John Greyson and David Wall
John Greyson is a filmmaker renowned for his shorts, features and installations.
David Wall is a revered musician and active composer. Both artists are based in Toronto.
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Roy & Silo's Gay Divorce, 2006
Video and sound installation
[ selected photographs ] [ video ]
Harrison Baths and Swimming Pool, 15 Stephanie Street
Roy and Silo, a gay penguin couple at New York's Central Park Zoo, have captured the hearts and minds
of the world, even as the blockbuster film March of the Penguins was adopted by some as a model
of heterosexual family values. Roy and Silo's adventures have been avidly reported to the public: their
long-term monogamous relationship that went unnoticed for years; the
banning of a children's book of their story from a Missouri library; and the Fox News Report last fall
that Silo had left Roy. They seem to have everything: enduring love, notoriety, name recognition and
tawdry affairs. Yet they live in a country that refuses them the rights of marriage or divorce. Until
now.
Greyson and Wall presented Roy and Silo's Gay Divorce, a
site-specific video operetta at the Harrison Baths. Encountering a series of video and sound installations
in the lockers, shower stalls and swimming area of this century-old facility, audiences heard Roy
and Silo's story, concluding in their decision to get a divorce (but stay together). Implicitly, between
the lines, another history will be told: about the Harrison Baths and the role this public bathhouse
has played for generations of homeless Torontonians.
YOU ARE HERE [audio project by Lewis Kaye]
For the audio file for this site, please right-click the link below
and select "save target as (pc) /
download linked file (mac)".
Harrison Baths (4.7 MB)
You Are Here instructions
1) Download each track to your personal computer
and add them to your favoured MP3 player software (e.g. iTunes, WinAmp, etc.) library.
2) Create a playlist specifically for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche,
and download this playlist to your portable MP3 player.
***Please note that while you can play the tracks on a normal stereo speaker system,
You Are Here is a binaural audio project specifically designed for personal stereos.
For full effect, each track should be listened to with headphones.
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