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An Artistic Exploration at the Intersection of Time, Place, and Memory: Foraging for Toronto’s Lost Rivers

Porter, Shannyn (2024) An Artistic Exploration at the Intersection of Time, Place, and Memory: Foraging for Toronto’s Lost Rivers. Masters thesis, OCAD University.

Item Type: Thesis
Creators: Porter, Shannyn
Abstract:

Over the past two years, I have delved into the Lost River Walks project, and related images and documents in the Toronto Archives. Through this investigation, my thesis explores the intersections of history, environmental awareness, and artistic representation, aiming to revitalise a sense of connection with Toronto’s lost waterways and their impact on the city’s evolution. Using tools like Google Lens and a variety of anecdotal, archival, and survey-based sources, I have identified 19 sites along 6 lost or altered waterways. Every artwork is an exploration, and every exploration is a passage through memory and time. By using ink sourced directly from the land itself, I have layered paintings onto photographs to create a multidimensional exploration of memory, history, and place that works to re-contextualize our understanding of past and present.

Date: 16 April 2024
Uncontrolled Keywords: archive, Ashbridge’s Bay, Channelled Don, community, counter mapping, Don Ravines, Don Valley, experiential, foraged ink, foraging, Garrison Creek, interactive, land, lost rivers, memory, photography, Small’s Pond, Taddle Creek, urban reconnection, urbanism, watershed thinking, Wychwood Ravine
Divisions: Graduate Studies > Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design
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Date Deposited: 08 May 2024 18:13
Last Modified: 08 May 2024 18:13
URI: https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4420

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