Extra-Curricular: Between Art & Pedagogy

Part I. Between Institutions (February 15–20, 2010)

Extra-curricular: Between Art & Pedagogy, is an international conference and curatorial project exploring the relationship between art, education, research, and activism. The project will take place in two parts: I. Between Institutions (February 15–20, 2010) and II. Beyond Institutions (March 8–13, 2010). Collaborating organizations for Part I include Gendai Gallery (Toronto), Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou, China), and Toronto Free Gallery.

Xu Tan, JMB Gallery’s International Artist-in-Residence, invites you to participate in a new instance of his mobile learning project, Keywords School in Toronto. The venue of the project will be the “Reading Room,” a social space located in Hart House at the University of Toronto. Through Keywords School, Xu Tan will share his ideas with the Toronto art community, to develop new dialogue around such complex issues as cultural identity and linguistics, citizenship and nationality.

Drawing on past iterations of his project, Xu Tan invites participants to discuss and generate new sets of keywords. Workbooks, videos, forums, and Dictionary of Keywords will be provided as resources and aids during the workshop. Visitors may join the discussion at any point, provided space is available.