Artspeak
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Aisha Lesley Bentham is an internationally trained artist-scholar and vegan chef from Toronto and has earned her BFA(H) Acting degree with a minor in Women and Diaspora Studies from the University of Windsor. Aisha attended the world renowned school arthaus.berlin in 2016 where she studied Devising Theater and Performance, as well as founded a residency for multi-disciplinary artists/creators called RootReach. In 2020 Aisha completed her MA in Theater and Performance where she researched the intersections of cooking and performance and created Movements with my ancestors: A multi-sensory and non-verbal performance-installation that uses food preparation and cooking techniques as participatory and reflective storytelling. Her research and passion looks at the intersections of cooking and performance and looks to interrogate notions of care, eco-somatic and cookery. In 2020 she was a Black Arts fellow at Wildseed Center for the Arts and Activism, a professor in the Performing Arts and Food and Media departments and is the head of Food and Drink at the Canadian Green Alliance, bridging the gap between theater and sustainability.
Talks & Events
Black Femme Artist Gathering
Aisha Lesley Bentham, Dissident; art activism murmurings
November 3, 2023
As part of our program collaboration with Libby Leshgold Gallery and Black Arts Centre, please join us for Black Femme Artist Gathering.
Welcoming keynote speaker Artist, Scholar Aisha Lesley Bentham.
dissident 3: spatial disruption of the body; a cathartic reintroduction to the newest version of myself
November 3, 7pm
Libby Leshgold Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Please note that this event is exclusively for Black and African self-identifying women, femmes and non-binary individuals.
*Please RSVP to info@artspeak.ca
To purchase your copy of dissident 03 please visit https://artspeak.ca/spatialdisruptionofthe-body/
Publications
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Spatial disruption of the body
Title: Spatial disruption of the body
Series Title: dissident; art activism murmurings
Writer: Aisha Lesley Bentham
Series Editor: Nya Lewis
Design: Nya Lewis
Publisher: Artspeak
Printed by: Jukebox Print
Year Published: 2023
Cover: soft
Binding: perfect bound
Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.8 cm
Edition of 100
ISBN: 978-1-927630-25-9
Cost: $20If you have any issues purchasing the publication, please email info@artpseak.ca
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Toward an Ethic of Collection & Dissemination
Title: Toward an Ethic of Collection & Dissemination
Series Title: dissident; art activism murmurings
Writer: Abena Somiah, Feven Tesfay, Aisha Kiani and Shaya Ishaq
Series Editor: Nya Lewis
Design: Nya Lewis
Copy Editor: Jacklyn Arndt
Publisher: Artspeak
Printed by: Jukebox Print
Year Published: 2023
Cover: soft
Binding: perfect bound
Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.8 cm
Edition of 150
ISBN: 978-1-927630-24-2
Cost: $20 -
Colonial Euphemisms & (inter) Cultural Parlances
Title: Colonial Euphemisms & (inter) Cultural Parlances
Series Title: dissident; art activism murmurings
Artist: Krystal Paraboo
Writer: Krystal Paraboo
Series Editor: Nya Lewis
Design: Nya Lewis
Proofreader: Jas Lally
Publisher: Artspeak
Printed by: Jukebox Print
Year Published: 2023
Cover: soft
Binding: perfect bound
Dimensions: 12.5 x 17.8 cm
Edition of 150
ISBN: 978-1-927630-22-8
Cost: $20If you have any issues purchasing this publication, please email info@artspeak.ca
