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Crossing/Crosser: Language, Borders and Generations Screening & Talk

1515 Sainte Catherine Street West
Montreal QC H3G1S6
Canada

Please join Archive/Counter-Archive Concordia, in collaboration with les Archives gaies du Québec, on Friday April 19th for "Crossing/Crosser: Language, Borders and Generations", a screening and conversation between UK-based researcher Conal McStravick and photographer Sunil Gupta about transnational 2SLGBTQ+ and AIDS activism in the UK, Québec and Canada.
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Toronto Living With AIDS: Finding a Future in the Past

Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave
Toronto ON M5S2M7
Canada

Toronto Living With AIDS: Finding a Future in the Past is a roundtable/book launch for an edited volume on the community cable television series Toronto Living With AIDS (TLWA). In-person at Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto. ASL available. Saturday, March 16 | 2pm EST | 90 min.
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Working Papers Series: Béatrice Cloutier-Trépanier | Zoom, Feb 20

Earlier this week, Béatrice Cloutier-Trépanier presented her paper "I Say the Only Plot I Can Write is a Life: Lucy Lippard's Feminist Fiction" as part of our ongoing Working Papers Series. If you did not get a chance to join us live on Zoom for Béatrice's talk, we now have a recording of the presentation available on our website and Vimeo channel.
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A square promotional image showing the text "Archive/Counter-Archive: Activating Canada's Moving Image Heritage. Archival Atelier Workshop Series. Jan 16, 2024@ 4:30-6pm EST. Free Zoom event. "Silences, Stories, and Migration: Digitising and Remediating Personal Archives." Nada El-Omari (Artist in Residence, CineMobilia). Jean-Pierre Marchant (Director of Operations, CineMobilia).

Archival Atelier | "Digitising and Remediating Personal Archives" Workshop with Nada El-Omari and Jean-Pierre Marchant

Nada El-Omari, current artist in residence at CineMobilia, and Jean-Pierre Marchant, Director of Operations at CineMobilia, have been talking and making films with family archives for several years. In this workshop Nada and Jean-Pierre will discuss their shared interest in silences, stories, migration, and grief in family photos and home movies.
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FOGGY: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive Screening

Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, 4th floor
401 Richmond St. West
Toronto ON M5V3A8
Canada

Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & the Archive is a screening program of eight new works by Palestinian artists and their allies that is being coordinated as part of the Queer Cinema for Palestine global festival.
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Stories from the Heart of Turtle Island: A screening curated by ACA artist-in-residence Redsun//Sahgothé

304-100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg MB R3B 1H3
Canada

Join us on Friday, November 17th, at the Black Lodge for an evening screening of Indigenous Short Films! The event runs from 7-9 pm and is free to all. Pulled from the Winnipeg Film Group’s archival collection by Denesuline/Nehitho artist in residence, Redsun//Sahgothé — with Support from Archive/Counter-Archive.
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Working Papers Series: Debbie Ebanks Schlums | Zoom, Nov 7

Join us for another online iteration of the Archive/Counter-Archive Working Papers Series, which brings together PhD students from different universities to hear about exciting doctoral research in the area of archival studies. Our next speaker is Debbie Ebanks Schlums, who is a PhD Candidate in the Cinema and Media Studies program at York University. Debbie's talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Emily Barton and Elina Lex.

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ONSTAGE/OFFSTAGE Online Curatorial Talk, Oct 12

Tune in Thursday, Oct 12, from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Eastern for an Online Talk (via Zoom Webinar) with Jordan King and Dallas Fellini. This discussion will explore the process of navigating difficult language when curating from queer and trans archives, along with an exploration of seeking traces of transness in archival film and video.
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ONSTAGE/OFFSTAGE Exhibtion, the ArQuives, September 21

34 Isabella Street
Toronto ON M4Y 1N1
Canada

In September 2023, Toronto-based artist/curator and current A/CA Artist in Residence Jordan King will present a multi-media exhibition at The ArQuives gallery, highlighting materials held in their collection.
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The Archive/Counter-Archive 2023 Fall Graduate Student Mixer

2001E Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building, York University
88 The Pond Rd
North York ON M3J 2S5
Canada

Welcome (Back) to Archive/Counter-Archive and another academic year! Join us on Tuesday, September 19th at 5:30 pm in the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building (Room 2001) at York University for the Archive/Counter-Archive 2023 Fall Graduate Student Mixer!
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the8fest: Experimental Filmmaking with Found Footage Workshop with Franci Duran and Phil Hoffman

Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
137 Dupont St
Toronto ON M6H 2A3
Canada

Participants will repurpose and rework existing Super8 and 8mm film using a variety of tactile analogue techniques including: painting, drawing, scratching, tinting and toning, bleaching, collaging, contact printing onto 16mm film and processing using conventional and eco-chemistries. No previous experience is necessary. Refreshments will be provided.

Workshop Facilitated by Franci Duran and Phil Hoffman
When: Thursday, July 27th, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Where: LIFT, 137 Dupont St, Toronto, ON M6H 2A3
Registration Fee: $50

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