Phase 1 — April - August 2020
Confirmation of eight participating organizations: MUTEK, Reel Asian, VRTO/FIVARS, TAP, Cinevolution, Subtle Technologies, OCAD CEAD, and Trinity Square Video (TSV).
Confirmation of eight participating organizations: MUTEK, Reel Asian, VRTO/FIVARS, TAP, Cinevolution, Subtle Technologies, OCAD CEAD, and Trinity Square Video (TSV).
- Individual rounds of consultations with all organizations and Digital Justice Lab — curriculum design lead.
- Begun building a collective focus around the language of accessibility.
Two Workshops:
- Group consultation for curriculum design.
- Disability Justice 101, led by Sahra Soudi.
Phase 2 — September 2020 - December 2021
Project consultations with the Project Coordinator.
Dissemination of micro-grant funds of up to $10,000 for ongoing projects.
- October 30th: Digital Justice 101 with Nasma Ahmed through Reel Asian’s Industry Bootcamp)
- November 19th: Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Reel Ideas (RI) Symposium panel — Words and Worlds Mapping Digital Language
- Moderator: Atif Khan
- Panelists: Madiha Tahir, Nasra Mohamed, and mashal khan
Project consultations with the Project Coordinator.
Dissemination of micro-grant funds of up to $10,000 for ongoing projects.
Three workshops:
- Racial Justice 101, led by Yusra Khogali.
- Beyond Compliance — Accessibility Practices, led by Sean Lee and Cyn Rozeboom from Tangled Art + Disability.
- Live Description Practices and Protocols, led by Amy Amantea from VocalEye.
Phase 3 — January 2022 - January 2023
Industry Bootcamp - Digital symposium
As part of the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival’s Industry bootcamp, Codes of Contact hosted two virtual workshops,
and two roundtable discussions:
Creation of resource guide:
Creation of an online archive:
Industry Bootcamp - Digital symposium
As part of the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival’s Industry bootcamp, Codes of Contact hosted two virtual workshops,
- Smartphone filmmaking with Tejas Ewing
- Virtual Zinemaking with Neta Bomani
and two roundtable discussions:
- Presenting Practice: An Artist Roundtable
- Moderator: Karina Iskandarsjah
- Panelists: Casey Koyczan, Morehshin Allahyari, Khadija Aziz
- - Praxis in Presentation: Galleries in conversation Roundtable
- Moderator: Tristan Sauer
- Panelists: Henry Heng Lu (Center A), Allison Yearwood (PlugIn ICA), Tyra Maria Trono (AdaX)
Creation of resource guide:
- Over the summer of 2022, the core team at Codes of Contact began consolidating the resources and data generated by this program into a document.
- Exit interviews with each organization were conducted.
- In the fall, two copywriter-researchers were invited to collaborate and consolidate the findings and a graphic designer was commissioned to turn the report into a PDF.
Creation of an online archive:
- In January 2023, we began building an online archive space for Codes of Contact at rarara.ca, the special projects digital galaxy of the Toronto Reel Asian INternational Film Festival.
Three workshops:
- Budgeting for Access, led by Kelly Lui from the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival.
- On “The Film Festival Guide to Access,” led by Steen Starr from Inside Out and Andrei Gravelle from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
- Critical Design Lab