Bloordale Beach
Synopsis
An ode to Toronto artist Shari Kasman's "Bloordale Beach": a demolition grounds turned absurd community rallying point at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and ironic emblem of the urban housing and public space crises. Screenings (Selected): Hillside Music Festival, Breakthroughs Film Festival Guelph Film Festival, Better Cities Film Festival, CivicLab TO, The Art of Intervention (group show) Northern Contemporary Gallery Awards: Top 30 Artists For Social Change — Conscious Economics
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