Just when you thought Toronto’s contemporary artists had abandoned Moose Art once and for all, a spunky new arts duo and their officially named space steps up to reclaim it!
Tomorrow night, Thursday October 12, sees the opening of the Centre for Culture and Leisure No. 1, a new project and exhibition space in Parkdale located “ten steps south of Queen West†at 83 Elm Grove, Unit 102.
The opening night of the project space includes an interactive video installation by Philip Monk starting at 7pm, an on-bike field trip by Carolyn Tripp at 9pm, and — here’s where it gets really exciting, at least for people who read too much Ranger Rick magazine when they were kids, like me — a “pocket game†where participants travel to the city’s moose statues to collect souvenirs “installed by the Gaming and Tourism Commission.â€
I really hope there is some use of the Chinatown Moose — though it may be a form of aesthetic suicide to admit it, that one is my favourite.
Click here to find out more about what CCL No. 1 founders Brian Joseph Davis and Emily Schultz have coming up for the one-year life of the Centre or for more details on the opening evening.
