Hiba Ali
presented by SAVAC
June 6 - 27, 2017

Through a series of digital assemblages, the multimedia installation Satellites maps out systems of vision by investigating landscapes known as frontiers, both “outerspace” and “Western”, digital and physical, metaphoric and literal. Through, gifs, archival video documents and warped imagery, the newhive webpages probes Western ideology embedded in digital media by analyzing technologies’ role in place-making and imaging the world around us. This video discerns the subliminal codes that have historically guided our perception of imagining the world.

Opening
June 6, 2017, 6pm – 8pm
Whippersnapper Gallery, 594b Dundas Street West
Artist in attendance

Hiba Ali Artist Talk
June 8, 2017, 6pm
THE COMMONS (401 Richmond, Suite 405)

Hiba Ali is a new media artist and writer based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She holds two undergraduate degrees from the School of the Art Institute Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film, Video, New Media and Animation and a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Critical Studies. Her research focuses on how diverse populations utilize digital technology in ways that empower the community. She joined Project Prospera as the Digital Storytelling, Research, and Film Coordinator in December 2015 and is involved with civic engagement and immigrant outreach projects. She is also a volunteer with the South Asian American Policy Research Institute.

SAVAC would like to acknowledge the generous financial support of the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canada Council for the Arts.