Who: Alexis Mitchell and Sharlene Bamboat
Where: Atrium on Bay, underground parking lot, 40 Dundas West
Why: The film and video work of T.O.-based media artists Alexis Mitchell and Sharlene Bamboat explores issues of queerness and the queer body in space, diaspora and homeland, in-between-ness and nationality. Border Sounds locates a “silent disco” in a parking garage, usually a non-destination in-between space, where participants don headphones to listen to music with words taken from passport text while projections involving maps fill the space. You’re encourag ed to dance or enact your own performance. Offering an experience that’s both collective and isolating, the artists question national border policies and access to mobility.