The Power Plant

Join us for a live sound performance by multimedia artist Mani Mazinani in conversation with Jardim do Ultramar / The Colonial Garden, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016 by Shelagh Keeley. Taking place in the McLean Gallery alongside the film installation, the durational performance will feature synthesizers and bells accompanying the full 180 minute duration of the film. This live intervention adds an immersive sonic layer to the visual experience, deepening the dialogue between sound, space, and Keeley’s quiet yet poignant imagery.

Mani Mazinani (b.1984, Tehran) is a Toronto-based artist making installation, video, film, sculpture, photographs, multiples, sound and music. His practice evolved from an early interest in sound recording, now working with the process of translating thoughts into recordings in various media. His visual work thinks about scale and perception, often combining subject matter and medium. Mazinani is currently researching origins of ancient thought, perceptual limitations of humans, and improvisation. Exhibition and performance history includes Evergreen Brick Works (2024), MOCA Toronto (2024), Tate Modern (2019), The Bentway, Toronto (2018), Tehran International Electronic Music Festival (2017), SIP Culture Centre, Suzhou (2016).