Tonight in Montreal I play a couple of songs at this: TRANS TIME | Time for trans visibility in contemporary art FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRANS ARTIST SHOW IN MONTREAL FROM SEPTEMBER 25 TO OCTOBER 2, 2014 Presented by curator Ianna Book in collaboration with Marie-Claude G. Olivier and Virginie Jourdain, the TRANS TIME exhibition is a space of visibility bringing together local and international trans* artists, all of whom contribute to the growth of trans culture, which should be understood as artistic productions, forms, representations, and political advocacy by and for trans* persons. As the first collective trans exhibition in Montreal, TRANS TIME demands visibility and sharing of trans culture. Participating artists ALEC BUTLER – Toronto, CAN, AMOS MAC – New York, USA, C. W., Toronto, CAN & Z. F. Bath, CAN, HEATHER CASSILS – Los Angeles, USA, IANNA BOOK – Montréal, CAN, JJ LEVINE – Montréal, CAN, J’VLYN D’ARK – Montréal, CAN, KAMA LA MACKEREL – Montréal, CAN, KRIS GREY – New York, USA, LEON MOSTOVOY – Los Angeles, USA, MORGAN SEA – Montréal, CAN, RAE SPOON – Montréal, CAN, RAPHAËLE FRIGON – Montréal, CAN, RÉMY HUBERDEAU – Montréal, CAN, RHYS ERNST – Los Angeles – USA, SAM B. ATMAN & BRUCE – Paris, FRA, YISHAY GARBASZ – Berlin, GER & ZACKARY DRUCKER – Los Angeles are (re)defining their bodies and their identities in the collective psyche. By exploring various media, like video, photography, drawing, or performance, these artists illustrate their social, political and cultural experiences according to a diversity of paths and opinions. The curatorial team has chosen a collaborative and feminist approach, which is inclusive and anti-authoritarian. TRANS TIME is a non-hierarchical space for emerging and established artists. Artists were selected through the principal of trans self-determination, with a focus on artists who have a practice that resonates both in the realm of contemporary art as well as within a larger social context. This first edition of TRANS TIME reinforces trans artists’ political stance from within the contemporary art world by participating from a critical perspective in the recognition and defense of the rights of trans persons in Quebec and elsewhere. Trans* refers to the principal of self-determination for those who identify as trans. SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 6PM: Artist presentations (translation available) 7PM: Vernissage and performances Galerie L’espace créatif 2031 Parthenais, Montréal, QC, Canada Free entry
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