Toronto Nightless Collective
Kristyn Wong-Tam, Jesse Dell, David Wootton, Jordan Sperdakos, Bridget Sinclair, Tina Fushell, Tracey
Norman, Jennifer Robichaud, Fernando Escoto
Every neighbourhood has a quieter story; a subtle history with curious characters. Known in the 1800s
as Molly Wood's Bush, this area was mockingly named after the landowner, Alexander Wood. The phrase "molly" was
a historical vernacular for a homosexual man. Through the mind's eye, we observe a once mighty forest
above the Old Town of York. Gone today are the muddy undergrowth, the ancient trees and all natural inhabitants.
They are banished to the concrete coffin underneath our feet. Under the gaze of a sleepless night, we
awaken the historical richness from the subterranean. Artists will re-create an un-natural forest conceived
with found objects. Imagine a street where trees grow stubbornly and awkwardly from asphalt bases. Brimming
with life-force and animated by professional dancers, this is our re-telling of the ethereal forest.
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Photo: Noelle Campbell-Smith, Ethereal Forest
Ethereal Forest
Performance Art, Multimedia Installation
A39 Church and Wellesley Village BIA,
On Church Street, from Gloucester Street to Alexander Street
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