Join writer and artist Cason Sharpe for four public ribbon-cutting ceremonies to commemorate the partial unveiling of Alexandra Park, a neighbourhood that’s been under re-construction for the past decade. Each ceremony will occur live in four different locations around Alexandra Park, bordered by Dundas Street West, Augusta Avenue, Queen Street West, and Cameron Street in Toronto. Combining the civic rituals of the walking tour and the ribbon-cutting ceremony, this series of performances turns a neighbourhood stroll into a travelling circus, a spectacle through which we may catch a glimpse of an ever-changing city.
Four ceremonies. Four opportunities to witness. See you at the circus.
The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: A Travelling Circus is part of FADO’s newest on-going series, Walk-and-Talk, put together by Francesco Gagliardi and Julian Higuerey Núñez.
CEREMONY 1: Saturday, September 21 at 3:00pm
Meet at the foot of Kensington Avenue (one block west of Spadina Avenue), by the construction hoarding on the south side of Dundas Street West.
CEREMONY 2: Saturday, September 21 at 7:00pm
Meet outside the basketball courts on the corner of Cameron Street and Paul Ln Gardens.
CEREMONY 3: Sunday, September 22 at 3:00pm
Meet outside 75 Augusta Square, in front of the rose bushes across the street from Randy Padmore Park.
CEREMONY 4: Sunday, September 22 at 7:00pm
Meet on the corner of Augusta Avenue and Grange Avenue (one block south of Dundas Street West), by the construction debris next to the dumpsters.
