This is an archived event from Culture Days 2025.
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Vicki Sue and Erin Poole of Phantom Postal Service at 401 Richmond Hub, Photo by Sarah Hassanien -
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Participant of Phantom Postal Service, Photo by Sarah Hassanien
Phantom Postal Service at Toronto Public Library
In-person
Interdisciplinary Performance Poetry & spoken word Storytelling Writing & literatureDate and time
Location
Toronto Public Library - Parkdale Branch
1303 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
"Phantom Postal Service" is a participatory performance installation which playfully acts as a post office to send and receive messages to deceased, distant, or other loved ones. Signage will be displayed to explain the installation to the library’s general patrons. The work is co-created with participants, and facilitated by Vicki Sue Manchin and Erin Poole.
Vicki Sue is an interdisciplinary choreographic artist based in Montreal and Ottawa. She holds a BFA in Performance Dance from Toronto Metropolitan University and trained in Pochinko clowning in 2019. Her work, including the participatory installation *The Phantom Postal Service* and a solo performance at *So You Think That Was Dance?*, explores themes of self-making, friendship, and elegy through art and social practice.
Erin Poole is a dance artist and maker with the Toronto Dance Theatre since 2017. She is passionate about collaboration and views dancing as a conversation about being together and with oneself. Her recent choreographic work includes research at CLEaR Forum with Mocean Dance and the ATLAS Program at ImPulsTanz Vienna, as well as a solo project featured in Nuit Blanche 2022.
This is presented in collaboration with Summerworks and Toronto Public Library.
Organizer
Ontario Culture Days
Ontario Culture Days is a not-for-profit organization that celebrates artists and cultural groups in our communities.
The Ontario Culture Days Festival is an annual celebration of arts, culture and heritage taking place each fall across the province. Each year, we work with organizers of all disciplines to produce this province-wide festival. Organizers host programs throughout Ontario and invite the public to participate for free.
This event is part of a hub:
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