Homes First Society/Leah Houston
Leah Houston, Maggie Hutcheson, Residents of Savard's, Residents of Strachan House
"We Are Here" is a multimedia community arts installation between a visual artist, a video
artist and residents of two Homes First Society alternative housing sites that explores the notion of
disappearance, in the context of neighbourhood gentrification. When a neighbourhood feels bad, feels
dangerous, and has an active, visible street life, it is hard to see the ways in which the most marginalized
among us are put further at risk in the drive to make it better. Disappearance can occur through a lack
of voice or control over one’s daily life or the decisions of the community. The process of gentrification
itself can be viewed as an active ‘disappearing’ of elements and people of a neighbourhood
deemed undesirable.
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Leah Houston in collaboration with the women of Savard's,
Life is a Labour of Love, 2007, mixed media
We Are Here: The Monument Project
Multimedia Installation
C24 Church of the Epiphany & St Mark's, 201 Cowan Avenue
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