Long Winter opens 2024 with do-it-together “Cozy Chats”
/Co-presentation with Music Gallery, New Feeling, Venus Fest season grapples with embattled cultural landscape
Poster by Lina Wu
Long Winter’s twelfth turn around the sun is no business as usual. Ontario reduced its total contributions to grant funding from $50M in 2022 back down to $19.5M this year, so when organizers reconvened to plan out its next season, they had some soul searching to do; organizations across the province grapple with reduced core funding and glaring precarity.
Placing those conditions in its crosshairs, for the launch of the series’ twelfth season, Long Winter returns to the Annex’s Tranzac Club on January 12, where, in addition to music and art installations, audiences can expect a series of adventurous discussions and interactions touching on topics of cultural production, community, and sustainability, with an eye toward new models and possible futures.
Co-presented in partnership with local event programmers the Music Gallery and Venus Fest as well as New Feeling, a cooperative of music journalists and community members operating across the occupied Indigenous lands that constitute Canada, Long Winter aims for the event to approach the subject of social spending under and out of neoliberal capitalism from multiple angles.
Plush textile environs and live-generated wall projections provided by Shihab Mian will match the psychedelic vibe, helping to build the do-it-together slumber party anti-conference of Long Winter’s dreams.
Tickets and more details below!
LONG WINTER COZY CHATS
Friday, January 12, 2024
6-10PM
LOCATION: Tranzac Club - 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON
ALL-AGES
$20/PWYC
Advance tickets (skip the line): https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/46834/
FUTURE EVENTS
Feb. 23
Mar. 15
VENUE ACCESSIBILITY:
The Tranzac is an accessible space. Washrooms are gender neutral with two accessible stalls. Long Winter is a fragrance-free event (please don't wear perfumes or scented products).
MASKS REQUIRED:
In the spirit of community care, and to help protect our team, artists, and audiences, masks are required at Long Winter except when actively performing, eating, or drinking. Wearing a cloth mask or forgot/lost your mask? Not a problem. Grab a KN95 from the door. We encourage N95 masking. We also have a supply of rapid tests available at the door! If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home. Audience members who begin experiencing symptoms during the festival should leave and isolate immediately. LW collective members will remind attendees of our COVID-19 protocols throughout the event. Thank you for your understanding and compassion!
ABOUT LONG WINTER:
Long Winter is Toronto's essential all-ages, pay-what-you-can inter-arts series that takes place throughout our coldest season. Featuring over 200 local artists/collectives and welcoming nearly 5,000 participants from November-March, Long Winter animates multiple rooms on multiple floors, transforming spaces into immersive, collaborative environments. Events are dense and eclectic, showcasing a broad cross-section of the best in Toronto-area DIY and underground scenes. Featured work includes performance art, theatre and dance, large-scale sculptural installations, projections (single and dual screen videos, still images), visual installations (print, painting, photography collage) and interactive presentations including original video games by local programmers. Initially housed at the Great Hall on Queen Street West, Long Winter has programmed teeming shows at venues ranging from the Gladstone Hotel, to the Hearn Generating Station (Luminato), to the Galleria Mall. We are passionate about integrating diverse artistic communities and culture; gathering some of the most exciting, cutting-edge local talent under one roof.
IG: instagram.com/longwinterto/
FB: facebook.com/torontolongwinter
X (fka Twitter): twitter.com/LongWinterTO
Support:
This event is made possible through the generous support of Toronto Arts Council, the Music Gallery, New Feeling, and Venus Fest.