Jessica Lio

“How To Remember” – Downtown Eastside art exhibit holds steadfast against gentrification

In the earnest and thought provoking exhibition “How to Remember,” local artists Mercedes Eng, Taryn Goodwin, Sima Elizabeth Sherin, Sonrisa, and an anonymous artist humanize an array of arduous issues related to health, labour, human connection, and gentrification. Collectively, the artists contemplate various pursuits of self-care and acceptance in the realm of physical and mental health, and bring to light what’s at stake for the surrounding neighbourhood in the face of ongoing gentrification. (…)