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Congratulations to Powell Street Festival Society and Spatial Poetics on their 10th anniversary! Celebrating its tenth year, Spatial Poetics celebrates collaboration and innovation in the use of text, visuals, music, and performance. This edition of Spatial Poetics is curated by event co-founders Cindy Mochizuki and Miko Hoffman and also serves as the launch of the […]

TORONTO TO JAPAN: HOPE BLOSSOMS THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Hosted by Nobu and Mio Adilman  TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX Preshow Silent Auction begins 6:30 pm Showtime 7:30 pm tickets: $40 ($20 for students with ID) By phone: TIFF Box Office 416-599-TIFF In person: TIFF Box Office 363 King Street West TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE STARTING APRIL […]

On Friday April 1, Midi will be presenting an artist talk at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. This is co-sponsored with The Factory, Hamilton Media Arts Centre and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. The event starts at 7:00 pm and admission is free. Midi will be speaking about her work and specifically making movies for […]

.dpi is an alternative forum for discourse and creation, on the subject of women, media and technological landscapes. For the March issue I was asked to make a video. The theme: Individual and collective Liberty in networks. Very interesting essays on hackerspaces, digital art practices in public spaces and much more. Check it out. http://dpi.studioxx.org

Imaginations is an international journal hosted at the University of Alberta in Canada that publishes peer-reviewed articles in original languages as well as translations and commissioned artwork. For the inaugural issue, I was invited to be the guest artist. The online publication features an in-depth interview conducted by Dr. Sheena Wilson, Assistant Professor, University of […]

For the 2010 Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s all night art mosh (or at least that was the scene on Yonge St. at 3 am), Peggy Baker Dance Projects did it again over at Canada’s National Ballet School. This time, 12 dancers over 12 hours performed an ever-changing series of duets choreographed by Peggy Baker. Accompanied by […]

This year’s Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) runs from September 10 – 19. Broadcast daily, these 1 minute, urban-themed, silent shorts play on a network of 270 TTC subway platform screens in 50 subway stations across Toronto. Each year, at the same time as TIFF, TUFF screens the best films from hundreds of local and […]

On Sept 12, Midi will be leaving for Afghanistan to take part in the Canadian Armed Forces Artists Program. During the first and second world wars and the Korean War, this program was made up of visual artists only. The program ended after the Korean War, but was revived in 2001. As it exists currently, […]

An article on the Tributaries: Reflections of Aiko Suzuki installation was featured in The Bulletin: a journal of Japanese Canadian community, history and culture. The article provides an insightful and provocative review of the installation and Aiko’s work as well as a poignant and memorable conversation between Midi Onodera and Chiyoko Szlavnics, Aiko’s daughter.

“Tributaries: Reflections of Aiko Suzuki” opens at the Japanese Canadian National Museum at Nikkei Place in Burnaby, BC on June 29, 2010. I worked in collaboration with noted writer Joy Kogawa, new music composer Ann Southam and visual artist Grace Channer to create three multimedia installations that pay tribute to Suzuki’s life and work. These […]