Digital Exhibition, 2023


Mending the Museum

Mending the Museum invites ten artists, namely: Shaheer Zazai, Khadija Aziz, denirée isabel, Lan “Florence” Yee, Paola Torres Nuñez del Prado, kaya joan, Juan Pablo Hernández Gutiérrez, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Habiba El Sayed and Kendra Yee, to intervene in the Gardiner Museum and the Textile Museum of Canada’s archives via digital artworks and community workshops exploring cultural ancestry and futurisms.


Each artwork responds to the concept of “fragments” whether literal pieces of textiles and ceramics, such as disheveled textiles and broken plates, or conceptual interpretations of fragmented information, realities, histories, and stories.


Featuring works by: Shaheer Zazai, Khadija Aziz, denirée isabel, Lan “Florence” Yee, Paola Torres Nuñez del Prado, kaya joan, Juan Pablo Hernández Gutiérrez, Chiedza Pasipanodya, Habiba El Sayed, Kendra Yee

Design by: Natasha Whyte-Gray




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Kaya Joan


Deep Blue
 








Denirée Isabel


Barkcloth and Me








Lan “Florence” Yee


I was a Cut Sleeve







Habiba El-Sayed


Unstolen








Kendra Yee


Receptacle  






Juan Pablo Hernández Gutiérrez


Pero, qué va, si el destino es así
(Seated figure, no gold nose-ring)






Shaheer Zazai

Clone 30 – Exclude War










Khadija aziz


Consequences of Fragmentizing the Kashmiri Shawl's Weaving Process






Chiedza Pasipanodya


In another part of the markets, men were selling medicines, etc.









Paola Torres Nuñez del Prado


The Sonic Waraca














From the Curators


“During the trajectory of this project, which started with a research-creation process in partnership with two local museums, the main challenge that the invited artists faced was the lack of information available about the artworks provenance, the artist(s) who made it, and the processes of making.”






PROJECTS

Mending the Museum (2023)
Workshop Series:
   Narrative Charm
   Blackout Poetry
   Play it Forward
   Cloning and Paper Clay
   Clay|Sound|Powah


INFO

About the Collective
Members of the Collective


Mending the Museum is a collaborative duo comprised of Karina Román Justo and Camila Salcedo. Together, their intent is to work as a bridge between artists, communities, regional museums, and craft objects from their collections, to reflect on ancestry and speculative futures within the framework of cultural belonging.


For all inquires, please email mendingthemuseum@gmail.com


Brand identity, website design and development by Natasha Whyte-Gray, 2023.