Join MOCA in partnership with the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) on Wednesday, August 21, at 6:30 pm for the second public talk for At the Transit Bar: An International Visiting Curator Series, featuring curator and cultural practitioner Marie Hélène Pereira, from Dakar, Senegal. Pereira, who is Senior Curator of Performative Practices at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin and a Curatorial Advisor for RAW Material Company in Dakar, brings a deep passion for exploring the politics of land, migration, and questions of belonging.
In her public talk, Pereira will share stories of placemaking experienced through her curatorial practice, drawing on her work at RAW Material Company—a center for art, knowledge, and society — to lines of continuity established with and by the House of World Cultures in Berlin. Pereira will expand on the social and political responsibility of the curator in places where the act of curating translates in various forms. During her visit to Toronto and its art scene, Pereira’s research will focus on Indigenous knowledges, spiritual resistance, and embodied discourses that address the complexities of restitution, reparation, and rematriation.
This in-person public talk will take place on Wednesday, August 21, at 6:30 pm at MOCA in the North End Gallery on the Ground Floor.
Tickets are not needed for this free event.
About Marie Hélène Pereira
Marie Hélène Pereira is a curator and cultural practitioner from Dakar, Senegal. Currently the senior curator of performative practices at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), a multidisciplinary arts institution based in Berlin, Pereira was previously co-curator for the 12th Berlin Biennale: Still Present! and recently concluded her tenure as Director of Programs at RAW Material Company, Senegal. Her work and research are guided by a dedication to developing curatorial projects at the intersection of art, knowledge, and society. Pereira was the recipient of the 2021 Independent Curators International (ICI) Curatorial Research Fellowship to further her research on African arts and culture.
Photo copyright Kerry Etola Viderot.