2021 Festival ←

Group Exhibition Hiding in Plain Sight

May 1–31,  2021
www.embassyculturalhouse.ca
Artists
  • Jessie Amery
  • Ron Benner
  • Andreas Buchwaldt
  • Carole Condé
  • Karl Beveridge
  • Stan Denniston
  • Michael Fernandes
  • Wyn Geleynse
  • Alberto Gomez
  • Dot Tuer
  • Jamelie Hassan
  • Fern Helfand
  • S F Ho
  • Suzy Lake
  • Patrick Mahon
  • Shelley Niro
  • Troy Ouellette
  • June Pak
  • Jayce Salloum
  • Roland Schubert
  • Zainub Verjee
  • Paul Walde
Carol Condé and Karl Beveridge, End Game, 2017
Carol Condé and Karl Beveridge, End Game, 2017
Shelley Niro, Buffet, 2016
Shelley Niro, Buffet, 2016
Alberto Gomez and Dot Tuer, Vendedora de chipacuerito en la ruta” (Tortilla Seller on the Highway), from the series Corrientes imaginarios, 2016
Alberto Gomez and Dot Tuer, Vendedora de chipacuerito en la ruta” (Tortilla Seller on the Highway), from the series Corrientes imaginarios, 2016

In October 2020, the Embassy Cultural House (ECH) presented its inaugural virtual exhibition Hiding in Plain Sight, organized by Ron Benner, inspired by the 2020 book of the same name by St. Louis-based journalist Sarah Kendzior. In her book, Kendzior describes the former US President Donald Trump’s administration as “a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government.” For the 2021 CONTACT Festival, ECH is proud to highlight the digital, photo-based, and photo-related artworks from this exhibition.

Curated by Andreas Buchwaldt and Olivia Mossuto

Jayce Salloum – As if an itinerant geographer of conflicted territories, Salloum observes the world and creates images/texts to re-make meaning from. He tries to go only where he is invited or where there is an intrinsic affinity, his projects being rooted in an intimate engagement with place. A grandson of Syrian or Lebanese immigrants he was born and raised on others’ land, the Sylix (Okanagan) territory. After 23 years living and working elsewheres he planted himself on the unceded stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ. Recognizing and acting on this is an everyday practice, but let’s face it, he could do a lot more.

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