Culture
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Vimy Ridge
An interesting fact about the square kilometer of land surrounding the Canadian National Vimy Memorial found on Hill 145 in the the Pas-de-Calais is that...
By Shawn Micallef -
My street furniture includes… chalkboards
While debates rage on about the future of Toronto’s sidewalk-styled chesterfields and such, a Halifax art student is taking the question of...
By Leah Sandals -
Hometown airbag
Yesterday the wind was howling through downtown Windsor and the snow was fading the Detroit skyline in and out. There were few pedestrians to break...
By Shawn Micallef -
Mobile Nation in Toronto
Later this week, from March 22 to 25, artists, designers, researchers and engineers from around the world are heading to OCAD for the Mobile Nation...
By Shawn Micallef -
Pulling an all-nighter at Montreal’s Nuit Blanche
It has started to fade from memory, but I swear my sleep schedule is still screwed up. Two weeks ago, Montreal hosted its fourth annual Nuit Blanche, an...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Public Dublin
Though only in Dublin a very short time, I got the feeling it’s a happy city. And a public one. The streets in the city centre are absolutely full...
By Shawn Micallef -
East Toronto Greats
Eminent Easterners are being featured along Queen Street over the next few months (by current and former Spacing contributors, would-be Lytton...
By Shawn Micallef -
In-Site Montreal
In-Site Montréal is a collection of site-specific art presented on the portal pages of five wireless internet hotspots. Artists Nicolas Fleming...
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Cold and cool public art on the island today
Vancouver artist Nicole Dextras, who has been doing a Gibraltar Point residency in public art involving ice, text and textiles, will be having an open...
By Leah Sandals -
Public Space Invaders III: Call for films
Spacing is now accepting submissions for the third installment of our Public Space Invaders film night to be held at the Drake Hotel in late March. We are...
By Shawn Micallef -
A non-crosseyed vision for 2011?
Today, Artscape launched a new campaign called Vision 2011: Thinking Big About Culture-led Regeneration aka A Roadmap for Toronto’s Future. Now, we...
By Leah Sandals -
I am the walrus… uh, crossing sign
I only dug up this image as a segue into an announcement about a new public art show opening on Toronto’s streets this week, but, gazing at it a...
By Leah Sandals