100 years then and hereafter is an exhibition of new works by artist Hiba Abdallah. Inspired by her excavation of Clarington’s historic archives, Abdallah looks back 100 years into the municipality’s documented history, finding diary entries, political documents, and newspaper headlines with uncanny similarities to the present moment. With her findings as the grounds for the exhibition, she examines social and political cycles, while exploring ways to disrupt the archival process when looking to the future.

The exhibition brings together text works based on archival headlines and tools that have been altered from their historic context to offer different imagined purposes. In collaboration with filmmaker Alyssa Bistonath, Abdallah proposes alternative archival practices and invites community members to contribute to future historical records adding to a more complex narrative of our times.

100 years then and hereafter invites us to think about the ways in which history is recorded, repeated, and remembered. The exhibition looks at the past, present, and future from a critical standpoint through Abdallah's thoughtful exploration of Clarington’s documented history.