Timothy Yanick Hunter

True and Functional (Stereograph), 2022.

Duration 05:15 min.

In True and Functional (Stereograph), Hunter explores remix as a participatory event employing techniques of audio sampling and video collage – a synthesis of digital archiving, research and reinterpretation. Referenced here are excerpts such as an interview with pioneering Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta, documentary footage from South African ballerina and choreographer, Kitty Phetla, as well as Darcus Howe speaking on the colonial suppression of Reggae music; all appearing as both fragmented and rhythmic, familiar and non-linear.

Bio

Timothy Yanick Hunter (b. 1990 Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a multidisciplinary artist and curator. Hunter’s practice employs strategies of bricolage to examine non-neutral relationships relating to Black and Afro-diasporic experiences as well as concurrent strategies of decolonization. His approach alternates between exploratory and didactic, with a focus on the political, cultural and social richness of the Black diaspora. Hunter’s work often delves into speculative narratives and the intersections of physical space, digital space and the intangible.

Hunter received his BA from the University of Toronto, and has been artist in residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario and PADA Studios in Barreiro, Portugal. He was included in the 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art, and longlisted for the 2022 Sobey Art Award. He has exhibited nationally and internationally at Cooper Cole, Toronto (2022), Gallery 44, Toronto (2021); A Space Gallery, Toronto (2020); 92Y, New York (2020); Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph (2019) and PADA Studios, Barreiro (2019); among others. Hunter lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.