10/07/2026
โณ Our first 72 hours.
Last week, the Varley completed its first-ever 72-hour durational performance, welcoming visitors continuously, day and night, for ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ by exhibiting artist Anique Jordan.
Our sincere thanks to Anique Jordan for initiating this ambitious performance, and to the entire Varley team who helped bring it to life, especially Gallery Curator Anik Glaude, who worked closely with the artist to coordinate the program.
And, of course, thank you to everyone who stepped through our doors, whether during the day, late at night, or in the early hours of the morning, to experience and support ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐.
As the Varley continues to grow, we remain committed to expanding the ways our communities can encounter and engage with art.
Many more new experiences to come.
| About the Program |
Over approximately 72 hours, Jordan inhabited the gallery through unscripted periods of rest, sleep, and travel. Informed by the Shouter Baptist spiritual practice of โmoaning,โ which involves extended fasting, ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ turned to dreams and bodily experience as sources of knowledge, asking the Gallery to bend to the artistโs rhythms and reconsider its relationship to space and time.
Presented as part of ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐น๐, curated by Essence Harden.
Learn more about our 2026 Fall Exhibitions at VarleyArtGallery.ca.
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Images: ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐น๐, installation view, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 2026. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid
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