Co-curated by FAWN & David Jones
FAWN is back with a second digital edition of Convergence Theory. On August 27, come with us as we transform your sofa into a micro experimental electronic music venue for a second time. Our first online event took us on a very wild ride through your subconscious. This time, expect to be taken to a whole other reality! Gorgeous, surreal environments is something our next featured artist Omar Rivero does beyond compare. Come with us for a moment and let's escape together!
Streaming on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
ABOUT Omar:
Omar Rivero, born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1980, is a musician and multimedia artist whose work is centred around improvisation, interactivity, and audio-visual installations. He studied electronic composition, ethnomusicology and jazz theory at York University in Toronto. He first established himself in Toronto's hip-hop scene while doing production for artists like Shad and Zaki Ibrahim. He has been a session guitarist for many projects like J'envioe (Quebec), Scattered Clouds (Ottawa), Daughters of the Revolution (Ottawa). He is also an interactive software programmer and is known for his interactive sound installations that have been featured at Massive Party, an AGO yearly event; Nature Nocturne, a night of art at the Canadian Museum of Nature; and in May 2019, Omar was the Projection Designer for FAWN Chamber Creative’s Dora Award nominated opera-ballet, Pandora. He is interested in questions of cultural erasure, systemic oppression, queerness, race and identity in the African/Indigenous diaspora, and the materiality of these as they are embodied by subjects. How is information archived and activated by its audience? Omar prioritizes the process, the making of, rather than the end result. His work takes into account how data is embodied, reconstructed, edited and reinterpreted to be presented as finished work and by exhibiting the process he attempts to reveal its invisible labour.
GET THE 3D EXPERIENCE:
This will be a free online event but, if you want to get the full experience, we will mail you your very own 3D glasses for only $5! By purchasing the glasses or donating (see below), you will also be sent a password protected link giving you unlimited views of the set for two weeks.
Order your glasses by Wednesday, August 19th to get into our Thursday mail-out. Otherwise, we will have in-person cash sales at Christie Pitts park on Wednesday, August 26th.
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FAWN is continuing to raise money for two charities during each of these concerts, including The AFC and Friends of Ruby. See below to learn more about these two vital organizations.
Friends of Ruby (http://friendsofruby.ca/calendar.pdf)
Friends of Ruby was founded by Egale Canada in 2014 to meet the needs of LGBTQI2S youth. Their drop-in space, you’ll find meals, activities, support groups and community, including a Tuesday drop-in time reserved for BIPOC youth. They offer barrier-free one-on-one counselling, support with gender identity or transition, and help accessing housing, health care, and employment.
The AFC (https://afchelps.ca/covid-19-guide/)
The AFC is the lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry. Through compassionate and confidential support, we help Canadian entertainment professionals maintain their health, dignity and ability to work. The AFC helps entertainment professionals when they are at their most vulnerable due to injury, illness or other personal hardship. Through their Emergency Financial Aid Program, they provide short-term emergency financial assistance for essential household bills and costs that cannot otherwise be paid.
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Many thanks to our supporters:
Toronto Arts Council
Musicworks (media sponsor)
