a conflated experience of leisure, migration and disaster preparedness

a public engagement project, North Sugar Beach Plaza, La Nuit Blanche, Toronto. October 5, 2019  Residency at Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands. Port City Project   

emergent process                               

(most photos and raw video by Meaghan Ogilvie) 

in Latin the verb to conflate – to blow together

a boat fashioned from a debris bag is hoisted between two pink metal parasols.

kayak paddles flail haphazardly from the jury-rigged ropes.

a phosphorescent beach tarp is pinned down by sandbags and lounge chairs on the city plaza.

driveway markers become fishing rods with streamers flying.