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Jan-Apr 2023

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Sound Plots

As The Willful Plot invites us to consider sites of tension through an expanded notion of the garden, Sound Plots considers these intersections of site, human and non-human ecologies through sound. Taking the notion of a plot as both a story, an area of ground and an idea or score that prompts response, Sound Plots amplifies and extends conversations, themes and ideas from The Willful Plot outside the gallery through a series of audio recordings of talks, conversations and interventions.

Check back for new episodes over the course of the exhibition.

Plots

Episode 1: Curator’s Tour with Melanie O’Brian and Opening Readings

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An introduction to The Willful Plot from curator Melanie O’Brian, followed by recorded readings from the exhibition’s opening reception. The readings include quotations by Derek Jarman, Glenn Lewis, Rebecca Solnit and Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing read by Melanie O’Brian, Glenn Lewis, Ellinee Nelson, Karen Zalamea, Jay Pahre and Bahar Mohazabnia. Download the transcript.

 

Episode 2: Online Artist Talk with Rehab Nazzal

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An online, recorded artist talk with Rehab Nazzal. In this talk, Nazzal discusses We, the Wild Plants and Fruit Trees and Canada Park, alongside how she came to make these works, the will of plants and the will of people. Download the transcript.

Episode 3: Online Artist Talk with Dana Qaddah

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An online, recorded artist talk with Dana Qaddah. In this talk, Qaddah considers Sidani Roof, including the images and writing. Through the work, Qaddah discusses the city of Beirut, rooftop gardens and the nature of tending to growing things. Download the transcript.

 

Image (above): Gabi Dao, Tear Possibility 6, 2021, collage. courtesy of the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection


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    Wednesday 12 Apr 2023 at 2 pm

    Concert at the Belkin: The Willful Plot

    Join us for a concert by the UBC Contemporary Players directed by Paolo Bortolussi and teaching assistant Ramsey Sadaka in a program that celebrates the Belkin’s current exhibition The Willful Plot.

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    Wednesday 29 Mar 2023 at 1 pm

    Lecture Series: What a seed does; or, tending to paradise, however you see it

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    Works from the Collection: Charmian Johnson

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    13 Jan – 16 Apr 2023

    Koerner Library: Gabi Dao

    Gabi Dao's work from 2022 is displayed in the Walter C. Koerner Library as part of the exhibition The Willful Plot, which runs at the Belkin from 13 January-16 April 2023.

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