BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//YourSite//Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30738-0@www.visitcalgary.com DTSTAMP:20260906T005659Z DTSTART:20260917T180000Z DTEND:20260917T230000Z SUMMARY:Curtis Talwst Santiago: worlds\, worlds\, worlds DESCRIPTION:worlds\, worlds\, worlds explores how stories are held and carr ied across the vestiges of history and memory. Rooted in a form of world-bu ilding where inherited imagination meets critical fabulation¹\, the exhibi tion celebrates polyphonic identities that negotiate different geographies across time\, weaving the material\, the fragmentary\, and the ever-evolvin g 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\, these intimate works move fluidly between pe rsonal memories of Caribbean community life: basement dance parties\, the q uintessential barbershop\, figures dreaming in the grass\, and broader coll ective histories such as migration crises and the rise of territorialism in its many forms. These scenes are portrayed as something precious and delib erately sheltered\, worlds that can be held in the palm of a hand\, invitin g careful observation of details often overlooked.\n\nThe dioramas are imag ined within a scenography of transmission devices comprising horns\, pipes\ , channels\, and circuitry. Formed into sinuous volumes\, these structures situate the exhibition across broader infrastructures of digital networks\, material circulation\, and regimes of surveillance capitalism²\, unfoldin g as an operative field in which meaning is generated\, disrupted\, and red irected. Together\, they echo longer histories of movement\, extraction\, a nd displacement that continue to underwrite contemporary systems of connect ivity and control. Made from cardboard\, the material language extends Sant iago's practice of crafting contained worlds like the jewellery boxes used to hold what is deemed precious before themselves being cast aside. That lo gic of containment and disposal is activated anew here. Cardboard\, typical ly used to transport and protect objects prior to discard\, becomes both ve ssel and structure\, foregrounding the uneven politics of what is preserved \, circulated\, or rendered disposable. This transference of weight reflect s the asymmetries of systemic power and selective memory\, where what is am plified is not always what is most necessary to hear or remember.\n\nWith i ts visible strata and fragile edges\, cardboard retains the imprint of pres sure and time\, operating simultaneously as surface\, structure\, and recor d. This textural sensibility resonates with Santiago's practice as a musici an\, where attention to rhythm\, resonance\, and disruption extends into th e visual field. Horns and channels recur as devices that broadcast and carr y messages\, except here they appear to modulate our attention. In this exp anded field\, perception is not anchored in the visual alone\; it is distri buted across minor frequencies\, subtle registers\, and peripheral cues tha t ask to be heard as much as seen.\n\nThis exhibition is especially timely within the North American context\, a land shaped by the encounters of peop les from the old and new worlds\, where histories\, stories\, and identitie s are constantly intersecting and evolving. The condition of partial relay runs throughout\, meaning formed through relation\, interruption\, and circ ulation. Rather than emerging as fixed or complete\, stories unfold through fragments\, detours\, and acts of exchange\, revealing how worlds are cont inually assembled through encounters with others.\n\nAt a moment when cultu ral gatekeeping\, rigid hierarchies of knowledge\, and fear of difference c ontinue to structure public discourse\, worlds\, worlds\, worlds affirms cu riosity\, exchange\, and the will to community as practices of repair and c ollective imagining.\n\nCurated by Kanika Anand.\n\nhttps://www.visitcalgar y.com/events/curtis-talwst-santiago-worlds-worlds-worlds-3\n\nhttps://www.c ontemporarycalgary.com/whats-on/curtis-talwst-santiago-worlds-worlds-worlds LOCATION:Contemporary Calgary\, 701 11 Street Southwest\, Calgary\, Ab\, T2 P 2C4 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR