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As part of our Doors Open weekend, Charles Street Video is proud to partner with @mayworksfestival to host Rendition—a powerful multi-screen documentary exhibition exploring the lives, experiences, and movements of temporary workers in Germany fighting for better labor rights.

If you’re stopping by for Doors Open, this is an installation you won’t want to miss. Come experience the intersection of media arts, storytelling, and social change.

🗓️ May 23–24th
🕙 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto, ON

#CharlesStreetVideo #MayworksFestival #DoorsOpenTO #RenditionExhibition

Art is all about showing the world as you see it. 👁️🎥

This weekend, come explore the space where it happens. Charles Street Video is participating in Doors Open Ontario! Drop by to connect with the community, check out the gear, and get inspired.

📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto
🗓️ May 23–24 | 10AM–5PM

See you this weekend!

#doorsopen #TorontoFilm #VisualArtists #CharlesStreetVideo #toevents

Mayworks Festival and @CSVToronto are participating in @Doors_OpenTO this weekend!

There will be extended gallery hours and an Artist Talk on Saturday May 23, from 1:00–3:00pm with the artist and curator of 'Rendition.'

'Rendition' is a cinematic essay by @EuridiceZaitunaKala about the “madgermans”, a group of Mozambicans working in East Germany who were abruptly sent home after the reunification of Germany and who are still waiting for the balance of their contracts to be paid.

Join Curator, Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime) and artist, Euridice Zaituna Kala for a discussion about the concept behind the exhibition, the artist’s relationship to the “madgermans”, and using arts to advocate for and popularize the stories of migrant workers.

The talk will be followed by a Q&A with audience members. Refreshments will be served.

Artist Talk:
Saturday May 23, 1–3pm

Extended Weekend Exhibit Hours:
Saturday May 23–Sunday May 24
10am–5pm

[Video by Ema Walters]

Manybirds in residence at Charles Street Video for development of UNDERSKY in preparation for Ocean Week Canada

Manybirds in residence at Charles Street Video for development of UNDERSKY in preparation for Ocean Week Canada

Exhibit Closing soon*

Don’t miss this opportunity to ground yourself in their exhibit rooted in the complex geopolitical and socio-economic exploration of consequences of the Cold War’s end, specifically concerning contract labor migration between the People’s Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Gallery Times:
📆Wednesdays: 🕗12:00pm-4:00pm
📆 Thursday & Friday: 🕗 6:00pm-8:00pm
📆Saturday: 🕗 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where? 📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

Photography by Ema Walter’s (@innocentscientist )

Make sure to stop by the gallery before it’s gone. 📹✨

Exhibit Closing soon*

Don’t miss this opportunity to ground yourself in their exhibit rooted in the complex geopolitical and socio-economic exploration of consequences of the Cold War’s end, specifically concerning contract labor migration between the People’s Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Gallery Times:
📆Wednesdays: 🕗12:00pm-4:00pm
📆 Thursday & Friday: 🕗 6:00pm-8:00pm
📆Saturday: 🕗 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where? 📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

Photography by Ema Walter’s (@innocentscientist )

Make sure to stop by the gallery before it’s gone. 📹✨

Exhibit Closing soon*

Don’t miss this opportunity to ground yourself in their exhibit rooted in the complex geopolitical and socio-economic exploration of consequences of the Cold War’s end, specifically concerning contract labor migration between the People’s Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Gallery Times:
📆Wednesdays: 🕗12:00pm-4:00pm
📆 Thursday & Friday: 🕗 6:00pm-8:00pm
📆Saturday: 🕗 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where? 📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

Photography by Ema Walter’s (@innocentscientist )

Make sure to stop by the gallery before it’s gone. 📹✨

'Rendition' by @EuridiceZaitunaKala on view now at @CSVToronto until May 30.

This cinematic essay questions how a state’s broken promise can define the identity and political action of a marginalized group for over three decades, revealing a story of suspended citizenship and the human cost of global political transitions.

Documented by Ema Walters (@innocentscientist) at the opening reception.

Curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime)

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil)

'Rendition' by @EuridiceZaitunaKala on view now at @CSVToronto until May 30.

This cinematic essay questions how a state’s broken promise can define the identity and political action of a marginalized group for over three decades, revealing a story of suspended citizenship and the human cost of global political transitions.

Documented by Ema Walters (@innocentscientist) at the opening reception.

Curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime)

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil)

'Rendition' by @EuridiceZaitunaKala on view now at @CSVToronto until May 30.

This cinematic essay questions how a state’s broken promise can define the identity and political action of a marginalized group for over three decades, revealing a story of suspended citizenship and the human cost of global political transitions.

Documented by Ema Walters (@innocentscientist) at the opening reception.

Curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime)

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil)

'Rendition' by @EuridiceZaitunaKala on view now at @CSVToronto until May 30.

This cinematic essay questions how a state’s broken promise can define the identity and political action of a marginalized group for over three decades, revealing a story of suspended citizenship and the human cost of global political transitions.

Documented by Ema Walters (@innocentscientist) at the opening reception.

Curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime)

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil)

'Rendition' by @EuridiceZaitunaKala on view now at @CSVToronto until May 30.

This cinematic essay questions how a state’s broken promise can define the identity and political action of a marginalized group for over three decades, revealing a story of suspended citizenship and the human cost of global political transitions.

Documented by Ema Walters (@innocentscientist) at the opening reception.

Curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime)

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil)

Looking for something free to get up to?

Join us, until May 30th, for “Rendition”.

Created by Euridice Zaituna Kala ( @euridicezaitunakala ) — as a part of “Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights,” curated by Nima Esmailpour ( @archeology.of.aftertime ).

Euridice’s work focuses on cultural and historical metamorphoses, their manipulations and their ad-aptations.Reproducing the visual vocabulary of historical archives in order to reveal not only their subjectivity, but also those they have invisibilized. Euridice questions the appropriation of black bodies through their representation in archives; but rather than seizing their history, she attempts to reaffirm their existence.

Galley times:
📆Wednesdays: 🕗12:00pm-4:00pm
📆 Thursday & Friday: 🕗 6:00pm-8:00pm
📆Saturday: 🕗 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where? 📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

Co-presented by Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto) and Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts (@mayworkstoronto)

Photography by Ema Walter’s (@innocentscientist )

Looking for something free to get up to?

Join us, until May 30th, for “Rendition”.

Created by Euridice Zaituna Kala ( @euridicezaitunakala ) — as a part of “Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights,” curated by Nima Esmailpour ( @archeology.of.aftertime ).

Euridice’s work focuses on cultural and historical metamorphoses, their manipulations and their ad-aptations.Reproducing the visual vocabulary of historical archives in order to reveal not only their subjectivity, but also those they have invisibilized. Euridice questions the appropriation of black bodies through their representation in archives; but rather than seizing their history, she attempts to reaffirm their existence.

Galley times:
📆Wednesdays: 🕗12:00pm-4:00pm
📆 Thursday & Friday: 🕗 6:00pm-8:00pm
📆Saturday: 🕗 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where? 📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

Co-presented by Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto) and Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts (@mayworkstoronto)

Photography by Ema Walter’s (@innocentscientist )

Looking for something free to get up to?

Join us, until May 30th, for “Rendition”.

Created by Euridice Zaituna Kala ( @euridicezaitunakala ) — as a part of “Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights,” curated by Nima Esmailpour ( @archeology.of.aftertime ).

Euridice’s work focuses on cultural and historical metamorphoses, their manipulations and their ad-aptations.Reproducing the visual vocabulary of historical archives in order to reveal not only their subjectivity, but also those they have invisibilized. Euridice questions the appropriation of black bodies through their representation in archives; but rather than seizing their history, she attempts to reaffirm their existence.

Galley times:
📆Wednesdays: 🕗12:00pm-4:00pm
📆 Thursday & Friday: 🕗 6:00pm-8:00pm
📆Saturday: 🕗 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where? 📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

Co-presented by Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto) and Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts (@mayworkstoronto)

Photography by Ema Walter’s (@innocentscientist )

This was our first backscratchers Event at @csvtoronto ! Big shot out again to CSV for sponsoring us! 🎉

The kind of networkingthat actually focuses on community and mutual help! 💖

Sneak a peak how it went and stay tuned for the next one! ✨

Join us until May 30th for our newest co-presented exhibition, “Rendition”

Created by Euridice Zaituna Kala (@euridicezaitunakala) — as a part of “Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights,” curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime).

Gallery Info: May 2nd - 30th
📆Wednesdays: 🕗12:00pm-4:00pm
📆 Thursday & Friday: 🕗 6:00pm-8:00pm
📆Saturday: 🕗 1:00pm-4:00pm

Where? 📍 76 Geary Ave, Toronto

Received to much acclaim for the labour arts community, “Rendition’s” context is rooted in the complex geopolitical and socio-economic consequences of the Cold War’s end, specifically concerning contract labor migration between the People’s Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Co-presented by Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto) and Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts (@mayworkstoronto)

Photography by Ema Walter’s (@innocentscientist )

Make sure to stop by the gallery before it’s gone. 📹✨

#CharlesStreetVideo #MayworksFestival #TorontoExhibitions #MediaArt #ArtWithImpact

Join us on Saturday May 2 for the opening of 'Rendition' by Euridice Zaituna Kala (@euridicezaitunakala) — as a part of "Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights," curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime).

📆 Saturday May 2
🕗 6:00–9:00pm
📍 76 Geary Ave

The film’s context is rooted in the complex geopolitical and socio-economic consequences of the Cold War’s end, specifically concerning contract labor migration between the People’s Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil), which we will be sharing and celebrating during the opening reception.

Join us on Saturday May 2 for the opening of 'Rendition' by Euridice Zaituna Kala (@euridicezaitunakala) — as a part of "Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights," curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime).

📆 Saturday May 2
🕗 6:00–9:00pm
📍 76 Geary Ave

The film’s context is rooted in the complex geopolitical and socio-economic consequences of the Cold War’s end, specifically concerning contract labor migration between the People’s Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil), which we will be sharing and celebrating during the opening reception.

Join us on Saturday May 2 to see 'Know Problem' before it's postered around Toronto!

Created by Deja Hosein (@deja.abha), this poster is a part of "Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights," curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime).

The Know Problem poster invites viewers to consider images that reflect the interconnected experiences shaping the work of Saint Lucia’s fishermen today.

RSVP at the link in bio.

Join us on Saturday May 2 to see 'Know Problem' before it's postered around Toronto!

Created by Deja Hosein (@deja.abha), this poster is a part of "Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights," curated by Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime).

The Know Problem poster invites viewers to consider images that reflect the interconnected experiences shaping the work of Saint Lucia’s fishermen today.

RSVP at the link in bio.

Join us on Saturday May 2 for the Opening Reception of 'Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights' at @CSVToronto.

📆 Saturday May 2
🕗 6:00–9:00pm
📍 76 Geary Ave
📩 RSVP at the link in bio

Featuring five artists—Dana Prieto (@dana___prieto) & Safaa Alnabelseya, Deja Hosein (@deja.abha), Euridice Zaituna Kala (@euridicezaitunakala), and Randa Maroufi (@Randa_Maroufi) —Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime) brings together four distinct projects presented at different venues during the festival:
And For You, Flours and Flowers
Know Problem
Rendition
L’Mina

Each artist, working across different media, critically engages with the lived experiences of working people, drawing connections across histories of labour injustice and worker-led resistance in the Global South.

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil), which we will be sharing and celebrating during the opening reception.

Join us on Saturday May 2 for the Opening Reception of 'Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights' at @CSVToronto.

📆 Saturday May 2
🕗 6:00–9:00pm
📍 76 Geary Ave
📩 RSVP at the link in bio

Featuring five artists—Dana Prieto (@dana___prieto) & Safaa Alnabelseya, Deja Hosein (@deja.abha), Euridice Zaituna Kala (@euridicezaitunakala), and Randa Maroufi (@Randa_Maroufi) —Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime) brings together four distinct projects presented at different venues during the festival:
And For You, Flours and Flowers
Know Problem
Rendition
L’Mina

Each artist, working across different media, critically engages with the lived experiences of working people, drawing connections across histories of labour injustice and worker-led resistance in the Global South.

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil), which we will be sharing and celebrating during the opening reception.

Join us on Saturday May 2 for the Opening Reception of 'Every Worker Should Have Equal Labour Rights' at @CSVToronto.

📆 Saturday May 2
🕗 6:00–9:00pm
📍 76 Geary Ave
📩 RSVP at the link in bio

Featuring five artists—Dana Prieto (@dana___prieto) & Safaa Alnabelseya, Deja Hosein (@deja.abha), Euridice Zaituna Kala (@euridicezaitunakala), and Randa Maroufi (@Randa_Maroufi) —Nima Esmailpour (@archeology.of.aftertime) brings together four distinct projects presented at different venues during the festival:
And For You, Flours and Flowers
Know Problem
Rendition
L’Mina

Each artist, working across different media, critically engages with the lived experiences of working people, drawing connections across histories of labour injustice and worker-led resistance in the Global South.

Co-presented with Charles Street Video (@csvtoronto)

We are grateful for the support of the Ontario Arts Council (@OntarioArtsCouncil), which we will be sharing and celebrating during the opening reception.