Displaced Nostalgia: Entries is part of the exhibition Bad Timekeepers(2024) held by x-ights, an artist collective co-founded by Sue Ka and Lingxiang Wu. Bad Timekeepers is a visionary diasporic project exploring the intersection of time, labor, technology and decolonial strategies. This inaugural series of public programs starts in Toronto / Tkaronto on October 19 2024, culminating on November 24, 2024, in Seoul.
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𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙧, a series of public events where our invited Bad Timekeepers explore labor, time, technology, and decolonial strategies, challenging and dismantling the oppressive systems inherited from colonial rule. They focus on reclaiming cultural practices, knowledge systems, and narratives that have been erased or marginalized. Through the perspectives of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ communities, these strategies aim to reimagine power structures, promote self-determination, and center voices historically excluded. Our narrative is an insurgent tapestry woven from speculative yet familiar alternatives.
The program will feature a constellation of visionary thinkers and creators, including Nobutaka Aozaki, Julie Chen, Sun-ha Hong, Hobin Kim, Kwang-Suk Lee, Inkang Lee, Seam Lee, Yutong Lin, Casey Mecija, Ying Sze Pek, Ryan Persadie, Sarah Sharma, Mindy Seu, Su Yu Hsin, Asmita Bustani Vij, Choonhee Woo, Yufeng Zhao, Sheung-King Aaron Tang & JeeMin Kim, and Diasporic Futurism (Vanessa Godden and Adrienne Matheuszik).
Our journey begins in Toronto and Seoul, with a constellation of thinkers and creators shaping these new temporal realities. Grateful for the support of InterAccess, Charles Street Video and the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto that make this work possible.