Amanta Scott
Toronto, Ontario
Amanta Scott's "15 Minutes of Fame” features a bare prison bed; a prison blanket, sheet,
and pillow; and a standard-issue prison suitcase containing assorted personal items. Viewer/participants
are invited to: open the suitcase; consider, select and arrange items upon and around the bed to create
a new installation - a personal artistic statement about incarceration - then write about their installation
in the Book of Fame, which is on site and open for everyone to read. Other visitors are invited to write
comments about this and other installations in the Book of Fame. Each installation remains on display
for a maximum of 15 minutes and is documented by photographer John Davidson, to be posted subsequently
online. Also during the evening Amanta Scott will be presenting impromptu performances, centred around
the prison bed, integrating new music; movement; voice and text. These performances will be documented
through digital video and photography. This event kick-starts a new syncretic art exhibition entitled "Parallel
Lines" – a collaboration between Amanta Scott and John Davidson.
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Amanta Scott, 15 Minutes of Fame, 2008, syncretic art sculpture installation
photography: Jordan Ellis
15 Minutes of Fame
Installation, Sculpture, Performance Art
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B15 Toronto Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge St.
330 Bay Street
In association with Leading Tone Arts Productions, Toronto Arts Council
Thank you to:
Correctional Services Canada; and everyone else for believing in wild ideas
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