Documents of Displacement I: Marisa Portolese

Join us for the first installment of our series Documents of Displacement, during which Marisa Portolese, Jinyoung Kim, and Pedro Barbáchano will present photographic projects that focus on the spatial displacement of people, objects, and monuments, questioning the effects of these contextual changes on their meanings and on collective memory. From research to documentation, portraiture, narrative, and installation, the artists will describe the methodologies and processes they have developed while working on their projects. The presentations will be followed by a discussion with the artists.

Marisa Portolese will present Goose Village (2022), where she has documented the lost history of a neighborhood decimated by urban developments in the 1960s situated in Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montréal, Québec. The project highlights the destructive consequences of short-term political agendas and capitalist ideals that cause community displacement while also commemorating the memories of the borough’s residents.