Analays Alvarez Hernandez + Amed Aroche + Dairon Luis Perez
Thursday July 17, 6pm
Artist Talk

Join us for a conversation between Analays Alvarez Hernandez, Amed Aroche, and Dairon Luis Perez about the exhibition Nuit éternelle, désobéissance esthétique.

This meeting is made possible thanks to the support of the Interuniversity Research Chair on Ville Régions Monde (VRM)*.

Analays Alvarez Hernandez is an art historian, independent curator and associate professor in the Department of Art History, Cinema, and Media Studies at the Université de Montréal. Drawing on diasporic and decolonial approaches, her research focuses on public art, global art, and alternative exhibition spaces.

Amed Aroche is a Cuban-born independent artist and curator based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Trained in architecture and holding a master’s degree in social sciences, he develops a practice that combines research, photography, installation, and writing. His work focuses on the construction of contemporary images and their critical interrogation, exploring the intersections between political and poetic language from a diasporic perspective. As an artist, his work has been presented in Havana (Cuba), Montreal, and Vienna (Austria). In his curatorial practice, Aroche aims to reflect on how curatorial approaches can create space for the emergence of alternative forms of collective knowledge. For him, curating is an act of resistance—a means to make visible, to challenge censorship, and to reinvest public space.

Dairon Luis Perez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography and Urban Planning at Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario). His research explores diasporic practices and formations in North American urban spaces.

*Villes Régions Monde (VRM) is a strategic research network funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec—Société et Culture (FRQSC). It is also supported by four main academic institutions: INRS, Université de Montréal (UdeM), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and Université Laval. Founded in 2000, the network has been led by Sandra Breux (INRS) since January 2019. The team brings together more than 70 researchers based in Quebec, along with around 15 partners from professional practice settings, to address issues related to territorial organization and development, planning, the environment, local governance, and emerging urban challenges. VRM is primarily dedicated to fostering, disseminating, and promoting research on urban issues. Its activity program reflects a collaborative approach and aims to mobilize knowledge in a field that brings together several disciplines from human and social sciences. VRM also contributes to the training of new researchers in urban studies and to their integration into academic and professional environments.