Samay Arcentales Cajas
Nov. 13th to Dec. 10th, 2017

CLOSING EVENT: Dec. 8th
Artist in gallery from 5 - 7 pm on the following dates
Nov. 16 - 19
Nov. 23 - 26
Nov. 30 - Dec. 3

Exhibit viewable from sidewalk after sundown.

Will You Listen?: Latinx Voices in Tkaronto is a collection of stories which explore how people of colour experience public spaces. Centering the lives of women and non binary latinx identified people, this exhibit contextualizes urban stories and histories often buried in the mainstream white experience. While chronicling their brave journeys visually on a map, these stories highlight personal power and self-healing in the face of feelings of insecurity, unacceptance and heteropatriarchal power struggles.

Will You Listen?: Latinx Voices in Tkaronto by Samay Arcentales Cajas is the sixth project to be launched through Whippersnapper’s PEERS PROJECTS initiative! Over the past 6 months, Whippersnapper has been working with 7 PEERS Alumni to develop the gallery’s next 6 months of on-site and off-site programming.

Samay Arcentales Cajas is a (Kichwa) filmmaker, digital media and community artist born in Toronto. In her creative practice she explores the sense being uprooted, the migration experience, and the meaning of urban indigeneity. Through multimedia work and performance she tangles and untangles her mixed ancestry (Kichwa, mestizx) by including the voices of her family and community. Much of her inspiration comes from her multiple histories and ever-evolving relationships with the outside world, its people, and technology. Her works have been shown at the Toronto Fringe Festival and ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival.

This project was funded by Platform A, VIBE Arts, Toronto Arts Council, and Whippersnapper’s PEERS PROJECTS, which is generously supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.