Toronto 
Events Description
Created 20 years after the events of 9/11, September Song is an immersive visual and sound installation based on Heather Nicol’s first-hand experience and lingering memories of that cataclysmic morning in Lower Manhattan. Haunting sounds, images and imagined scenarios distilled over many years are at the core of September Song.
A spatialized audio score for September Song is performed by absent, ghost players. Featuring a baby grand piano suspended overhead, captured as if in a photograph, the menacing object references Damocles’ sword, the origin story of the phrase “dangling by a thread.” Once a focal point in public and domestic gathering places, pianos are now being tossed away. Delicately cascading bits of paper flicker, and a lone figure sweeps the detritus.
The passage of time is gently embedded in the commemoration of 9/11 so many years later; there is a distant, frozen-moment aspect to the fall of the “Twin Towers.” Some are too young to remember that day at all. The installation is an invitation to the public to safely gather and collectively reflect on that disruptive event of 20 years ago, its links and resonance with our current pandemic times, and to remember those lost.
GENERAL ADMISSION
Timed entry (every 30 min)
FREE with registration
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : FREE
GENERAL ADMISSION
Timed entry (every 30 min)
FREE with registration
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Saturday September 11, 2021 to Sunday September 19, 2021
Saturday, September 11
2:00pm – 6:00pm
Sunday, September 12
2:00pm – 6:00pm
Wednesday, September 15
4:00pm – 8:00pm
Thursday, September 16
4:00pm – 8:00pm
Friday, September 17
4:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday, September 18
2:00pm – 6:00pm
Sunday, September 19
2:00pm – 6:00pm
30 minutes
Venue & Address
Harbourfront Centre Theatre, 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto M5J 2G8
Wheelchair accessible
Street Parking
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
