PATHS is part of an ongoing series of works and actions that explore notions of “play” as: an act of transgression, resistance, detournément, and subversion, a method of pedagogy, a means of investigating and exploring the urban environment & a means toward social engagement, in relation to the fine arts, – all within the context of our contemporary zeitgeist. PATHS explores the structural limits placed on urban space -particularly Toronto’s 32km underground PATH network, Canada’s largest commercial/retail development. Through the popular childhood game of hide and seek, participants consistently transgress, test, reclaim and blur boundaries between the public and private space and imagine new possibilities for the way we interact with the urban environment.
PATHS was staged multiple times between 2011 and 2013 in Toronto. The project and format was later expanded as a research focused exercise and participatory performance. PATHS was selected in 2013 to be part of Broken City Lab’s Civic Space Residency in Windsor, Ontario. For this iteration PATHS was staged at three locations: Downtown Windsor, Jackson Park and the Devonshire Mall.
