Previous Projects

In the fall of 2024, the Shadows of Nothingness art exhibit, located at Durand Coffee in Hamilton, Ontario, showcased a selection of pieces working around queer silence and nothingness. Through printmaking and embossing techniques, Shadows of Nothingness invites viewers to engage in the ongoing creative and scholarly work of queer Iranian artist, activist, and feminist educator, Aytak Dibavar as they navigate the “delicate interplay between presence and absence…the elusive nature of nothingness, shadows, and the traces left behind”.

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On its opening night, guests were invited to attend a panelist conversation on archives, silence, and erasures as part of the opening reception. In conversation with Stephanie Rico, Cassidy Burr, and Maddi Chan, the panel of Pedagogies of Hope members reflected on the complexities, processes, and ethics of archival absence and practice

During Summer 2024, Pedagogies of Hope proudly presented The Little Black Fish at the Hamilton Fringe Festival. The Little Black Fish examines the untold tales of Iranian queer community; the stories of love, loss, desire, hope, exile, pain, joy, longing, and displacement. Please reach out to us if you would like to purchase a ticket for online access to this production. 

in May 2023, The Pedagogies of Hope hosted a workshop series that gathered over 50 people together to dream, hope, think, and exist together. We had 3 roundtables over two days that discussed these topics, and where we centred embodied practices in our engagement with these themes. Click below for a further breakdown of this workshop series. 

Stories Bodies Archives was presented at the Hamilton Festival Theatre Co's Frost Bites Festival, in February 2022.