image: Nicole Wolf
Memory is something that we hold, we carry it forward. Sometimes memory is heavy. What is the relationship between memory and the land?
Join a panel to discuss the role of planning, architecture and landscape design in understanding the collective memory contained in the land. From the horizon to the cartesian grid, what have we built and how does this influence a sense of belonging that one feels?
Hear from:
Jessie Andjelic
Iman Bukhari
Tiffany Shaw-Collinge
Moderated by: Suzanne Harris-Brandts
This event is made possible with support from Canada Council for the Arts and the Calgary Public Library; along with ongoing support from Calgary Arts Development and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
Jessie Andjelic is an architect, urbanist, educator, and founding partner of SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism. Jessie regularly mentors students and interns, and in 2019 was awarded the Young Architect prize from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. With her work, Jessie seeks opportunities to create works of architecture that critically examine and influence our cities.
Iman Bukhari holds a Masters in Multimedia Communications and is the CEO of the Canadian Cultural Mosaic Foundation. She has worked and volunteered in the not-for-profit sector for more than 11 years. Iman received the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation’s 30 Under 30 award, and is the producer of the documentary YYC Colours, which examines racism in Calgary. In turn, she has been a trailblazer in both multimedia storytelling and anti-racism advocacy.
Tiffany Shaw-Collinge (Métis) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and registered architect in Alberta and working at Manasc Isaac Architects. Oscillating between digital and analogue methodologies, her work gathers notions of craft, memory and atmosphere. She has been the recipient of multiple public art commissions such as Edmonton's Indigenous Art Park and Winnipeg’s Markham Bus Station. Among her public art projects Tiffany has produced several notable transitory art works and is a core member of Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective.
Moderator: Suzanne Harris-Brandts PhD, OAA, is an architect, urban scholar and Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Carlton University. She is also a co-founder of Collective Domain, a practice for spatial analysis, urban activism, architecture, and media in the public interest. Her interdisciplinary work bridges design and the social sciences to explore issues of power, equity, and collective identity in the built environment.