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Publication | A Leap in the Dark 30th Anniversary Digitized Reissue

A newly digitized open-access version of Allan Klusaček and Ken Morrison's 1992 edited collection, A Leap in the Dark: AIDS, Art and Contemporary Cultures, has been rereleased alongside World AIDS Day / Day With(out) Art. The book originally came out of the cultural interventions at the 1989 Montreal International AIDS Conference and significantly contributed to the literature about cultural resistance and HIV/AIDS activism within Canada.

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Screening | Day With(out) Art 2022: Being & Belonging | Dec 1st, Vtape

Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space (Fourth Floor)
401 Richmond St. West
Toronto ON M5V 3A8
Canada

Vtape is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2022 by presenting Being & Belonging, a program of seven short videos highlighting under-told stories of HIV and AIDS from the perspective of artists living with HIV across the world. We also feature two new works by Toronto-based artists TJ Cuthand and Sarah Flicker.
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Moving On | Reel Asian Film Festival Short Film Screening | Nov 10, 6:30 PM, TIFF

TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St W
Toronto ON M5V 3X5
Canada

Archive/Counter-Archive is excited to act as a Community Partner for the 26th iteration of the Reel Asian Film Festival  (Nov 10-19) to support of their presentation of Moving On, a programme of short films that will screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox on Nov 10 at 6:30 PM.
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Sexile and the Task of Archiving Cuban Queer Diasporas | Screening & Talk | Nov 14th, Concordia University

Concordia University, York Amphitheatre, EV-1.605, Main Floor
1515 Saint Catherine Street Ouest
Montreal QC H3G 2W1
Canada

Please join us for a talk and screening with Lázaro González at Concordia University on November 14th 2022 - held at Concordia University's York Amphitheatre (EV 1.615, 1515 Saint Catherine Street Ouest, Montréal, Quebec) from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
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Grateful Reflections on the Indigenous Archives Gathering

Earlier this month, in collaboration with imagineNATIVE, we had the pleasure and privilege of co-hosting the Indigenous Archives Gathering. As this event has been roughly three years in the making, we would like to share some photos and a brief recap, as well as to sincerely thank all of the speakers, participating artists, volunteers, and attendees. 

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Working Papers Series: Johanna Laub | Zoom, Nov 29, 2022

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 Johanna Laub, who is a PhD student, Goethe University, Frankfurt and visiting scholar, Concordia University. Johanna’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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Memory in Motion Screening | 7-9 PM, Oct 27, TMU

122 Bond Street, Room 307
School of the Image Arts, Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto ON M5B1E9
Canada

The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and Archive/Counter-Archive are partnering to bring together an in-person screening and panel event to celebrate the 2022 UNESCO World Audiovisual Heritage Week running from October 27 – November 5. The eight films presented as part of “Memory in Motion” celebrate and reinterpret what is possible through non-fiction storytelling in the way they use archival footage in filmmaking. Although wildly different in approach and style, they explore the generative potential of artistic engagement with documentary heritage in contemporary filmmaking practices as a means of re-imagining our relationship to audiovisual history. The screening will be followed by a panel moderated by Olivia Wong and featuring filmmakers Franci Duran, Jennifer Dysart and Nadine Valcin.
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The Indigenous Archives Gathering | Oct 17-18, TIFF Bell Lightbox

The Indigenous Archives Gathering (October 17–18, 2022) will bring together Indigenous artists, film and media specialists, archivists, curators, Knowledge Keepers, Elders, memory workers and scholars from across Canada. Themes of traces and care will be explored through three perspectives 1) access, 2) engagement, 3) activation of archives from different First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities as well as regions.

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