How do we remember the places that made us?
How do the places that made us show up in the places we are?
The Homecoming, Exchange + Regenerative Encounters (H.E.R.E.) Project is a story about land and the people connected to it—those who stayed, those who left, and the social technologies/cultural infrastructures that keep us together. This exhibition invites you to engage with personal histories that reflect larger movements of migration, belonging, and home.
Explore family archives, soundscapes, photography, and creative maps that document histories of movement and land-based storytelling.
This exhibition will be open May 9th to 10th at Top Top Projects, 165 Geary Avenue. Admission is free and open to all!
This exhibition is accompanied by an immersive screening and cartography workshop on April 30th, and will have an opening celebration on May 9th.
About the curator
This work is presented by the School of Cities Early Career Canadian Urban Leader, Sam Carter-Shamai. Sam is an urban planner, cultural researcher, and creative strategist with a decade of experience bridging community-driven initiatives and academic inquiry. As the University of Toronto School of Cities Early Career Canadian Urban Leader and CCAxMellon Multidisciplinary Research Fellow, he explores the intersections of cultural infrastructure, collective memory, and alternative land tenure models. Sam employs multimedia storytellingto illuminate the role of social technologies in community-building and place-making. His practice engages diverse audiences, fostering dialogue across disciplines and geographies to imagine viable alternatives to extractive urban development practices.
