Imagine you’re walking down a city sidewalk, surrounded by crowds of strangers, submersed in a concrete landscape of buildings and streets. Out of the corner of your eye an unexpected something catches your attention. Maybe it’s the burst of colour of a yarn bomb, a modified slogan on a prominent billboard, or a hidden envelope tucked away for whoever stumbles upon it. How does this spontaneous artistic action make you feel? What impact does it have on your day? On your experience of the city?
Anonymous and diverse, urban interventions are subtle yet powerful means of reclaiming the urban commons. But the question remains: what's the point? Who engages with these fleeting projects and how? Can we ever know?
For this public conversation, we invite those who create urban interventions and those who experience them, those who love them and those who are more critical, to join us in discussing what motivates these acts of street art and how their impact might be evaluated and understood.
When: Thursday, April 25, 2013, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Le Milieu, 1251 Robin St. (corner Beaudry), Beaudry metro
Guests: Allison Gonsalves, Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Moderator: Alex Megelas
For more information about the University of the Streets Café or this conversation, visit our web page or contact univcafe@concordia.ca.
Related links:
• University of the Streets Café
• School of Extended Learning
• Le Milieu
