Once Upon Water: Toronto Island 2019

Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Canada
Facilitator: Teresa Ascencao
Program Dates: Sep 16 – 30, 2019
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2019
Cost: $1280 + HST, $1020 + HST for shared accommodation

Once Upon Water is a two-week art residency to create artworks about the material and magical notions of water. Water is in constant flow and yet may present itself as still ~ a mirror that mesmerizes. In this state its reflective surface invites gazing at our physical selves, but also beyond our bodies to contemplate both our inner experiences and relationships with the outer world.

The residency will take place at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto island, Canada. Due to record rains in 2017, forty percent of Toronto Island flooded and the islands were closed to the public. The waters have since receded and island life is once again thriving, but physical traces and stories of the flood remain.

Residents work individually or collaboratively to create artworks that explore tangible and intangible concepts of water through media of their choice. This programmed residency offers facilitation by multimedia artist Teresa Ascencao, a “water workshop” in movement arts, resident artist talks, a special guest artist talk, gallery tours in the city centre, creative and critical dialogue by the shoreline, and plenty of studio time.

FACILITATOR

Teresa Ascencao is a multimedia artist with special interest in body language, socially inscribed objects, spaces and costumes, and inner and outer corporeal experiences. She collaborated on Water Portals, an interactive work of digitally rendered water ripples triggered by dancers bodies.

We welcome people in all walks of life into a creative journey of critical thinking and self-discovery in relation to water on Toronto Island. For information contact Andrew Lochhead at [email protected] or Teresa Ascencao at [email protected].