Gleaner’s Garment: Walking with the Windfall of Olmsted's Mont-Royal

Abstract

Using the methodology of a/r/tography, which engages walking and artmaking as research, this paper explores parc Mont Royal as a multispecies habitat and work of public art. The park was designed by Olmsted during the industrailization of Montreal. For a few hundred years, the forested paths have become a respite from the demands of urban living. Gleaner's Garment is an artistic response to the mountain,  an entrypoint into exploring Montreal's colonial past, and ongoing focus on reconciliation.