Drop by for the Means to Enfold opening reception featuring live music and refreshments and bring your infectious energies to the SSX Sing-Along Karaoketo to end the evening at a high note (all singing styles and music genres welcome!).
13 Nov, 2026 7:30 pm
to 13 Nov, 2026 11:00 pm
Open Space GalleryOCAD University – Open Space Gallery
49 McCaul St.
Means to Enfold is an embrace, a remembrance, and a suggestion towards the ways we hold each other together through collective expression. In bringing together interactive installations, a travelling exhibit of works developed at the SSX x InterAccess AR residency, a curated section of student works created in Tech Jams and invited artworks by artists part of the inaugural SSX Artist Residency, this community showcase highlights how collaboration can be a potent means to enfold the meanings in all our relations.
Fri, Nov 13–Thurs, Nov 19, from 12:00PM–5:00PM (excl. Mon, Nov 16) at Open Space Gallery
Join Ana Serrano, president and vice-chancellor of OCAD University and recipient of Reel Asian's 2026 Fire Horse Award, in opening our Expanded Dis/Closures exhibition and conference with this keynote address discussing ever-changing media and the role of creators in the challenges of our time.
13 Nov. 7:00 pm
In celebration of the pioneering Kaohsiung VR Film Lab, established in 2017 to push the boundaries of immersive storytelling, Views from the Pier presents selected works supported by the Kaohsiung Film Festival over the past decade. These works explore how histories and memories can be told, revealed, and expressed through expanded forms of narrative.
12 Nov. - 21 Nov.
In the spirit of Reel Asian’s 30th anniversary, the extended reality (XR) programme this year is both a retrospective celebrating the breadth of work in immersive media and an opening for playful explorations of how established and emerging artists are exercising their right to speak their truth into reality. Explore and take a step into the many projects and events in the world of Expanded Dis/Closures.
11 Nov.
Founded in Toronto in 1997, Reel Asian is Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival and a year-round cultural organization dedicated to championing Asian, Asian diasporic, and Asian Canadian artists and storytellers. What began as a grassroots film festival has grown into a national platform supporting filmmakers and audiences through screenings, education, industry initiatives, artist development, and community programming presented across Toronto, the GTA, and online across Canada.
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