A digital arts experience that uses literature, podcasting, the streets of Toronto, and mobile technologies for a unique urban experience.
The Slow Now is an imaginative audio tour of Little Italy. Produced by Angela Shackel of Lipstick Studios, The Slow Now guides the listener on a narrative journey through the neighbourhood, beginning at the Bookmark for Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces on the corner of College and Manning. It is an immersive experience that explores the rich history of the neighbourhood and of Michaels' novel. Anne Michaels herself, Toronto's new Poet Laureate, gives voice to passages from Fugitive Pieces. Naomi Skwarna (writer, journalist, actor) voices the original narration written by Mark Mann (Torontoist, Momus, The Walrus). Visual artist Braden Labonte designed and installed a window installation in iconic record store Soundcapes as a piece of public art complementing The Slow Now audio walk.