Toronto Media Arts Centre

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Exhibitions & Festivals

SummerWorks 2019

August 8–11

Various

Regent Park FIlm Festival

Home Made Visible

July 5–18

10am-6pm

free

Jordan Sook

Birth, Death & the Inevitable Loss of Youth

June 29–July 10

noon-6pm daily

Free

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Events & Workshops

Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre + EMILIA-AMALIA

Armchair Politics

2019-07-04T19:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-04T21:00:00.000-04:00 EMILIA-AMALIA continues its year-long collaboration with the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC), titled HOLES AND HOW TO FILL THEM, through a program of curated screenings. Inviting emerging artists and curators to respond to EMILIA-AMALIA's programming, and to the CFMDC film collection, these screenings activate holes, gaps and omissions as artistic and political strategies. Curated by Vince Rozario and Sanjit Dhillon, "Armchair Politics" is a program that imagines an affective viewing space where socially encoded scripts of identity, as mediated by the screen, are challenged, negotiated and transformed. Departing from an existent media archive of home videos, pop culture ephemera, newsreels and diaries, these artists attempt to challenge the depoliticizing effects of nostalgia. Through omissions, appropriations and recontextualizations, these films engender the potential to activate and envision new social relations. The screening is free and the venue is fully accessible. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1561400976-6478878620744372260193421490547522240774144n.jpg CONFIRMED
July 4, 7:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Regent Park Film Festival

Back from the Future

2019-07-05T17:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-05T19:00:00.000-04:00 Imagine that somebody in the future, a century away, will find your personal archive (photo, object, etc.). Imagine that they have mastered time travel and technologies beyond our imagination. In this workshop, you will create a small art piece using personal archival photographs and/or objects based on the premise that somebody in the future will find these archives and send them back to communicate with you in the present. Participants get into pairs to collective create artistic postcards that will be mailed to themselves or to a loved one. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1560886224-hmv.gif CONFIRMED
July 5, 5:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON

Colour Theory: a 2S/queer/trans + BIPOC short film night

2019-07-13T19:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-13T22:00:00.000-04:00 CELEBRATE 2S / QUEER / TRANS + BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOUR FILMMAKERS by catching some FREE SHORT FILMS!!! doing it again for ROUND 4(!) with more shorts that are ALL created by Two-Spirit, queer and trans BIPOC. big change 🚨 this event will be brought to you by a whole group of 2SQTBIPOC filmmaker organizers this time! 🙌 this is NOT a festival environment. we are committed to upholding a space that is welcoming, safe, and judgement-free for all filmmakers & artists. WANNA SCREEN A FILM? CHECK THE DISCUSSION! TIME: Doors - 7pm, Screening - 8pm WHERE: 2nd floor, Main Gallery, Toronto Media Arts Centre @ 32 Lisgar St, Toronto, ON (Queen/Dovercourt) *** admission is FREE as always *** ... but PWYC donations are encouraged! all proceeds will go directly to the filmmakers and towards continuing to put on these events. if you are not BIPOC *AND* 2SLGBTQQIA and you choose to come, please be mindful of the space you take up. if it's a full house, please give up your spot! FULL PROGRAM TBA https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1560728105-64328657102121055847492983660037895470710784o.jpg CONFIRMED
July 13, 7:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON

Birth, Death & the Inevitable Loss of Youth Opening Reception

2019-06-28T19:00:00.000-04:00 2019-06-28T23:00:00.000-04:00 Rising visual artist Jordan Sook enters 2019 with his first major solo exhibition titled *Birth, Death and The Inevitable Loss of Youth*. A graduation from his early works, Sook's latest collection looks at life as a spectrum and explores the deviances within it, while somehow probing the viewer to reimagine the definition of art. Curated by Just John https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1560186405-2019-06-1013-06-28.png CONFIRMED
June 28, 7:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Dames Making Games

Sunday Sundae Social

2019-07-07T14:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-07T16:00:00.000-04:00 Scoop and sprinkle ice cream with DMG for a sugar-saturated Sunday afternoon social. Join us in Lisgar Park for sweet treats and friends new and old. All are welcome! Look for the picnic blankets and coolers. Rain location: Just come on inside TMAC and head up to the DMG space on the 3rd floor. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1560035370-strawberry-sundae-day2.jpg CONFIRMED
July 7, 2:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Introduction to Projection Mapping

2019-07-07T12:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-07T17:00:00.000-04:00 This hands-on course teaches students to customize graphical content (video, image) and then map this content on to physical 3D objects using Isadora*. Students will have the opportunity to put these techniques to use by workshopping with assigned actors, playwrights, and other key players in the professional arts and theatre industry. * Working knowledge of Isadora is a requirement to take this course. Successful completion of the "Projection Mapping for Artists 101" course will suffice. See the work of past students that have taken this course here: http://projectionmappingworkshops.com/student-work ### Learning Objectives * Theory: best practices for digital augmentation in a physical world, projection art, principles of light, colour theory and interaction design. * Learn the basics of GPU codecs ideal for multiple simultaneous playback in a real-time environment. * Image/Video Production: make digital content your own through filters, compositing, special effects, editing, masking, keying. * Projection Mapping & Interaction: map your own customized images and videos onto 3D surfaces, and develop manual & live input as actuators. * Conceptual Development: learn to articulate and execute a raw idea from inception to a real-world exhibition. * Industry Engagement: deliver an innovative and sustainable production in collaboration with industry partner. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1559955576-projectionmapping7-1.jpg CONFIRMED
July 7, 12:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Scriptwriting Fundamentals: The Short Screenplay Pt. 2

2019-07-11T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-11T21:00:00.000-04:00 In this workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of narrative screenwriting, including character, structure and image. Using these tools and through class discussion and screenings, participants will begin the process of unlocking their ideas and turning them into structured and dynamic screenplays. Participants must bring an idea to the workshop that they will develop during the course. No experience necessary. ### Instructor: Hope Thompson Hope is a filmmaker and playwright. Her focus includes mystery, film noir, camp and comedy and she has written and directed several award-winning short films (It Happened In The Stacks, Switch) and plays (She Walks The Line, Stiff, Trapped!) in these genres. Her film, Switch, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and her recent play, Trapped! was published in the Playwrights Canada Press anthology, Queer Play. Hope has written on the CBC comedy Baroness Von Sketch Show and is currently developing a feature screenplay. [www.hopethompson.net](www.hopethompson.net) https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1559954015-198f0f67.jpg CONFIRMED
July 11, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video

Scriptwriting Fundamentals: The Short Screenplay Pt. 1

2019-07-04T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-04T21:00:00.000-04:00 In this workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of narrative screenwriting, including character, structure and image. Using these tools and through class discussion and screenings, participants will begin the process of unlocking their ideas and turning them into structured and dynamic screenplays. Participants must bring an idea to the workshop that they will develop during the course. No experience necessary. ### Instructor: Hope Thompson Hope is a filmmaker and playwright. Her focus includes mystery, film noir, camp and comedy and she has written and directed several award-winning short films (It Happened In The Stacks, Switch) and plays (She Walks The Line, Stiff, Trapped!) in these genres. Her film, Switch, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and her recent play, Trapped! was published in the Playwrights Canada Press anthology, Queer Play. Hope has written on the CBC comedy Baroness Von Sketch Show and is currently developing a feature screenplay. [www.hopethompson.net](www.hopethompson.net) https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1559954015-198f0f67.jpg CONFIRMED
July 4, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Gamma Space Collaborative Studio + Toronto Lit Up

Toronto Lit Up: Meat and Bone

2019-06-27T19:00:00.000-04:00 2019-06-27T21:00:00.000-04:00 Join [Conundrum Press](https://www.conundrumpress.com/new-titles/meat-bone/) and the Toronto International Festival of Authors in celebrating the release of Kat Verhoeven’s *Meat and Bone* through Toronto Lit Up! ### ABOUT THE BOOK A queer slice-of-life drama about dating and eating. Anne thinks that getting a new place with her two best friends will be a fresh start — then she meets Marshall, the girl downstairs. Their friendship will trigger body image issues she thought she had left behind. Meanwhile, Gwen tries out polyamorous dating and Jane practically moves into the gym, where she quietly works through her problems and those of her friends. In Meat and Bone, Kat Verhoeven winds these threads into an unflinching, beautifully illustrated exploration of how three Toronto women define themselves. ### ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kat Verhoeven is a Canadian cartoonist living in Toronto. She received a degree in illustration from OCAD University, where she made her first zines, including "The Artichoke.” Her first graphic novel, Towerkind, was nominated for a Doug Wright Award and an Ignatz Award, and her work has been featured in a range of publications including 3x3 Magazine, Broken Pencil, and Creative Quarterly. Her most recent book is Meat and Bone, a queer slice-of-life drama about dating and eating. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1559662512-mb-cover-3.jpg CONFIRMED
June 27, 7:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
BoardAgain Games

Queers & More Queers Game Night

2019-07-02T18:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-02T21:00:00.000-04:00 A bi-monthly game night that welcomes trans, non-binary, femmes, women and any queer-identified folk. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1552340487-5319236422273006641767504856804350380474368o.jpg CONFIRMED
July 2, 6:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Voices of Today

National Youth Slam Festival

2019-08-20T11:00:00.000-04:00 2019-08-24T23:00:00.000-04:00 A multidisciplinary festival, with arts workshops and events that people can pop in and out of throughout the day, including things outside of the field of spoken word and poetry. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1557543721-logo.png CONFIRMED
August 20–24
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Gamma Space Collaborative Studio + Our Networks

RE: Infrastructures

2019-09-20T10:00:00.000-04:00 2019-09-22T18:00:00.000-04:00 Our Networks 2019 explores the collective care and maintenance of alternative networking practices—new protocols, peer-to-peer connections, offline-first computing, or community-based governance and ownership. Building on last year, where we asked how to move beyond solitary practices of do it yourself (DIY), in 2019 we explore what critical and creative practices offer RE: Infrastructures of alternatives. How can these emerging Infrastructures of Reproduction provide spaces to imagine radically different futures, resist easy co-option by the forces of late-stage capitalism, and work in solidarity as plural networks seeking emancipatory change? To answer this we draw on insights from organizers, technologists, artists, and scholars to ensure the focus is not only on the technical aspects of infrastructure, but also the social and cultural. Their diverse perspectives suggest ways we can make space for livelihoods, solidarity, and survival; draw on history and place to bring our fullest imaginations to this moment; and open ways to think these questions together as we build transitional forms. https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1531104908-2018-07-0822-54-43.png CONFIRMED
September 20–22
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Pin + Patch Show

Pin + Patch Show

2019-07-27T12:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-27T18:00:00.000-04:00 The Pin + Patch Show is back for another show featuring dozens of pin and patch vendors from Toronto, across Canada, and around the world! As always, general admission is free! https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1553310868-3794421923277418639096777160481764069081088o.jpg CONFIRMED
July 27, 12:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON
Charles Street Video + Regent Park Film Festival

Home Made Visible Opening Reception

2019-07-05T19:00:00.000-04:00 2019-07-05T22:00:00.000-04:00 https://www.datocms-assets.com/5128/1552569940-2019-03-1409-24-42.png CONFIRMED
July 5, 7:00 PM
Toronto Media Arts Centre
32 Lisgar Street
Toronto
ON

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