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Globally, women would have earned $10.9 trillion in 2019—had they been paid minimum wage for housework. No amount of zer...
06/01/2021

Globally, women would have earned $10.9 trillion in 2019—had they been paid minimum wage for housework. No amount of zeros or embroidered stools can ever represent the scale of women’s unpaid, unseen, work.

To learn more about This Woman’s Work explores the past, present, and futures of women’s work in Toronto – through the lens of women of colour. Apart of Intersections Festival.

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Skylar Cheung is a Toronto-based visual artist who works in the mediums of yarn embroidery and oil painting. She strives to call attention to underrepresented subjects such as immigrant women and wildlife habitats through her art. Her work is inspired by the activism undertaken by her mother in support of the Scarborough RT. Skylar’s work has been shown in juried art shows such as Workman Arts’ Being Scene and at venues like the Ada Slaight Gallery in OCAD.

Link in bio for full online exhibit.

This Woman’s Work explores the past, present, and futures of women’s work in Toronto – through the lens of women of colo...
05/25/2021

This Woman’s Work explores the past, present, and futures of women’s work in Toronto – through the lens of women of colour. Apart of Intersections Festival.

And With These Hands explores the theme of emotional labour and intersectionality. It is an intimate conversation between me and my mother (June Shah) about her experiences of the unspoken burden or emotional labour she carried and continues to carry as a Black woman in a variety of roles such as wife, mother, daughter, co-worker, and citizen. The conversation is accompanied by visuals of her braiding hair – a loaded image of care and metaphorical symbol of community building and weaving notions of connection and belonging. Her dialogue is overlaid with the words of Dr. Angela Davis from her speech Black Women in America (1974) at the Black Women Spring Forum at UCLA. The speech speaks of the sacrifices of women throughout history and specifically their contribution to the civil rights movements. In light of the pandemic and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, the narrative of leadership, physical and emotional support of female identified bodies continues to hold merit. Special thanks to June and Monique Shah for their collaboration in the making of this piece.

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Farihah Shah - is a contemporary lens-based artist originally from Edmonton, AB now based in Bradford, ON. Her practice explores issues of racial identity, land and collective memory. She is a member of Gallery 44 and Women Photograph and has exhibited internationally in North America, Asia and Europe.

Link in bio for full online exhibit.

This Woman’s Work explores the past, present, and futures of women’s work in Toronto - through the lens of women of colo...
05/19/2021

This Woman’s Work explores the past, present, and futures of women’s work in Toronto - through the lens of women of colour. Informed by family histories and emerging social and technological changes impacting the world of work, this online exhibition features performance, visual art, film, and an immersive audio experience that invites audiences to think critically about possible and preferred futures of women’s work.

Through an intimate portrayal of her mother, Farhiah Shah’s film, And With These Hands, captures the challenges modern women face managing work and familial responsibilities. Skylar Cheung’s embroidery defiantly points to the undervaluing of housework, and Hima Batavia’s durational performance brings to life a women working in a fictional future, based on Memory Work.

Together their pieces point to the pressures and barriers women face, which have only intensified with the pandemic.

Project Leads: Alica Hall, Natasha Singh

Exhibiting Artists: Farihah Shah, Hima Batavia, Skylar Cheung

Futures Research and Soundscape Production: Macy Siu, Asia Clarke, Alyssa Alikpala, Nehal El-Hadi, Robert Bolton, Valdis Silins, Udit Vira, Emily Woudenberg, Tala Kamea, Naomi Skwarna, and Dani Ramez

09/08/2020

Memory Work is a future scenario informed by individual and communal memories of women’s work in Toronto (particularly through the prisms of class, gender, immigration, status, and race). We invite you to listen to the immersive soundscape and imagine possible futures of women’s work.

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05/16/2020

We know that the home has traditionally been a womxn's place - where womxn work. As we physically distance in our homes, womxn feel the pressure of being mothers, employees, partners, teachers and caretakers - all in the same place at the same time. We wanted to understand the unique impact COVID-19 is having on womxn's lives. ⁠⠀
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Welcome to Quarantine Corner, today we hear from thank you for sharing your voice. ⁠⠀
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We want to hear about your experience so far - how has the pandemic impacted your day to day life. ⁠DM us to share.

05/13/2020

We know that the home has traditionally been a womxn's place - where womxn work. As we physically distance in our homes, womxn feel the additional pressure of being mothers, employees, partners, teachers and caretakers - all in the same place at the same time. We wanted to understand the unique impact COVID-19 is having on womxn's lives. ⁠⠀
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Welcome to Quarantine Corner, today we hear from , thank you for sharing your voice. ⁠⠀
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We want to hear about your experience so far - how has the pandemic impacted your day to day life. ⁠DM us to share. ⁠⠀
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This Womxn’s Work is our forthcoming exhibition with the Myseum Intersections Festival, an annual festival that explores...
04/01/2020

This Womxn’s Work is our forthcoming exhibition with the Myseum Intersections Festival, an annual festival that explores intersectional perspectives of Toronto through collaborative exhibits, events, and tours.⁠⠀
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Due to precautions related to COVID-19, the festival has been postponed. ⁠⠀
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With the world of work turned upside down, we are reflecting more than ever on the multiple roles that women play in and outside the home driving the economy forward and sustaining communities. ⁠⠀
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In the coming weeks, we will be sharing more about our inspiration for the exhibit, partners and behind the scenes.⁠⠀⁠⠀
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03/08/2020

"My first language is Arabic another language gives you a completely different world view it gives you a different vocabulary for explaining and defining and making sense of the world and expressing it..." - ⁠⠀
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"What Silvia Federici says in Wages Against Housework still rings true today ... "We are seen as nagging bi***es, not wo...
03/06/2020

"What Silvia Federici says in Wages Against Housework still rings true today ... "We are seen as nagging bi***es, not workers in struggle". This stereotype of the nagging bitch, as well as other tropes or archetypes, have made its way from the home and into the corporate workplace, reflecting today's cultural zeitgeist."
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We are still completely in our feelings. We love creating spaces where womxn can speak honestly about the experiences th...
03/05/2020

We are still completely in our feelings. We love creating spaces where womxn can speak honestly about the experiences that shape their lives and ⁠the world around us.⁠
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Our panellists left us reflecting on the tensions between how we are raised as women and our own goals, our ability in North America to take action and the importance of creating change on a global scale. ⁠
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A huge thank you to our panellists, Nehal, Alex and Radha for dropping all of the gems and Maya, our moderator, for insightfully shaping the conversation. ⁠
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This was our biggest crowd yet, over 150 womxn and allies joined us. Big love to everyone who came through, on a Monday night no less, your energy, thoughtful questions and attentiveness made for a beautiful night. ⁠
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02/28/2020

Meet Nehal El-Hadi a writer and researcher whose work explores the relationships between the body (racialised, gendered), place (urban, virtual), and technology (internet, health). Her writing has appeared in academic journals, general scholarship publications, literary magazines, and is forthcoming in several anthologies and edited collections. ⁠⁠
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Join us in celebration of International Women’s Day, we will be creating a dialogue to explore the impact of technology on what has traditionally been defined as women’s work.⁠ With research by From Later, our panellists will discuss what women’s work will look like in 10-20 years. ⁠
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Tickets available in the link in our bio!⁠
All proceeds will go to our exhibition which will be presented as part of Myseum Intersections festival in April 2020.⁠ ⁠

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