Rewind/Forward Exhibtion

Rewind/Forward’s free on-site exhibition opens Saturday, September 10, 2022. It runs until November 15, 2022. 

The physical installation is located outside at 854 Bathurst Street, formerly the home of One Love Vegetarian.

Rewind/Forward is a two-part photo and documentary exhibition calling attention to the hidden potential in Toronto’s soundsystem culture. It features portraits of five notable local selectors (DJs) and soundsystem owners by Jamaican-Canadian photographer Jorian Charlton.

Printed large and loud and mounted way up on high, these monumental portraits are currently part of a public art show at a fully accessible site in the city's historically Jamaican Annex neighbourhood.

Part-retrospective, part-forecast, the website is an extended play on the in-person exhibit, featuring video shorts and audio documentaries spanning pre-Independence Jamaica to Toronto rave futures. Over time, Rewind/Forward will slowly release a series of custom music mixes, full-length audio stories, and more. Add your email address and we'll make sure you're in the loop.

Rewind/Forward was conceptualized and developed by Caribbean-Canadian music artist, curator and researcher Alanna Stuart for ArtworxTO: Toronto's Year of Public Art.

Learn more at: https://www.rewind-forward.ca