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CUAG – Open Space Lab 01: Gita Hashemi

Open Space Lab 01: Gita Hashemi
11 am – 2 pm; 31 Jan – 4 Feb and 7 – 11 Feb, 2017

CUAG is thrilled to announce the new and experimental Open Space Lab (OSL), which turns the gallery into a space for research, creation and collaboration.

OSL looks beyond conventional exhibition formats, offering artists the opportunity to explore, develop, test and talk about ideas and artworks.

Gita Hashemi is the inaugural OSL artist. Join Hashemi in the gallery and online as she creates Grounding, a major new project that explores space, writing, gender and performance.

Gita Hashemi’s practice draws on visual, media, performance, site-specific and live art strategies. Exploring social relations and the intersections of language and culture, Hashemi’s work is centred on marginalized histories and contemporary politics, often with an eye on women’s experiences.

Open Space Lab is generously supported by the Stonecroft Foundation for the Arts and an Ontario Arts Council Culturally Diverse Curatorial Projects grant.

Photo: Gita Hashemi, “Wonders of the Sea,” Triangle Gallery, Toronto, 2014, photo by Marc Lemyre