Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances
Curated by Dallas Fellini, Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances explores opacity, illegibility, and invisibility as productive alternatives to contemporary trans hypervisibility, a circumstance wherein the realm of the representational risks becoming all that is offered to trans people. Featuring works by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Lucas LaRochelle, Joshua Schwebel, Chelsea Thompto, and Lan “Florence” Yee, this exhibition tests the potentials of opacity to subvert the extractive dimensions of knowing the other. Rather than approaching visibility as an issue to be resolved, these artists consider the potentials of retreating from view, framing opacity as a protective act and archival illegibility as an escape.
Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances is the second of two exhibitions exploring the roles of absence and opacity in rendering trans and queer lives and archives. The first installment of this project, Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts, is on view at the Jackman Humanities Institute until June 21, 2024.
This exhibition is produced as part of the requirements for the MVS degree in Curatorial Studies at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto.
Public Programs
Opening Reception: Summer 2024 Exhibitions
Wednesday, May 1, 6pm–8pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
Joint Curatorial Tour: Indiscernible thresholds, escaped veillances and Mnemonic silences, disappearing acts
Friday, June 7, 2pm–3:30pm
Jackman Humanities Institute and Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
Registration required.
Programs are free and all are welcome.
For more information, visit https://artmuseum.utoronto.ca/programs/
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