{"id":4245,"date":"2009-10-03T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:53:28","slug":"bread-circuses-and-public-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/10\/03\/bread-circuses-and-public-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread, Circuses and Public Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Camille McOuat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The winter gloves came out in full force the first night of October; any trace of a possible Indian summer has coldly been erased from our minds. Some are already looking towards the next time the Sun\u2019s heat will grace us with its heavenly presence; a time Montrealers know well as la saison festivale<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But a storm may be brewing between the various players involved in making Montr\u00e9al the foremost destination to experience a summer of Arts + Culture. Unbeknownst to many who attend the over 50 festivals, along with the countless other community-oriented happenings and goings-on scattered across the region, solving the 4-month Rubik’s Cube that is Montr\u00e9al\u2019s event calendar takes a lot of gumption, hard work and good old fashioned co-operation.<\/p>\n

\u00c9quipe Spectra, the behemoth that wields part<\/a> of<\/a> the Holy Trinity of Events (Jazz Fest, Juste Pour Rire, and Francofolies) has decided play Goliath and shuffle its festivals around as it sees fit<\/a>. Francofolies in June?<\/a> Who gives a damn about the Fringe Festival, Suoni Per Il Popolo, and the hallowed F\u00eate Nationale; Spectra eats them for breakfast. An earlier Jazz Fest?<\/a> Who would dare step in its way \u2013 they\u2019ll have Stevie Wonder throw a piano at your face.<\/p>\n

With governments that hold on to our tax dollars with an iron fist and tourists who cannot be stimulated by more than one thing at one time, the competition will evidently create a sink-or-swim atmosphere for many of our storied festivities.<\/p>\n

Yet an even more pressing concern would be the use of our public space. Every summer, the city of Montr\u00e9al is expropriated for use as an urban playground; one that other cities envy, one that some citizens lament. At first, festivals were seen as community building initiatives; many still are respected as such. However, when they become giant corporate machines of the capitalist, blood-sucking, mother-eating regime that is our economy, my guess is fewer people will tolerate the modern-day jesters that close down their neighbourhoods almost every single day, each year, between June 1st and October 4th.<\/p>\n

So festivals take heed:<\/em>
\n Fight not amongst yourselves, for the public will seize the opportunity to reclaim their space.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The winter gloves came out in full force the first night of October; any trace of a possible Indian summer has coldly been erased from our minds. Some are already looking towards the next time the Sun\u2019s heat will grace us with its heavenly presence; a time Montrealers know well as la saison festivale. 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