BURIED RIVERS – Nuit Blanche 2019

BURIED RIVERS

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BURIED RIVERS

Beneath the feet of Toronto are the buried rivers that were paved over as the city was built. For one night we brought Garrison Creek, which flows under Christie Pitts park, back to the city using streams of blue light , sound, and conversations  that imagined a different reality: What else has the city buried? The buried river serves as a potent metaphor for other buried narratives, marginalized voices and alternate realities of the city.  The phantom of the Garrison creek transformed Christie Pitts park offering the audience a different futurism on the night of Nuit Blanche  as it unearthed some of those buried  narratives 

The Installation  was ranked among the top 20 exhibits by BlogTO  https://www.blogto.com/arts/2019/10/nuit-blanche-toronto-2019/

Acknowledgements: 

Co-creator: Tijana Spasic

Production Support: George Traini, Ksenija Spasic, Blagoj Spasic

Sound/Light: Steafan Hannigan

Special thanks to Jumblees Theatre

Photo credits: Ksenija Spasic, Mike Brassard

Funding : City of Toronto, Ontario Arts Council

Special thanks to recommender Gendai gallary.

 

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