Midi Onodera

OTHER PLACES: Reflections of Media Arts in Canada Book Launch

MANO-RAMO (The Media Arts Network of Ontario/Réseau des arts médiatiques de l’Ontario) is please to invite the general public to the launch of OTHER PLACES Reflections of Media Arts in Canada, edited by Deanna Bowen.
In order to celebrate the publication of the book, MANO-RAMO is organizing a series of screenings, talks and opportunities to gather in Toronto. The Launch Event will take place at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall from November 21st to 23rd, 2019.

Thursday November 21, 8:30pm


AGO, Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON
Midi Onodera’s “I have no memory of my direction” will be screened.

At 6:30, a selection of short work by Louise Noguchi will be presented. Initiated by Cindy Mochizuki, Louise and Midi contribute to the illustrated essay, “What we saw and what we didn’t see, conversational urgencies”.

Saturday November 23, 8:00pm

AGO, Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON
A selection of short films curated by Tess Takahashi will be screened including Midi Onodera’s “Ten Cents a Dance (Parallax)” 1985.

This screening celebrates Tess Takahashi’s essay, “Queer Film at the Canadian Filmmaker’s Distribution Centre (1965-1985)”

Book Details
Other Places: Reflections on Media Arts in Canada
Published by MANO-RAMO with the collaboration of Public Books. 
Edited by Deanna Bowen, 
Keli Safia Maksud, Anna Cox, Assistant Editors
: Associés Libres, design; Archer Pechawis, web programmer
 Available from http://www.otherplaces.mano-ramo.ca starting November 21st, 2019
. Retail price $44.95, special launch event price $35.95 (20% off ) 
Paperback 486 pages
This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter program. With this $35M investment, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.

Posted November 15, 2019