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Leigh Nunan’s Tiny Snowmans project will now begin at 12:00 PM this afternoon. Apologies for the short notice.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Cider will be served!
Please check the temperature before you come, and dress appropriately!
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Toronto has FINALLY been privy to a decent downpour of snow, and that means Leigh Nunan’s Tiny Snowmans is on! Leigh’s project was thisclose to being lost to the absence of winter, so come to Trinity Bellwoods Park to make the bit of snow we’ve gotten a little more enjoyable. Here are all the details:
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto
11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Cider will be served!
Please check the temperature before you come, and dress appropriately!
I am SO glad we got some good snow! See you there.
This entry was written by , posted on February 26, 2010 at 9:45 AM, filed under Projects and tagged leigh nunan, snow, tiny snowmans, toronto, trinity bellwoods park. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
I am very pleased to announce the recipients of tinygrants funding! After a speedy deliberation period, four volunteer jurors independently scored all 33 applications according to six, blind-weighted criteria. You can read more about the process here.
My budget for project funding was $900, and because of the nature of the top projects’ budgets, I am actually able to fund four projects. This is good news!
So, without further delay, here are the projects to look out for in the coming months. (Stay tuned to tinygrants.ca for more details as they become available.)
“I use the overlooked devices found in public space as a launching point; things that are seen constantly but discounted or disregarded, emphasizing their social presence. The time it takes to pick up a penny found on the ground is about one second. If one was to pick up a penny every second for an entire hour, they’d be making $36.00/hr which is remarkably higher than the average wage in Canada. I plan to leave 3600 pennies across downtown to employ whomever discovers and decides to pick up these pennies at the rate of $36.00/hr.
“This modern form of gleaning – hand-picking seeds after the harvest has been removed – can be found as subject matter in Millet’s The Gleaners.
“With the recent recession that is occurring, the work becomes socially relevant, more so, connecting the distribution of money and financial need; the wealthy and the poor, the lucky and the unlucky. With that in mind, I feel the major shopping and financial district would be the best stage.”
“It’s January. Your feet are cold. Cutting through Trinity-Bellwoods park on your way to meet a friend, you suddenly realize that you’re surrounded. The path is lined with hundreds of tiny snowmans. A smile spreads across your face as you notice that the park is full of gleeful people building more tiny snowmans. One of them comes over to you. She offers a cup of hot cider and invites you to join in, just one tiny snowman before your meeting — it’ll only take a second.
“Winter in Toronto can be a time of grey skies and staring at your boots as you plod through the misery of slush. The goal with Tiny Snowmans is to give you something good to look at down there; to unearth that childlike sense of winter wonder.
“We will wait for the weather and when the snow is that perfect, light, fluffy, sticky consistency, a group of loyal snowmanophiles will converge on the park to spread our delight, one tiny snowman at a time. We will engage passers-by in conversation, offering apple cider or a pair of mittens, drawing them into the fray. Together we will spread a blanket of tiny snowmans over the park and bring a little warmth and whimsy to a dreary winter day.”
“On Site is a site-specific performative installation. It is an invitation initiated by The Pocketology Collective to reinvigorate public engagement through investigating and excavating the stories that lay within our pockets.
“On Site can be set up in any urban space. It involves a story exchange station where Pocketologist-participants are invited to dig into their pockets, produce a pocket artifact and share a story about the item anonymously. Participants are given the opportunity to write their own narrative based on the contents of their pockets. They will seal the written stories along with the pocket artifact in an envelope, which will be installed on a wall full of other visually stunning envelopes. In exchange, each participant will share another person’s pocket story in an ongoing storytelling circle. It is an evolving gallery of the interactive social landscape of Toronto and a rehearsal for a society in which spontaneous moments of connection occur between strangers.”
“There is a hydro pole in our neighbourhood (corner of Dewson St. and Delaware Ave.) that has been home to a few mysterious (anonymously-made) monsters over the last two years. It began with a ghost-like creature sitting on a swing (off of a wire that hangs between the pole and a sign post). That disappeared eventually and shortly after a small, green monster appeared and has since been hanging from its arms off the same wire. This latest monster has been there for more than one year, and sadly, has slowly been deteriorating. I’m afraid we may soon lose him.
“This hydro pole sits at the corner of a small, residential intersection on a street that is a main route to a nearby elementary school. The monsters have brought smiles to many little (and big) faces.
“I would like to collaborate with a group of six children (aged 6 to 9) to create a family of monsters to live on this pole, continuing the ‘tradition’ of the previous artists.”
My very warm thanks to all of the applicants for taking the time to submit their project ideas. I would also like to thank the jury (whom patiently endured my PDF-form ineptitude) for volunteering their time to thoughtfully consider and score each application.
This entry was written by , posted on December 1, 2009 at 3:05 PM, filed under Projects and tagged cynthia french, grant recipients, josh cleminson, leigh nunan, results, the pocketology collective. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
