CONTACT Photography Festival x REEL Asian Festival - CLOSER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN by Sin Wai Kin
Sin Wai Kin, CLOSER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN, 2026. Courtesy of the artist
On the Digital Screens from May 1 to June 13, 2026
CONTACT Photography Festival and Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, both celebrating their 30th anniversary, present the multi-site project CLOSER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN at CONTACT Gallery, Sankofa Square and Billboards on College Street by artist Sin Wai Kin.
My better half! My world! What has brought about your inevitable end?” CLOSER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN invites you to enter Toronto-born, UK-based artist Sin Wai Kin’s multiverse of characters who embody thematic areas of research, ranging from science fiction and non-dualistic philosophies to Peking opera and theoretical physics. In interrelated presentations at three locations across the city, this curation features the Canadian premiere of Sin’s video work "The Time of Our Lives" (2024) and their advertising campaign, "Essence" (2024).
Curated by Kelly Lui
Presented by CONTACT Photography Festival and Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, organizations each celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2026. Supported by Sankofa Square and Pattison Outdoor Advertising.
Sin Wai Kin
Artist bio
單Sin 慧Wai 乾Kin is a multimedia artist, filmmaker, writer, and performer based in London. Their work realises alternate worlds that reflect on language, reality, time, identity, and duality. Sin was shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2022, the 2024 Jarman award, and the K21 Global Art Award 2025. They were the recipient of the 24th Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel 2023. Their solo exhibitions were held at Blindspot Gallery (Hong Kong, 2025), Canal Projects (New York, 2025), Kunsthall Trondheim (Trondheim, 2025), Accelerator (Stockholm, 2024), Mudam Luxembourg (Luxembourg, 2024), Buffalo AKG Art Museum (New York, 2024), Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley, 2023), and Fondazione Memmo (Rome, 2023).
