LIFT News
This is the chronological compendium of LIFT news posts from all of our departments; most recent first.
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LIFT co-presents “Behind the Fare” at MayworksTuesday 10 May 2016, 19:00LIFT co-presents Behind The Fareat the 2016 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts LIFT co-presents Behind The Fareat the 2016 Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts Program co-presented by the South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto”… more |
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The Origin of the Work of Art – NRATISaturday 30 April 2016, 14:00Diane Borsato, Tea Service (the conservators will wash the dishes), 2013. As part of Rehearsal for Objects Lie on a Table, which is curated by Emelie Chhangur, this salon is hosted by Kevin Temple and Michael Maranda, who invite a collective reading of Martin Heidegger’s The Origin of the Work of Art in the context of object oriented ontology and G”… more |
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LIFT co-presents “Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John” at Hot DocsFriday 29 April 2016, 21:45LIFT co-presents Michael Shannon Michael Shannon Johnat the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Michael Shannon Michael Shannon JohnDir. Chelsea McMullan Friday April 29 @ 9:45 PM, Scotiabank Theatre 4Saturday April 30 @ 1:15 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3Saturday May 7 @ 9:45 PM, Hart House Theatre”… more |
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Artist Talk with Rebecca MoranTuesday 26 April 2016, 19:00Still Life with Fries by Rebecca Moran Rebecca Moran is LIFT’s Spring 2016 Artist in Residence. Still Life with Fries by Rebecca Moran Rebecca Moran is LIFT’s Spring 2016 Artist in Residence. On Tuesday April 26 at 7:00pm at LIFT (1137 Dupont Street), Rebecca Moran will present an artist talk of her work”… more |
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Reading Alice Driver and Susan Buck-Morss as selected by Joni Murphy – NRATISaturday 23 April 2016, 16:00Still from Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974), directed by Jacques Rivette. Reflecting on themes emerging from her debut novel Double Teenage, which has just been published by BookThug, this salon will feature texts selected by Joni Murphy that have been instrumental in the development of her work. Joni Murphy in attendance. Exploring ongoing p”… more |
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Walter Scott’s “Sequel to Guts” – NRATIThursday 21 April 2016, 19:00This special edition of No Reading After the Internet will feature a new performance work by Walter Scott presented at the exhibition opening of How a Living Day is Made. Sequel to Guts is a collage of new and existing writing, reconfigured to create original associations between the fictions and reality of the artist, the audience and the gallery”… more |
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Rebecca Moran – Spring 2016 Artist in ResidenceFriday 1 April 2016, 00:00LIFT ANNOUNCES SPRING 2016 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE REBECCA MORAN LIFT ANNOUNCES SPRING 2016 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE REBECCA MORAN Toronto, April 19, 2016—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) is pleased to announce that Icelandic film and performance artist Rebecca Moran has join”… more |
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LIFT announces start of Film Access ProgramFriday 15 April 2016, 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES THE START OF FILM ACCESS PROGRAM Adam Roy Cohoon, Special Projects Coordinator Terra Long, Clementine Morrigan, Film Access Facilitator Jaene Castrillon, Romeo Dontae Tresean Biggz Pierre, melannie g. campbell, Ali Saeedi and Nicola DiCapua THE LIAISON OF INDEPEND”… more |
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LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2016 Mentorship AnnouncementWednesday 30 March 2016, 00:002016 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jamie Whitecrow Toronto, April 13, 2016—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Anishinaabe artist Jamie Whitecrow is the recipient of the 12th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. This annual mentor”… more |
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LIFT announces Montreal Visiting Artist Erin WeisgerberWednesday 2 March 2016, 00:00THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES MONTREAL VISITING ARTIST ERIN WEISGERBER THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO (LIFT) ANNOUNCES MONTREAL VISITING ARTIST ERIN WEISGERBER Toronto, March 23, 2016—The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LI”… more |