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Sur Gallery presents Unpredictable Patterns
Exhibition: February 2 to March 25, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 2, 2017, 7-10pm
Curator Talk and Artist-led Tour: Thursday, February 2, 2017, 8-8:30pm
Sur Gallery
100-39 Queens Quay East, Toronto ON M5E 0A5
(Located on the first floor on the east wing of Pier 27, East of Yonge Street)
Gallery Hours: Tues & Wed 10am-2:30pm, Thurs & Fri noon-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm
Curated by Tamara Toledo
Artists Nahúm Flores, Erik Jerezano and Ilyana Martínez formed an artist collective in 2004 meeting weekly to collaborate on works that incorporate drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and site–specific installations. As individual artists and as members of Z'otz* Collective their work embody themes of migration, displacement, transition and transformation. Their aesthetic language captures a collective imaginary that helps us grasp the multi-layered unpredictable complexities of contemporary life.
Both subtly and overtly, the artists in this exhibition reclaim an unstable perception of belonging and are able to communicate how the body and soul are fractured, can never return to be the same, once displaced. Framed layers of meaning indicate a revelation of experiential truth, a memory of place and of a people translated spontaneously by a subconscious that does not cease to impact. Physical transformation unites these artists as they wander individually and collectively, lingering on themes indicative of their journeys of cultural, emotional and spatial migration.
Erik Jerezano, Rented Souls series, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist
About the Artists
NAHUM FLORES born in 1974 in Danlí, Honduras, immigrated to Canada at the age seventeen, after living in Mexico and the United States. Flores, a Toronto based artist, holds a BFA in Drawing and Painting from OCAD University and has been awarded grants from the Pollock–Krasner Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council. His painting and drawing installations have been widely exhibited in Canada and Central America. He was one of six artists to win the Biennale of Visual Art of Honduras in 2006 and in 2016 his work was shown in a solo exhibition entitled The Inheritors at the Museum of National Identity in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
ERIK JEREZANO was born in Mexico City and is a self-taught Toronto based visual artist who arrived to Toronto in 2001. Jerezano's work has been exhibited widely in Canada and abroad including Museum Knin in Croatia and the 16th edition of the International Print Biennial Seoul in South Korea. In 2011, Jerezano won first prize of the Courvoisier Collective and in 2012 was awarded by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. His work is part of the art registry programs at the Drawing Center in New York and the Museum of Latin American Art in California. Jerezano has been awarded grants from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts and is in collections at the Canada Council Art Bank, Bank of Montreal and Cirque du Soleil. Erik Jerezano is represented by Allison Milne Gallery and by General Hardware Contemporary.
ILYANA MARTINEZ was born in Toronto and grew up in Pennsylvania, Wyoming and in Mexico. Martínez holds a Bachelor of Design from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, majored in Drawing and Painting at OCAD University and studied art and design in Italy, Switzerland, and England. She is a recipient of numerous awards including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. She has attended artist residencies in Ohio, British Columbia, Mexico, Croatia and Serbia.
Z'OTZ* COLLECTIVE is a Toronto based artist collective that has exhibited in galleries and artist-run centres across Canada, the US, Mexico and Europe. Members Nahúm Flores, Erik Jerezano and Ilyana Martínez have attended residencies in Croatia and Serbia. The trio incorporate ceramic pieces along with charcoal and paper collage into their wall drawing installations. In 2014, they exhibited and led workshops in Orleans Gallery in Ottawa and in 2015 Z'otz* was invited to create a mural for the PanAm Path, coinciding with the PanAm Games in Toronto. Most recently Z'otz* has shown their work at Koffler Gallery in Toronto and at Museum London in London, Ontario and have an upcoming exhibition at Two Rivers Gallery in Prince George, British Columbia.
About the Curator
TAMARA TOLEDO is a Chilean-born Toronto-based curator, visual artist and educator, graduate of OCAD University and holds an MFA from York University. She is co-founder of the Allende Arts Festival and of Latin American Canadian Art Projects (LACAP). For over a decade Toledo has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions as well as the Latin American Speakers Series and has invited over twenty internationally renowned contemporary artists and curators to Toronto such as Gerardo Mosquera, Luis Camnitzer, Tania Bruguera, Alfredo Jaar, Regina Silveira, among many others to articulate and discuss issues of identity and intercultural dynamics in contemporary Latin American art. Toledo has presented her curatorial work at various conferences in Montreal, New York, Vancouver and Toronto as well as written articles on Latin American art for ARM Journal, C Magazine and Fuse. She is presently the Director/Curator of Sur Gallery.
About Sur Gallery
Sur Gallery is Toronto's first gallery space dedicated to the exhibition and critical engagement of contemporary Latin American art. Sur Gallery is a project of LACAP-Latin American Canadian Art Projects.
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LACAP acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Business for the Arts and Friends of the Pan Am Path. LACAP also gratefully acknowledges the support of its volunteers; its corporate sponsors: Underline Studio, See Through Web, Steam Whistle Brewery, and Techmien.


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Nas' sendoff to his ex-wife Kelis sampling Aaron Hall's "Goodbye Love" and praising his former wife for giving birth to his son and commending her for holding him down despite their divorce. A pretty respectable song from an honest artist.
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Look! Jayson Goes Vintage Glam
Janel recently gave us a store post of Jayson Home & Garden, a Lincoln Park haven of home goods. Yesterday we popped in to check out their new dramatic display: The Premiere of Vintage Glam. The mix of colors, textures, patterns, shapes, and styles was fun and mind-boggling. Definitely worth a visit, even though the price tags (like the $280 velvet pillows we loved so much) might be mind-boggling but not so fun.Look:
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Start the New Year with a family outing.
Rescued cub Paddington has settled down so well with the Brown family in London that the neighbourhood is bathed with the warmth of his presence. Even a crusty guy whose windows are cleaned for free by Paddington, finds
sunshine streaming into his life and home.
But Aunt Lucy who instilled in the cuddly bear the best of human values, is never far from Paddington's mind and her birthday is coming soon. He does find a perfect gift for her, a pop-up book with all the major landmarks of
London. But it's costly and Paddington sets off to work and earn that money. Everything's going well until a thief breaks into the antique store and steals just that pop-up book and Paddington is incarcerated for 10 years, for a crime he wouldn't dream of committing.
In prison, Paddington's straightforwardness soon turns prison baddies into lifetime buddies. But with the devilish out-of-work actor Phoenix out there, how can Paddington prove his innocence?
Director Paul King scores high with his simple narration that requires no mindboggling special effects except for the bear in the midst of people. And it's done with such skill that Ben Whishaw's voice and the warm brown eyes of Paddington make a straight heart-connect.
While goodness rules the joy ride, King doesn't make it treacly sweet. It's just a wholesome do-gooder bear with perfect manners who has the knack of seeing the good in people and turning them nicer.
Hugh Grant too enjoys himself playing Phoenix, the evil master of disguise with a flair for performing for himself.
Hugh Bonneville of Downton Abbey fame and his family who cuddle around Paddington add to the general all-is- well feeling. Even Wolfie the dog who doubles up as a horse when Paddington rides him gets a wag of approval.
It's clean, simple entertainment for kids and adults.
For a film that puts a smile on the face, Paddington 2 gets a 3.5* rating.


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A 5-year-old's curiosity brought a charity project to life -- one that's been putting smiles on children's faces every Halloween for the past 10 years.
"I asked my mom how poor kids
got Halloween costumes," said Kellen Dorio, now 16 and a junior at High Tech High School in North Bergen.
Kellen said her mom, Kerry Dorio, didn't know, so they contacted the Hope House, a 45-day emergency shelter for women and children in Downtown Jersey City, and they started an annual tradition.On Thursday evening, Kellen and her mom, of Weehawken, delivered 10 boxes and bags full of Halloween costumes to the shelter.
"We've been 'partners in crime,'
well the opposite of crime, for Halloween," Kerry
As they approached the Hope House on Second Street, the pair were greeted by Lavette Pickett, the shelter's residential assistant, who helped lug the spooky gear past the pumpkin-decorated walls just in time for the annual Halloween party Friday.
Every year, the duo collects more
than 100 gently used costumes from the Weehawken schools, library and Girls Scouts and Boys Scouts
Kellen said over the years, the most popular costume seems to be a red Power Ranger."I really like giving the kids the costumes to help them have a happy Halloween. We've never seen them, but always hear about how well they're received," Kellen said. "I like to have a positive impact on them even if it's something small like Halloween costumes."
Lily Beth Ramirez, the shelter's program coordinator, said they've had the Halloween party, the shelter's only party, for 13 years. The event is sponsored by the Port Authority, whose members also dress up, and the children participate in activities such as musical chairs.
"Some of these kids that don't have a way to have a party don't even know what a Halloween party is," Ramirez said. "We just like to see the smiles on the kids' faces."
shelter serves 17 families at a time and collects limited donations, such as blankets, curtains, linens, non-perishable food, pillows, toiletries and towels.
As the pair made their way out, Kerry Dorio said, "Most people don't think of Halloween as a holiday, but if you're a kid, you do."


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Wednesday, May 09, 2007
2 Comments:
- At 10:02 am, Bismarck in Tainan said...
That's an awesome promo video. I'm already so excited about this coming RWC. I've got a gut feeling we're going to win this one.
- At 2:47 pm, Straussennest said...
Nice video, it remembered me on a wonderful time spending at my friends dario ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn, while watching the RWC and hanging around with pals. SA rules!


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Four years ago, Parisian singer/songwriter Eric John Kaiser followed a girl to Portland, Ore. The relationship with the girl didn't last, but Kaiser's love affair with his new country flourished.
The 37-year-old Kaiser is known as the "French Troubadour." But if you didn't know he was Paris born, you might assume his guitar heavy, poppy, folky indie rock sound is informed by his adopted hometown (he often sings in English). It isn't until he sings in his native tongue that the dichotomy becomes clear and that switch between English and French has made Kaiser kind of an anomaly. When he plays Pengilly's on Wednesday, Jan. 19, some people will go to see him for that reason alone. Kaiser is OK with that.
Since becoming a full-time musician a few years ago, Kaiser has released a few EPs, two full-length albums (one he finished while still living in France) and is working on a third, putting them all out on his own. While quick to sing in French to American audiences--using his anomalous nature to his advantage--he doesn't sing in English much when he performs back home, which he does at least once or twice each year.
"French music is different. A lot of it is on the words," Kaiser said, his lilting accent carrying the last syllables of some of his sentences high, making statements sound like questions. "French music is a lot based on the lyrics. [The French] have a very strong literary culture, so I think the words are really important. Everything is a question of perception. Over there when I go back now, I'm the French guy singing in French in the United States. A lot of people are fascinated by that. When I'm here, I'm the French guy singing in French. I never get away from it," he said. "That's just the way it is."
Kaiser's smoky singing voice is full of the rich, throaty vowels of his native language. In some songs, accordion, trumpet and organ provide a European tone, while in others, guitar bridges the difference between the two worlds. The music on his first full-length, L'Odyssee (2006), which are heartfelt songs about Paris (all have French titles) and that he wrote before setting off for Portland, are, for the most part, rockers. On any given Friday night, these are the sounds that would be pouring from a Northwest coffeeshop.
French Troubadour (2009), which was recorded in Portland, also has a couple of serious strummers but has a more European bent. It opens with a song titled "La Marseillaise," and though it isn't a straightforward rendition of France's national anthem, it does include phrases played by a mournful, patriotic trumpet.
Then, it seems the farther he gets from France, the more French some of his music becomes. In his 2010 EP, Portland Rendez-Vous, all four tracks evoke images of Parisian cafes and strolls along the Seine.
It's a creative necessity for Kaiser to reflect on his roots as well as the influences of his new home.
"There is a kind of artistic need and this thing of growing as an artist," Kaiser said. "The music and the people I'm surrounded with that I discover help me grow and get perspective. I hope my art improves constantly. It's a never-ending story in a way. When I'm in Paris, it's not at all the same as when I'm in Portland."
Portland works for the musician as a home base. When people think "singer/songwriter," they think Northwest, specifically the City of Roses. The music scene is conducive to Kaiser's motif and he says the move there was to the right place at the right time.
But he is more than just the French guy singing in French in Portland pubs. Kaiser lives up to the "troubadour" in his moniker as well. He tours constantly--he'll be in Rhode Island and Boston for the first time in the spring. For him it's more than just getting in front of new fans who might want to buy his records. In nearly every new person he meets, he finds another story, another song idea.
"The more I travel, the more I discover stuff and I have to put it down in music. More and more I find I like writing about people on the road who inspire me. The more people I meet, the more I want to write about."
And the more people meet him, the less likely they are to see him as a novelty act. Being the French Troubadour certainly gets people in the door, if only out of curiosity, but Kaiser knows once they're in, he can speak to them in their language.
"There's not much I can do about [being the French guy]," Kaiser said laughing. "I never lived outside of Paris before moving here four years ago. That's just my story. It's also, I think, it's about communication. You need to share music with people. If it helps draw them into what I'm doing and makes them intrigued, I'm fine with that. It doesn't bother me."


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DC Universe™ Online's Game Update 6: The Deadly Double Cross Now Available
Players Can Battle Together In The Final Fortress Of Solitude Raid
In DCUO's Latest Game Update
WHAT: The battle in the Arctic rages on as Sony Online Entertainment releases the third and final chapter of the DC Universe™ Online (DCUO) Fortress of Solitude raid series.
At the end of Game Update 5: The Fate of the Fortress, players had defeated Brainiac's invasion only to be betrayed by their former Kryptonian ally General Zod. The Deadly Double Cross will begin where players left off -- trapped in the The Fortress of Solitude: Sunstone Matrix where General Zod has seized control of the Sun Crystal Matrix Chamber.
In the latest update, players will once again join forces with Superman and Lex Luthor in a heated battle to defeat double-crossing General Zod for control over the Fortress of Solitude. Heroes and villains alike must team up to face the militant General Zod and his Kryptonian supervillain companions Non and Ursa.
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New Gear & Weapons: Players can battle for new weapons and armor, including powerful new Kryptonian Military weapons and the final pieces of the Avatar style set.
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text: Just a quick one today. I am trying to finish Day 12 right now, plus the gifts for my son's teachers (decorated notebooks). It is a really easy one. The gift is 10 magnets. At first, I thought 10 magnets seemed a bit much, until I realized that white board magnets were exactly the right kind of gift. I found 10 packs of white board magnets for the teachers. They had their own small package that I quickly added curling ribbon to.


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The billion-dollar expansion and rennovation of an aging assembly plant on Detroit's east side may be good news to the city as a whole, but local residents and businessmen say they are worried where they will go when the bulldozers begin to roll. The first automobiles rolled out of Chrysler's Jefferson Avenue Assembly Line nearly 75 years ago, and even though the facility has been updated several times since then, its technology is too old and outdated to compete with more modern facilities.
For several years there had been speculation Chrysler would tear it down and move out of the city. But in October, board chairman Lee Iacocca announced the No. 3 automaker would spend about $1 billion to tear down most of the old factory, acquire about 240 acres of surrounding land, and rebuild the plant.
``We're putting Detroit's newest auto plant right over Detroit's oldest auto plant,'' Mr. Iacocca said to the acclaim of state and local politicians.
But his comments drew a different reaction from many within the community.
``The majority are vehemently opposed to it,'' says Mary Griffin, a social worker who lives near the factory but whose home now appears likely to be spared by the wrecking ball. ``They look at it the same way the pioneers treated the Indians. They gave them a few trinkets and transfered them to a reservation.''
In all, the plant project will affect about 280 homeowners, 530 apartment dwellers, and 118 businesses and organizations, including Shriver Paint and Glass Co., which has been located in the Jefferson-Chalmer neighborhood since 1929.
``We've got to move [and] we're going to lose a good portion of our business,'' says Roger Perry, Shriver's current owner. ``It may be good for the city, but it's going to cause an unnecessary inconvenience for us.''
As part of the expansion plan, the city has established a relocation program that will help residents - both homeowners and tenants - and local businesses to move. Besides moving and purchase expenses, that will provide homeowners a rehousing payment of up to $15,000, while tenants will get the difference between their current rent and the rent they will have to pay at a new apartment.
Still, many in the community are worried that they will not get a fair deal. Some are concerned that the takeover program will drag on, forcing them to invest money to repair their homes and apartments while they wait.
Some land speculators, meanwhile, have rushed into Jefferson-Chalmers hoping to buy property at a bargain rate, which they will then hold in hopes of forcing the city into a high-priced buyout.
At a meeting with city officials recently, angry residents recalled the controversy created five years ago when the city helped General Motors acquire much of another East Side neighborhood, known as Poletown, to make way for a new GM assembly plant. That project resulted in months of protests that created negative publicity for both General Motors and city officials.
Chrysler vice-chairman Gerald Greenwald insists that ``we are not creating another Poletown,'' and city officials agree.
``We learned a lot from Poletown. We're [giving residents] a much longer lead time on this one,'' says Mayor Coleman Young, adding ``this is a remarkable opportunity. We're wiping the slate clean and coming up with a new opportunity for everyone.''
Not everyone is upset at the prospect of leaving the neighborhood, an aging, dilapidated community dotted with burned-out and abandoned buildings.
Most homes are in need of extensive repairs. Broken apartment windows are often ``repaired'' by stuffing rags into the cracked glass. Litter dots the streets, and the clerks at corner grocery stores deal with customers through bars and bullet-proof, plexiglass windows.
Ada Thomas, who lives in a small house, says she's glad the city is buying the property. ``The neighborhood has really gone down.''


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