{"id":22,"date":"2013-03-17T20:50:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jondavies.ca\/test\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:51:09","slug":"curating","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jondavies.ca\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"Curating"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guest-curated the annual retrospective program\u00a0<\/em>for the 2024 Berlin Porn Film Festival. \u00a0San Francisco Sexual Babylon <\/em><\/a>consisted of six film programs that highlighted the San Francisco Bay Area as the epicenter of the sexual revolution, and a place where artists of all kinds worked to advance sexual liberation. It ran from October 22 \u2013 27 at Kino Moviemento, Berlin.<\/p>\n

I guest-curated\u00a0That Directionless Light of the Future: Rediscovering Russell FitzGerald<\/em><\/a> from the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery collection at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, which ran from September 3 \u2013 December 8, 2024. The webpage above includes the exhibition brochure, the full curatorial essay, installation shots, and audio of my curatorial tour from the opening reception. There was also a panel in tandem with the show on the topic of “Difficult Kinship”<\/a>\u00a0at UBC on November 22, 2024.<\/p>\n

I curated a four-screening series,\u00a0Vibrations for a New People<\/a>, for the Moving Image department of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, May 3\u20134 (in person) and May 10\u201311, 2024, 7pm. Special guest Glenn Belverio made this blog post<\/a> about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI Almost Ran Over Liza Minnelli Today\u201d: Colin Campbell and Lisa Steele in L.A.<\/em>, 1976\u201377<\/a>. ONE Gallery, West Hollywood. 8 July \u2013 September 23, 2018<\/a>. Toured to VOX \u2013 Centre de \u00a0l’image contemporaine, Montr\u00e9al, 11 February \u201326 June, 2021<\/a>\u00a0and Or Gallery, Vancouver, 19 November, 2022 \u2013 28 January, 2023. <\/a>\u00a0Press from tour: Le Devoir<\/a><\/em>, Vie des Arts<\/em><\/a> and ReIssue<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art. Art Gallery of Ontario<\/a> (6-month contract), 2015\u20132016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conundrum Clinique.<\/em><\/a>\u00a029th Images Festival, Jackman Hall, Toronto, Saturday 16 April, 2016.<\/p>\n

Sky Glabush: What Is a Self?<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens.\u00a017 January \u2013 13 March, 2016.<\/p>\n

Managing curator of\u00a0Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen<\/em><\/a>, assisting\u00a0The Andy Warhol Museum<\/a>\u00a0curators Geralyn Huxley & Matt Wrbican and\u00a0TIFF<\/a>. I curated the accompanying film series as well as\u00a0contemporary art projects by\u00a0Pauline Boudry \/ Renate Lorenz<\/a>,\u00a0Olaf Breuning<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Grant Worth<\/a>, and a live feed of\u00a0Figment<\/i><\/a>. TIFF Lightbox, Toronto. 30 October, 2015 \u2013 24 January, 2016.<\/p>\n

Derek Sullivan: The Missing Novella<\/i><\/a>. <\/i>Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens. 19 September, 2015 \u2013 3 January, 2016. The accompanying publication<\/a> received a 2016 Design Award from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.<\/p>\n

Out of Line <\/i><\/a>\u00a0with Saimaiyu Akesuk, Jaime Angelopoulos, Shuvinai Ashoona & Shary Boyle, Krista Buecking, Tammi Campbell, Mario Doucette, Jean-Paul Kelly, Siassie Kenneally, Lyse Lemieux, Jason McLean, Elizabeth MacKenzie, David Merritt, Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Mastroiacovo, Olia Mishchenko, Kim Moodie, Ken Nicol, Alison Norlen, Luke Painter, Sojourner Truth Parsons, Ed Pien, Itee Pootoogook, Margaret Priest, Joshua Schwebel, Jennifer Rose Sciarrino, Derek Sullivan, Zin Taylor, Howie Tsui, Papiara Tukiki, Kelly Wallace, Charmaine Wheatley. Co-curated with Matthew Hyland. Oakville Galleries. 21 June \u2013 5 September, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re wonderful and so does everyone else.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>with Mark Clintberg, Kristie MacDonald, Mungo Thomson, and Nadia Belerique. Co-curated with Kristin Weckworth. G Gallery, Toronto. 14 May \u2013 13 June, 2015.<\/p>\n

Roula Partheniou: House & Home & Garden<\/i><\/a>. <\/i>Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens. 29 March \u2013 24 May 2015.<\/p>\n

Depth of Perception<\/i><\/a> with Trisha Baga, peter campus, Alex Da Corte, Anne de Vries, Christoph Girardet & Matthias M\u00fcller, Hadley+Maxwell, Marisa Hoicka and Johnny Forever, Oliver Husain, Vishal Jugdeo, Owen Kydd, Linda Quinlan, and Judy Radul. Oakville Galleries. 18 January \u2013\u00a015 March, 2015.<\/p>\n

Trampoline Hall<\/a>, Toronto. Monday 1 December, 2014. Lectures by Cait McKinney, Sarah Febbraro and Fan Wu.<\/p>\n

Shary Boyle & Emily Vey Duke: The Illuminations Project<\/em><\/a>. Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square. 14 September, 2014 \u2013 4 January, 2015. The accompanying publication<\/a> received the 2016 Art Publication Award from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. Toured to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax<\/a>, February 3 \u2013 April 29, 2018. Press: Halifax Magazine<\/a><\/em>, Visual Arts News<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0The Coast, <\/em><\/a> Akimbo<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0 Rachel M Thornton<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Guest-curated selection of YouTube videos<\/a> for the exhibition Fan the Flames: Queer Positions in Photography<\/em><\/a> curated by Sophie Hackett. Art Gallery of Ontario. 18 June \u2013 7 September, 2014.<\/p>\n

Sonny Assu: Possession<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Oakville Galleries at Centennial Square. 1 December, 2013 \u2013 16 February, 2014.<\/p>\n

Wu Tsang: Show’s Over<\/em><\/a>. TPW R&D, Toronto. 5 October \u2013 17 November, 2013.<\/p>\n

Kelly Jazvac: PARK<\/em><\/a>. Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens. 15 September \u2013 17 November, 2013.<\/p>\n

“Relax a little; one of your most celebrated nervous tics will be your undoing.”<\/em><\/a> with Matthew Brown, Jennifer Chan, Christian Maychack, and Nadia Belerique. Narwhal Projects, Toronto. 21 March \u2013 14 April, 2013. Press: Akimblog (review).<\/p>\n

Out Night: History, Glamor, Magic.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Ann Arbor Film Festival. 20 March, 2013.<\/p>\n

Sissy Boy YouTube Night<\/em><\/a>. Videofag, Toronto. 11 January, 2013. Inspired by the 2010 Ryeberg Live presentation The Gays of Tomorrow<\/em><\/a> with Sholem Krishtalka; mention on artist Christian Holstad’s Top Ten<\/a> in the November 2010 issue of Artforum<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For<\/em> <\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Charles-Henry B\u00e9du\u00e9, Greg Curnoe, Moyra Davey, Hannah Hilary Enkel, Josh Faught, Laura Letinsky, Micah Lexier, Arthur Lipsett, Attila Richard Lukacs, Ken Lum, Gwen MacGregor, David Merritt, Brad Phillips, Cheryl Sourkes, Erdem Tasdelen, Jim Verburg. Oakville Galleries. 9 December, 2012 \u2013 17 February, 2013.<\/p>\n

Associate Curator.\u00a0Oakville Galleries<\/a>, 2012\u20132015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/a><\/em>That’s not a run in your stocking, it’s a hand on your leg.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>with Mark Laliberte, Liz Magic Laser, Nikki Woolsey, and Nadia Belerique. Narwhal Projects, Toronto. 18 September \u2013 20 October, 2012.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Schwartz: The Skies Can\u2019t Keep Their Secrets,<\/a> <\/em>The Power Plant & The Free Screen, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Wednesday 15 August, 2012.<\/p>\n

Power Ball: Quarter-Life Crisis<\/em><\/a>\u00a0artist projects by Philippe Blanchard, Jesi the Elder, Sarah Febbraro and friends, Jesse Harris,\u00a0Marisa Hoicka. The Power Plant, Toronto. 14 June, 2012.<\/p>\n

Trampoline Hall<\/a>, Toronto. Monday 2 April, 2012. Lectures by Meera Margaret Singh, Heath Flint and Amy Rutherford.<\/p>\n

Coming After\u00a0<\/em><\/a>with Pauline Boudry\/Renate Lorenz, Aleesa Cohene, Glen Fogel<\/a>, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Christian Holstad, Danny Jauregui, Adam Garnet Jones, Jean-Paul Kelly, Tim Leyendekker, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, James Richards, Emily Roysdon, Dean Sameshima, Jonathan VanDyke<\/a>, Susanne M. Winterling. Catalogue info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Perlin Papers<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Jenny Perlin. Pleasure Dome & The Free Screen, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Wednesday June 1, 2011.<\/p>\n

To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong?<\/a><\/em>\u00a0with Andrea Carlson, Annie MacDonell, Kevin Schmidt, Jennifer Rose Sciarrino, Erin Shirreff + a poem by Christian B\u00f6k. The Power Plant, Toronto. 11 March \u2013 29 May, 2011.<\/p>\n

People Like Us: The Gossip of Colin Campbell<\/em>. Kino Arsenal, Berlin, May 3\u20134, 2011. Program and pics\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On an Exotic Adventure\u2026<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Home 2\u00a0<\/em>by Olaf Breuning and\u00a0Blondes in the Jungle\u00a0<\/em>by Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn. Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto, Saturday 4 December, 2010. Program notes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ryan Trecartin<\/em>.\u00a0A Family Finds Entertainment\u00a0<\/em>2004 +\u00a0The Re’Search (Re’Search Wait’S)\u00a0<\/em>2009\u201310. Art Star 4<\/a>:\u00a0Video Art Biennial<\/a>, Club SAW, Ottawa. Saturday 6 November, 2010.<\/p>\n

Paul and the Badger<\/em> <\/a>serial by Paul Tarrag\u00f3 programmed before all screenings of Pleasure Dome’s Fall 2010 season.<\/p>\n

The Broken Shape: Jennet Thomas in Person<\/a><\/em>. Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto, Saturday 18 September, 2010. Essay here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Animal Drag Kingdom<\/a><\/em>. The Power Plant and Pleasure Dome, 401 Richmond Street West Courtyard, Toronto, Saturday 17 July, 2010. Program notes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ryan Trecartin: In Short<\/a><\/em>. Pleasure Dome, Inside Out and The Power Plant, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Saturday 22 May, 2010.<\/p>\n

Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever<\/a><\/em>. Co-curated with Helena Reckitt. The Power Plant, Toronto. 26 March \u2013 24 May, 2010.<\/p>\n

Daniel Cockburn: You Are In A Maze Of Twisty Little Passages, All Different<\/a><\/em>. Pleasure Dome, Latvian House, Toronto. Saturday 5 December, 2009. Also touring internationally with a publication (cover\u00a0here<\/a>). Program notes\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Property Is Theft<\/a><\/em>. Co-curated with Jacob Korczynski. Pleasure Dome, The Leona Drive Project, Toronto, Friday 23 October, 2009.<\/p>\n

With The Power Plant,\u00a0Lawrence Weiner<\/em><\/a>. Studio Theatre, Toronto. Tuesday 12 May, 2009.<\/p>\n

Trampoline Hall<\/a>, Toronto. Monday 9 March, 2009. Lectures by Grant Heaps, Kelly Jenkins and Katie Bethune-Leamen.<\/p>\n

With The Power Plant,\u00a0Together, Alone<\/a><\/em>. Co-curated with Nina M\u00f6ntmann. Studio Theatre, Toronto. Thursday 5 February, 2009.<\/p>\n

People Like Us: The Gossip of Colin Campbell<\/em><\/a>. Oakville Galleries (Centennial Square), Oakville, ON, 6 December, 2008 to 22 Feburary, 2009. Touring from 2010\u20132012. Accompanied by a bilingual catalogue<\/a> (see\u00a0Writing<\/a>\u00a0page).<\/p>\n

Under the Microscope<\/em><\/a>. Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto. Saturday 22 November, 2008. And other programming in Pleasure Dome’s expanded Fall 2008 season,\u00a0A Lower World: Excesses and Extremes in Film and Video.<\/p>\n

With The Power Plant,\u00a0The Sun Shines for You Today<\/em><\/a>. Studio Theatre, Toronto. Thursday 16 October, 2008.<\/p>\n

Assistant Curator. The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery<\/a>, 2008\u20132012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Inside Out,\u00a0The House That Lust Built<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(William E. Jones + The Toxic Titties). Trinity Square Video, Toronto, 16 May to 14 June, 2008.<\/p>\n

With Inside Out,\u00a0God<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Terence Koh). The Beaver, Toronto, 14 to 28 May, 2008.<\/p>\n

With Inside Out, My Failure to Communicate<\/a><\/em>. Cinecycle, Toronto, Friday 23 May, 2008.<\/p>\n

With Inside Out and Vtape’s Queer Here Queer Now symposium,\u00a0Passiflora<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Fernand B\u00e9langer + Dagmar Teufel) presented by Thomas Waugh. Innis Town Hall, Toronto, Sunday 18 May, 2008.<\/p>\n

With Inside Out, Futureland<\/a><\/em>. Cinecycle, Toronto, Friday 16 May, 2008.<\/p>\n

With The Power Plant,\u00a0Sadie Benning: Selections<\/em><\/a>. Studio Theatre @ Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Wednesday 19 March, 2008.<\/p>\n

With Inside Out,\u00a0Artfags Unite! + Oliver Husain<\/em><\/a>, Available Light Screening Collective @ Club SAW, Ottawa, Saturday 1 March, 2008.<\/p>\n

Dangling By Their Mouths<\/em><\/a>. Gallery TPW, Toronto, Friday 15 February, 2008.<\/p>\n

How to Explain the Ephemeral and Tenuous Character of Life to Children: Films by T.J. Wilcox<\/em><\/a>. Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto, Saturday 2 February, 2008.<\/p>\n

The Sign Flashed Out Its Warning<\/em><\/a>. Co-curated with Jean-Paul Kelly. Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto, Friday 7 December, 2007.<\/p>\n

On Creaturely Life<\/a><\/em>. Co-curated with Pleasure Dome members. Aurora, Cinema City, Norwich (UK), Thursday 8 November and Saturday 10 November, 2007.<\/p>\n

For the Toronto Urban Film Festival,\u00a0Urban Ennui<\/em>, Wednesday 12 September, 2007. All works shown on TTC screens and available online.<\/p>\n

Bad Boys: What JT Leroy Knew (About Being Fucked Up)<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto, Saturday 10 March, 2007.<\/p>\n

Irony Rising: The Body and AIDS in the 1980s<\/a><\/em>. Curatorial Incubator v.4: That 80s Show, Vtape, Toronto, 3 to 17 March, 2007.<\/p>\n

Theory of the Responsibility of Birds<\/a><\/em>. The Free Screen, Cinematheque Ontario, Jackman Hall, Toronto, Wednesday 21 February, 2007.<\/p>\n

Final Thoughts<\/a>. <\/em>The Free Screen, Cinematheque Ontario, Jackman Hall, Toronto, Wednesday 17 January, 2007.<\/p>\n

News from Home: Sense and Nonsense<\/a><\/em>. Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto, Friday 8 December, 2006.<\/p>\n

Drawn Towards Danger: Animating Violence<\/a><\/em>. 19th Images Festival, Workman Theatre, Toronto, Friday 21 April, 2006.<\/p>\n

(Mary, Mary) Are These the Hands that Cut?: Benefit Screening and Party for Glad Day Bookshop<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Co-curated with Jean-Paul Kelly. Pleasure Dome, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Saturday 8 April, 2006.<\/p>\n

Be Somebody: Seminal Videos by Paul Wong and Lisa Steele & Kim Tomczak<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Pleasure Dome, The Rivoli, Toronto, Wednesday 15 March, 2006.<\/p>\n

Truth Wrapped in Trash and Vice Versa: George Kuchar at Sixty-Two<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Pleasure Dome, Cinecycle, Toronto, Friday 8 July, 2005.<\/p>\n

All Dressed Up in Dreams<\/a><\/em>. 15th Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, Cumberland Cinemas, Toronto, Sunday 22 May, 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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