In winter of 1986 our mother writes in her diary: “To scratch the surface of a subject does not penetrate deep into the subject”. Almost three decades later, Pictures of Departure takes this entry and sets off to explore the surfaces and the scratches that linger across generations.Parastoo Anoushahpour and Faraz… ⊕

But You’re Not Black opens on Toronto’s Caribana, which Danielle Ayow has attended for most of her life. The festival represents her parents’ Trinidadian culture, but Danielle is also Chinese and visibly so. She struggles with how people see her background, and how she should see herself.Danielle’s… ⊕

This video presentation amplifies the bias of fictional distorted images of black males, Media of all types, this production included, displayed distorted images. These portrayals show how exaggerated simple-minded stereotyped images, create beliefs that predict actions that reinforce false stereotypes that can and do affect… ⊕

Life Without Dreams is set in the outer space of consciousness, where the surfaces of far out planetary bodies form the terrain for an exploration of 24/7 capitalism, insomnia, and the disappearance of darkness. As media scholar Johnathan Crary has described, the human need for sleep has been at odds with the conditions of 24/7… ⊕

Queer Lines is an 18-min performance-for-the-camera that came out of an at-home residency with FADO Performance Art Center in the spring/summer of 2021. The process I undertake as an artist is an investigation into the subject-object binary. By using my own body in my performances, I experience the blurry zones of the human… ⊕