Elegy for Souls on Hold
as part of "Home(Land) Bodies of Water" / ArtworxTO Toronto's Year of Public Art 2021-22
Elegy for Souls on Hold is a poetic memorial installation that involves infrared photography, mapping projection, sound and augmented reality features to showcase portraits and celebration of the life videos of many who died during the COVID19 pandemic.
These community-based project uses different new media elements to collect personal stories and help communities in the healing process of grieving a loss in isolation times.
Curated by Claudia Arana /Exhibited at Cloverdale Mall, Etobicoke, ON (ArtworxTO West Hub) September 27,2021 to December 31,2021
Exhibition's Curator Claudia Arana and her baby Ellie immersed in "The River of Life" of Elegy for Souls on Hold.
Opening reception September 27, 2021
Exhibition's Curator Claudia Arana and her baby Ellie immersed in "The River of Life" of Elegy for Souls on Hold.
Opening reception September 27, 2021
Landon Chetty ( photos in the tablet screen) is the younger Soul in the River of Life of the Elegy for Souls on Hold.He passed in April 2021. "We want the world to know his smile and how brave and strong he was. Our Landon, our light. We miss you every day" . In the photo his Granny Rani, his mother Tanya and his father Shallon.
Photo ©Mirna Chacin
Landon Chetty ( photos in the tablet screen) is the younger Soul in the River of Life of the Elegy for Souls on Hold.He passed in April 2021. "We want the world to know his smile and how brave and strong he was. Our Landon, our light. We miss you every day" . In the photo his Granny Rani, his mother Tanya and his father Shallon.
Photo ©Mirna Chacin
