Creating Data Publics

Tag: Public art

  • UK 14

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    UK 14 Build Create Play – Contemporary Visual Arts Network England Build Create Play is a project working with local people around Ronald Street Playground in Radford, with the purpose of bringing local voices and ideas to plan and shape how the playground should be upgraded. In a series of experimental play sessions and workshops…

  • CAN 13

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    CAN 13 Creative Publics Creative Publics was a roving, pop-up, voter engagement project that brought together artists, students, and community members to make art inspired by political issues leading up to the October 2015 Canadian federal election. People passing by activation sites were invited to make a mixed-media collage that reflected their views on election issues.…

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    CAN 8 Touch Traces project from Jack & Jean Leslie RiverWalk Murals Touch Traces project from Jack & Jean Leslie RiverWalk Murals is an art project created by Calgary artists. The public art piece is comprised of hundreds of fingerprints collected from the East Village community that have been layered and distorted to create contemporary…

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    CAN 5 The Countdown Public Art Project The Countdown Public Art project led by ReDefine Arts applied a mixed participatory methods approach to engage communities in creating public art monuments (pebble mosaic designs) in public places to honour those affected by gender-based violence. Data such as video, audio, photos, anecdotes, and other qualitative information collected…

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    CAN 2 I HeART Main Street The I HeART Main Street program by STEPS Public Art, supported by RBC, is an annual initiative since 2020 that strengthens local main streets through creative placemaking and public art services. Partnering with BIAs and artists across Canada, the program fosters co-created artworks, arts workshops, and local story sharing…

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    CAN 1 STEPS Public art strategy plan for Downtown Stratford, Ontario, Canada In 2022, the City of Stratford engaged STEPS Public Art to develop a cultural and public art strategy for Downtown Stratford, Ontario. Using creative data gathering stations, STEPS hosted pop-up activity stations where community members contributed ideas through participatory methods such as ribbon-weaving…