EVENTS
sept 24
Shrina Patel + Zana Wensel | I am, I am, I am
Join us for a special performance of I am, I am, I am by Shrina Patel + Zana Wensel.
Tickets for a special preview and curator’s tour are available here. Tickets include a glass of wine and charcuterie from Cavern.
Performance starts at 7pm and is free to attend.
About the work:
How do we embody our relationship with the world? In their performance I am, I am, I am, Shrina Patel and Zana Wensel enter into an ecological and spiritual conversation with the Earth, and explore what it means to connect to our environment as humans at this time of ecological despair and socio-political tumult. Through a queer, eco-feminist lens, the two navigate their own internal and external embodiments of body-politics, while dually exploring how these notions inform their individual and collective relationship with the Earth.
Strategizing foreign languages and sounds, the artists move the audience deeper beyond the known debates around environmentalism, and into a sensory conversation. Drawing on the perspective of ‘Earth as Mother,’ Shrina plays with the traditional Hindu ceremony passed down through generations by male priests and into her/their embodied practice as a queer feminist. Thereby challenging the contradictory nature Women’s roles have played, for centuries, in the rituals within Hinduism. Whereas, Zana explores the notion of ‘Earth as Lover,’ and draws on concepts of eco-sexuality; that is, she rediscovers the delights and joys nature brings to and through the body. Through these channels, she revels in the intimate connection that can be found among all natural life (oneness).
As Zana and Shrina enter into a synchronous and synergetic dance of language and sounds, they reclaim and redefine the two spheres, and invite the audience to engage in their own conversations.
sept 17
Latitude 53 X Glass Bookshop: Poetry Reading
Join us for a night of poetry in collaboration with Glass Bookshop!
Makda Mulatu, Jason Purcell, and Shima Robinson will be reading their Schmoozy works followed by the official start of the online auction.
Learn more about the project here.
Tickets to the preview include a glass of wine and charcuterie provided by Cavern. The private tour will commence at 6:30pm, followed by the reading at 7pm. Tickets are not need to attend the reading.
sept 10
Roses ‘close cover strike gently’ Performance
Live performance by Roses with matchbooks and accompanying soundscape (recorded by Holland G.)
I was told that close cover strike gently or some variation of these words, was at one time or another the most reprinted text in the world. The sentiment of these practical, ubiquitous, and oddly poetic words ripple beyond simple instructions. Don’t press too hard, don’t smother or extinguish the flame. Protect it, and as you do so, move gently through the world.
The act of collecting is a form of organization and of making sense of the world. The contents gathered together establish a placement in time, they categorize a throughline of the efforts of many people, their interests and production, creating things persistently enough to be recognized and sewn into a collection. But all the same, each object possesses its own agency and life: each object has something to say and reveal in its own time. As a curator, which all of us are in one way or another, one listens for the gentle sentiment, the hushed whisper each piece of a collection has to impart. For me, this is represented in a collection of prose I've written for each matchbook I've found.
The following excerpts are pieces of the accompanying soundscape to my performance, close cover strike gently.
I want to become a self healing mat the kind you stick into and the wound patches itself up
The best part about heartbreak is that it has already happened
Queer people save my life over and over again
sept 3
Schmoozy Opening | DJ campos
Join us for the opening of Schmoozy 2022! Get first dibs on all works for sale, try our signature cocktail, Boozy, on the patio, and enjoy a set by DJ Campos.
This event is free and all are welcome to join.
sept 1 - 26
Schmoozy colouring contest
Join the Schmoozy 2022 colouring contest by downloading your favourite page here, or pick up sheets at Latitude 53.
Submit your work by following @latitude_53 on Instagram and tagging #schmoozycolouring in your post or drop off your work IRL at the gallery.
Deadline: September 24th. Pick up prizes by October 1st
Prizes:
Adults and Juniors Tier:
Copy of sometimes colouring book by Madeline LeBlanc, made specially for Schmoozy 2022!
Merch bag stuffed with goodies including pins, artist catalogues, and patches.
Drink ticket to be redeemed at Latitude 53’s bar.
Children Tier:
Copy of sometimes colouring book by Madeline LeBlanc, made specially for Schmoozy 2022!
$20 Glass Bookshop voucher.
Kind Ice cream voucher to be redeemed at Latitude 53’s bar.