Artch festival
Festival Artch
Tong Zhou Lafrance – Introduction to photo-weaving
workshop

17.09

Montreal
Free
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ – ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ-๐ฐ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐
๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ
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.
*๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ
*๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ: ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ
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็ซฅๅฎ Tong Zhou Lafrance is a multidisciplinary artist and collaborator adopted from China who works in Tiohtiร :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 Artchโs 5th edition and CRรER DES PONTSโ 2nd edition both happening in Montreal. For an indefinite period of time, Tong Zhouโs graduate studies at the China Academy of Art (ไธญๅฝ็พๆฏๅญฆ้ข) are entirely remote. In 2022, they co-founded the Soft Gong Collective, the first Francophone organization by and for Chinese Adoptees.
Join us for the opening of the exhibition