‘Exchange Piece’ explores collaboration as an act of care through an exchange between 10 early career and senior artists and designers working in pairs to explore how care in the creative process affects the way we relate and position ourselves to what we create. 

The exhibition features the work of Khadija Aziz, Jennifer Chan, Leigh Dotey, Laura Kay Keeling, Kristine Mifsud, Moira Ness, Tiffany Shaw-Collinge, Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky, Amy Wong, and Florence Yee and Arezu Salamzadeh as the Rice Water collective, who explore concepts of care and come together in pairs to collaborate on an exchange piece.

This exhibition is curated by DesignTO, co-presented with Harbourfront Centre, and supported by Lemay.

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Please Help Yourself

Florence Yee and Arezu Salamzadeh as the Rice Water Collective

‘Please Help Yourself’ is a collection of glazed ceramics meant to resemble tangerine peels. The offering of tangerines is reminiscent of the ways that Cantonese people welcome guests in their home, and a simple food that is shared among friends on the side of the curb. As ceramic works, the inconspicuous leftovers of our shared gatherings become small monuments to those moments. As an expansion upon this project, the artists transformed it into a collaborative endeavour. During COVID-19, the artists mailed a small portion of clay to relatives and friends who they could not visit, for us to “share a tangerine.” As they receive them back through the mail, they are fired in a kiln.

The making of a pendant

Monday, January 25, 8-9pm EST on Twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/craftsabyss

Join 'Exchange Piece' artists Kristine Mifsud, Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky for a live, surreal DIY/ASMR hybrid copper crafting performance, connected to their collaborative video project 'The Element'.

The making of a box

Monday, February 1, 8-9pm EST on Twitch

https://www.twitch.tv/craftsabyss

Join 'Exchange Piece' artists Kristine Mifsud, Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky for a live, surreal DIY/ASMR hybrid copper crafting performance, connected to their collaborative video project 'The Element'.

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