As part of CLOSER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN, join us Tuesday, May 5 at 6 PM for a special screening of Sin Wai Kin’s THE FORTRESS (2024) followed by a Q&A with the artist.
Moderated by our associate director, Kelly Lui, Sin will discuss their process of building characters through research and subverting narrative structures.
CLOSER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN is presented by @contactphoto and Reel Asian, and curated by Kelly Lui. Don’t miss the opening reception tonight, May 1 at 6PM at CONTACT Gallery!
THE FORTRESS SCREENING
📆 Tues, May 5 at 6PM
🚪Doors open at 5:30PM
📍The Commons, 401 Richmond (4th floor)
🎟️ Free to attend, no RSVP required
Dreaming the End is up as part of Visions of Antiquity at @stlartmuseum until October 18th curated by Clare Kobasa.
Visions of Antiquity explores the power and persistence of Greek and Roman antiquity in art, with works ranging from 1500 to the present. Organized into three broad sections—“Knowledge and Order,” “Triumph and Tragedy,” and “Remnants and Ruins”—the exhibition takes a thematic approach to the role of antiquity as a source of inspiration and as a challenge for artists and viewers.
Courtesy of Saint Louis Art Museum.
CONTACT Photography Festival and Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, both celebrating their 30th anniversary, present the multi-site project CLOSER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN at CONTACT Gallery, Sankofa Square and Billboards on College St by artist Sin Wai Kin.
CONTACT Gallery
80 Spadina Ave, Suite 205
May 1 – June 13
Wed–Fri 11am–5pm, Sat 12–4pm
Reception: Fri May 1, 6–9pm, with artist and curator in attendance
Sankofa Square
1 Dundas St E
May 1 – 31
Billboards at College St and Delaware Ave
1 Dundas St E
May 1 – 24
“My better half! My world! What has brought about your inevitable end?” CLOSER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN invites you to enter Toronto-born, UK-based artist Sin Wai Kin’s multiverse of characters who embody thematic areas of research, ranging from science fiction and non-dualistic philosophies to Peking opera and theoretical physics. In interrelated presentations at three locations across the city, this curation features the Canadian premiere of Sin’s video work "The Time of Our Lives" (2024) and their advertising campaign, "Essence" (2024).
Curated by Kelly Lui
Screening of "The Fortress" by Sin Wai Kin
Tue, May 5, 6pm (Doors open at 5:30pm)
Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space, The Commons (Suite 440), 401 Richmond St. W
Join us for a special screening of Sin’s film The Fortress (2024) followed by an extended Q&A session with the artist in-attendance. In The Fortress, we encounter Sin’s character “Wai King” as he rehearses for the role of ‘Man’ at Alfalah Theatre in Lahore, Pakistan. In the witness of the rehearsals, we confront the constructions of ‘Man’ as the archetype and in turn the possibilities for its unraveling and reconstruction.
This multi-site presentation is supported by the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, Sankofa Square and Pattison Outdoor Advertising.
Slides 1-5: Sin Wai Kin, The Time of Our Lives, (film still), 2024. Initiated by Accelerator and co-produced with Kunsthall Trondheim, Canal Projects, and Blindspot Gallery, supported by Vince Guo. Image courtesy the artist.
Slide 6: Sin Wai Kin, ESSENCE (film still), 2024. Courtesy the artist
Binnenkort te zien: 'Sin Wai Kin: Still Life' 💬
Van 22 mei tot en met 30 augustus 2026 zie je in het Frans Hals Museum de allereerste Nederlandse solopresentatie van de internationaal gerenommeerde kunstenaar @sinforvictory .
Ontdek de verwijzingen naar wereldberoemde kunstwerken, zoals Leonardo da Vinci’s portret van Mona Lisa en Caravaggio’s schilderij van de zelfingenomen Narcissus. De werken van Sin Wai Kin gaan de dialoog aan met de vaste collectie van het Frans Hals Museum, waaronder schilderijen van Frans Hals, Judith Leyster en Leo Gestel.
#FransHalsMuseum #Haarlem #VisitHaarlem #SinWaiKin #StillLife
Essence (Digital Display, 6 Sheet, Bottle) are up as part of Picture Perfect @bozarbrussels until the 16th of August 🖼️
Courtesy The Centre for Fine Arts / Bozar, Brussels, (c) We Document Art
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The widening war we are witnessing did not appear overnight. It grows from years of normalizing Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its 78 year occupation of Palestine, allowing institutions to treat it as an exception.
Culture must not provide cover for genocide and the brutal imperial aggression being unleashed on Iran and Lebanon.
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