Greenwood—a student-run curatorial initiative based at University of Toronto Mississauga and supported by The Blackwood—is set to launch their second publication, Situational Inverse: Overturning Traditions, on March 25th. With Greenwood’s mandate of amplifying the voices of emerging to mid-career creatives of all kinds, this publication showcases the work of nine contributors: Blaire Mackenzie, Dania Sabri, Masha Le Do, Sofia Sue-Wah Sing, Sofia Suleman, Tooba Ijaz, Tyler Young, and collaborative duo Chi Liu and Josephine Tianyi. Focusing on the themes of leadership, power, and positionality, the Greenwood team has a goal to subvert traditional methods of understanding these concepts through open dialogue, with this publication acting as a conversational catalyst.

Playing and re-contextualizing conventional modes of communicating or engaging with power (i.e. voting systems and knowledge sharing), Greenwood highlights the ways in which power manifests in different aspects of everyday life. From political power to familial power to self power, how can power fluctuate? How do we collectively engage with power in the present? How can we change this treatment in the future?

Situational Inverse: Overturning Traditions is a free publication supported by The Blackwood at University of Toronto Mississauga. A PDF copy is available to view through Greenwood’s website, with limited printed copies available in archives held by The Blackwood in Mississauga and Hauser & Wirth in New York.

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Tooba Ijaz is a Pakistani-Canadian artist and photographer exploring world issues and city life through sculpture and photography, respectively. Ijaz is currently a fourth year student at the University of Toronto, Mississauga campus, specializing in Art & Art History with a minor in History of Religions, and a Certificate of Curatorial Studies. Ijaz is also completing her Advanced Diploma in Art & Art History at Sheridan College, where she receives hands-on practice by working in sculpture and photo facilities.