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Alanna Fields In Conversation with Sara Knelman

Artist and writer reunite to discuss ways of seeing and making using archival photography that visualizes queerness.

Alanna Fields, Silk Stockings, 2023, from the series As We Were, Encaustic paint and archival pigment print on canvas, on wood panel, 24” x 24” x 1 1/2” 
Photo Essay

Jordan King: Untitled Polaroid Series

In response to the billboard project, the artist offers personal reflections on queer histories.

Jordan King, Untitled #1, 2020
Conversation

Burying "Bury Me in the Back Forty"

Kyler Zeleny discusses bringing his "Prairie Trilogy" of photobooks to a close.

Photo Essay

Living History: 25 Years After the Marshall Decision

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Marshall decision, photographer Steve Wadden pays tribute to the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr. through portraits of Mi’kmaq harvesters, conservationists, and activists.

Joef Bernard of Eskasoni with an eel he speared the night before in Potlotek. Eels are revered in Mi'kmaq culture and ceremony for medicinal and healing qualities and as a food source that would help people through harsh winters. Eels also garner respect for playing a central role in the Marshall Decision — Donald Marshall Jr. was convincted in 1996 under the federal Fisheries Act for illegally fishing for and selling adult eels from Pomquet Harbour, NS. The incident put eels and First Nations' treaty rights centre stage, and ultimately led to a successful Supreme Court of Canada appeal and a decision that upheld rights set forth in the Treaty of Peace and Friendship.
Conversation

Dear Nani: Zinnia Naqvi and Robyn York in Conversation

A discussion about the difference between exhibitions and photobooks, the challenges of working through a pandemic, and funding opportunities for artists and small publishers.

Conversation

Małgorzata Stankiewicz and Carmen Winant in Conversation

Two artists—both of whom have exhibited their work as public installations for CONTACT—explore the complexities and nuances of research as a tool for making art.

Lassen
Minisite

Małgorzata Stankiewicz - Lassen

An online compendium providing deeper context into Stankiewicz's 2021 public installation project.

Małgorzata Stankiewicz, Untitled (Canada and the World Face Very Different Futures, Depending on the Level and Speed at Which Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Implemented), 2018–21. Courtesy of the artist
Conversation

Sara Angelucci and Sabrina Maltese

An artist and curator explore the layers of the poignant photographic project, Botanica Colossi.

Sara Angelucci, June 18, Moth, assortment of seeds, flowers, leaves, 2020 (pigment print on archival paper flush-mounted to Dibond, 47x34in.), from the series Nocturnal Botanical Ontario. Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Bulger Gallery, © Sara Angelucci
Photo Essay

130 Commissioners Street

Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker discuss documenting one of largest infrastructure projects in Toronto’s history.

06____09-19-2019 – 130 Commisioners Interiors #1_04_EDIT_FLAT_3000
Photo Essay

Alberto Giulani: San Salvatore

Portraits from the frontlines of a nascent pandemic, taken in Pesaro, Italy, 2020.

Alberto Giuliani, Annalisa Silvestri, Anaesthesiologist, 2020

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CONTACT is a Toronto based charitable organization dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing and celebrating photography and lens-based media through an annual festival that takes place every May.

Land Acknowledgement

CONTACT acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and that this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. CONTACT is committed to promoting Indigenous voices; to generating spaces for ongoing, meaningful, and creative Indigenous-settler dialogue; and to continuous learning about our place on this land.

Anti-Oppression

CONTACT is committed to the ongoing development of meaningful anti-oppressive practice on all levels. This includes our continuing goal of augmenting and maintaining diverse representation, foregrounding varied and under-represented voices and perspectives via our public platform (the Festival and all related programs), as well as continually examining the structures of power and decision-making within the organization itself. We aim to actively learn, grow, and embody the values of inclusivity, equity, and accessibility in all facets of the institution, as an ever-evolving process.