‘Art & Human Rights: Conversing Multiplicities’ Live Exposition | University of Concordia, Montreal, Canada

June 7, 2023 | by EAS

***Arts & Human Rights: Conversing Multiplicities Exposition* *was fully energized by engaged visitors in Montreal, along with students and faculty at Concordia University!***

Exposition Events

May 30^th - June 8^th, 2023

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Opening Night at the Live Exhibition | Thursday, June 1st, 2023

Arts & Human Rights Vernnisage included a walk-through of the Emergent Art Space and Conversing Mulciplicities exhibition, a panel discussion on building positive relations between the arts and human rights with co-curators and Andrea Fitzpatrick, Jabeur Fathally and Omid Milani and Waste Whisperer an art installation/micro-opera about waste by Eldad Tsabary.

Exhibition Walk-Through

*Full exhibition links at the end of this publication*

Panel Discussion

**Moderated and hosted by Exposition co-curators**: Oonagh Fitzgerald, Ann Wettrich & Ramon Blanco-Barrera
**Panelists:** Jabeur Fathally, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa | Andrea Fitzpatrick, Faculty of Visual Arts, University of Ottawa | Omid Milani, Director of CONTEKST

Waste Whisperer | Art Installation

***Waste Whisperer*** *an art installation/micro-opera about waste by Eldad Tsabary.*

Friday | June 2nd

Synapic Soundwave | Live Performance

*A multi-sensory performance plunge into rights and rhythms.* Live performing artists responded to the manifesto integrating arts and human rights themes, and included: Philon Nguyen, Kofi Oduro, Matt Leander, Valentina Playa, Sheena Bernett, and Oonagh Fitzgerald.

Embroidering for Human Rights | Workshop

Led by Sophia Boyadjian, participants engaged in conversations on social participation, political activism and oral history while embroidering quilt squares with patterns from historical images related to the Armenian genocide. Quilt squares completed will later be featured in a large-scale installation as part of Catherine Heard’s project Redwork: The Emperor of Atlantis.

Closing Night | June 8^th

Closing Night Celebration: included a panel discussion - Reclaiming Opera: Human Rights Issues in the Classical Cannon with Kristin Franseen, Juanita\Jay Marchand, Philon Nguyen, Eldad Tsabary and Patricia Yates – and was followed by a dance party at Waste Whisperer sound installation.