Category Archives: Writings

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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mapping griffintown

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

pencil on tracing paper layered onto photo – SJ 2011 ©

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Housing a Home: Borrowed Views

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

[ July 22, 2011 to July 31, 2011. ] Using text, found and recycled materials such as wood, fabrics, furniture this project explores the concepts of home, community and collaboration practices by encouraging the participants to engage in a dialogue about the nature of home, and to work together by sharing skills, stories and ideas. Continue reading →

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dog parc gallery

Posted on June 21, 2011 by admin

[ August 27, 2011; 3:00 am to 6:00 am. ] pouf! engages with the existing purpose and present-day users – both animal and human – of Griffintown’s Parc Gallery . In exchange for stories, historical facts and memories of Parc Gallery, Artists Cynthia Hammond and Thomas Strickland compile a composite image of this public, green space by photographing the dogs and using their portraits Continue reading →

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Scrapped

Posted on May 9, 2011 by admin

[ May 14, 2011; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Zdansky commémore le Horse Palace de Griffintown en créant un monument sculptural équestre. Ce monument transforme des matériaux urbains oubliés en un artefact culturel représentant l’état et l’avenir précaires du Horse Palace de Griffintown. Continue reading →

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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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Ghosts In The Machine

Posted on April 19, 2011 by admin

[ June 4, 2011; 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. June 5, 2011; 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] «Ghost in the Machine» is an anamorphic floor projection and sound installation that reinvents the haunting myths surrounding the murder of Mary Gallagher and her convicted murderess Susan Kennedy. Continue reading →

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A Sounding: St. Ann’s Reimagined

Posted on April 19, 2011 by admin

[ May 6, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. May 7, 2011; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Based on their narratives and memories, Ivy interprets and reconstructs an image of St. Ann’s that reflects the communal rituals and local myths as remembered by the former congregation. The public is invited to participate in the performance of this installation on Friday May 6th from 18h00-21h00 and Saturday May 7th from 18h00 -21h00. 2011. Continue reading →

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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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