Mass Reincarnation of Wish Fragments

Artists Eva Wong & Naoko Fukumaru present
Mass Reincarnation of Wish Fragments
A SUM gallery exhibition

Runs Oct 28 - Dec 15 (Public entry to the gallery is Tue - Sat from 12 - 6pm)

Opening night reception: Oct 28 from 6pm - 8pm

We are offering entry into the exhibition opening reception in 30-minute time slots to limit capacity.

Eva Wong and Naoko Fukumaru’s collaboration brings together the traditional Japanese practices of Origami and Kintsugi to tell a tale of queer transformation. This exhibit will showcase 1000 Origami butterflies, made by community members from our Butterfly Workshops, bursting out of a Kintsugi cocoon. The written wishes of our workshop participants will be hidden within the folds of each butterfly, carried away to be answered by the gods. Kintsugi, long considered a metaphor for the embracing of one’s imperfections, is the art of repairing broken pottery by mending the cracks with gold; paired with the butterfly’s story of transformation, Mass Reincarnation of Wish Fragments reflects themes that are common in 2SLGBTQ+ culture, especially the transgender experience.

Origami Workshops

Workshop: Gathering of Wishes and 1000 Paper Butterflies
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Create Origami butterflies at SUM gallery! With artist Eva Wong

Origami butterflies. A thousand of them. And we’re going to make them all! Eva Wong and Naoko Fukumaru will lead a series of in-person Origami workshops with the goal of making one thousand butterflies for their exhibition, Mass Reincarnation of Wish Fragments, opening Oct 28 at SUM gallery. Guests are also invited to write down their wishes, which will be folded into each Origami butterfly.

Workshop dates are as follows:
Sat, Sep 25 at 2pm
Thu, Oct 7 at 6:30pm
Sat, Oct 9 at 2pm

Visit https://sumgallery.ca/gathering-of-wishes-and-1000-paper.../ for more information.