Between Flood and Forgetting

‘Between Flood and Forgetting’ is a group exhibition exploring how climate change shapes our relationships with place, memory, and the natural world. Through the dual currents of environmental disruption and ecological grief (“two tides”), the exhibition explores what happens when familiar landscapes change, ecosystems disappear, and the places we call home become increasingly uncertain.

Featuring Karen Miranda Abel, Ohan Breiding, Madeline Brimble, Elham Fatapour, Maureen Gruben, Adam Sébire, Amy Snider, Cole Swanson, and Alize Zorlutuna, the exhibition brings together diverse artistic practices to consider the human and ecological dimensions of a changing climate. Their work invites audiences to encounter environmental change not only as a global crisis, but as something felt intimately through shifting surroundings, disrupted connections, and the gradual loss of what once seemed permanent.

Between the force of the flood and the quietness of forgetting, the exhibition asks what we choose to remember, what slips beyond our reach, and how we might learn to live with uncertainty. It creates space to reflect on the bonds between people and their environments, the emotional weight of ecological loss, and the possibilities for care and resilience in a world undergoing profound change.

Join us on Sunday, January 24, 2027, from 2-5pm, for an exhibition reception and a screening of ‘Belly of a Glacier’, an experimental documentary film by Ohan Breiding. The film will be screened throughout the reception. Free with RSVP.

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‘Between Flood and Forgetting’ is curated by DesignTO, co-presented with the Textile Museum of Canada, and supported by Hanabi: Art And Artists, with media partner AZURE Magazine. Paint provided by Farrow & Ball. The DesignTO Festival is supported by the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto.

About DesignTO

DesignTO is a charitable arts organization celebrating 17 years of shaping a more sustainable, just, and joyful future through design. From January 22-31, 2027, the DesignTO Festival offers 100+ free events and exhibitions across Toronto, showcasing hundreds of artists and designers. As Canada’s largest annual design festival, DesignTO has welcomed over 1.2 million attendees, garnered 2.7 billion in media reach, showcased 7,500+ artists and designers, and generated $600 million in tourism impact since 2011.