London, Ontario-based colleagues and friends who like travelling, I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be presenting on my artist book and doctoral research at the inaugural Mapping and Memory Research Group conference at Western University on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. I’m very much looking forward to meeting all the conference conveners and participants and getting to know more about their work.
If you are curious here is the abstract of my talk, and a link to the conference page, which includes more information on this fantastic work of the M&MR Group
Andrew Lochhead. Zones of Feeling: Introducing Scenographic Chorography on Dundas Street in Toronto
This presentation introduces scenographic chorography, a movement-based, research-creation practice of spatial representation and interpretation, and explains how it informed the creation of the artist’s book Zones of Feeling. Based on research walks with friends and colleagues along Dundas Street, one of Toronto’s longest and most contentiously named thoroughfares, Zones of Feeling employs graphic design and digital collage to document how encounters with the interconnected architectural, topographical, and affective environment of this urban highway link to broader historical geographies, reflect the story of its modern day construction, and reveal the persistence of colonial spatio-legal regimes in the lives of Torontonians today.
Thanks to Professors Trish Markert, and Michelle A. Hamilton for making this all happen!
CONFERENCE LINK AND MMR WEBSITE
