Echo Sequence

Echo Sequence

Gallery TPW with Ronnie Clarke

Part of The Parkette Projects, curated by Shani K Parsons

Held simultaneously at Don Panos Parkette & Robertson Parkette

Spanning a 12 km stretch across the city of Toronto, Echo Sequence comprises two simultaneous performances, livestreamed to and from Don Panos Parkette (in St. Clair West) and Robertson Parkette (on the Danforth). Each group of performers moves in relation to the other, maintaining visual and virtual contact through a large screen at each site. Embracing the inherent unpredictability, and often overlooked physicality, of our relationships with digital technology, artist Ronnie Clarke is interested in how tech interferes with our intentions, often to problematic, comedic, or poetic effect. Through mutual observation, experimentation, and play across a distance from two very different public spaces, might the performers meet and mirror a body politic more curious than concerned, more cooperative than chaotic?

Ronnie Clarke is a Black, queer and Canadian emerging artist living and working in Toronto, Ontario. Her work blends elements of choreography, dance, movement, collaboration, video and installation. She is interested in how language manifests, becomes translated and is mediated in the digital age. With an interest in the poetics of digital gestures, spaces and interfaces, she often uses movement to investigate how technology plays a role in our interactions with others. She holds a BFA from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

​Clarke has performed and exhibited professionally at a number of galleries and performance venues such as Forest City Gallery (London), Artlab Gallery (London), Trinity Square Video (Toronto), and Xpace Cultural Centre (Toronto). Recent projects include a commissioned online performance with Artcite Inc. (Windsor, 2020) and an online residency at the 7th Annual Roundtable Residency (Toronto, 2019).