Confluence: Shifting Perspectives of the Caribbean
Kicks off Caribbean Carnival Toronto Arts Line Up
Toronto – July 22, 2014 –Join PATTISON Onestop, Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival and
Third Space Art Projects at the launch and sneak peek screening of images from the public
exhibition of Confluence: Shifting Perspectives of the Caribbean on Thursday July 24th from
6:00pm – 8:00pm at BAND Gallery and Cultural Space.
Curated by Pamela Edmonds and Sally Frater of Third Space Art Projects, Confluence: Shifting
Perspectives of the Caribbean highlights the work of 11 artists with cultural ties to the
Caribbean: Nicole Awai, Sandra Brewster, Charles Campbell, Delio Delgado, Polibio Díaz,
Zachary Fabri, Jérôme Havre, Karyn Olivier, Sheena Rose, Wayne Salmon, and Natalie Wood.
Confluence: Shifting Perspectives of the Caribbean brings the Caribbean Carnival to local and
international visitors, as well as millions of commuters. Confluence will be presented every 10
minutes on PATTISON Onestop subway platform screens across Toronto from July 25 – August
29, as well as on 2 PATTISON billboards along the Gardiner Expressway from July 21 – August
3. The project will also appear on shopping malls screens across Canada until the end of August.
Drawing inspiration from the geographical term that references the meeting of two or more
bodies of water, the artists in Confluence: Shifting Perspectives of the Caribbean address
myriad subjectivities and concerns yet all in some manner or form embody the notion of
movement. The artists have roots in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Dominican
Republic, Guyana and Martinique. Their works touch on themes such as hybridity, the
performative, migration and transformation, highlighting the notion of a space that is always in
flux, refracting and shifting to illuminate new perspectives.
Confluence: Shifting Perspectives of the Caribbean is a co-presentation of PATTISON Onestop
and Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival, and was commissioned as part of PATTISON’s
ongoing Art in Transit programme.
Sneak Peek Screening and Launch – Thursday, July 24th, 2014
BAND Gallery and Cultural Space
1 Lansdowne Avenue, 2nd Floor (Queen St. West/Lansdowne Ave)
6:00pm – 8:00pm; remarks begin at 7pm
For more information please visit: www.artintransit.ca
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About Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival - www.torontocaribbeancarnival.com
The Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival is an exciting three-week cultural explosion of
Caribbean music, cuisine, and revelry as well as visual and performing arts. It has become a
major international event and the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America. As
Carnival is an international cultural phenomenon, the great metropolis of Toronto and its
environs will come alive as the city explodes with the pulsating rhythms and melodies of
Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Chutney, Steel Pan and Brass Bands. The Festival Management
Committee oversees the running of North America’s largest outdoor festival.
Third Space Art Projects
Third Space Art Projects is a Canadian-based curatorial collective co-founded by Pamela
Edmonds and Sally Frater. It is a forum for the promotion, presentation and development of
multidisciplinary contemporary art projects that engage transcultural and diasporic communities,
with a particular focus on visual cultures of the Black Atlantic.
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PATTISON Onestop – www.pattisononestop.com @onestopmedia
PATTISON Onestop, a division of PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, Canada’s largest Out-ofHome advertising company serving 200 markets coast-to-coast, is a world leader in the
development and operation of Digital Out-of-Home Media (DOOH) for mass transit, mall, retail,
hospitality, residential, office, and outdoor environments. Art in Transit represents PATTISON
Onestop’s ongoing arts and culture programme.
Art in Transit – www.artintransit.ca @ArtTransit
Art in Transit represents PATTISON Onestop’s ongoing arts and culture programme, presenting
thought-provoking projects that enhance our shared environment and transport commuters,
shoppers and city-dwellers, if only momentarily, out of their daily routines.
For more information contact:
Marie Nazar, Arts Publicist, PATTISON Onestop – 416-762-7702 or mnazar@idirect.ca