Table of Contents City Wide Art Crawl!
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We kick off this year’s festival on Thu April 14 with a citywide Art Crawl that stretches over 12 sites!
Opening Night Screening
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Venice Biennale 2015 Silver Lion award winner Factory Complex, by Heung-Soon IM (South Korea), makes its Toronto debut on Fri April 15!
Canadian Artist Spotlight: Emily vey Duke and Cooper Battersby p. 53
Closing Night
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New York darling Juliana Huxtable brings her MoMA/ Performa 2015 commission, There are Certain Facts that Cannot Be Disputed, for its first international premiere for a one-night-only performance on Sat April 23!
Masthead p. 2 Funders and Sponsors p. 3 Presenting Partners p. 4 Thanks p. 5 Letters of Welcome p. 6 Jury p. 11 Awards p. 12 Ticketing p. 13 Membership p. 14 Festival Calendar p. 15 Advertisers Index p. 84 Title Index p. 94 Artist Index and Biographical Appendix p. 96 Distributors and Gallery Index p. 103 Map of Venues p. 104
Quick Guide Off Screen p. 28–42 Join us on Thu April 14 at 401 Richmond for YYZ, Gallery 44, A Space, Trinity Square Video, and Vtape from 5–7 PM, and make your way west to hit up simultaneous openings at Whippersnapper, TYPOLOGY, Xpace, Mercer Union, and Gallery TPW! Featuring new works by Carlos Motta, Sarah Anne Johnson, Oliver Husain, and many more! Download our mobile app to win free On Screen tickets depending on how many galleries you visit! On Screen p. 51–72 The core of our festival’s heart and soul, our cinematic screenings bring together local, national, and international artists
for collective experiences of the moving image! With features this year by Mike Hoolboom and a special tribute to Chantal Akerman, our renowned curated shorts programs feature new guest programs by Black Radical Imagination, Jon Davies, and works by the likes of James Richard, Ellie Epp, Sky Hopinka, Vika Kirchenbauer, Anna Linder, and many more. Live Images p. 66, 68, 69, 71 After an international premiere and tour, Eve Egoyan returns home to premiere Earwitness 2016 as a special presentation at the Aga Khan Museum. Madrid-based artist Esperanza Collado presents a new filmic performance art piece, We Only
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Guarantee the Dinosaurs, and Toronto’s own Kelly O’Brien premieres a new live work, Postings from Home. Public Programming and Education p. 85–93 An integral part of the festival experience, our free tours, daily artist talks, mediatheque, and parties are bigger than ever this year! We are delighted to be copresenting our talks this year in partnership with Onsite Gallery at OCAD University, taking place on OCAD’s main campus (Rm 284, 100 McCaul St) right next to Jackman Hall.