{"id":2790,"date":"2009-05-27T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:40:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:40:17","slug":"urban-art-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/05\/27\/urban-art-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"DARE-DARE: Urban art in the making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/3560487424\/\" title=\"Urban art in the making, Ste-Cath \/ Lambert-Closse by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3354\/3560487424_3100c1d763.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"Urban art in the making, Ste-Cath \/ Lambert-Closse\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seen on the corner of Ste-Catherine and Lambert-Closse, just one block east of the Pepsi Forum \/ AMC building. It&#8217;s still one of the remarkably depressing stretches of Ste-Catherine West, between Westmount and the new vibrant Concordiatown.<\/p>\n<p>It was only after a bit of research and connecting the dots between DARE-DARE posters I saw during my walk and the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/05\/25\/photo-du-jour-sidewalk-performance\/\">Photo du jour post<\/a> that my Spacing colleague Alanah wrote the day after that I realized that this was part of the said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dare-dare.org\/en\/off-biennale\">Dare-Dare Off-Biennale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I presume that on the previous picture, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dare-dare.org\/en\/off-biennale\/lewis\">Emily Lewis<\/a> working on her <em>Urban Growths<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few steps towards rue Chomedy, there was more art by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dare-dare.org\/off-biennale\/knight\">Pascaline Knight<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/3559682971\/\" title=\"Terminus Atwater by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3573\/3559682971_20c4a3ae40.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"Terminus Atwater\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(More pictures under the cut)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/3560490638\/\" title=\"Assise sur un banc, Plaza Alexis-Nihon by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3631\/3560490638_c3528d5037.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"Assise sur un banc, Plaza Alexis-Nihon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/3560492226\/\" title=\"Terminus Atwater by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3579\/3560492226_35d1600370.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"Terminus Atwater\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/3559681311\/\" title=\"By Pascaline by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3306\/3559681311_ba10ffc05e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"By Pascaline\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#map_1 {clear: both; 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