Category Archives: News and events

Griffintown Horse Palace Case Statement

Posted on January 5, 2012 by admin

Horse Palace Case Statement
Griffintown Horse Palace, Spring 2011. Photo taken by Shauna Janssen

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Griffintown Selon Vous

Posted on January 5, 2012 by admin

Montréal, le 29 novembre 2011 – Dans le cadre de sa consultation portant sur le développement du secteur du grand Griffintown, l’Office lance une première opération de consultation en ligne. Les internautes y sont conviés à participer à la réflexion sur l’identité de ce quartier en effervescence et sur les différentes visions possibles de son [...]

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private reflections transformed into public event with darlingARCADE

Posted on November 2, 2011 by admin

more updates coming soon!!!darlingARCADE. Photo taken by Andrew de Freitas.

darlingARCADE. Photo taken by Andrew de Freitas

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darlingARCADE

Posted on September 8, 2011 by admin

[ September 30, 2011 3:00 pm to October 30, 2011 9:00 pm. October 1, 2011; 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm. October 2, 2011 2:00 pm to October 3, 2011 7:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_1326" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Artists' walk in Griffintown. Photo taken by Shereen Soliman, August 2011."][/caption]

DarlingARCADE est une boutique qui abrite une collection spéciale de boîtes à chaussures contenant des scènes miniatures inspirées du paysage culturel changeant de Griffintown. Installation interactive conçue par les artistes montréalais Stephen Lawson et Aaron Pollard de 2boys.tv, DarlingARCADE fonctionne comme [...]

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infestation

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

[ September 17, 2011 7:00 am to September 25, 2011 7:00 pm. ] the curious presence and materiality of these ceramic slugs is an effort to rouse a contemplative reflection on the processes of urban regeneration and renewal, and the potential connections between the natural, cultural, industrial and historical aspects of the area. Continue reading →

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mapping griffintown

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

pencil on tracing paper layered onto photo – SJ 2011 ©

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Griffintown’s Lost Community Reimagined

Posted on May 6, 2011 by admin

http://www.concordia.ca/now/community-engagement/outreach-initiatives/20110503/griffintowns-lost-community-reimagined.php

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Théâtre Nulle Part and some thoughts on performance and «architecture parlante»

Posted on April 4, 2011 by admin

While the history and narratives of space have the capacity to feed the creative process – becoming materials for the creation of a performance – the history of spaces also engender stories that speak of and through the existing built environment. This is the power and affect of sites like Le Dalhousie. It is in this sense that architecture reveals its agency and ability to communicate or “talk”, as well as its potential for collaborating in the creation and production of community through site specific performance. Continue reading →

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My Dear Friends… the presence of absence

Posted on March 19, 2011 by admin

Artist Younghwan Choi arrived from Chicago on November 1st. I met Youngwhan on November 2nd in Griffintown. We went for a walk around the neighbourhood. We talked about modern architecture. Human perception. The capacity the built environment has to trigger memory, to spatialize memory. Younghwan came to Montreal to participate in the UOU series with [...]

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Re:imagining an Other Public Space: Le Dalhousie, Griffintown

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

Performances at Le Dalhousie show that there is public art that feeds dominant divisions of power and space, as well as public art interventions that contest these divisions by rehearsing the publicness of space. In this way, while Le Dalhousie contends for a place in Griffintown’s future, it also temporarily plays a key role in a process of re/conceptualizating the meaning of what constitutes public spaces. Continue reading →

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