About ideaCity:
ideaCity, also known as ‘Canada’s Premiere Meeting of the Minds’, is an eclectic gathering of artists, adventurers, authors, cosmologists, doctors, designers, entertainers, filmmakers, inventors, magicians, musicians, scientists and technologists.
Fifty of the planet’s brightest minds converge on Toronto each June to speak to a highly engaged audience. Only 700 are privileged to attend.
Produced and presented by Moses Znaimer, ideaCity is not themed around any one topic, issue or business. There are no scripted speeches or, breakout or parallel sessions. Rather, everyone is in one place and in on the same narrative.
With extra-long schmooze breaks between sessions, and legendary parties each night, attendees have had an unprecedented opportunity to mingle with such notable speakers as Conrad Black, Barbara Gowdy, Michael Ignatieff, Douglas Coupland, Pamela Wallin, Pete Seeger, Robert Kennedy Jr., John Ralston Saul, Daniel Libeskind, Clayton Ruby, Romeo Dallaire and the late Peter Jennings.
About this talk:
“I am not attempting to manufacture a journey of empowerment.” Nina Arsenault instead discusses her work and its exploration of maleness and femaleness, as well as notions of “realness” and “fakeness.” She examines femininity as an artistic form and claims she’s not original; though admits speaking shamelessly about her objectification is what makes it so profane. Here, her commentary encourages us to admit our obsession with beauty, to complicate things, and to realize the ultimate beauty is in truth.