The ArQuives

Vintage Blue for Nuit Blanche
2010-10-02 | The ArQuives, 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1N1, Canada
Exhibit dates:

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Reception date & time:

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Description:

The night has always been a time for those outside the mainstream to communicate themselves more freely. After all, it was by the cover of night that provided many queers the opportunity to mingle, explore their sexuality and reveal their truest selves. For Nuit Blanche, the Archives has dug into its vintage collection of moving pictures to create an exhibition that examines what happens behind closed doors through a historical context. As you engage with the work you becomes the voyeur into The ArQuives’s house, taking pleasure in the desires and fantasies of others. Consider the range of representations and effects of erotic imagery, its power as a representational form and how it has influenced our sexual desires, identities and behaviours.
Come to “Vintage Bleu for Nuit Blanche” Saturday, October 2 from 7:00pm to midnight. Come see an outdoor projection at the Archives in celebration of Nuit Blanche! We’ll be sharing works from our extensive moving image collection transforming our beautiful home.

CENSORED LIVES: Suppression, resistance and free speech
2010-06-30 - 2010-09-01
Exhibit dates:

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 to Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Description:

This exhibition opens Wednesday, June 30 and runs until September 1st on the 3rd floor, community space of 34 Isabella Street.
This will be the first archival exhibition to be installed in The ArQuives’s new home, and it focuses on the moments of tension between what has been defined as obscene and the right to offend or the right to free speech. Inspired by recent controversy, this show is meant to provide the context for the larger debate about censorship and free speech in the queer community.
The show features a film installation by filmmaker William Craddock.
A few pictures from the show, the contents are materials that have been censored or relating to the efforts of the LGBTQ communities to reverse censorship

National Portrait Collection
2009-09-09 - 2010-11-30
Exhibit dates:

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 to Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Description:

The National Portrait Collection (NPC) is a central part of our archival holdings at the Canadian Lesbian + Gay Archives (The ArQuives). We commission portraits to honour individuals who have made significant contributions to the growth of diverse, out and proud lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities in Canada.
The collection was established in 1998 with 25 original portraits, and coincided with our 25th anniversary. Since then, the collection has grown to 70 portraits of various mediums that include photography, oil and watercolour. The collection is regularly exhibited in our home in Toronto as well as at other venues across Canada, in celebration of all LGBT communities. We are committed to continuous expansion of the collection, thereby actively engaging in the creation of our own historical record.
