Diab, Ana

Part I: "Recommended Readings" - The conceptual/metaphorical movements broadly reference how librarians related to other ECU community members (staff and other faculty members), the nature of these relationships in the context of power, hierarchy, and agency. Movement prompts: workload, inviting, mystifying, contributing, scope creep, bumped, undervalued, collaboration, vigilent. Part II: "Professional Gestures" - This piece alludes to actual physical movements undertaken by librarians in the course of their workdays (e.g., office labour, the labour of providing instruction and research support services to library users, etc.) and labour that is more conceptual or metaphorical in nature. A STUDY OF MOVEMENTS RELATED TO THE LABOUR OF MANAGING INFORMATION was collaboratively choreographed by the team of three ECU librarians (Ana Diab, Vanessa Kam and Hillary Webb) and was performed 5 times from November - December 2023 in the Libby Leshgold Gallery as part of the Emily Carr University of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition: This Exhibition is Not an Exhibition, organized and curated by sessional faculty members Patryk Tom and Valérie Walker. Part I music: Butterflies by C.Diab. Part II music by Ana Diab.

Responding to Climate Change Through Art and Design includes work that envisions an eco-utopia, expresses concern about the environment or documents climate change through creative practice. Drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures, multimedia works and installations by members of the ECU community including students, alumni, staff and faculty, explore the impact of climate change and highlight the urgent need for action. The effects of climate change are already being felt locally and around the world, with wildfire smoke, flooding, loss of biodiversity and the displacement of human and non-human populations. Through this exhibition, we showcase a variety of ways artists and designers are responding to the climate crisis. We hope to amplify direct action and movements that address climate change, from hosting community events, engaging with non-human life, protesting, mapping, using sustainable materials, and more. The exhibition was curated by Ana Diab, Michael Pollard, Kristy Waller and Hillary Webb, and includes work by Amory Abbott, Maru Aponte, Emilia Belliveu-Thompson, Andrea Bollen, Giulia Borba, Gwenyth Chao, Ella Emsheimer, Lori Goldberg, Danya Gorodetsky, Erick Jantzen, Vjeko Sager, Jade Sawotin, Emma Somers and Bobbi Kozinuk, Ayako Takagi, and Rita Wong. Ultimately, we hope that this exhibition will inspire visitors to take action to address climate change, and to join the growing movement for a more sustainable and equitable future.