This slow-looking virtual tour will include highlights from A Future for Memory with visual descriptions for people with sight loss. This VocalEye Almost Live Zoom event is hosted by Amy Amantea, a member of the blind/low vision community and VocalEye executive director, Steph Kirkland. The event will include a post-tour conversation and opportunity for Q + A with exhibition curator Fuyubi Nakamura.

A Future For Memory derives from exhibition curator Fuyubi Nakamura’s personal experience in the disaster region. She spent a few months in Miyagi Prefecture originally as a volunteer in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, and she has returned to the disaster region as an anthropologist to conduct research every year (with the exception of last year due to the pandemic). This is your chance to virtually experience this powerful and moving exhibition.

Program
6:30 pm: Virtual lobby opens for VocalEye community updates and socializing, hosted by Amy Amantea.
6:45 pm: Pre-show introductions with Amy, VocalEye executive director Steph Kirkland and exhibition curator Fuyubi Nakamura.
7 pm: Descriptive tour begins at 7pm by Steph.
7:45 pm: Q + A with Fuyubi.

This event is developed for those who are blind and partially sighted, but all are welcome to attend.

Registration via VocalEye required. Register online or contact VocalEye at events@vocaleye.ca or 604-364-5949.

Bios

Amy Amantea has lived experience of disability and identifies as having a profound sight loss. She is currently the Community Outreach Coordinator for VocalEye, a podcaster, movie reviewer and community reporter for Accessible Media Inc and Accessibility Coordinator for the Arts Club Theatre. Learn more about VocalEye on their website.

Steph Kirkland is the executive director of VocalEye Descriptive Arts Society. Steph founded the society in 2012, building on her experience of 25 years as a professional theatre director to find meaningful and innovative ways to make theatre, arts and culture more accessible to people with sight loss.

Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura is a sociocultural anthropologist and Curator, Asia at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. She is the curator for A Future for Memory, which derives from the past ten years of her engagement with the disaster region.

A rescued damaged photo found in Yamamoto-chō in Watari District, Miyagi Prefecture. ©︎ Lost & Found Project