The Bird and The Cup (book)
"The Bird and the Cup", a lecture-performance, was written and performed in collaboration with Maïder Fortuné. Commissioned by CONTACT 2014 .
"The Bird and The Cup" mines the library’s Picture Collection to illustrate a shape-shifting narrative winding through two separate spaces: the Toronto Reference Library and Robarts Research Library. These two iconic buildings, and the Picture Collection itself, become a pretext for MacDonell and Fortuné to explore the relationship between image and text, illustration and description, as well as the possibilities and limitations of architecture in public life. It was performed at the library on May 31st, 2014.
The text, in three parts, was delivered in alternation by MacDonell and Fortuné, accompanied by a live image presentation/projection. The text and images have now been compiled into a book, published in May of 2015, by the same title. More about that here.