As part of the Black Atlantic Networks Symposium by Nigra Iuventa
Friday, November 21, 2025 – 10h:00 am to 12:00 pm @ Artexte reading room
The Black Atlantic Networks (RAN) Symposium: Heritage, Knowledge and Solidarity, organized by Nigra Iuventa, invites you to a workshop-talk in the Artexte collection. This activity will explore collective memory made possible by donations of documents from and by artists, curators and cultural organizations in our documentary collection the objectives of discoverability, research and conservation.
During this event, discover the Artexte collection and take part in a workshop on Artexte’s specific file opening and document donation processes in order to create strengthen new networks of solidarity and co-construction of knowledge.
To conclude this workshop, attend a talk title The Ethics of Aesthetics – New Methods for Art Criticism by author and art critic Yaniya Lee.
Open to everyone – Registration required HERE [link to come]
About the Black Atlantic Networks Symposium:
The Networks of the Black Atlantic: Heritage, Knowledge and Solidarity symposium aims to strengthen ties between communities and promote a better understanding of issues related to the heritage of the Black Atlantic, while encouraging concrete initiatives where arts and culture play a central role in social transformation.
From November 18th to the 22nd, 2025, the RAN will bring together artists, researchers, cultural workers and members of civil society to discuss strategic themes such as the restitution of cultural heritage and the role of digital technologies in preserving and disseminating this heritage.
Through a collaborative approach and utilizing the expertise of local and international actors, we will seek to develop spaces for dialogue and knowledge co-construction. The aim is to strengthen connections between communities on both sides of the Atlantic and build sustainable solidarity network while contributing to deeper discussions on these issues in France, Germany and Quebec. The program is distinguished by its richness, combining plenary lectures, screenings, participatory workshops, round tables, exhibitions and artistic performances.
About the speaker:
Yaniya Lee is the author of Selected Writing on Black Canadian Art (2024). She has written about art for galleries, magazines and museums across Canada, and abroad.
As a PhD student in the Gender Studies department at Queen’s University, her research tracks Black creative practice and narratives of liberation across the nation, with the intention of building a critical archive that recognizes otherwise hidden Black Canadian art histories.
She teaches art writing and frequently works with collaborators on symposiums, programs, and workshops. Most recently: What does the land know? (Videographe, 2024), what it feels like is good enough (Archive, 2023); The Scream and the Whisper (Asia Art Archive, 2023); Black History Navigational Toolkit (Toronto Biennial of Art, 2022); From her world (The Blackwood, 2022); WhAt She SaId: Promiscuous References & Disobedient Care (Contingencies of Care, 2021); fractured horizon – a view from the body (Vtape, 2020); Bodies, Borders, Fields (Trinity Square Video, 2019); and Desire x Politics (Mercer Union, 2019).