Past Commissions

Commissioning Awards media release | June 2005

The Terrarium Project

A series of art installations which explores the role of museums in representing stories and artifacts and constructing reality.
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Fifteen Restless Nights

An image/text/sound collaborative art installation of a map-like journey across the night-time landscape of Canada.
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Static

A performance, installation and experiential look at man's deepest fears and living life to the fullest.
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Trudeau: Long March / Shining Path

Project Lead: George Elliott Clarke, librettist
Collaborator: D.D. Jackson, composer

A contemporary opera based on the life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau including a mixing of elements of Cuban, Chinese, contemporary classical and jazz music.
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Bridge of One Hair

A community art project originating in central Etobicoke which uses the rituals and objects of tea drinking, storytelling, music, text and imagery to bridge diverse communities
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Fresh Ground new works was made possible this season by the generosity of several individual donors who have actively assisted in the creation of new Canadian art works: Robert & Anne Marie Canning, John Harkness, George Myhal, Jim & Sandra Pitblado, Michael & Sonja Koerner, Wil & Judy Matthews, Peter Allen, Margaret & Jim Fleck, Lionel F. Conacher & Joan Dea, and by a grant from Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Fund.