
An art show exploring the history and ghosts of one of the city's most notorious buildings opens Friday night at SAW Gallery. Fantomatique, the work of Montréal-based media artist Frédéric Lavoie, explores the dark corners of the former courthouse and jail at Daly Avenue and Nicholas Street.
The site hasn't held death row inmates in more than a hundred years and since 1988 it has housed galleries, dance studios and arts organizations. But many people who work in what is now the Arts Court complex have strange "haunting" stories to tell, and with the building set to undergo a major renovation, SAW Video's Christopher Rohde said it was the right time to explore the building's history.... VIDEO
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