The Learning Zone

Mark your calendars, Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon returns July 23rd to the OCAD U Library!

The OCAD U Library continues their support in hosting this global event that has already seen over 100 woman artists added, and 90 articles improved on Wikipedia. Participation is open to everyone, bring your laptop and plug in! Access to OCAD U’s Library resources is available to help you continue adding and editing entries into Wikipedia.

New to Wikipedia? Beginners can attend the tutorial between between 3-3:30 pm, reserve a spot at artfemwiki@gmail.com.

Drop by the OCAD U Library Wednesday July 23rd, 3 – 6:45 pm, 100 McCaul Street, 2nd Level.

Here is a link to dozens of Wikipedia articles that need your editorial input.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_artists/Worklist

External Space’s current exhibition hosted by OCAD U’s Learning Zone is Byron Chan’s continuously looping video called 1997 which explores Hong Kong’s tenuous relationship with it’s past, present and future and the cumulative impact on this once culturally diverse territory.

 Originally captured on 8mm film on a ferry in Hong Kong in the 1960’s, 1997 is a re-contextualization of found material that explores that region’s cultural transition after being returned to it’s Chinese “homeland” following a century and a half of existing under British rule.

Adrienne Crossman

Chan manipulates the found footage using digital tools, to erase the visual record of the people from 1960s Hong Kong, while maintaining a point of reference by retaining the image of one family, as they observe the changes.

On until August 15th at the Learning Zone, 113 McCaul Street Level 1

Exhibition Essay