Screenings
Blood Ties: Reimagining Interconnection (In-Person Screening: May 23)
Join us for our second in-person screening of the year at Small World Music Centre. Guest programmed by Clare Samuel, this screening features works Lynne Sachs, Elisa Gonzalez, Keisha Rae Witherspoon, Tanya Lukin Linklater, and Hao Zhou. Curated into a screening called “Blood Ties,” each film reflects different understandings and re-imaginings of what it means to be interconnected with each other and the world around us. Featuring a post-screening Q&A with Toronto-based filmmaker Elisa Gonzalez and Brooklyn-based filmmaker Lynne Sachs. Co-presented by Pleasure Dome, the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, and Kino Rebelde.
Part of Spring 2023
Reimagining Queer Liberation (In-Person Screening: April 26)
Join us for our first in-person screening of the year at Small World Centre in Toronto. Guest programmed by Jacob Crepeault, this screening features new work by 2SLGBTQIA+ Canadian artists Lina Wu, Chanelle Lajoie, Madi Piller and Sina Âwsémoon, Madeleine Scott, Trâm Anh Nguyễn, Sam Gurry, M.O. Guzman, Kym McDaniel, and Yace Sula that reflect different understandings and re-imagining of what queer liberation means today.
Part of Spring 2023
Elise Rasmussen, In The Valley of the Moon: Online, January 6-13, 2023
Pleasure Dome is excited to start our new year with the North American premiere of Elise Rasmussen’s “In the Valley of the Moon,” a 16mm film transferred to 4K. The work emerged from the artist’s site-responsive residency at La Wayaka in Chile.
Part of Winter 2023
Announcements
2023 AGM
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of PLEASURE DOME is called for and will be held ONLINE on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 6:00 pm via Zoom. As our membership, your vote and presence at this meeting is vital to the health of our organization, and we hope you’ll join us.
Call for Submissions: New Toronto Works 2023
Pleasure Dome welcomes submissions of experimental, time-based media work by Canadian and international artists for our 2022-2023 programming year. We have two calls for submission this year: “2023 New Toronto Works” and our debut “Reimagining the Experimental,” which replaces our open call. The deadline for submissions is April 5, 2023. For New Toronto Works, the work must have been produced after March 2022.
Call for Submissions: Reimagining the Experimental
Pleasure Dome welcomes submissions of experimental, time-based media work by Canadian and international artists for our 2022-2023 programming year. We have two calls for submission this year: “2023 New Toronto Works” and our debut “Reimagining the Experimental,” which replaces our open call. The deadline for submissions is April 5, 2023.
Launch of Pleasure Dome’s First E-Book: Imagining Futures of Experimental Media
Pleasure Dome is pleased to announce the launch of its very first e-book, Imagining Futures of Experimental Media (2023), published in collaboration with the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition and OddSide Arts. Edited by Aaditya Aggarwal, Elida Schogt, and Fan Wu and featuring contributions by artists and writers, this digital publication was made possible through the Canada Council of the Arts Strategic Funds & Initiatives: Digital Now Grant.
Introducing Pleasure Dome’s New Board Members
Pleasure Dome is welcoming six new members to our Board of Directors. Each brings with them a dynamic range of perspectives, skills, and experience to experimental film and artist-run culture! They will begin their posts in January 2023.
