Archive for Art
August 26, 2006 at 2:49 pm · Filed under Art, Humor
Time for something different.
A new type of street performance has hit the streets of New York City. It’s called “Improv Everywhere”, and they really do mean everywhere. The site describes these goals of Improv Everywhere is to “causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places.”
It was created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, and Improv Everywhere has executed over 50 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents.
You’re probably still wondering what they do, right?
Well, the latest mission that the team pulled off was called, “Slo-Mo Home Depot”, and is currently being made famous by none other then YouTube (is there anyone that website doesn’t help?) For a full list of their so-called “Missions”, simply click here. If you live in New York City, and want to participate in one of their experimental events, visit their contatct page.
Now who wants to start up a Toronto branch?
August 10, 2006 at 10:04 am · Filed under Art, Games, Marketing
Yeah, award shows are usually biased, especially “Video Game Awards”, but it’s still neat that there is going to be a full show for the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts. They’ve even got a statuette (they’re calling it the Elan), and a host (William Shatner)!
July 25, 2006 at 3:27 pm · Filed under Art, Links, Toronto
We’ve brought you a week full of things to do for free in Toronto before. Beth Mather has compiled a much more extensive list of free (or at least cheap) activities. They’re even grouped into categories for your browsing pleasure.
July 13, 2006 at 1:27 pm · Filed under Art, Business, Fashion, Marketing, Movies, Music
Chris Anderson has released a chapter from his upcoming book, The Long Tail, in a recent issue of Wired magazine. He argues that the era of the cultural mainstream and megahits is now over, to be replaced with many smaller works. (Wikipedia has lots of good starting points on the idea)
July 6, 2006 at 8:53 pm · Filed under Art, Toronto
Who says you need some money to have a good time? Here’s a schedule of 7 things to do this summer, every week in Toronto. I’ve even thrown in a backup to mix it up.
Monday - Visit High Park Zoo - Open every night of the week from 7:00 AM to dusk.
Tuesday - Free classic monster movies in Yonge-Dundas Square, from 9 PM to 11 PM. See the schedule for showtimes.
Wednesday - See some works at the Art Gallery of Ontario, with free admission every Wednesday from 6 PM to 9 PM.
Thursday - Go play Manhunt in a new place every week in Toronto. Games start at 9:30 PM sharp every Thursday.
Friday - Get your culutre fix at the Royal Ontario Museum with free admission on Fridays from 4:30 PM to 9:30 PM.
Saturday - see some Shakespeare at the Dream in High Park 8:00 PM from Tuesday through Sunday.
Sunday - Some people gather for a weekly game of Kickball, Sunday nights at 6:30 pm at Alexandra Park.
Backup - If you need something else to do, you can always explore Kennsington, Spadina and the Annex with an eclectic audio tour thanks to Murmur.
June 22, 2006 at 1:52 pm · Filed under Art, Movies
Everyone likes a good independent short film, right?
Well, here’s the best I’ve seen in a long time. Alive in Joburg is an interesting piece of work that I could write for hours about attempting to dissect it. Or- you could just watch it for yourself. Awesome film directed by Neill Blomkamp in association with Spy Entertainment.
June 1, 2006 at 9:54 am · Filed under Art, Toronto
The AGO is presenting an interesting exhibit starting on July 1 titled, “In Your Face”. They are going to attempt to break a record for the largest collection of portraits. To help, the general public is invited to submit portraits, and they will be incorporated into the exhibit.
To enter, you can mail it in along with the form provided on their website, or visit in person to make your contribution, where they will be offering demonstrations by artists. Entries will be accepted until December, so try dropping by sometime this summer.
As always, general admission is free on Wednesday starting at 6.
April 24, 2006 at 1:07 am · Filed under Art, Humor, Of The Week
Some neat little Rube Goldberg machines made by some Japanese.
Thanks to Danipage.com for finding these videos.
March 16, 2006 at 12:00 pm · Filed under ARGs, Art, Science, Television
ReGenesis Season 2 Starts this Sunday on TMN and MovieCentral. Along with the new season comes a new game, that promises to be more tightly integrated into the show this time around.
March 10, 2006 at 11:32 pm · Filed under Art, Flash, Humor
Samsung means to come.
Just in case you wanted to know.
