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You are warmly invited to join us for an artist talk with Andrew Jackson at the McCord Museum, 690 Sherbrooke St. W. Jackson\u2019s exhibition Little Burgundy \u2013 Evolving Montreal is a foray into this south-western district of the city. Over a two-year period, the photographer documented important landmarks for the Black community and met people who grew up there, live there or still have ties to the area. The result is an exhibition featuring 61 photographs of the individuals and sites that bear witness to the urban and social transformations that have impacted Little Burgundy. Three hard-hitting yet touching short films capture local residents\u2019 lived experiences.<\/p>\n
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Andrew Jackson\u2019s talk will take place from 6:00-6:30 pm, leaving time both beforehand and afterwards to immerse yourself into this beautiful exhibit that moved some of us to tears earlier this summer. Please note that the McCord Museum offers free admission to selected exhibitions, including \u201cLittle Burgundy,\u201d on Wednesday evenings after 5 pm.<\/p>\n
The exhibition also features some twenty objects and images selected by Andrew Jackson from the Museum\u2019s collection. These artefacts, juxtaposed with contemporary objects loaned by residents, create a dialogue between the past and the present.<\/p>\n
Through this project, Andrew Jackson exposes the duality involved in designating a place or neighbourhood as a \u201cBlack space.\u201d For Black people, it invokes a sense of security, freedom and belonging, while for non-Black persons it conveys a negative image. As Jackson reflects: \u201cWhen city spaces, such as Little Burgundy, are designated as Black spaces, there are profound implications for Black occupants. This is especially true in North America, where historically, in non-Black minds at least, Black spaces have not existed as places of acceptance or celebration of difference. Rather, they have been linked to notions of failure \u2013 notions that become catalysts for urban renewal, gentrification and the ensuing erasure of Black communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Andrew Jackson<\/strong><\/span> is a British-Canadian photographer based in Montreal since 2019. His practice is developed at the intersection of photography and text and, most recently, focuses on notions of family, transnational migration, displacement, trauma and collective memory. He recently published the monograph From a Small Island, the first chapter of his ongoing series Across the Sea Is a Shore,\u202fa collection of works that explore the intergenerational legacies of migration from the Caribbean to the UK.<\/p>\n Andrew Jackson has a history of developing platforms that provide opportunities for traditionally excluded groups to engage with photography. In 2021 he created a public engagement project in collaboration with the DESTA Black Youth Network, located in Little Burgundy, which resulted in a group exhibition shown at the PHI Foundation. His works are held in public collections that include the United Kingdom\u2019s Government Art Collection, the Permanent Collection of the New Art Gallery Walsall and the Autograph ABP and Light Work collections. His photographs have also appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, the Financial Times and The New Statesman.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n REGISTRATION<\/p>\n