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Speaking Fruit, a public art installation and new media project will be open to students and the public at Renison University College, affiliated with the University of Waterloo, on September 28. This project is being showcased at Renison as part of the 2017 Canadian Student Leadership Conference, hosted by Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School, before it travels to Toronto later this month as part of Nuit Blanche. The project provides an opportunity for students and the community, through interactions with migrant workers and artists, to better understand the issues concerning migrant farmworkers in Southern Ontario. It also serves as a platform through which migrant workers can communicate their concerns, hopes, and dreams to the general public.
Conceived by Toronto-artist Farrah Miranda, in collaboration with Craig Fortier, a professor of Social Development Studies at Renison, Speaking Fruit is a new and first-of-its-kind mobile roadside fruit-stand and design studio that supports the movement for migrant farmworker rights.
With colourful produce, a virtual reality experience, and lively soundscape, Speaking Fruit convenes events that aim to share strategies and build alliances between movements for racial, food, and labour justice, distributing these messages through specially designed produce packaging.
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