Upcoming events at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery
www.thepowerplant.org

Sunday 21 January, 2 pm. Free with gallery admission.
SUNDAY SCENEGallery Talk: Stefan Kipfer
In major cities in Europe and North America, notions of creativity (“the creative class,” “cultural capital”) have become instrumental for strategies of land valorization and economic competitiveness. U of T professor Stefan Kipfer offers an alternative way of thinking about creativity in the city: French radical philosopher Henri Lefebvre’s notion of the city as a collective work of art. Kipfer relates Lefevbre’s ideas to the We Can Do This Now exhibition.

Sunday 21 January, 3 pm. Free with gallery admission.
LIVEJumpsations: Jump Rope DemonstrationIn tandem with Luis Jacob’s piece From Stream to Golden Stream, a suspended sculpture made from thirty taxidermied pigeons, youth skip rope team Jumpsations demonstrate its dizzying techniques.

Thursday 25 January, 7 pm. $8 Members, $10 Non-Members.
LECTUREThe Utopian or Visionary in Three Dimensions:Marie-Paule MacDonald, Daniel Young and Christian Giroux.
Can utopian theoretical propositions be translated into realistic architectural forms? This discussion considers the structural and social viability of contemporary and historical utopian projects, relating these themes to design, art, and critical thinking.

FORUM Panel Discussion: Making a SceneBarbara Fischer, Luis Jacob, Tanya Mars, Clive Robertson, Jon SasakiThe Power Plant presents an afternoon panel discussion that responds to the current sense of anticipation and excitement about Toronto’s role as a cultural city and asks how creative communities are generated and sustained. Speakers review the state of arts communities, relating efforts at “making a scene” in Toronto to important national and international contexts. Touching on questions of inclusiveness and exclusiveness, they will consider the legacy of artist-run spaces, collectives, and collaborations to explore how artistic communities are generated and sustained.