Serena is a mother’s mourning reflection on the birth and death of her 18-year-old Trans daughter. The video’s visuals document the emptying of an hourglass. The audio is a posthumous collaboration between Serena and her mother. A ten-year-old Serena provides the audio for the emptying of the hourglass with a vocal… ⊕

The title, As If by Chance ..., alludes to a card game, evidence of which was found by the police after a Toronto art centre was closed by the City. A voice-over tells us that Natasha, the Centre's founder, (surname unknown), has disappeared, and is now officially designated a missing person. We know that she… ⊕

Harold Sonny Ladoo was the first Trinidadian and the second Caribbean novelist published in Canada, yet he remains little known except among a group of devoted enthusiasts. No Pain Like This Body was released in 1972 by House of Anansi Press, edited by the press’s co-founder and Toronto’s first Poet Laureate, Dennis… ⊕

The dickinsonia is a sea organism whose soft body has left very few fossils. Similarly to this old life form, our oldest memories only seem to leave vague impressions. These visceral stories, written in the flesh but almost inaudible, could resurface. Unexplained and sudden ripples would move through our tissues, shaking us at… ⊕

POP explores sisterhood, friendships and bonds that feel karmic. The film documents two sisters, Marium and Laila Vahed, as they spend a seemingly ordinary day trying to pass the time. Marium, the older sister, retreats into a book, while Laila, the younger and more restless sibling, struggles to connect with her sister.… ⊕