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Meet the Finalists! 📣 @_masu @elenakirbys The 2026 Rewilding Arts Prize explores how we might reconnect with the living world. More at the link in bio ⬆️ Winners announced April 15 👀 #RewildingArtsPrize #Rewilding #CanadianArt Découvrez les finalistes ! 📣 Le Prix Rewilding Arts 2026 explore les moyens de renouer avec le monde vivant. Plus d’informations via le lien dans la bio ⬆️ Annonce des lauréats le 15 avril 👀 #RewildingArtsPrize #Rewilding #CanadianArt

WIP Thatness + Thereness Research project on merging movement and material We acknowledge the support @canada.council

Thanks everyone who came to see Given: 2+2 💛 & thank you sweet lips and Touch Me, Don’t Forget Me @owenkurtz @sierradoesntskate @_masu @elenakirbys

Given: 2+2 is the commingling of two duos, Sweet Lips & Touch Me, Don’t Forget Me. This show is the presentation that documents the process and result of a game - one designed to find common footing between the two duo’s, and bridge their sets of practices. Sweet Lips is an avant-pop & sound art duo consisting of Owen Kurtz & Sierra Weston. They have exhibited their past audio installation “ARTPOP & Us” at the plumb, Summer 2025 and have released an EP in 2024 called “Sweet Lips Debut”. Touch Me Don’t Forget Me, is a shared research practice between Elena Kirby and Masumi Rodriguez, involving material making and fibre processing of “invasive” plant species and the relationships connected with these plants.  The show opens on October 19th and is open Sundays & Mondays 12-4PM until November 3rd. There will be a closing reception on November 2nd at 6PM with a special performance from the pairs.

Here is a little moment from our show, 𝘛𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, and the afterwards from our booklet, written by Chloe Gordon Chow: “It’s a life practice to navigate how to sustain a material practice amidst systems of extraction and harm. There are tensions inherent to this work. It’s a spiral tunnelling deeper into the ground. How do we work with what we’ve got? And notice that there’s already so much here?” ✳️Thank you to all who have supported us, passed through the space, and came with helping hands ✳️ Exhibited at @the_plumb in Tkaronto, 07.25.25 - 08.17.25 We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council. Artists: Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez, Emi Takahashi, Bhavika Sharma Curator: Emerald 邹佑 Writer: Chloe Gordon Chow Documentation: Em Moor, Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez, Jamie Latimer 1 - Collage of TMC exhibition 2 - Email booklet foreward 3/4 - Drying Mechanism [Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez] 5/6 - Prototype Speakers [Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez] 7/8 - DSV Glyphs [Emi Takahashi] 9/10 - DM Mimicry [Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez] 11 - Dog-strangling vine plant 12/13 - Phragmites patchwork [Bhavika Sharma] 14 - Weedy swirl [Bhavika Sharma] 15 - Phragmite plant 16 - Processing session w/ invited speakers 17 - Paper Labs 2.0 18 - Email booklet cover [designed by Emi Takahashi] 19 - Mound of dried DSV Thank you to the Ontario Arts Council @ontarioartscouncil and @maritstiles for supporting this project!

PAPER LAB 2.0 Sunday, August 17 2025 | 2-5PM Our very last programming for the summer @the_plumb 𖦹 come make paper with DSV fibres that we have collectively processed throughout the past two months! Feel free to drop by and leave anytime — we plan to make a large sheet of paper using the frame from the show ✳️ Thank you to all who have came to our processing sessions, and to the speakers who brought in conversation as we all peeled the fibres! And big love to @emthegreenstone for curating this show and supporting us through and through! Bringing so many people into the space, and for caring about this project. @the_plumb 1655 Dufferin St Basement Toronto, ON Poster Design: Emi Takahashi

Last week to see tunnel mound come back ! Show until August 17th 💜 Gallery hours: Wednesday processing 4-7pm Saturday 2-5pm Sunday 2-5pm paper labs 2.0 Documentation: @em___moor

✳️a drying mechanism✳️

Excited to be sharing our processing sessions with invited speakers throughout the duration of our show at the plumb gallery! We met each speaker through our ongoing project 𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘔𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘔𝘦. This gathering invites the public to be in conversation while we continue to process DSV.  𖦹𖦹𖦹 Anna Meng |  July 26th at 2-5pm Stewardship Ecologist, Toronto Nature Stewards Victoria Bao Wang | July 30th at 4-7pm Community worker, researcher, writer Bhavika Sharma | August 2nd at 2-5pm Artist + Landscape Architectural Designer Gabi Doiron | August 6th at 4-7pm Political ecology researcher  Alex and Tasha Sawatzky | August 9th at 2-5pm Co-Founders of Minnow Magazine Christine Beaudoin |  August 13th at 4-7pm Assistant professor (Urban environments) at Université de l’Ontario français   @the_plumb 1655 Dufferin St Basement Toronto, ON Poster Design: Emi Takahashi @emi.taka.hashi

Tunnel Mound Comeback showcases work that stems from “invasive” plant species. Each artist addresses a form of relationship towards the plant material they work with. We place quotation marks on the word “invasive” as a way for us to leave room to think about how this word informs our relationship to these plants, and the ways we use this word outside of a plant context. Elena Kirby (Tkaronto), Masumi Rodriguez (Tiohtià:ke/Montréal) and Emi Takahashi (Tiohtià:ke/Montréal) create work surrounding the plant known as dog-strangling vine. In conversation with the show, artist Bhavika Sharma (Tkaronto) takes on the plumb bar using a weedy/migrant plant known as phragmites. In collaboration with Toronto Nature Stewards @torontonaturestewards Text by Chloe Gordon-Chow @chloegchow Curated by Emerald @em_thepainter 𖦹𖦹𖦹 July 25 - August 17, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, July 25th, 6-10PM @the_plumb 1655 Dufferin St Basement Toronto, ON Gallery Hours: Wednesday 4PM-7PM Saturday/Sunday 2PM-5PM Poster Design: Emi Takahashi

Thank you everyone who came out to our first day of processing💜 Join artist-duo Elena and Masumi to process “invasive plant” dog-strangling vine all summer to build a mound | artist Bhavika to process phragmites. Come chit chat with us, drink tea, and process! Come when you want, leave when you want <3 No obligations, just a good time. ~processing DSV~ remove leaves from stem | make knotted bundles | strip the outer layer of the stem | ~processing phragmites~ cut, boil, stew, crush ~processing schedule~ From July 2nd to August 16th 2025 Wednesday: 4PM-7PM Saturday: 2PM-5PM **plants will depend on what the artists have collected from the week ~location~ the plumb gallery

Plumb Summer Programming Calendar!!! Join artist-duo Elena and Masumi to process “invasive plant” dog-strangling vine all summer to build a mound | artist Bhavika to process phragmites. ~processing schedule~ From July 2nd to August 16th 2025 Wednesday 4PM-7PM Saturday 2PM-5PM Come chit chat with us, drink tea, and process! Come when you want, leave when you want <3 No obligations, just a good time. ~processing DSV~ remove leaves from stem | make knotted bundles | strip the outer layer of the stem | ~processing phragmites~ cut, boil, stew, crush **plants will depend on what the artists have collected from the week location: 1655 dufferin st basement / the plumb gallery Calendar made by @agnesdoubleu 💜