“The Meaning of Life” — Hannah Black Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, 11 February to 10 April 2022
pon entering “The Meaning of Life” (2022), the viewer encounters a plywood panel marked with laser-cut holes resembling those in broken glass. A wall-sized video of young people speaking about their participation in the June 2020 SoHo protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder is projected through the holemarked panel. The wooden pane also recalls the boards business owners placed over their property to prevent looting during the protests. Combining the
