• • • • • • • Rest-Oration • • • • • • •
A slow conversation between Victoria Stanton and Salima Punjani looking at the pedagogical—and revolutionary—role of rest, pause, refusal, slowness, care, and “doing nothing” within contemporary artists’ time-based works and the parallel social justice implications of integrating slow philosophies in the post-secondary studio art classroom.
Audience members will be part of research-in-action, while also invited to enjoy the discussion and participate in a Q&A.
This event is part of Stanton’s research for her PhD in Art Education at Concordia University and will be recorded for research purposes.
JUNE 6, 2025
Time: 5 to 7pm
Location: Produit Rien, 6909 rue Marconi, Montreal (Métro Jean-Talon)
Admission: Free
The event will be taking place in English. The venue is on the ground floor with three steps and can be made accessible with an added ramp for any guests requiring this.
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Bio of Presenting Guest:
Salima Punjani is a multisensory artist grounded in relational aesthetics. A common thread through all of her work is the creation of environments that allow for receptivity of connection. She is particularly interested in how multiple senses can be used to expand the possibilities for people to feel welcome in art spaces as well as to create artful experiences of empathy, intimacy, and connection. Her recent work explores themes such as isolation and resocialization processes related to COVID-19, rest as resistance to systemic injustice and how medical data can be subverted into finding human connection rather than pathologies.
For more info please contact: moment.of.nothing@gmail.com
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