This second evening of the Distance as a Keeping Series will set two very different writers alongside each other. R. Kolewe is a Toronto-based poet whose mammoth long poem The Absence of Zero derives its structure from quantum processes such as the Riemann curvature tensor in four dimensions, radioactive decay algorithms, TS Eliot, Dürer, exploring spacetime and memory. Dianne Chisholm, whose feminist scholarship includes Queer Constellations: Subcultural Space in the Wake of the City and H.D. Freudian Poetics, has evolved an immersive photography practice in extreme environments in the Arctic Circle, investigating place-making powers and processes, combining writing and photography to place the reader at the intersection of exposure and perception. We’ll put together these two practices in a discussion about art as intricate, complex spaciousness that requires and repays the fierce momentum of ongoingness.