Curatorial Tour: Dwelling Under Distant Suns

A program of:
Dwelling Under Distant Suns

Wednesday, September 24
6–7pm
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
7 Hart House Circle

Join student curator Yantong Li for an exploration of the themes and artworks featured in his graduating exhibition Dwelling Under Distant Suns. 

Dwelling Under Distant Suns originates from struggles to represent an increasingly precarious environmental landscape of slow violence that occurs out of place and out of sight. In the exhibition, methods of myth-making and speculation underpin the filmic apparatus as channels of inquiry into environmental and geopolitical discourses on heat, water, and agricultural lands entangled with human movements on the ground. 

Free and open to the public! Registration is recommended but not required.

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About the Curator

Yantong Li (b.1998, Dali, China) is a cultural organizer, researcher, artist, and curator of ethnic Bai lineage based in Toronto, Canada. He is a Master of Visual Studies in Curatorial Studies candidate at the University of Toronto. Li works at the intersection of global infrastructure, geopolitics, regional folklore and decolonization. His works and curatorial projects have been shown internationally, and include the Curatorial Awards at Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival, Xiamen, China (2022); Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore (2022); The New Gallery, Canada (2024), and the Jackman Humanities Institute (2024). Li is also a contributor to C Magazine and Peripheral Review.