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SUMMARY:Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds\, worlds\, worlds
DESCRIPTION:Curtis Talwst Santiago \nworlds\, worlds\, worlds\n\nSeptember 
 17\, 2026—Janurary 3\, 2027\nFlanagan Family Gallery worlds\, worlds\, wo
 rlds explores how stories are held and carried across the vestiges of histo
 ry and memory. Rooted in a form of world-building where inherited imaginati
 on meets critical fabulation\, the exhibition celebrates polyphonic identit
 ies that negotiate different geographies across time\, weaving the material
 \, the fragmentary\, and the ever-evolving within storytelling.\n\nCentral 
 to the Contemporary Calgary presentation is a focused survey of Santiago's 
 dioramas. Begun in 2008 and collectively known as the Infinity Series\, the
 se intimate works move fluidly between personal memories of Caribbean commu
 nity life—basement dance parties\, the quintessential barbershop\, figure
 s dreaming in the grass—and broader collective histories such as migratio
 n crises and the rise of territorialism in its many forms. These scenes are
  portrayed as something precious and deliberately sheltered\, worlds that c
 an be held in the palm of a hand\, inviting careful observation of details 
 often overlooked.\n\nThe dioramas are imagined within a scenography of tran
 smission comprising horns\, pipes\, channels\, and circuitry. Formed into s
 inuous volumes\, these structures situate the exhibition across broader inf
 rastructures of digital networks\, material circulation\, and regimes of su
 rveillance capitalism\, unfolding as an operative field in which meaning is
  generated\, disrupted\, and redirected. They echo longer histories of move
 ment\, extraction\, and displacement that continue to underwrite contempora
 ry systems of connection and control. Made from cardboard\, the material la
 nguage extends Santiago's practice of crafting contained worlds from discar
 ded objects: jewellery boxes and found containers used to hold what is deem
 ed precious before themselves being cast aside. That logic of containment a
 nd disposal is reactivated here. Cardboard\, typically used to transport an
 d protect objects prior to discard\, becomes both vessel and structure\, fo
 regrounding the uneven politics of what is preserved\, circulated\, or rend
 ered disposable. This transference of weight reflects the asymmetries of sy
 stemic power and selective memory\, where what is amplified is not always w
 hat is most necessary to hear or remember.\n\nWith its visible strata and f
 ragile edges\, cardboard retains the imprint of pressure and time\, operati
 ng simultaneously as surface\, structure\, and record. This textural sensib
 ility resonates with Santiago's practice as a musician\, where attention to
  rhythm\, resonance\, and disruption extends into the visual field. Horns a
 nd channels recur throughout the exhibition as communicative apparatuses\, 
 modulating attention\, interruption\, and response across lived experience.
  In this expanded field\, perception is not anchored in the visual alone\; 
 it is distributed across minor frequencies\, subtle registers\, and periphe
 ral cues that ask to be heard as much as seen.\n\nThis exhibition is especi
 ally timely within the North American context\, a land shaped by the encoun
 ters of peoples from the old and new worlds\, where histories\, stories\, a
 nd identities are constantly intersecting and evolving. The condition of pa
 rtial relay runs throughout\, meaning formed through relation\, interruptio
 n\, and circulation. Rather than emerging as fixed or complete\, stories un
 fold through fragments\, detours\, and acts of exchange\, revealing how wor
 lds are continually assembled through encounters with others.\n\nAt a momen
 t when cultural gatekeeping\, rigid hierarchies of knowledge\, and fear of 
 difference continue to structure public discourse\, worlds\, worlds\, world
 s affirms curiosity\, exchange\, and the will to community as practices of 
 repair and collective imagining.\n\nCurated by Kanika Anand.\n\nhttps://www
 .visitcalgary.com/events/curtis-talwst-santiago-worlds-worlds-worlds\n\nhtt
 ps://www.contemporarycalgary.com/whats-on/curtis-talwst-santiago-worlds-wor
 lds-worlds
LOCATION:Contemporary Calgary\, 701 11 Street Southwest\, Calgary\, Ab\, T2
 P 2C4
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