The Ryerson Image Centre celebrates the Scotiabank CONTACT

The Ryerson Image Centre celebrates the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival with four new exhibitions and an international symposium Scotiabank Photography Award: Stan Douglas Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases Aleesa Cohene and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay: The Same Problem 5 Curious Anarchy: The Photographic Collection of Maia-‐Mari Sutnik Symposium, Collecting and Curating Photographs: Between Private and Public Collections Toronto, April 1, 2014 -‐-‐-‐ The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) celebrates the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival this May with four new exhibitions and an international photography symposium. Guest curated by Robert Bean, Scotiabank Photography Award: Stan Douglas features the work of acclaimed Vancouver artist Stan Douglas, winner of the third annual Scotiabank Photography Award (SPA). Presented by Scotiabank, the exhibition is organized by the Ryerson Image Centre in partnership with the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. As Bean writes, “The stories, sites and events that Douglas investigates are familiar and historically situated. His photography and film works often describe the overlooked histories of cultural identity, displacement and injustice, revealing an uncanny resemblance to present-‐day events. The tension between fact and fiction encourages the spectator to create and participate in the meaning of the work.” The exhibition will be on view at the Ryerson Image Centre, May 1 – June 1, 2014. As part of the Kodak Lecture Series, Douglas will be speaking on April 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Ryerson University (350 Victoria Street, LIB-‐72). Zanele Muholi: Faces and Phases addresses the representation of black lesbian and queer identity, focusing largely on post-‐apartheid South Africa. As a visual activist, Muholi endeavours to bring radical change to conventional perceptions of lesbian and transgender communities who suffer from continuous attacks in South Africa. Curated by Dr. Gaëlle Morel, this exhibition will be featured as a Primary Exhibition during the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, on view at the Ryerson Image Centre, May 1 – June 1, and again June 18 – August 24, as part of WorldPride 2014 Toronto. Muholi will be giving a free lecture on June 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ryerson Image Centre. On the Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall, acclaimed Canadian media artists Aleesa Cohene and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, present the latest instalment of an ongoing collaborative project. The Same Problem 5 explores questions of the ego and memory within a reconstruction of deeply felt media experiences. This exhibition will be a Public Installation during the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, on view at the Ryerson Image Centre, May 1 – June 1, and again June 18 – August 24, as part of WorldPride 2014 Toronto. Curious Anarchy: The Photographic Collection of Maia-‐Mari Sutnik displays a selection of photographic objects from the private collection of Maia-‐Mari Sutnik, curator of photography and special projects at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). This exhibition, its accompanying publication and digital component are conceived by second-‐year students in the film and photography preservation and collections management master of arts program at Ryerson University, under the instruction of Sophie Hackett and Dr. Gaëlle Morel. The exhibition will be on view at the Ryerson Image Centre, May 1 – June 1, 2014. From May 1 through May 3, 2014, the Ryerson Image Centre is pleased to host its third annual symposium on photography entitled Collecting and Curating Photographs: Between Private and Public Collections. Collectors, curators and scholars will gather to discuss how the photograph has become a collectible item and subject of academic study since the nineteenth century. Participants include: Quentin Bajac (Museum of Modern Art, NYC); Howard Greenberg (Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC); and Ann and Harry Malcolmson (collectors, Toronto); as well as 17 other renowned photography experts from around the world. Organized by Dr. Thierry Gervais, the symposium is generously supported by the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Ryerson University School of Image Arts, the Consulat Général de France à Toronto. Admission to the symposium is free. For more details and the complete symposium program, please visit: http://www.ryerson.ca/ric/lectures/symposium14.html Ryerson Image Centre 33 Gould Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada ADMISSION IS FREE www.ryerson.ca/ric 416-‐979-‐5164 [email protected] Follow us @RICgallery The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC), a new Toronto cultural destination, is dedicated to the public exhibition, research, study and teaching of photography and related disciplines, including new media, installation art and film. International in scope, the Ryerson Image Centre features three interrelated areas of activity: an exciting program of public exhibitions where innovative work by professional Canadian and international artists addresses social, cultural, historical and aesthetic issues; a world-‐class research centre that conducts research into the history of photography and documentary media, and offers an array of workshops, conferences and publication programs; and the collection, which is home to the acclaimed Black Star Collection of black and white photojournalistic prints, as well as important fine art photographic holdings and artist archives.. Click here to view a short video about the Ryerson Image Centre. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ric. Ryerson University is Canada's leader in innovative, career-‐oriented education and a university clearly on the move. With a mission to serve societal need, and a long-‐standing commitment to engaging its community, Ryerson offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. Distinctly urban, culturally diverse and inclusive, the university is home to more than 38,000 students, including 2,300 master's and PhD students, nearly 2,700 faculty and staff, and more than 155,000 alumni worldwide. Research at Ryerson is on a trajectory of success and growth: externally funded research has doubled in the past four years. The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is Canada's leading provider of university-‐based adult education. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca. Scotiabank is a leading financial services provider in over 55 countries and Canada’s most international bank. Through Bright Future, our global philanthropic program, Scotiabank and its employees support causes at a grassroots level across six pillars: health, education, social services, arts and culture, environment and sports. Recognized as a leader for our charitable donations and philanthropic activities, Scotiabank has contributed on average some $50 million annually over the last five years to community causes around the world. Visit us at www.scotiabank.com. Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival is a not-‐for-‐profit organization founded in 1997 and granted charitable status in 2011, is generously supported by Scotiabank, BMW Group Canada, Nikon Canada, Torys LLP, Ernst & Young LLP, Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc., Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Vistek, Grolsch, Transcontinental PLM, 3M Canada, Four By Eight Signs, Beyond Digital Imaging, Toronto Image Works, Superframe, The Drake Hotel, The Gladstone Hotel, The Globe and Mail, The Grid, and BlogTO. CONTACT gratefully acknowledges the support of Celebrate Ontario, Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, the Hal Jackman Foundation, and its many partners. CONTACT fosters and celebrates the art and profession of photography with an annual festival in May and year-‐round programming in the CONTACT Gallery. -‐ 30 -‐ Media Contacts: Ryerson Image Centre : Scotiabank CONTACT Ryerson University: Erin Warner Photography Festival and Johanna VanderMaas 416.979.5000 x7032 Scotiabank: 416-‐979-‐5000 x4630 [email protected]
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