Tong Zhou Lafrance – Introduction to photo-weaving

𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐋𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 – 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨-𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝐩𝐦

In this workshop, Tong Zhou Lafrance opens up their photo-weaving process by inviting us to address themes central to their research, such as transnational adoption, immigration and travel. Taking the form of a workshop-discussion introducing the basics of photo weaving, Tong Zhou seeks to create new discussions and connections between different social issues. This activity is designed so that each participant can leave with a small 4″ x 6″ weaving of a photo that they will have brought on the day of the workshop.
*𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨

 

童宙 Tong Zhou Lafrance is a multidisciplinary artist and collaborator adopted from China who works in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montreal) in Canada. In 2021, they obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction at Concordia University. Their current artistic practice revolves around the alteration of family and travel archives to bring forth their agency regarding their transnational migration. Their work has been shown in Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City, namely during the Chinatown Biennial at Whippersnapper Gallery (2021), at FOFA Gallery (2022), at Rad Hourani Foundation Gallery (2021), at Eastern Block (2018) and many others. They are part of Artch’s 5th edition and CRÉER DES PONTS’ 2nd edition both happening in Montreal. For an indefinite period of time, Tong Zhou’s graduate studies at the China Academy of Art (中国美术学院) are entirely remote. In 2022, they co-founded the Soft Gong Collective, the first Francophone organization by and for Chinese Adoptees.