February-July 2023

Fentster Gallery, Toronto

Co-Created by Adam W. McKinney and Daniel Banks

Based on HaMapah/The Map Dance-on-Film

 

“The installation is in dialogue with McKinney’s ancestor, the 16th century scholar, Rabbi Moshe Isserles, and his foundational work: HaMapah, Hebrew for both ‘tablecloth’ and ‘map.’ The artists map the narrative of a gay Black, Jewish, and Native American man, who inherits a lineage of genocide, forced migration and oppression; cultures of vibrance, community and resilience; and a past teeming with loss and omissions. In a gesture of release and exaltation, McKinney offers an opening for each of us to dance our own maps into existence.”

 

From Curator Evelyn Tauben’s Statement