McCowan Spirit Walk

Artist in Residence > Scarborough Museum > Toronto, ON > 2019. 

Annie Wong’s McCowan Spirit Walk was a guided tour based on the imagined, solitary life of pioneer William McCowan (1820-1902), whose log cabin is located at the museum. The walk mapped a mystical, pilgrimage-like ritual that reflected on the various spirits, energies, and stories of the surrounding site, as well as the cabin where McCowan lived alone for 54 years. Wong evoked the psychogeography of walking rituals, using embodied knowledge and soundwork to consider the entanglements between the profane and sacred in everyday life.
 

McCowan Spirit Walk was developed during a residency at the Scarborough Museum curated by Aisle 4. 

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Writing:

Fan Wu, "McCowan Spirit Walk by Annie Wong " Aisle 4. (2019) ​