Diane Borsato Toronto, ON

Songs for Hart House

Framed scores, and piano performance at the opening reception by Lyn Tieu, Gavin Ouyang and Mimi Mok

Location: Music Room

With only a rudimentary knowledge of musical notation and piano performance, I plotted various architectural and experiential aspects of Hart House on a musical staff. Among the drawings are interpretations of the first floor, a table ornament, and a game of pool. I invited several music students who are part of the Hart House community to interpret the experimental scores on piano. The piece includes the series of drawings installed in the Music Room on the second floor, and a live performance at the opening reception. Diane Borsato completed an MFA at Concordia University, and an MA in Performance Studies at New York University. She has performed eccentric experiments and discreet interventions in various sites, and exhibited multi-disciplinary installations in galleries across Canada and internationally. Recent projects include How A Dead Hare Explains Pictures for the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto; Moving the Weeds Around at EyeLevel in Halifax; and the solo exhibition How to Eat Light for Le Mois de la Photo in Montreal. She is currently a professor of interdisciplinary studio at Brock University.