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Previous installation of the Keywords School, Guangzhou Museum of Art , 2008, Xu Tan, photo courtesy of the artist and Vitamin Creative Space.











































































special projects and events part 1

February 15–20

    Xu Tan’s Keywords School
    Classes: February 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 2-4 pm (Reading Room, Hart House)

Keywords School is presented in collaboration with Gendai Gallery and Vitamin Creative Space

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.

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    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.

      Keywords School Class Schedule:


    Mon, Feb 15, 2-4pm
    Consciousness*意识, Faith, Belief 信念，信仰, Materials, Materialism 物质，唯物主义, Metaphor 隐喻, Uncertainty 不确定（性), Dark/Black, Gangdom/Black Society 黑，黑社会, Value 价值, Local 当地的，地方的，狭隘的

    Tues, Feb 16, 2-4pm
    Society, Social, Socialist 社会， 社会主义, Individual/Individualism
    个人，个人主义, Collectivity， Collectivism, 集体，集体主义, Body 身体, Capitalism 资本主义, Harmony/Harmonious Society 和谐，和谐社会, Environment/Circumstance 环境

    Wed, Feb 17 5-7pm, Reception (no class that day)

    Thu, Feb 18, 2-4pm
    Love 爱, Relation/Relationship 关系,Home/Family 家, Emotion 感情，情感, Private 私人的, Democracy 民主, Power 权力, Right 权利

    Fri, Feb 19, 2-4pm
    Eat, Drink｛Food ｝吃，喝（chi, he） {食物，粮食}, Money 钱, Play 玩, Realism，Practical 现实，实际, Enjoy 享受, Consume 消费, Property 财产, Culture, Cultural Industry 文化，文化产业

    Sat, Feb 20, 2-4pm
    Land 地, Tradition 传统, History 历史, Group, Circles 群体，圈子, the East and the West 东西方, Time 时间, Space, Emptiness 空，空间, Develop 发展， 八

    Presented in the “Reading Room” at Hart House, all classes are FREE. RSVP to info@extra-curricular.info with your full name and date(s) you wish to attend.

    Enroll early! Space is limited!

    Tuesday, February 16

      Keynote Lecture: extra-curatorial? documenta 12 education Carmen Mörsch
      7:00–8:30pm, (Debates Room, Hart House)

    Carmen Mörsch is the Art Director of the Institute for Art Education (Zurich). She will give an overview of the Documenta12 Education Programme, its advisory board and research projects. Discussing the development of the Documenta 12 Education books, the talk will touch on the project’s achievements and challenges. Link to more info on Documenta12 Education books here.

    Co-presented by the Ontario Association of Art Galleries

    Wednesday, February 17

      Opening Reception: Xu Tan’s Keywords School
      5:00–7:00pm, (Reading Room, Hart House)

    Thursday, February 18

      Closing Reception: extra-curricular part 1
      5:00–7:00pm, (off-site)

    Co-presented by the Toronto Free Gallery

    location: Toronto Free Gallery
    1277 Bloor St. West @ Bloor and Lansdowne
    Toronto, ON M6H 1N7
    t: 416.913.0461
    w: torontofreegallery.org
    Current Exhibition: THE PINKY SHOW: Class Treason Stories (excerpts)

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