Give Me Shelter
Friday, October 11th at 6:00 pm to Saturday, January 25th, 2025 at 6:00 pm
- In-person event
- SAW, Ottawa, ON, K1N 7B9
Give Me Shelter is an exhibition that presents 12 artistic responses to housing insecurity and homelessness by architects and artists from Canada and other countries. It’s on display at the SAW Centre, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa from October 11, 2024, to January 25, 2025.
The co-curators are Serkan Taycan, a PhD in Architecture student at the Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, and Jason St.-Laurent, curator of SAW.
Opening Reception
Friday, October 11, 6.00 p.m. to midnight
SAW Centre, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa
6:00 p.m. — Panel discussion: Housing Solutions Now!
8:00 p.m. — Performance by Aymara Alvarado Lang: Demolition Permit
Music by DJ Geronimo Inutiq and catering by Chickpeas
Free admission and cash bar
Artists
Aymara Alvarado Lang (Gatineau), Arquitectura Expandida (Bogotá), Center for Urban Pedagogy (New York), Abigail Child (New York), Tony Cokes (New York), Guerilla Girls (New York), Joar Nango and Tanya Busse (Tromsø), Kika Thorne and Adrian Blackwell (Toronto) / October Group and February Group, Michael Rakowitz (Chicago), Neal Rockwell (Montréal), Frank Shebageget (Ottawa) and Andrea Luka Zimmerman (London)
Curators: Jason St-Laurent (Ottawa) and Serkan Taycan (Istanbul)
Advisor: Stefan St-Laurent (Gatineau)
Focused on social practice and community activism, the participating artists propose a wide range of projects that shed light on this ever-pressing issue. Together, the works in the exhibition urge us to consider how we might create more equitable and compassionate systems that provide safe housing for all.
Give Me Shelter is the inaugural edition of SAW’s new triennial exhibition of art and activism.
Funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Government of Canada, City of Ottawa, Ontario Arts Council, Government of Ontario, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Ottawa Community Foundation