Thursday, May 3, 7:00 pm: Public Talk with Dr. Ariella Azoulay, “Potential History” 

Presented with York University and MOCCA

Where: MOCCA (952 Queen St. W.)

Admission: FREE!

Ariella Azoulay is Director of the Photo-Lexic International Research Group at the Minerva Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel and this year’s Scholar-in-Residence at York University’s Goldfarb Summer Institute in Fine Arts.

Dr. Azoulay’s talk at MOCCA, “Potential History,” deals with the possibilities that motivate and direct civic actions that critique or supplant without being exhausted by state order.  These issues are discussed in relation to two photographic archives she assembled dealing with Israel’s representation of the state and its history.  

Sunday, May 20, 1:00 pm: Bike Tour of Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival Public Installations

Where: Meet in the MOCCA courtyard (952 Queen St. W.)

Admission: FREE!

Persilia Caton, Artistic Project Manager at CONTACT, leads a bicycle tour of CONTACT’s public installations throughout the city. Meet in the MOCCA courtyard, ending in the Distillery District, with an appearance of Max Dean’s photo bug.

Weather permitting

Bring your own bike!