| U N V E I L E D | Video Projection and Gallery Show will celebrate the unveiling of the long-awaited revitalization of our waterfront neighbourhood, by presenting work by two emerging artists of diverse backgrounds as a call-out to visitors on Toronto’s Waterfront.
Arcadia Art Gallery show will take place this year: August 31, to September 8, 2024.
Video projection event has been postponed to 2025. An additional gallery show will be scheduled at that time.
OVERVIEW OF PROJECT VENUES:
Our two venues lie within Bathurst Quay Neighbourhood, where multi-year revitalization plans have been taking place. The opening of Bathurst Quay Common (2024), part of the redevelopment of the waterfront, is led by Bryan Bowen, Waterfront Secretariat Project Manager. It was his assistance and encouragement that catalyzed this proposal from a dream to a plan.
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- The newly-renovated, repurposed Canada Malting Silos, 9 Eireann Quay, sit at the junction of Queens Quay W and the southern extension of Bathurst St. The installation will be projected on the east side of the North Silos, with staging area at Spadina Pier, providing viewing along the Waterfront, Music Garden, from the CN Tower, and Toronto Harbour (from cruise and pleasure boats).
- Arcadia Art Gallery, part of award-winning Arcadia Housing Cooperative, Canada’s first artist-focused housing cooperative, providing affordable housing to artists and their families since 1986. AAG, operating as a volunteer-based, artist-run centre within the co-op, has hosted shows by members and their sponsorees for over 35 years.
- The newly-renovated, repurposed Canada Malting Silos, 9 Eireann Quay, sit at the junction of Queens Quay W and the southern extension of Bathurst St. The installation will be projected on the east side of the North Silos, with staging area at Spadina Pier, providing viewing along the Waterfront, Music Garden, from the CN Tower, and Toronto Harbour (from cruise and pleasure boats).
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COMING 2025 – Proposed UNVEILED Video Projection Installation:
Proposed screening installation will start with opening remarks, to provide an overview, context and scope of the event, screenings, artists, attached Arcadia Art Gallery show, (taking place on the west side of Bathurst St); with attention also being drawn to the resurfacing of the Canada Malting Silos, their future use as a canvas for ongoing screenings, plus the newly-completed Bathurst Quay Common. The musical one-hour video will be screened at dusk. There will be two screenings.
COMING August 2024
Arcadia Gallery Show: | ALFRED AYACHE: GENERATIVE ARTIST, ft EAOH ARGOS |
Saturday, August 31, 2024 until Sunday, September 8, 2024 (with possible extension up to two weeks). The show comprises existing and new work by Alfred Ayache of photographic prints in various sizes, on different materials, including paper, aluminum, fabric; with formats, including: singles, arrays and matrices. The video will also be screening in the Arcadian Room (a working theatre space), located across the main foyer from AAG.
Impetus for Video : A multiphase project began in Summer 2021 to establish the Malting Silos as a public space that could be used for anything from events, galleries and museum space, film sets, and various other creative uses… (BlogTO). We plan to screen | U N V E I L E D ) on Labour Day Weekend, 2025 as an end of summer event, in conjunction with the closing weekend of the CNE, subject to availability of the site.