the traces that remain

The Traces That Remain explores the after-effects. The exhibition asks: what reverberating repercussions remain in the body and mind following significant events that have affected us? Are we the only ones affected? How do these traces manifest over the course of a minute, a year, a lifetime? Are they always obvious, or do they slip into the subconscious in the form of memories and nightmares? Do they always eventually become experience, resilience? Addressing these questions, this exhibition brings together artists who reflect on what lingers after the fact/the effect.

Shaya Ishaq introduces these questions through her interest in the liminality of rites of passage; Po B K Lomami fashions an intimate experiment to interrogate how grief remains; Zinnia Naqvi exposes the scars left by institutions that choose not to support visible minorities; and Lan “Florence” Yee probes the painful consequences that follow difficult situations. On top of this, The Traces That Remain also explores the form archives can take, as well as who and what is remembered.

Curated by: eunice bélidor

Featuring work from : Po B. K. Lomami + Zinnia Naqvi + Shaya Ishaq + Lan “Florence” Yee

Extended opening hours on May 30 + 31 until 8pm.
A new work is added to the exhibition from May 30 to June 1: the film miss nothing that flies or swims by naakita f.k. Available in the MAI theatre during the exhibition’s opening hours.

→ Conversation with artists Shaya Ishaq, Po B K Lomami, Zinnia Naqvi and Lan “Florence” Yee hosted by eunice bélidor
May 3rd at 6:30pm
English + ASL

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→ Guided visit of the exhibition with eunice bélidor
May 8th at 5:30pm
In French, for cultural workers and curators

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