generate energy from the sun.
A film program looking at light on the screen and a free screening of "Light, Darkness, and Colours" about Goethe's colour theory by Henrik Boëtius.
Performances using light as a medium by Diane Landry and Arthur Clay, who performs compositions that couple the phenomena of light with that of sound (music by Clay, John Cage, Alvin Lucier, Emmett
Williams and others).
Exhibitions such as "Light Sensitive" by Diane Willow, a new participatory artwork that engages people in contemplation as an interactive, social experience and "Pixy"
by Experientiae Electricae, which challenges the definition of video by transforming each pixel into an object and video into a volume.
A Symposium exploring imaging and astronomy, light in performance,
architectural lighting, physics of light, light and medicine, bioluminescence, Canada's Aboriginals relationship with the Northern Lights, photographic techniques, holography and much more …
May 24 - June 1
Innis Town Hall at the University of Toronto: 2 Sussex Avenue (at St George Street), Pixel Gallery: 156 Augusta Avenue (at Wales Avenue), The Photon League: 401 Richmond (at Spadina Avenue), InterAccess
Electronic Media Arts Centre: 9 Ossington Avenue (at Queen Street W) | Tickets: Day Passes:Friday May 30th : $65.00 / Saturday May 31st : $65.00 / Sunday June 1st: $55.00
For more information, please click here
Doors Open Toronto
:: The Great Urban Adventure returns!
The annual Doors Open Toronto - one weekend, once a year – is when over 140 buildings of architectural, historic or cultural significance open their doors to the public for a city-wide celebration.
Step inside hidden gems, modern landmarks, places of worship, halls of learning, boardrooms, bedrooms, mansions, museums, 'green' roof gardens, theatres, national historic sites, centres of rail and air travel, banking
halls, architects' offices and more.
Many of these buildings are not normally open to the public. No tickets or pre-registration required - admission is free to all buildings.
May 24 & May 25
Various locations. For a complete guide to Doors Open building tours,
please click here
Luminato 2008: Festival of Arts and Creativity
:: For 10 extraordinary days in June, the
vibrant city of Toronto's stages, streets and public spaces are illuminated with arts and creativity. Luminato is an annual multidisciplinary celebration of theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, film,
literature, visual arts, design and more. Conceived to shine a light on the cultural richness of Toronto, the festival will include World and Canadian premieres.
For more information on both free and ticketed Luminato events, including dates, locations and schedules, please click here
June 6 - June 15
Various venues throughout the city | Tickets will be available in April 2008 through all Ticketmaster outlets (call 416-872-1111 or for online ordering, please click here
Power Plant: Summer Exhibitions
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For the third consecutive year, The Power Plant is delighted to offer ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE. Generously supported by the Hal Jackman Foundation and NOW Magazine, Media Partner, ALL SUMMER ALL FREE offers visitors of all ages complimentary gallery admission throughout the summer months, from June 7 - Sept. 1
To this end and in tandem with ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE, The Power Plant announces its blockbuster summer exhibition, 'Not Quite How I Remember It'. The group show, the first major exhibition curated by Helena
Reckitt, Senior Curator of Programs, features a Canadian and international roster of artists that explore how the past haunts the present. Through works in photography, film/video, sculpture, painting, and performance,
the exhibition presents contemporary artistic approaches to forms of historical re-enactment and reconstruction. While building on tactics of montage, remixing, and sampling, artists depart from the cool appropriation
tactics of postmodernists. Instead, they take a decidedly time and labour-intensive attitude to remaking and restaging.
The exhibition combines the work of Canadian artists Diane Borsato, Nestor Krüger, Nancy
Davenport and Michael Maranda whose work is gaining a national and international profile alongside established figures like Mary Kelly (USA) and Walid Raad (Lebanon/USA), as well as younger international figures like
Ireland's Gerard Byrne, and Americans Sharon Hayes, Dario Robleto, and Kelley Walker, whose work is creating waves. The show is rounded out with works by Felix Gmelin (Sweden), Olivia Plender (UK), Michael Stevenson
(New Zealand), and Lee Walton (USA).
June 7 - Sept. 1 Power Plant Gallery, 231 Queens Quay W. | Admission: Free
The Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival
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This year's Festival offers 27 different programmes skilfully selected from a record-breaking 3,003 submissions.
Presenting viewers with a superb collection of over 230 shorts from more than 30 countries
around the globe, the Worldwide Short Film Festival is the premier venue for the exhibition and promotion of short film in North America.
Offering more than 145 Premieres, over 60% of the festival's films are being screened in Toronto for the first time; including the 22 World Premieres.
From competition screenings of Canadian and
International Shorts, to unique retrospectives, special presentations and an award-winning gala, this year's spectrum brilliantly showcases the incredible talent and creativity pervading the genre.
Special festival events include the Opening Night Gala, Filmmakers Reception, Awards Picnic, Slap and Tickle and Closing Night Award Winners Screenings.
For Further Information, please click here
June 10 - June 15 Various Venues | Tickets: 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance, inside the Manulife
Centre) 10am-6pm, Monday to Saturday for both in-person and phone sales. 416 967-1528
Night Of The Avant Garde
:: The Night of the Avant Garde
, a unique fundraising event, takes place on Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 8 pm to 11 pm at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). The North American premiere of Music Space Reflection
by Simon Bainbridge, one of the United Kingdom's leading contemporary composers, is an exciting component of the event. Guests will also be treated to a moveable feast and a full and multi-sensational experience of video, fashion, cuisine and music. This special evening commemorates the completion of Daniel Libeskind's Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the ROM.
Music Space Reflection, jointly commissioned by the ROM and Manchester, England's Imperial War Museum North (where the piece debuted in April 2007) is Bainbridge's celebration of the architecture of
Daniel Libeskind.
Conducted by the composer himself, the piece will be performed by 24 musicians from CONTACT
contemporary music, a Toronto collective of composers and performers, as well as David Sheppard of London's Sound Intermedia on electronic instrument. The unique sound experience, augmented by the latest in lighting and digital projections, will occur on four separate platforms and be amplified by 24 custom-designed speakers, spatially arrayed throughout the ROM's Hyacinth Gloria Chen Crystal Court. Guests are encouraged to wander through the Gloria Chen Court during the performance which will be introduced by Simon Bainbridge in conversation with Daniel Libeskind.
The Night of the Avant Garde
will be an extraordinary evening. Other innovative musical compositions by influential creators including Philip Glass, Brian Eno and 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music winner David Lang will also be performed by CONTACT. Adding to the evening will be border-breaking fashions by Toronto designer Ula Zukowska, imaginative lighting and video works by the ROM's New Media Lab and Ed Wall, inventive cuisine by Restaurant Associates with Chef Caesar Guinto and libations including, of course, the Museum's signature drink, the ROMtini. The event publicly marks the completion of the permanent galleries of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, as well as the building's other detailed elements one year following its June 2007 Architectural Opening.
Thurs. June 12
@ 8:00 -11:00 PM Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park | Tickets: $180 (members) $200 (non-members) Tax reciept isssued. Phone: 416 586-5797 or order online by clicking here ________________________________________________
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