In Syrus Marcus Ware’s projects 'Ancestors, Can You Read Us? (Dispatches from the Future)' and 'Antarctica,' he imagines a world where racialized people have survived the catastrophic impacts of the Anthropocene and white supremacy. Ware discusses the shared language of speculative futurism and how combining art with activism has the power to create solidarities beyond borders.

Short Format Series Created & Produced by Aliya Pabani and Angela Shackel.

In this episode, artist Maria Thereza Alves invites us to consider our implication in the histories of the land we stand on and the rivers hidden beneath. Alves' works for the 2019 Toronto Biennial of Art, 'Phantom Pain' and 'Garrison Creek,' reflect on human and non-human relationships with land and water.

Short Format Series Created & Produced by Aliya Pabani and Angela Shackel.

In Caroline Monnet's work 'The Flow Between Hard Places,' the undulating edges of this monumental sculpture represent the sound waves created in uttering the word pasapkedjinawong (“the river that passes between the rocks”) in Anishinaabemowin, as spoken by Anishnaabe Elder Rose Wawatie-Beaudoin. Monnet discusses the importance of different types of monuments, movements, and the power of travelling distances to be heard.

Short Format Series Created & Produced by Aliya Pabani and Angela Shackel.