This is an archived event from Culture Days 2023.
Images
Su Rynard: As Soon As Weather Will Permit
In-person
Digital & new media History & heritage Photography Storytelling Visual artsDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
The Image Centre
33 Gould Street
Toronto, ON
Directions: Located on Toronto Metropolitan University's campus, near Yonge-Dundas Square and the Eaton Centre.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible.
About
September 13, 2023-December 9, 2023
Artist Su Rynard’s correspondence with her uncle, Vernon Rowley, inspired As Soon As Weather Will Permit—the haunting and disquieting story of one soldier’s participation in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. This two-channel video combines their verbal and written exchanges with family archives, historical footage evoking nuclear warfare, and stark landscapes of the Utah airfield and bombing range where Air Force radar operator Rowley trained for the atomic mission by the US government. Threading these disparate audiovisual elements together, Rynard reconciles one person’s conflicted recollection with the collective memory of a dramatic and violent historic event.
The artist gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Related Public Program
Fall Exhibitions Opening Party
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | 7:30-9:30 pm
All events take place at The Image Centre (33 Gould St., Toronto) unless otherwise noted.
Admission is always free
Gallery Hours (Fall Season)
Wednesday: 12–8 pm
Thursday–Saturday: 12–6 pm
Sunday–Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed (Tours by appt.)
Daily Drop-in Tours (Fall Season)
Wednesday–Friday, 1:30pm
Free, no reservation required
Links
- The Image Centre theimagecentre.ca
Organizer
The Image Centre
The Image Centre (IMC) is Canada’s leading institution dedicated to the exhibition, research and collecting of photography. Established in 2012 at Toronto Metropolitan University, in the heart of the city, the IMC welcomes visitors to explore the intersection of photography and culture. Through compelling exhibitions and engaging public programming, the IMC showcases work by emerging, renowned, and anonymous photographers, past and present. With a growing collection of nearly 400,000 photographic objects and an innovative scholarly research program, the IMC is also a vibrant hub for the preservation and study of photography.