Ginger Chimes: Mamu Mifi

October 18 - November 8, 2024

Everything has meaning because of the love that was there at the beginning

Melting snow trickled to form rivers, miracles, mirages
Phoenix trees, red willow, reeds bent by the river bank
Lotus ponds in morning light
Apples so sweet they stuck to the mouth

Dappled by light from another morning
another’s dream
Pearl to reflect memory
in a quiet environment
A window cocooned in silk or mist
scent as something gained when self unspools
Chain of time, its elemental shine
the basic properties of light

The centre of change is not loss
The root of you that chimes

- Lily Wang

Ginger Chimes presented a new body of work spanning sculpture, textile, metallurgy, silverwork, painting and installation. Exploring individual and shared experiences with AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) identity and diaspora. Akin to the rhizomatic roots of ginger, the logic of this exhibition extends horizontally, forming numerous and nebulous connections that perpetuate balanced and a spirit of interdependence. The exhibition also featured an untitled interactive work where visitors were invited to write a childhood memory or an invocation of ‘home’ on a small card and hang it from a wind chime at the gallery entrance. 

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mamumifi is a multidisciplinary collective developed by two Asian-Canadian artists residing in Toronto working with a mixture of sculpture, textile, painting and mixed media. The duo is inspired by diasporic stories, specifically AAPI as a way of bridging gaps between generations of communities where cultures have been historically suppressed. Ginger Chimes is their first exhibition as a duo.