Sasha Huber: YOU NAME IT
The Power Plant, Toronto
29 January - 1 May 2022
Still of Rentyhorn, 2008
Video, 4:30 mins
Courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Photo: Siro Micheroli
Sasha Huber
Shooting Back: Louis Agassiz, 2008
Metal staples shot into abandoned wood boards, 150 x 115 cm
Courtesy the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Swiss-Haitian-Finnish artist SASHA HUBER uses performance, photography, and film, among other media, to investigate colonial residues left in the environment. YOU NAME IT, Huber’s first solo show in North America, will feature over a decade’s worth of work prompted by the cultural and political activist campaign “Demounting Louis Agassiz,” which seeks to redress the racist legacy of the Swiss-born naturalist and glaciologist Louis Agassiz (1807–1873). Huber’s artworks challenge the terms by which we remember, asking not only who and what we memorialize, but also, and more importantly, how we do so. The exhibition is initiated, organized, and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada, in collaboration with Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Autograph ABP, London, United Kingdom; and Turku Museum, Finland.
Sasha Huber
Mother Throat, 2017
Video, 10:30 mins
Throat singing by Silla: Charlotte Qamaniq (Iglulik, NU) and
Cynthia Pitsiulak (Kimmirut, NU)
Supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland, AVEK
Courtesy the artist
Still of Louis Who? What you should know about Louis Agassiz, 2010
Video, 3:50 mins
Commissioned by the Capacete in Rio de Janeiro for the 29th São Paulo Biennale 2010
Photo: Calé. Courtesy the artist
Still of Karakia - The Resetting Ceremony, 2015
Video, 5:20 mins
Supported by AVEK, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Te Whare Hēra Wellington International Artist Residency
Courtesy the artist
Sasha Huber is a Swiss-Haitian-Finnish artist who lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Recent solo exhibitions include Artivist Lab, Prague (2020); Centro Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro (2019); and Forum Box, Helsinki (2016). She has participated in international exhibitions, including the 56th Venice Biennale (2015); 19th Biennale of Sydney (2014); and 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010). Sasha Huber is completing her PhD at the Department of Art and Media at the Zurich University of the Arts, and she holds an MA from the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
Curated by Noor Alé, Associate Curator.
THE POWER PLANT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
231 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2G8
