Special thanks to P. Kirk Patterson (President, Rotary Club of London), Janet Loo (London Arts Council), EUNJU YI (London Arts Council), Philip Gurrey, Ph.D. (London Arts Council), Robin Armistead (Manager of Cultural Services at City of London), Cheryl Smith (Deputy City Manager), Mayor Josh Morgan (City of London) and Counsellor Elizabeth Peloza (Councillor, Ward 12) for being here today. Your support makes moments like this even more special.
© Maisa Mreiwed | Freedom and Power | 2022 | London, Ontario, Canada
Promenade Parlante, photo © Lisa Graves, 2018.
Promenade parlante: Episodes in a Changing Neighbourhood was an intergenerational, co-creative project about urban change, located in the Shaughnessy Village neighbourhood of downtown Montreal. Grounded in oral history, Promenade parlante produced a series of audio-visual installations and performances that communicated senior Montrealers’ experiences and knowledge of urban transformation. This project was a collaboration between the founders of the Living History oral history project (a group of five seniors: Wendy Allen, Ramsay Blair, Penelope Cumas, Lilian Harper, and Wanda Potrykus), Dr Cynthia Hammond (Lead Co-Director of the Centre for Oral History & Digital Storytelling, Concordia University), Dr Shauna Janssen (Director of Concordia University’s Institute for Urban Futures), and Eric Craven (Community Development Librarian and coordinator of the Atwater Library’s Digital Literacy Project). Our two urban walks, short film, and resulting archive were made possible through a Partnership Engage Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, as well as funding from Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) and Janssen's Concordia University Research Chair in Performative Urbanism.
Credits: Promenade Parlante was conceived by: Cynthia Hammond and Shauna Janssen in collaboration with Eric Craven
Editor: Jason Levy
Cinematography: Jason Levy
With additional footage by: Bruno Martel, Samantha Leger, Eric Craven, Ryan-Preacas Ocon-Rajanthan, Ramsay Blair, and David Howlett
We wish to acknowledge the support of: Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada Office of Research, Concordia University
Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University
Institute for Urban Futures, Concordia University
Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art
We are grateful for the collaboration of: Atwater Library and Computer Centre
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Our heartfelt thanks to: The artists/participants: Wendy Allen, Ramsay Blair, Gabrielle Castonguay, Eric Craven, Cynthia Hammond, Lilian Harper, Shauna Janssen, Maisa Mreiwed, Wanda Potrykus, and Kathleen Vaughan