Jonathan Brett – 1972-1976
Multimedia Installation
Jonathan Brett, 1972-1976, 2011
8mm home movies of travels to exotic places in the 1970s, paired with a film of the move of Campbell House to Queen and University in the same era, will be projected on the exterior of the heritage building. The movies become a monument to nostalgia. Visitors will experience a time or place they never knew, or had forgotten, as they watch moments preserved on film.
Featuring the musical stylings of The Campbell House Citizens’ Band – a projector jam jam sing along to period music, join in and make this the largest sing along in Toronto History.
Location: Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen St. West
Dave Dyment – Timeline
Video Screening
Dave Dyment, Timeline, 2011
Timeline presents a chronological history of cinema via establishing shots compiled from existing films and organized by diegetic or dramatic time rather than by production date. Dyment effectively condenses 30,000 years of cinema into 30 minutes.
Location: Get Outside, 437 Queen St. West
Shannon Griffiths – God Save the Queen
Video Projection
Shannon Griffiths, God Save the Queen, 2011
God Save the Queen by Shannon Griffiths comprises a life-size video projection of a singer, singing and signing (sign language for the deaf) “God Save The Queen,” a patriotic song that is one of Canada’s official anthems. Thematically, the work speaks of loss, specifically the fear of “losing” Queen Street West in this homage to one of Canada’s most famous (and infamous) cultural neighbourhoods.
Location: Roma Rush, 504 Queen St. West
Mike Hansen – All Nite with Mike Hansen
Performance
Mike Hansen, All Nite with Mike Hansen, 2011
All Nite with Mike Hansen is a twelve-hour webcast performance that reflects the template established by Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman etc. Mike Hansen hosts All Nite, interviewing members of the audience for up to fifteen minutes. The guests enter a set that contains a desk, a sofa or couch and a backdrop of the city, which also mimics the typical talk show set. Off to the side of the set is a screen as well as a games area where audience members can play games or gags, with each participant being rewarded with a trinket, for instance, a found trophy.
Location: Tequila Bookworm, 512 Queen St. West
Malcolm Levy - A Place to Reflect
Installation
Malcolm Levy, Shanghai Nights, series 1, image 3, 2010, Bokeh Photography
A Place to Reflectdeals with escapism and reflection, coaxing visitors to step inside the abstract, and be lulled into the light, colour, and sound of the installation. Impossible to experience with the naked eye, the bokeh abstract video painting will offer visitors a new way of seeing things, and act as a meditative oasis within the chaos of the festival.
Location: 381 Projects, 381 Queen St. West
Life of a Craphead (Amy Lam and Jon McCurley)
Angels Singing, Performance
Life of a Craphead, Angels Singing, 2011
Life of a Craphead will present a comedic concert featuring amateur street performers singing. Not unusual – except the singers are dressed as giant golems.
Location: Between University and Bathurst on Queen St. West
Nathalie Quagliotto - Rose for One
Performance
Nathalie Quagliotto, Rose for One, 2011. Photography by Scott Philip
Rose for One is a performance in which a flower man distributes 1,000 yellow roses to people who are walking by themselves. Yellow roses symbolize friendship and never romance. Just by changing the colour of the rose, a normal sight in an urban area will be turned upside down. In other words, one will usually see a man walk into romantic restaurants and offer red roses at a price to couples. In this case, passersby will witness a sight they would not normally see: a man carrying and distributing a bouquet of yellow roses.
Location: Between University and Bathurst on Queen St. West
