Western Front

Join us for a multimodal, multisensory assembly that moves across disciplinary and institutional boundaries.

𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦-𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳
Oct 31, 2026
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 brings together the resonant works of Jasleen Kaur, Christian Nyampeta & Kivu Ruhorahoza, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Skeena Reece, and Constantina Zavitsanos to consider emergent aesthetic forms in which song is lament, food is evidence, poetry is history, and objects speak.

This assembly creates space for practices of transtemporal interlocution, interruption, eruption, and prophecy. It asks: how can we move beyond exhibitionary formats towards spaces of polyvocal collaboration, plural assembly, and fugitive sociality?

Tickets via link in bio.
Students free | General admission $15–$35 sliding scale.

This event is organized in support of  ECU 100, Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s centennial anniversary.  Presented with support from the Audain Foundation.

Organized by @libbyleshgoldgallery, @western_front, and the @ahvaubc, with additional support from the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies; @belkinartgallery; the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund; @critical.image.forum; and the Curatorial Research Cluster at the University of British Columbia.
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Images:
2. Constantina Zavitsanos, 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 (2019), installation view, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘉𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭: 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2024. Photo by Greg Carideo.
3. Detail of 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘢 (2026), installation view, 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴, 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘦, 59th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2026. Photo by Zachary Riggleman.
4. Kivu Ruhorahoza and Christian Nyampeta, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴, 2025, video still.
5. Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, digital drawing from 𝘚é𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 (2011-ongoing).