The INDEXG CONTACT 2008 exhibition program kicks off in mid April with an exceptional exhibition brought in from South Korea - "PROCESS" by Korean photographer Sang-Taek Oh (LEE Ka-sing gallery at INDEXG). Another top-notched exhibition "Luminosity: The Platinum Prints by Myron Zabol" will launch on the first of May. In mid May, INDEXG features two 2-woman shows opening at the same time: MeiKong/HongKong by My Le Nguyen and Melodie Ng (curated by Holly Lee), and Symbolic Ambiguities by Linda Briskin and Kye Marshall. Memory and History lingering on with another exhibition by Toronto photographer Rodrigo Moreno. Entitled "Preserving The Jungle" it is an ongoing body of work (1992-2007) of his old community in Lawrence Heights.

The world has evolved into a place marked by our insatiable hunger for objects and wealth, an isolating materialism that has bred an acute form of human amnesia. Our hunger for abundance (money, objects, land) has enabled us to forget that, in truth, survival is simply dependent upon fundamental things and not an exaggeration of wealth or materiality. This amnesia has nurtured the seeds that feed our unquenchable thirst for things: wealth for wealth's sake. Sadly, the desire for living simply, to be at peace with nature, has for many become a distant memory, even idealistic or odd. Korean artist Sang-Taek Oh explores this paradox (where simplicity and community with nature run counter to modern, chaotic life) in a series of often-surreal photographs entitled "PROCESS".

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The selected works in the exhibition is a compilation of images from Myron zabol's various bodies of work reflecting society, fashion, the urban landscape, stilllife and portraiture handprinted using the precious platinum/palladium print process.

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"MeiKong/HongKong" features the work of two photographers of Asian origin: My Le Nguyen (Vietnam) and Melodie Ng (Hong Kong). The exhibition is a painfully beautiful narration of memories and family and the on-going search for one's history and identity.

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Linda Briskin highlights the ambiguity in what we choose to see, and challenges the eye to embrace multiplicity.These multi-layered reflections unsettle what memory and history inspire us to expect, point to alternative realities, and underscore the intricacy and complexity of the everyday. The symbol of Janus, which informs this show, encourages the mind to embrace, at one and the same time, conflicting, often contradictory layers of interpretation, vision, and reality.

Kye Marshall photographs through a musical lens of colour, rhythm, line and form. In her images, she explores the relationship between the visible, the spiritual and the symbolic. She abstracts images derived from nature and elsewhere to create metaphors for the unconscious. For Marshall, photography expands both inner and outer worlds, drawing on memory and history to re-invent ways of seeing and being in the world.

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From May 26 to June 22nd, as a part of CONTACT, the Toronto Photography Festival, Chilean born photographer Rodrigo Moreno will be exhibiting “Preserving the Jungle” an ongoing body of work of his old community at G+ Galleries.

“Preserving the Jungle” originates during his tenure as a resident with his family within the Lawrence Heights Community, a government subsidized area, located at Allen Road and Lawrence Avenue and better known as the “Jungle” by its residents.

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