Holding Ground

Janine Marchessault is a professor in Cinema and Media Arts at York University and holds a York Research Chair in Media Art and Social Engagement. Her research engages with the history of large-screen media (from multiscreen to IMAX to media as architecture and VR); diverse models of public art, festivals, and site-specific curation; 21st century moving-image archives; and notions of collective memory/history. Julie Nagam is Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration, and Digital Media and is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Winnipeg. She is the Director of Aabijijiwan New Media Lab and Co-Director of Kishaadigeh Collaborative Research Centre (www.abbijijiwanmedialab.ca). Nagam is the inaugural Artistic Director for Nuit Blanche Toronto (2020 and 2022), the largest public art exhibition in North America.