Tag Archive for the term: public

Ok, this photo is a flyer, but it’s beautiful and joyful and the new Make Art Public project - MAP2 - kicks off across Canada next week, so it’s fitting, I figure… This photo is by Daniela Edburg.

Photo of the day is just something we’re trying out- a collection of interesting and inspiring photos from [...]

Hey, does anyone out there have video from yesterday’s Mobile Clubbing at Mount Royal Metro?
Here are some videos from dance flash mobs around the world, most from about 2 years ago when this first went round. But first, some footage from the 4000 person Slow Dance flash mob in Buenos Aires from earlier this [...]

Mobile clubbing, or a silent rave, is when a group of people get together somewhere in the city, and dance, each to their own music, either on ipod or internally generated. Spread the word!
Mobile Clubbing Rules are:
Arrive at the location at the given time.
Start dancing.
Spread out, and use the whole space.
Don’t worry clubbers, you will [...]

Shopdropping - an art form, the opposite of shoplifting, ie; placing art into commercial contexts and leaving it there for someone else to find, popped like a new idea into my inbox today after starting to buzz waaay back in 2006.
Here’s the call for the new Shopdropping project, you can be a part of it!: [...]

The storefront was brightly lit, the only sign of life on Beaubien East, apart from a few sports bar patrons deflated by the final score (Canadians 1; sabers 4). It was nearly midnight, perhaps past this neighbourhood’s bedtime, but Plan D’Aménagement, a performance piece presented by public art gurus Dare-Dare, was just about to begin.
In [...]

Writers are starting to finish their scripts for the Indyish Assembly 2.0. They need to be uploaded to Celtx Project Central by midnight (pacific time) May 31st, which is coming up quickly now. Once the projects are passed to illustrators, we’ll be linking to the scripts and posting them here on the blog for you [...]