Mishann Lau

Ancestors, Can you Read Us? (Dispatches From The Future), Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Between September 11 and December 8 of 2019, Syrus Marcus Ware’s multi-channel video work Ancestors, Can You Read Us? (Dispatches from the Future) was on view at the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto. The video, created with Mishann Lau, features performers Kyisha Williams, Rodney Diverlus, Raven Davis, Janine Carrington, Ravyn Wngz, Gloria Swain, and Jasmyn Fyfe. The work imagines and stages a dialogue with a future beyond the current epoch of Black social death and insecurity, marked by the ever-present capitalist forces of greed and the persistent script of police and state violence.

Shot in 2019, Hogtown Roller Derby is a not-for-profit sports club operating in Toronto with over 100 members consisting of players, officials, coaches, and volunteers. We currently have 3 teams; 2 for adults aged 18 and over, and 1 for youth aged 9-17. Our membership is 36% youths and 64% Adults. Our Adult membership primarily consists of Women and non-binary individuals of which 52% identify as part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

The Hogtown Rollers welcome anyone with no experience needed. https://www.hogtownrollerderby.com/