{"id":12935,"date":"2015-05-23T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=12935"},"modified":"2015-05-23T09:42:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T07:42:14","slug":"michele-pearson-clarke-parade-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/michele-pearson-clarke-parade-of-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"MICH\u00c8LE PEARSON CLARKE \u2013 PARADE OF CHAMPIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press release by Mich\u00e8le Pearson Clarke<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\"From
\nPhotograph from Parade of Champions by Michele Pearson Clarke, 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

About the Exhibition<\/h2>\n

Parade of Champions<\/em> explores the grief experiences of three black queer people, following the deaths of their mothers. Although grief is borne from loss of any kind, for an adult child, a mother\u2019s death is incomparable. As universal and inevitable as it might be, this suffering is complicated by the restriction on mourning in our culture. Grief upsets us. It makes us uncomfortable. The bereaved are expected to mourn in private or at the very most, publicly for a short period only. For black queers, already unseen and othered, grieving a mother\u2019s death requires a further pushing back against notions of disposability and invisibility.<\/p>\n

Drawing on Clarke\u2019s experience after her mother\u2019s death in 2011, Parade of Champions<\/em> centres this black queer counter-narrative in creating a poetic encounter with loss. Employing still video portraits and audio interviews, this immersive three-channel installation invites viewers to bear witness to this black queer grief.<\/p>\n

WHEN: June 5th\u2013June 28th, 2015
\nWHERE: Ryerson Image Centre Student Gallery, 33 Gould Street, Toronto, ON
\nOPENING RECEPTION: June 10th, 5:00\u20138:00 pm
\nGALLERY HOURS: Tue, Thu, Fri: 11:00 am\u20136:00 pm, Wed: 11:00
\nam\u20138:00 pm, Sat\u2013Sun: 12:00\u20135:00 pm
\nARTIST TALK: June 10th, 6:00\u20137:00 pm<\/p>\n

\"From
\nPhotograph from Parade of Champions by Michele Pearson Clarke, 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

Artist Talk<\/h2>\n

Conversation with the Artist: Mich\u00e8le Pearson Clarke and Deanna Bowen Join Mich\u00e8le Pearson Clarke for an artist talk and conversation with interdisciplinary artist and educator Deanna Bowen, about the making of Parade of Champions as well issues related to documenting and bearing witness to the black experience.<\/p>\n

WHEN: June 10th, 6:00\u20137:00 pm
\nWHERE: Ryerson Image Centre, 33 Gould Street<\/p>\n

About the Artist<\/h2>\n

Mich\u00e8le Pearson Clarke<\/a> is a Trinidad-born artist, based in Canada, who works in photography, film, video and installation. Using archival, performative and processoriented strategies, her work explores queer and black diasporic longing and loss. Recent exhibition\"Mich\u00e8les and screenings include We Can\u2019t Compete: A Feminist Art Gallery Satellite Project at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Pleasure Dome New Toronto Works, International Film Festival Rotterdam and Images Festival. While at Ryerson, her research has focused on representations of grief in documentary, and she was the recipient of Ontario Graduate Scholarships in both 2013 and 2014. She holds a BA (Honours) in Psychology from Queen\u2019s University and a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto. Currently, Clarke is a member of the Feminist Art Gallery board collective and serves on the board of directors at Gallery 44.<\/p>\n

\"From
\nPhotograph from Parade of Champions by Michele Pearson Clarke, 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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