Big Stories Little India July 12, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 3rd, 2008



We are happy to announce that Big Stories Little India, a multidisciplinary visual art and audio documentary project organized by SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) and [murmur] is finally going online.

Check it out at:
www.savac.net/littleindia

Please join us for the launch party at the Centre of Gravity,
1300 Gerrard Street East starting at 4 pm on Saturday July 12th.
There will be free food and much to celebrate.
Stand-up comic Ali Rizvi will MC and
Dj Zahra will spin some tunes.
We hope to see you there!

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Big Stories Little India highlights the experiences and histories of the diverse and vibrant South Asian communities coexisting in the Gerrard Street East neighborhood. In the summer of 2007, SAVAC and [murmur] commissioned a group of artists to engage with the Gerrard Street East communities. Artists Avantika Bawa, Brendan Fernandes, Zaheed Mawan, Amin Rehman, Ambereen Siddiqui and Rashmi Varma made audio recordings and site-specific artworks based on the stories they gathered from the local shop owners, residents and visitors. These works where met with much acclaim both from the local media and from the Gerrard Street East communities. SAVAC and [murmur] also held a series of workshops in the neighborhood in venues such as the Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre and the Ashdale Library with a wide cross-section of the communities.
The Big Stories Little India website will bring together the various components of this significant project. It will be an online, accessible archive that showcases under-represented and important stories. Big Stories Little India provides a creative behind the scenes look at one of Toronto’s most flourishing neighborhoods.

Media Contact : Maria Legault, [email protected]

SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre)
401 Richmond Streeet West, Suite 450
Toronto, ON
M5V 3A8
Tel: 416.542.1661
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.savac.net

Official Website: http://www.savac.net