TORONTO - A large-scale art installation comprising 200 tents set up on the grounds of Fort York National Historic Site is being planned to help mark the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
"The Encampment," commissioned by the City of Toronto and the Luminato arts festival, will be staged each evening from June 8 to 24, serving as "a massive collective expression of art and history," say promoters.
Inside each tent, mini art installations will highlight stories about civilians during the war — people who "were not involved militarily but rather in the dramas of love, loss, survival and patriotism as well as those of collaboration, deception, greed and betrayal."
Organizers Thom Sokoloski and Jenny-Anne McCowan collaborated on an encampment in Ottawa in 2008 on the theme of intellectual disability, as well as other encampments in Toronto and New York.
The pair are looking for "creative collaborators" to stage the tent installations. Anyone can apply. Details are at http://thomasandguinevere.com.
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