April 16, 2009 at 7:42 pm · Filed under mutterings
Walking home from work today I saw a few restaurants with tall tables and bar stools lined up outside on the sidewalk. I realized that the city sidewalk here (at least on Mont Royal) is very wide, more than twice the width of a typical sidewalk in Toronto. C’est tellement pratique! In the winter, the snow gets piled up on the sidewalk, reducing the extra-wide sidewalk to a normal width. In the summer, the restaurants create strip patios on half the sidewalk, again reducing the extra girth to a more typical wingspan. BRILLIANT. We should lobby the City of Toronto to put this into city planning and development policies. Yes!?!
April 5, 2009 at 11:37 pm · Filed under uncategorized
Just started a new site called web tools for the arts. It’ll soon be an online resource for artists and arts professionals to learn how (and which) web tools can best rock their world.
This site will help arts professionals get maximum mileage out of their web browsers.
Yes, this site will focus on browser-based tools — meaning tools or applications that run from your browser window (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Chrome) usually without any downloading or installation required. A great example of a web-based tool would be your webmail - whether it’s your Hotmail, your Gmail, your work email that you can access via webmail - could you imagine life without being able to access your email from any browser in the world?
Browser-based tools are the key to mobility, accessibility, efficiency, and money saved.
Check out http://web4arts.wordpress.com and let me know what you think.
By the way, if you are sensitive to the needs and challenges of arts profesionals and would like to contribute to this site, please contact me! Initially, I had envisioned this new site as a public wiki so that anyone could suggest a tool and talk about its uses. But frankly I don’t know too many (read: any) arts managers who have time to contribute to a wiki that I can’t promise has readers yet. So I’ve started off solo to get the ball rolling. If you want to pen (type) a review, or if you just want to suggest a tool for me to review, get in touch.
April 2, 2009 at 12:34 pm · Filed under notes
We just got confirmation of support from the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) for Pixel’s next immersive art installation. !!! Super thrilled am I.
Won’t write a spoiler yet - when I do, I’ll have mock-ups to share - but here’s a general description of the project:
Bobo is an immersive art exhibit that re-interprets an aspect of circus culture with contemporary artists, audiences and technology. Bobo focuses on the nebulous representation of the clown and how people view them – prompting viewers to consider, as well, how they view themselves.
www.pixelgallery.org
