Art Metropole

05 Nov. 2025

Seen Through Red Artist Talk

Time

6:00-8:00 PM

Please join us from 6:00-8:00 PM on Wednesday November 5, 2025 for an artist talk accompanying Jordan King’s exhibition and artist’s book Seen Through Red. King will be joined in conversation by long-time collaborator Greg Manuel to discuss the nature of their subject-photographer collaboration and Vancouver’s Davie Street community which they were each a part of between 1999 – 2005.

Seen Through Red is a book work by Jordan King expanded into an exhibition in Art Metropole’s project space. Drawing upon archival material in her personal collection, King presents Polaroids, photographs, ephemera, and press clippings from the years 2000–2006, facilitating an exploration of personal histories of photography and trans visual agency.

Seen Through Red offers up an archival unearthing in the dissemination of an unmined expressive period in King’s early creative life. While King took great care in storing these items, many for over twenty years, this exhibition marks a recognition of the ways in which an archive may become a heavy weight to carry. King’s revisitation of her collection of ephemera allows for its recontextualization, and she now shares this history in the form of a handcrafted artist’s book.

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Jordan King is a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, curator and writer. Her practice is rooted in performance, archival research and intergenerational dialogue. King spent her formative years immersed in nightlife culture, which continues to influence her work and research. She completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at OCAD University in 2024 with a focus on documentary film and multimedia documentation of underground stage performance, with her work shown at Grinnell University (Iowa), University of Toronto, and included in CONTACT Photography Festival (Toronto). Recent projects have included a one year residency at Gallery 44, curated exhibitions of archival material focused on nightclub performance, an oral history interview podcast series, and hybrid performance/video works.

Greg Manuel is a Toronto based ICF accredited Co-Active Coach with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles in the local and international arts and culture sector. He lived in Vancouver between 1999-2005 and attended the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (now ECUAD) where he received his BFA in Photography.