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SUMMARY: LAUNCH PARTY\:Points of Access by Whippersnapper Gallery
LOCATION:United Steelworkers Hall
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/65803
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:POINTS OF ACCESS LAUNCH PARTY
Featuring =E2=80=9CRelationship Building=E2=80=9D by Eshan Rafi
November 10, 8pm-1am  =E2=80=94  Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St
No cover, cheap drinks  =E2=80=94  DJ Zehra and Chantellle
Venue and washrooms fully accessible. Gender neutral washrooms will be
available.

Relationship Building, by Eshan Rafi looks at the creative process of build=
ing relationships at the intersections of queer and racialized activist com=
munities. On a broader scale, it explores relationship building as a strate=
gy that counters fragmentary, uniform and divisive institutions and systems=
. Closer to home, it celebrates the important work we do everyday of buildi=
ng and sustaining relationships. The
process of building is closed to the public but the documentation will be o=
n view for all at the launch party.
PROJECT INFO: http://whippersnapper.ca/?p=3D759
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/events/537051666309702/?fref=3Dts


POINTS OF ACCESS
November 10th-29th
A series of off-site projects dealing with relationships of inclusion, part=
icipation, and permeability.

Projects by:
Eshan Rafi
David Yu
Erica Brisson
Tamara Plati=C5=A1a & Sa=C5=A1a Raj=C5=A1i=C4=87

Presented by Whippersnapper Gallery. Curated by Maggie Flynn
www.whippersnapper.ca

Getting to the point...
To talk about accessibility is to acknowledge who is being included, and wh=
o is being left out. The Points of Access series looks critically at differ=
ent understandings of accessibility. Artists Erica Brisson, David Yu, Eshan=
 Rafi, Tamara Plati=C5=A1a and Sa=C5=A1a Raj=C5=A1i=C4=87 create scenarios =
in which viewers and/or participants animate relationships of inclusion/exc=
lusion, participation, and permeability. Through these relationships, the a=
rtworks in the series address the idea of =E2=80=9Caccess=E2=80=9D in relat=
ion to political borders, queer and racialized communities, civil discourse=
, and public space.

Points of Access series also responds to the limitations of conventional ar=
t audiences. The entry points for the works =E2=80=93 street interventions =
and person-to-person conversations =E2=80=93 actively engage audiences beyo=
nd the art community. These are concrete alternatives for the relationship =
between art and audience.

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