Not the Camera, But the Filing Cabinet: Performative Body Archives in Contemporary Art Susan Aydan Abbott, Sarah Ciurysek, Dayna Danger, Christina Hajjar, Kablusiak, Ayqa Khan, Luna, Matea Radic, Sophie Sabet and Leesa Streifler
Jun 10, 2019
3 minutes
by sophia bartholomew
Gallery 1C03, Winnipeg
September 13 – November 24, 2018
I arrive at this exhibition deeply shaken by months of public discourse denying the existence of trans and gender-non-conforming bodies, denying women’s experiences of sexual harassment and rape and denying the basic human rights of displaced people. The artworks in feel like a safety net, catching me, seeing me, speaking their own stories. At first glance, the room feels crowded, but it quickly becomes clear that the sparse conventions of contemporary exhibition-making have been deliberately flouted in favour of creating an atmosphere of solidarity—a feeling of
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