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Archives 2012 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces

May 1 – June 30, 2012
  • University of Toronto Art Centre
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Ariella Azoulay, Unshowable Photographs // Different Ways Not To Say Deportation
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Public: Collective Identity | Occupied SpacesNoh SuntagString Pulling IncidentBenjamin LowyIraq / PerspectivesWindowsNightvisionRichard MosseInfraAriella AzoulayDifferent Ways not to Say DeportationTarek Abouamin18 DaysPreparing for DawnSanaz MazinaniConference of the Birds Sabine BitterHelmut Weber Templeton Five Affair, March 1967 The University ParadoxEvents Are Always OriginalAi WeiweiStudy of Perspective

Curated by Matthew Brower, David Liss, and Bonnie Rubenstein

  • Sanaz Mazinani is an Iranian-born multidisciplinary artist, curator and educator based in Toronto. She holds an MFA from Stanford University and a BFA from the Ontario College of Art & Design. Working in photography, sculpture and large multimedia installations, she reflects upon digital culture in her art and asks how image circulation affects ideas of representation and perception. By exploring pattern, repetition and Islamic ornamentation, she aims to politicize image distribution. Mazinani's unique visual language invites viewers to critically reflect and rethink how we see.

Lynne Cohen Nothing Is Hidden

Design Exchange
Archives 2012 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art: Main Space
Archives 2012 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces

University of Toronto Art Centre
Archives 2012 primary exhibition
OverviewCorePublic ArtOpen CallArtists
  • Overview
  • Core
  • Public Art
  • Open Call
  • Artists
Archives 2012 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces

May 1 – June 30, 2012
  • University of Toronto Art Centre
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Ariella Azoulay, Unshowable Photographs // Different Ways Not To Say Deportation
Installation view of Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces, University of Toronto Art Centre, 2012
Public: Collective Identity | Occupied SpacesNoh SuntagString Pulling IncidentBenjamin LowyIraq / PerspectivesWindowsNightvisionRichard MosseInfraAriella AzoulayDifferent Ways not to Say DeportationTarek Abouamin18 DaysPreparing for DawnSanaz MazinaniConference of the Birds Sabine BitterHelmut Weber Templeton Five Affair, March 1967 The University ParadoxEvents Are Always OriginalAi WeiweiStudy of Perspective

Curated by Matthew Brower, David Liss, and Bonnie Rubenstein

  • Sanaz Mazinani is an Iranian-born multidisciplinary artist, curator and educator based in Toronto. She holds an MFA from Stanford University and a BFA from the Ontario College of Art & Design. Working in photography, sculpture and large multimedia installations, she reflects upon digital culture in her art and asks how image circulation affects ideas of representation and perception. By exploring pattern, repetition and Islamic ornamentation, she aims to politicize image distribution. Mazinani's unique visual language invites viewers to critically reflect and rethink how we see.

Lynne Cohen Nothing Is Hidden

Design Exchange
Archives 2012 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces

Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art: Main Space
Archives 2012 primary exhibition

Group Exhibition Public: Collective Identity | Occupied Spaces

University of Toronto Art Centre
Archives 2012 primary exhibition

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

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