SÉANCE FOR UNFINISHED PROJECTS
With Zinnia Naqvi and Priya Zoe Jain
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 6:30 PM
In partnership with the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Hosted by the Toronto Media Arts Centre

This workshop is a gathering for creative producers to come together and reflect on their praxis, focusing in particular on what has not yet come to be. Personal projects can give us the freedom to work on what is closest to our hearts, but they can often be the most difficult tasks to fulfill. A variety of obstacles can get in the way: be they institutional, financial, or simply motivational. How do we address these barriers and use them as fuel to propel ourselves forward?

These ventures may be unrealized in body, but they remain alive in spirit. This séance speaks directly to these pursuits and recognizes their continued worth.

Hosted by Zinnia Naqvi and Priya Zoe Jain, this free event prioritizes QTBIPOC participants. 

Childcare is available upon request. The venue is wheelchair accessible.

In collaboration with the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, EMILIA-AMALIA continues a yearlong programming series—HOLES AND HOW TO FILL THEM—that explores historical gaps, omissions, strategies of refusal and withdrawal as modes of feminist praxis.

Zinnia Naqvi is a visual artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto and Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her work uses a combination of photography, video, writings, archival footage and installation. Naqvi’s practice questions the relationship between authenticity and narrative, while dealing with larger themes of colonialism, cultural translation, language, and gender. She has been a member of the EMILIA-AMALIA working group since 2017.

Priya Zoe Jain is an artist/yogi interested in the process of art + mindfulness practices and their potential as forms of healing. Their own practice experiments with: collage, mandala making, conversations around the dinner table, interventional rituals and performances, and ephemeral media such as wax and fire to create spaces of meditation for the viewer. Priya’s main focus throughout their work is about creating accessibility across disciplines, community engagement, mindfulness, and promoting collective care—especially for people who are racialized and for those who struggle with mental health challenges.