Join Adrian Blackwell on November 16 and 18 at the Toronto Biennial

Join Associate Professor Adrian Blackwell on Saturday November 16th and Monday November 18th at the Toronto Biennial.

Saturday November 16, 2-4pm - Delineating a Nation-State: A Conversation
Delineating a nation-state is a preview of the forthcoming issue 12 of Scapegoat: Architecture / Landscape / Political Economy, featuring: Roberto Damiani, Irena Latek, and Karyn Recollet, moderated by co-editors David Fortin and Adrian Blackwell. This conversation will examine the relationship between urban morphology and processes of settler colonialism, through the delineation of property in land.

Monday November 18, 4-6pm - The View From Here: Reading a Moving Shoreline
In the context of Luis Jacob’s two-part installation, The View from Here, and within Blackwell’s structure Isonomia in Toronto? (harbour), Fadi Masoud (Daniels, University of Toronto) and Blackwell discuss Toronto’s waterfront, drawing attention to the vulnerabilities of urban districts built upon reclaimed land, and the strategies available to mitigate the effects of climate change.