First Train / Last Train

Event Public

A one-day exhibition of multi-channel video installation.

InterAccess

32 Lisgar St, Toronto (south of Queen St)
2 - 5 p.m.
Faculty of Art
Faculty of Art
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InterAccess

32 Lisgar St, Toronto (south of Queen St)
2 - 5 p.m.
Faculty of Art
Faculty of Art
Add to Calendar
negative train film still

First Train / Last Train

Exhibiting at InterAccess

 

Anna Gruda, Tony Massett and Geoffrey Shea created a multi-channel video installation in 2020 inspired by the train lines that served their small town in rural Ontario until the 1980s. Loud, life-sized images of freight and passenger trains trigger memories and imaginings in InterAccess’s immersive, 360 degree gallery space.

 

  • InterAccess

    32 Lisgar St, Toronto (south of Queen St)

  • Saturday, October 18, 2 to 5 pm

     

film still with train component and passenger shadow

 

negative train film still

 

 

This installation recreates the scale of these noisy machines, and provokes a remembering, infused with imagination. An uninterrupted stream of goods, passengers, cattle, produce, industry, agriculture and employment reflect the narratives of life’s cycles. We are inviting the viewer to create their own geo-specific mental image of a moment 50 years ago, when the last train would have barreled down the track precisely in this location.

 

The soundtrack was created by our percussionist friend Mark Mariash. He used industrial materials to complement the instruments in his studio to create an extremely visceral experience. (Click here to see his process.)

 

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