Exhibition at the City of Toronto Archives
September - December 2017 | March - August 2018
Elizabeth Street Playground Animation
Elizabeth St. playground, demonstration day, August 21, 1913, Arthur Goss, Series 372, Subseries 52, Item 72, City of Toronto Archives
The1913 image of the demonstration day at the new Elizabeth Street playground is an epic image that offers a sweeping view of hundreds of adults and children, dressed for the most part in their best, playing or watching various organized activities. Interestingly, even in this image, in the midst of the seeming spontaneity captured by the image, there are three young girls clearly aware of being photographed by Goss standing together and looking back at him (and, by extension, back at us from the past).
- Vid Ingelevics, On Animating Arthur Goss' Historical Photographs
2.5 D Production, Editing: Mary Anderson and Vid Ingelevics
Sound: Nicholas Dywelska
SOUNDSCAPE – ELIZABETH STREET PLAYGROUND ANIMATION
INSTRUMENTS
Hammond S Series Chord Organ
Upright Bass
Korg MS20
Pine Train Whistle
Pine Bird Whistle
Wine Glass
Jewelry Box
FIELD RECORDINGS
Saint Helen Separate School
St. Lawrence Market
Toronto Island Ferry Terminal
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
Sunnyside Park