A New Path to the Waterfall
Offsite at Lord Strathcona Elementary School
Photo: Four Eyes Portraits.
In the fifth and final project of A New Path to the Waterfall, artist Justine A. Chambers and MaryAnn Persoon’s grade 6/7 class have collaborated to create and lead silent walks throughout the city, responding to the notion of “choreography as a way of seeing the world” (Klein, Valk, Gormly). Inspired by Vancouver based composers and sound artists Hildegard Westerkamp and R. Murray Schaeffer, Chambers and the students have created a final walk reflecting on the ways that bodies are choreographed by the city as a means to question power, everyday dances, performances, patterns and dynamics.
Please join Justine A. Chambers and Ms. Persoon’s Grade 6/7 Class for the intersectors, a choreographed walk through the Strathcona neighbourhood. The walk will start promptly at 5.45pm from the classroom, leading visitors outside of school grounds and into the local area.
Thank you to Alana Gerecke for her contributions to the project.
A New Path to the Waterfall is generously supported by TELUS Community Board, Vancouver Foundation, Artstarts/Artists in the Classroom and the Hamber Foundation. The Contemporary Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges support for the Burrard Marina Field House Studio Residency Program from Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and the City of Vancouver, along with many private and individual donors.
