Touching the Whisper has the Sweetest Color

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Touching the Whisper has the Sweetest Color is a performative activation of Cristina Flores Pescorán's textile installation Acariciar el corazón del hueso [Caressing the Heart of the Bone], commissioned and produced for the 2024 Toronto Biennial of Art.

During the activation, the artist will rhythmically move threads of her installation in response to stories, poems, and feelings, and while doing so, consider questions such as: what magical portals are open when we whisper to the needles? and how does dancing with our grandmothers reveal to us new recipes of resistance? In this process, the loom comes to life and curative possibilities are offered through conversations conveyed by the twists, knots, tensions, and extensions that Cristina will enact upon her work in what she calls a “body-fabric-writing action.” The vibrating threads bring answers that heal the soul.

This program is made possible by the generous support of the Consulado General del Perú en Toronto and the Women's Leading Initiative.

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*Events subject to change; for more up-to-date information, visit www.torontobiennial.org/whats-on.

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This program is a part of Your Timing is Perfect: Moments and Movements of Inquiry, a performance series in which artists investigate the body as a living archive, exploring its extraordinary strength and resilience, as well as its tenderness, vulnerability, and limitations.

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• Toronto Biennial of Art Calendar torontobiennial.org

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Toronto Biennial of Art

The Toronto Biennial of Art’s mission is to make contemporary art accessible to everyone. A ten-week event every two years, the Biennial commissions artists to create new works for a city-wide exhibition in dialogue with Toronto’s diverse local contexts. Year-round public and learning programs bridge Biennials and invite intergenerational audiences to explore the ideas that inspire our events. Building upon past editions and offering new ways of seeing and listening, each Biennial connects people to spark meaningful dialogues and imagine new futures.

The Toronto Biennial of Art launched in 2019 and was a popular and critical success. The Biennial provides expanded understandings of contemporary art practices and is building a legacy of free, inclusive, and accessible contemporary arts programming in Toronto and surrounding communities.

As conversations about Truth and Reconciliation as well as inclusion, equity, and accessibility continue to evolve, the Biennial is committed to developing new ways of seeing and listening.