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SUMMARY: JUMP SHIP - dinner & artist talk with Sumugan Sivanesan
LOCATION:Toronto Free Gallery
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/34419
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:$15/person=0ASeats are limited. Please contact dana@torontofreegallery.org =
to reserve your spot.=0A=0Ahttp://savac.net/current-programs/229-jump-ship.=
html=0A=0AJoin Australian artist, Sumugan Sivanesan, for the first event of=
 Toronto Free Gallery's monthly speakers series=E2=80=93"The Bridge."=0A=0A=
Sivanesan will discuss his ficto=E2=80=93critical approach to issues of rac=
e, migration and the legacies of colonialism, relating to current concerns =
in both Canada and Australia. In recent work he has recalled the often obsc=
ure history of =E2=80=98Lascars=E2=80=99 =E2=80=93 sailors of South Asian d=
escent who worked colonial ships =E2=80=93 anti=E2=80=93colonial allegiance=
s, and the effect of Indian dissent on the European imagination.=0A=0A"The =
Bridge" is Toronto Free Gallery's new monthly speakers' series that uses th=
e format of a sit-down dinner as a site of engagement and conversation abou=
t gaps in racial, social, and economic inequality, and equal representation=
. We're interested in activating lively, productive conversation in an info=
rmal setting that will help to bridge the divide.=0A=0AToronto Free Gallery=
,=0A1277 Bloor Street West, Toronto ON M6H 1N7=0A416-913-0461=0A=0ASAVAC (S=
outh Asian Visual Arts Centre)=0A401 Richmond St. W., Suite 450, Toronto ON=
 M5V 3A8=0A416-542-1661
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