*2021
Bread
A program for Virtual Care Lab (Los Angeles) by ma ma and the artist Laurie Kang. Bread provides a series of prompts as starting points for gathering together in a way that embraces intimacy while holding space for discomfort after months of isolation. This program will occur in multiple spaces and times throughout the day on Sunday August 1st, 2021, and can be run by anyone at anytime
Fast Forward: Speculative Institutions
ma ma | in residence at Mercer Union, a centre for contemporary art
April 12 - June 28, 2021
ma ma | in residence is an extended term of curatorial research through public events and engagements.begins with Fast Forward: Speculative Institutions, a three-part program on speculation and imagination that will consider how institutional critique can be a catalyst for institutional change.
Fast Forward Part 1: Claire Bishop on Speculative Writing
Monday 12 April 2021
Art historian Claire Bishop will discuss her writings A Speculative Review of #NewMoMA and MoMA Tour 2064, and reflect on speculation as a way of imagining ethical institutional practices. Her talk will be followed by a discussion with the audience moderated by ma ma.
Fast Forward Part 2: Chaédria LaBouvier on Art World Reckoning
Monday 17 May 2021
Curator, art historian, writer and organizer Chaédria LaBouvier will contribute a triptych work: a short, written introduction, clips of an unfinished film project, and a talk. All works will focus on interrogating what’s been called an art-world reckoning, and the cost and site of this foundation.
Fast Forward Part 3: Speculative Writing Workshop
Monday 28 June 2021
Heather Rigg and Magdalyn Asimakis (ma ma) will lead a workshop on speculative writing. This program will encourage participants to imagine the future through new forms of writing and critique. This will be a collective exercise for writers at all levels.
*2020
Decolonization Is Not A Metaphor: online reading group with Laurie Kang
July 1, 12pm
ma ma in conversation with Eleana Antonaki
Wed March 11, 7pm
Small World Music Theatre, 180 Shaw St
*2019
ma ma at The Table
Sunday July 21, 7pm
*2018
ma ma phase 1 closing party
Tuesday November 13, 6pm
Dog Days Reading Group
This reading group will feature a private screening of Liza Johnson's In The Air
followed by a discussion of it, the works on view, and two readings.
Email info@mamaprojects.net for details.
Monday November 12, 6:30pm
Artist Talk with Steffani Jemison
Saturday November 3, 5pm
Love Letters, A Workshop
A workshop lead by Berlin-based writer and curator Alexandra Symons Sutcliffe.
Monday October 29, 7pm
Artist Talk with Camille Rojas
Thursday October 4, 7pm
Artist Talk with Tanya Lukin Linklater
Friday September 21, 6pm
Artist Talk with Sofia Mesa
Thursday September 6, 7pm
Artist talk with Elizabeth M. Webb
Sunday August 19, 5pm
Join us for a talk by Houston, Texas-based artist Elizabeth M. Webb who will discuss her practice and solo exhibition For Paradise.
Institutional Critique Reading Group
This reading group will feature a private screening of Andrea Fraser’s film/performance “Museum Highlights" followed by a discussion about the film, "A Phenomenology of Whiteness" by Sara Ahmed, and the introduction of "Caliban and the Witch" by Silvia Federici.
Thursday August 2, 6pm
*All ma ma programming is by donation (suggested donation of $15).
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