FORTY ONE the Esplanadian Connection,
an exhibit inspired by the book ‘FORTY ONE Neighbours’
The book was published earlier this year and there was a book launch at St. Lawrence Hall back in April. The book is a collection of 41 portraits, one person from each country participating in the Pan Am and Parapan Games. Each portrait is also of a person with a connection to the Esplanade community. Fifty three students/authors from The Esplanade neighbourhood wrote the stories.
For the exhibit, the portraits were re-enacted by local residents.
Each portrait consists of three sides. Two sides have photographs on them – one side with a Esplanadian person or family and the other side with a PanAmerican resident.
The third side has one word written in five languages.
From top to bottom – Dutch, French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.
The words were chosen from the stories in the book, one symbolic word from each portrait.
The signs are mounted on lamp posts along the Esplanade.
as I walk Toronto 