The Encampment

The Luminato Festival at Fort York 

Thomas + Guinevere - 2012 

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The Encampment was a community art project that was part of the Luminato Festival in the Summer of 2012.

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Participants researched and then presented an art installation inspire by a participant in the War of 1812.  My inspiration was Aeneas Shaw.

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Shaw was an officer in Simcoe's Queen's Rangers.  He surrendered to the Americans at Yorkton in 1781 at the end of the American Revolution.  He was a true Loyalist and the property he was given for this loyalty is now in downtown Toronto.  Shaw Street marks the western edge of his lot of land.   

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My tent offered a simple seat of welcome to visitors, in a space newly carved in a wilderness. An OATH of loyalty to King George III was required before taking this seat however....