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Border Studies: 43° 38′ 25.63″ N 79° 26′ 12.23″ W is a physical and conceptual tracing of the perimeter
encircling those environs which comprise the community of Parkdale in Toronto
(Canada). Recorded during several early-morning bicycle journeys and using
three video cameras – one on either end of the handlebar and one on a helmet –
this route follows the neighbourhood’s bordering roads and pathways. The
resulting three-channel looped video is a snaking portrait of Parkdale’s frontiers,
which contains a notoriously diverse cultural and socio-economic population.
The act of tracking its boundaries initiates a poignant consideration of
geopolitics and civic dynamics while framing the notion of community as both
navigable site and elusive principle.
