Learning from Latin American (Sub)Urbanism


For the past decade Alejandro Cartagena has been investigating the relationship between Mexico’s urban centres and the suburbs built around them, examining the ways in which explosive growth has altered the landscape and affected the lives of residents.

 
DateFriday, May 8, 2015 - 10:00pm to Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 12:00am

Cost

Free and open to the public

Location

OCAD University, 100 McCaul St., Room 230, 2nd Floor

A lecture by Alejandro Cartagena in conversation with Shawn Micallef

For the past decade, Alejandro Cartagena has been investigating the relationship between Mexico’s urban centres and the suburbs built around them, examining the ways in which explosive growth has altered the landscape and affected the lives of residents.

In this talk, Cartagena will discuss the development of his photographic projects including Suburbia Mexicana, Landscape as Bureaucracy, Carpoolers, Roma-Roma and his latest work, Outgrowing

The Learning from Latin American (Sub)Urbanism lecture is co-presented by CONTACT, LACAP, the Faculty of Art at COAD University (through the photography department) and Circuit Gallery. It is presented in conjunction with Contacting Toronto: Expanding Cities, a CONTACT Public Installation and Warden subway station. Curated by Sharon Switzer. Co-produced by PATTISON Onestop and Art for Commuters. 

Image: Alejandro Cartagena, Carpooiera, 2011-2012, Courtesy of the artist and Circuit Gallery

DateFriday, May 8, 2015 - 10:00pm to Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 12:00am

Cost

Free and open to the public

Website Location

OCAD University, 100 McCaul St., Room 230, 2nd Floor

Aerial photograph of two pickup trucks with men lying flat in the back
Friday, May 8, 2015 - 10:00pm to Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 12:00am

A lecture by Alejandro Cartagena in conversation with Shawn Micallef

For the past decade, Alejandro Cartagena has been investigating the relationship between Mexico’s urban centres and the suburbs built around them, examining the ways in which explosive growth has altered the landscape and affected the lives of residents.

In this talk, Cartagena will discuss the development of his photographic projects including Suburbia Mexicana, Landscape as Bureaucracy, Carpoolers, Roma-Roma and his latest work, Outgrowing

The Learning from Latin American (Sub)Urbanism lecture is co-presented by CONTACT, LACAP, the Faculty of Art at COAD University (through the photography department) and Circuit Gallery. It is presented in conjunction with Contacting Toronto: Expanding Cities, a CONTACT Public Installation and Warden subway station. Curated by Sharon Switzer. Co-produced by PATTISON Onestop and Art for Commuters. 

Image: Alejandro Cartagena, Carpooiera, 2011-2012, Courtesy of the artist and Circuit Gallery

Venue & Address: 
OCAD University, 100 McCaul St., Room 230, 2nd Floor
Cost: 
Free and open to the public
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