Tag Archive for the term: places spaces

Indyish is currently seeking contributions for our Monthly Mess, to take place January 25th. For this mess, we are looking for performers that explore urban space and urban experiences. We are seeking music, spoken word, theatre, photography, urban planning, dance, architectural analysis, comedy, and things we haven’t thought of yet… We are open to putting up pretty much anything on stage, as long as it connects with the theme of the city, be it Montreal or elsewhere.

This little piece of installation art gave us a laugh on the way home from Manhattan to Williamsburg last night and Tristan snapped a picture:

The tree stump on Bedford ave, swamped in “detritus” at 3am, has been labled like a museum piece:
Paul Richard. Untitled 2007. Stump, Dirt, Detritus and Mixed Media. 10 x 52.5 x [...]

Christmas is not my favourite.
Presumptuous and self-important, Christmas insists on dominating the month of December. Instead of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we are stuck with Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Leading up to this are the manic weeks of Christmas shopping, set to the nauseating tinkle of Christmas tunes, or worse, to rock [...]

My bicycle tires crunch through frozen puddles. I’m bundled in a hat, scarf, ski mitts, down jacket, in wooly socks and jeans and tights, because a couple flurries and incoherent late-night bus routes won’t keep me home tonight.
I’m headed for Dare-Dare’s Plan d’Aménagement, urban planning meets performance art in an empty Rosemont store front. The [...]

Garage bands I’ve heard of. Garage Galleries? For me, that’s a first.
AlleyJaunt turns back alleyways and garages around Trinity-Bellwoods Park North into art spaces this weekend (August 11-12).
Over twenty artists’ works will be on display and special projects include video sculpture and video screenings inside parked cars (I assume these work better [...]

I am completely in awe of both the photography and the sheer daring on display at Controleman’s urban exploration blog. The 19-year-old photographer braves daunting climbs and security guards to bring us surprising images of the city’s secrets, from the guts of the sewer system to a breathraking view of the fireworks, as seen from [...]