Co-curated by Sue Jeong Ka and Lingxiang Wu
InterAccess, Jackman Humanities Institute - University of Toronto, Charles Street Videos
Oct 21 - November 7, 2024
InterAccess, Jackman Humanities Institute - University of Toronto, Charles Street Videos
Oct 21 - November 7, 2024
In a world governed by the cold precision of mechanical time, Bad Timekeepers seeks to disrupt the linear frameworks that bind our temporal existence. The project challenges conventional timekeeping narratives and proposes alternative temporalities that transcend capitalist and colonial systems of control. A celebration of the fluid and blurred boundaries between time and disciplines, Bad Timekeepers envisions a collective future where personal, diasporic, and speculative notions of time coexist.
Bad Timekeepers seeks to weave an insurgent tapestry of dialogue from the experiences of Asian diasporic, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. It is a space for those who resist the industrial machine, charting new courses beyond the industrial clock. In its inaugural year, Bad Timekeepers will host a series of public events in Toronto/Tkaronto and Seoul/서울, two cities marked by deep colonial histories, yet brimming with potential for decolonial futures.
Toronto/Tkaronto, a city often heralded for its multiculturalism, serves as the launch site for this movement. Yet, the city’s foundation rests on borrowed Indigenous land, a fact that underscores the importance of centering diasporic perspectives in this dialogue. The program will feature a constellation of visionary thinkers and creators, including Nobutaka Aozaki, Julie Chen, Sunha Hong, Hobin Kim, Kwang-Suk Lee, Inkang Lee, Seam Lee, Yutong Lin, Casey Mecija, Ying Sze Pek, Ryan Persadie, Sarah Sharma, Mindy Seu, Su Yu Hsin, Asmita Bustani Vij, Choonhee Woo, Yufeng Zhao, Sheung-King Aaron Tang & JeeMin Kim, and Diasporic Futurism (Vanessa Godden and Adrienne Matheuszik).
Events will be hosted in partnership with InterAccess, Charles Street Video, and the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. This project is made possible with their generous support.
Event Timeline
Oct 19, 2024 | 3 - 4PM (EST) | InterAccess (950 Dupont St)
Drawing Suit 01_2 (Suit), Performance
Inkang Lee
Oct 20, 2024 | 2 - 3:30PM (EST) | Zoom (Online)
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Dimensional Praxis: Aesthetics of Labor, Roundtable Discussion,
Asmita Bhutani Vij, Ying Sze Pek, Su Yu Hsin, Choonhee Woo
Oct 20, 2024 | 4 - 5PM (EST) | InterAccess (950 Dupont St)
Transmissions from the Far East Nexus, Screening
Jing’s Poetic Cartography, Yutong Lin, 16:26
Particular Waters, Su Yu Hsin, 18:38
Oct 22, 2024 | 5:30 - 7PM (EST) | Jackman Humanities Institute, JHI 100 (170 St George St)
Beyond Chronos: Technological Futures, Panel
Sarah Sharma, Julie Chen, Sun-ha Hong, Kwang-suk Lee
Oct 22, 2024 | 7:30 - 9PM (EST) | Jackman Humanities Institute, JHI 100 (170 St George St)
Diasporic Tempo, Queer Time, Roundtable Discussion,
Diasporic Futurisms, Ryan Persadie, Casey Mecija
Nov 7, 2024 | 7 - 9PM (EST) | Charles Street Video (76 Geary Ave)
A Sexual History of the Internet, Lecture Performance (Limited seating)
Mindy Seu
Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Today, this land is home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. Toronto is covered by Treaty 13, signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Today, this land is home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. Toronto is covered by Treaty 13, signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit.