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Curatorial Incubator v. 19: Islands in the Stream

by Muriel N. Kahwagi, Kai Trotz-Motayne and Kiera Boult

Toronto: V tape, 2024

ISBN 9781777921521

This catalogue accompanies v. 19 of the Curatorial Incubator, Islands in the Stream. Kiera Boult introduces the program's thematic and the two curators, Kai Trotz-Motayne and Muriel N. Kahwagi. Trotz-Motayne writes about the videos included in the program Where do our memories go?, which focuses on memory, archives, and the Caribbean diasporic experience.Kahwagi presents the program What Happened to produce these ruins?, which maps material traces of places and documents of disappearing landscapes.

Contents: Introduction, by Kiera Boult; Where do our memories go? by Kai Trotz-Motayne; What happened to produce these ruins?, by Muriel N. Kahwagi; Artists' Biographies; Curators' Biographies.

Includes program notes.

ITEM 2024.005 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Maigre Dog – Donna James

Home – Jason Ebanks

Making Sweetbread with Gran – Raquel Rowe

Seeing is Believing – Shaunna Beharry

Homesick – Natalie Wood

Playing Ball – Corinna Schnitt

Saving Face – Jalal Toufic

Night Visitor: The Night of Counting the Years – Maha Maamoun

What to do? Part 1 of a Triptych – Christopher McNamara

Most Fabulous Place – Maha Maamoun

All of Your Stars Are but Dust on My Shoes – Haig Aivazian