In this workshop, participants will work with members of FlagSSS Day Collective to create lightweight flags to be used during QUIET PARADE, a sensory friendly parade that celebrates accessibility taking place on UTM campus the following day, September 18.
Participants will create flags that when activated will be part of a large flag sculpture inspired by the snail, a supremely slow and quiet creature. The workshop will also include a series of guided collective movement activities to prepare for the parade. Participants in the workshop are invited and encouraged to join the “slowcore flag corps,” a group of flag-bearing folks who engage in slow and gentle movements that incorporate lightweight flags during QUIET PARADE.
Accessibility
The Blackwood Gallery is located on the ground floor of the Innovation Complex, which includes open spaces, round sloped corners, and windows to facilitate visual communication and navigation. Accessible multi-user gendered washrooms are located at ground level. The Blackwood Gallery is accessible to people who use mobility devices, with doorways measuring over 32” wide. All entrances at ground floor level to both buildings are equipped with power-assisted doors. ASL interpretation is available upon request with one week notice; please email [email protected].
Slowcore FlagSSS Corps: Flag-making and Movement Workshop
Tuesday, September 17, 3–5pm
Blackwood Gallery, 140 Kaneff Centre
FREE and open to the public.
- Facilitators
- FlagSSS Day Collective
FlagSSS Day arose in response to a particular history, community, and place: The Flag Day parade in Troy, NY was once billed as the largest in the United States, an expression of the patriotic backlash to the protest movement calling for an end to the US war in Vietnam. When that parade ended in 2018, the idea for a FlagSSS Day gathering (with emphasis on a plurality of flagSSS and anti-militarism) emerged and a call was issued for a procession in 2019.
Since 2019, FlagSSS Day processions and rituals have occurred in June and beyond — offering an election day procession (2020) and a ritual for the crows and against displacement of community members. With a 2023 NYSCA grant, they commissioned artists to make flags for their procession hosted a gallery show, and offered multiple public flag-making workshops.
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The Blackwood
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
[email protected]
(905) 828-3789
The galleries are currently closed, reopening March 27. Hours of operation: Monday–Saturday, 12–5pm.
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The Blackwood is situated on the Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Seneca, and Huron-Wendat.