Series Season: 2022

Two years of COVID-induced job insecurity has flipped the script on workplace models and employee expectations. Not only is there a global demand for increased diversity, equity and inclusivity in the workplace, but many are now reconsidering what it means to devout their lives to their livelihoods. Coined “The Great Resignation,” employees are leaving their […]

Evocative, theatrical and genre-bending, DIFFICULT GRACE is Seth Parker Woods’s multimedia solo concert featuring a vivid sonic journey and artworks that draws inspiration from The Great Migration, historic events from the Chicago Defender, acts of translation, and commentaries on the human condition. Featuring Seth Parker Woods – Cello Programme Lembit Beecher (USA) Suite (2020) Monty […]

Inspired by Toronto’s renowned, historic Bohemian Embassy, meet a new generation of artists inspiring Canada’s ever-evolving literary scene at The New Embassy: a digital mini-series of spoken word, poetry, prose, theatrical readings, music and dance. Curated by Jen Sookfong Lee, author and co-host of the literary podcast Can’t Lit, this collection of powerful readings offers up deeply […]

Inspired by Toronto’s renowned, historic Bohemian Embassy, meet a new generation of artists inspiring Canada’s ever-evolving literary scene at The New Embassy: a digital mini-series of spoken word, poetry, prose, theatrical readings, music and dance. Award-winning author, performer and queer healer Kai Cheng Thom brings ritual-performance, spoken word and movement together for a transformative mosaic of introspective […]

Join us for a double CD release featuring songs from For the Love of Tabla, Toronto Tabla Ensemble’s latest album, and Unexpected Guests from 2020. Including guest artists Bif Naked, Nagata Shachu, George Koller, Maryem Hassan Toller, Labonee Mohanta and more!

Design Matters presents objects and methods of design and fabrication that soon may become part of our everyday lives. In a world facing major challenges, from the threat of climate change to adapt to an increasingly digitized society, most people will agree that we must start to produce and consume in new ways. The exhibition, curated […]

The Power Plant invites you to watch a screening of Illusions, Vol. III, Antigone by interdisciplinary artist Grada Kilomba. The hour-long screening will be followed by a Q&A between Grada Kilomba and Carolin Kochlin, Curator at Large of The Power Plant. In the poetic Illusions trilogy, we find the familiar stories of Narcissus and Echo, […]

For the first of the three sessions, participants will respond to visual cues and prompts inspired by artworks by Sasha Huber on view at The Power Plant in the Sasha Huber: YOU NAME IT exhibition open from February 5 – May 01, 2022, and curated by the associate curator of The Power Plant, Noor Alé. […]

Three rising star Canadian artists, Kelisha Daley, Shahaddah Jack and Martin Gomes, speak poetry to power in this raw and inspiring spoken word presentation hosted live by Desiree Mckenzie. Performers are the JAYU iAM Programme mentees: a youth-led arts and social justice mentorship for equity-seeking youth in Canada aged 12–26. Desiree Mckenzie is an award-winning performer and arts educator who, in 2019, earned the title of Canadian Festival of Spoken Word National Champion. This event […]

TESSEL is a national initiative conceptualized by Dora-nominated choreographer and dancemaker Esie Mensah, featuring the stories of 14 pioneering Black artists from across Canada, exploring the complexities of diverse movement and voice as a form of resilience.  This gathering is a way to continue the conversation by asking ourselves what has changed. From June 1st, […]

Inspired by Toronto’s renowned, historic Bohemian Embassy, meet a new generation of artists inspiring Canada’s ever-evolving literary scene at The New Embassy: a digital mini-series of spoken word, poetry, prose, theatrical readings, music and dance.  Curated by author Canisia Lubrin, The New Embassy’s opening event features a provocative programme of music, theatre and poetry. Experience […]

For this Sunday Scene of The Power Plant’s Winter Season, Nehal El-Hadi will offer her insightful perspective on the work of Sandra Brewster, in the context of her exhibition at The Power Plant, By Way of Communion, curated by TD Curator of Education and Outreach Fellow, Joséphine Denis. Sandra Brewster and Nehal El-Hadi have previously […]

For the first Sunday Scene of The Power Plant’s Winter Season, Julie Crooks will be conducting an intimate, conversational talk on the work of Sasha Huber, in the context of her exhibition at The Power Plant, YOU NAME IT, curated by Associate Curator, Noor Alé. Sasha Huber’s work deeply echoes Julie Crooks’ scholarly and curatorial […]

Black History Month is an annual observance that originated in the United States and received official recognition from the Canadian government in 1995. Some argue the month of February silos the work and recognition of the Black community and others say it’s a spotlight that needs to focus even more on young Black voices from […]

Rahyne (2021) is a short, animated film in the style of a motion-comic. It follows a young Afro-Indigenous (Bajan and Mohawk), non-binary youth who turns to the water to guide them through the turmoil highlighted by the pandemic, political unrest and trauma experienced by Black and Indigenous peoples. This film delves into Indigenous and African/Caribbean […]

In light of the global pandemic, Nordic and Canadian artists have become inventive in sharing their artistic work with the world and collaborating on ideas with one another. Digital technologies have become the de-facto platform to create and communicate. Still, are we losing too much when we’ve lost the tangible, real-world ability to connect with […]

We welcome our audiences back for illuminating outdoor winter experiences, starting with Nordic Lights, a dazzling display of Nordic and Canadian light art, co-produced with Fjord Studio. 

The Sense Light Swing is a light fixture that is also a moving, eye-catching work of art. The fixture’s shape comes from a hanging swing for children; Alexander Lervik’s concept for Sense Light Swing was created for the 2005 show “Five Playful Chairs.” The seat of the swing, made from transparent acrylic, is lit from within by a strip […]

Pressure is a piece consisting of a 300-metre long RGB-LED hose shaped like a doodle wrapped in the construction. Flashes of impulses whip around in the LED doodle and run towards each other while shifting colour and giving the expression of a digitally-stressed doodle.

Great Minds is a dynamic monument that praises the birth of ideas and relates to all creative people. Light work appears in the form of two monumental brains in dialogue, performing active, luminous brainstorming – the unavoidable phase of each creative process – and figuratively using light to emphasize births of unique ideas and sparkling […]

In Gorži, waterfalls cascade from the Power Plant building’s windows. The installation by Outi Pieski is inspired by the Sámi spiritual tradition, in which we live in a reciprocal relationship with all living entities. Gorži creates a poetic sight in which clean water flows freely. The voice of Sámi yoik singer Hildá Länsman brings out […]

Equinox asks questions about the nature of light and darkness and about the unique moment of equinox when they are in balance. Equinox combines elements of contemporary dance, nu-jazz and graphics to invite the audience into a dynamic, poetic and contemplative experience. 

Conceived mainly for big open spaces, CONTROL NO CONTROL is a large-scale interactive installation in a minimalistic geometric structure, true to Studio Iregular’s signature style. Created in 2011 in Montreal for Igloofest, it has since been presented over 35 times worldwide.   CONTROL NO CONTROL is a big LED cube that reacts to everything that touches it […]

Harbourfront Centre welcomes our audiences back for illuminating outdoor winter experiences, starting with Nordic Lights, a dazzling display of Nordic and Canadian light art. Nordic Lights features 6 outdoor light installations placed across the Harbourfront Centre campus. Supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers, Waterfront Business Improvement Area, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, NEXT Magazine, Icelandair and Nordic Culture Point