Captured Moments
Loretta Faveri
April 26 - June 22, 2025
opening reception: Saturday, April 26, 2025, 2pm
right: Apology
*images of artwork courtesy of the artist.
left: Clementina
*images of artwork courtesy of the artist.
Captured Moments is a multimedia exhibition that intertwines dance, music, and visual art in honour of Faveri's family history and the generational effects of the internment of Italian Canadians during WWII.
The exhibit features fragments of replicated WWII-era family letters alongside handmade paper tapestries. In shadow form, the delicate tapestries cast silhouette portraits of family members affected by the war. Created with torn and stitched letters that the artist transcribed onto handmade paper that was crafted by her aunt, these tapestries evoke an ephemeral sense of nostalgia. Correspondingly, the act of tearing, reassembling, and stitching of said fragments comes to symbolize the ongoing mending, healing and transformation of past pain into something hopeful and optimistic.
Exhibition visitors are invited to listen to an audio recording of Faveri's grandmother singing with accompanying video of the artist as she interprets the music through shadow dance. Together, these various elements merge into a multi-sensory experience that invites the audience to reflect on the generational effects of war, family resilience, and the complicated journey toward forgiveness.
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During the Second World War, more than six hundred Italian Canadians were interned across Canada under the War Measures Act. Approximately 31,000 were classified as enemy aliens. Loretta Faveri's grandfather, Reverend Libero Sauro, was wrongly suspected of being a fascist sympathizer, despite having five sons serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. He was interned at Camp 33 in Petawawa, Ontario, for four months.