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Project T-Dot Exhibit

Project T-Dot is a documentary on Toronto’s hip-hop community, which Ajani Charles began capturing in December of 2006, primarily through black and white photography, and which is still in production.

It was installed Toronto's City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday, April 19th, in collaboration with ArtworxTO, The City of Toronto, Manifesto Community Projects, Canon Canada, and others.

This definitive visual story will shed new light on the city’s hip-hop scene and present a Toronto subculture in a way that exemplifies the cultural richness of the city. Project T-Dot will intimately document the city’s most renowned hip-hop figures and many who are lesser-known, including members of LGBTIQA+ and Indigenous communities, women, youth from equity-deserving neighborhoods, and newcomers.

It will also tell the story of Toronto hip-hop between the late 1970s and 2024.

Featured in Complex, Flavorwire, The Toronto Star , and elsewhere, the project will culminate in the publication of a coffee table book, the production of a Project T-Dot video documentary, the production of a Project T-Dot digital platform, various Project-T Dot art exhibits, and a non-profit organization that teaches youth from Toronto’s priority neighborhoods how to turn their hip-hop art forms into sustainable non-profits and businesses.

Highlighting Project T-Dot, the exhibition received funding as part of ArtworxTO: Toronto's Year of Public Art 2021–2022, a year-long celebration of Toronto’s exceptional public art collection and the creative community behind it.