February 28, 2020

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   A Grammar of Loss:…

   
   

   February 22, 2020      March 28, 2020

   A Grammar of Loss: Studies in Erasure
   Chantal Gibson
   Open Space, February 22 - March 28, 2020
   This February, Vancouver-based artist-educator Chantal Gibson returns to Open Space
   with A Grammar of Loss: Studies in Erasure, a show of new and recent work building on her 2019
   exhibition, How She Read: Confronting the Romance of Empire.
   Wielding black ink, black paint, and black liquid rubber, the exhibition explores the dis/comfort—the
   ideological stickiness—of engaging in this de/colonial moment. It off ers a visually poetic response
   to the questions “What does it mean to decolonize a text? And what does it really mean to confront
   Empire?”
   The exhibition features new digital works and altered texts, and includes Souvenir, the collection of
   2000 blackened souvenir spoons that debuted at the Royal Ontario Museum in 2018, and featured
   in Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art. Gibson will also transform part of the gallery
   into a public art studio, bringing with her The Other James Baldwin, an ongoing altered book project
   that invites visitors to engage with colonial texts of the past to reimagine the future.
   Gibson will be on hand for a week-long community residency from March 21-28 which will include
   workshops with educators and gallery visitors, inviting them to participate in activity and discussion
   around the historical and ongoing erasure of Black, Indigenous, and racialized bodies in the Canadian
   education system. Exploring methods of decentering colonial thought in the classroom, this workshop/
   studio time will open space to collaborate and co-create with other artists, educators, communities,
   and institutions.
   An opening reception will be held Friday, Feb. 21 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
   www.openspace.ca
    
   

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   Anything But Peace…

   
   

   February 28, 2020 03:15 AM

   Anything But Peaceful: Victoria and Esquimalt In The Aftermath Of V-J Day
   The Victoria Historical Society presents “Anything But Peaceful: Victoria and Esquimalt In The Aftermath Of V-J Day” with David Zimmerman on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at James Bay New Horizons, 234 Menzies Street, Victoria V8V 2G7.
   The Second World War dramatically affected Canadian port cities. The months after V-J day, in 1945, were not peaceful and orderly in Victoria and Esquimalt. In a short time demobilization reduced the Canadian Navy from 100,000 personnel to just 7,500. Both cities were flooded with restless young sailors waiting to be demobilized. Near chaos prevailed. This presentation will explore this tumultuous time on Canada’s west coast.
   David Zimmerman is a Professor of History at the University of Victoria. He has written several books and over twenty articles on various aspects of naval and military history.
   Doors open at 7:15 pm for refreshments and conversation.  A short business meeting at 7:45 pm will be followed immediately by the guest speaker.  Talk is free for members; $5 for guests.  For more information visit www.victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca
   

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