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Artists Walking Home

Date: June - December, 2011
Location: Downtown Eastside
Website: www.walkinghomeprojects.com

Artists Walking Home is a year-long collaboration between Walking Home Projects and 221A Artist Run Centre comprised of a series of walks guided by local artists, designers, and architects that will invite public participants to learn about the complex historical and social conditions of Vancouver through the embodied experience of the cities cultural producers. Participants will experience a direct connection to the city’s immediate environment – both natural and constructed – and to gain an understanding of how ideas and intention become policy, resulting in action and infrastructure which shape our social and lived experiences in public spaces.

With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada.

Posted on: June 23rd, 2011 by Vancouver125
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One Percent (Loading Vancouver) by James Yan

Date: June 13 - 30, 2011
Location: Canada Line Video Screens
Website: www.youtube.com/offonmain

One Percent (Loading Vancouver) by James Yan launches June 13 and runs to June 30 on the Canada Line video screens. One of 13 new public art projects commissioned by the City of Vancouver’s Public Art Program for Vancouver 125, One Percent (Loading Vancouver) is the third commissioned work of 10 Seconds, a yearlong series featured on the Canada Line Video screens.

One Percent’s “Loading Vancouver” graphic parodies the font used in Windows 95, with its blue background mimicking the official color used in the City of Vancouver emblem — “for the sea and sky that surround our city”. Viewers will see One Percent buffer from 0% to 86%, waiting for what is never revealed — lost histories, unrecorded moments, or things yet to come. This media artwork toys with viewer anticipation and expectation. Yan forces us to wait in between slick messages and glossy advertisements as he jams the regular flow of information, assaulting commuters as they load on and unload off the trains.

With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada.

Posted on: June 15th, 2011 by Vancouver125
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The Red Jam Slam Festival Project

Date: June 1 - November 30, 2011
Location: Various Venues in Metro Vancouver, as developed in partnership with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal organizations
Website: www.aboriginalvoice.com

Aboriginal Life in Vancouver Enhancement Society’s project, Red Jam Slam (RJS) is a celebration of education while still maintaining culture through the arts. The participants will include film makers, visual artists (body painters, installation artist, etc) musicians, poets, story tellers and comedians. The performers will be Inuit, Metis, and Aboriginal people who will celebrate their culture with us.

There are many artists who are confirmed to perform at the large RJS event planned for the Fall of 2011 and many others will participate at some smaller RJS events that are being planned from June 1th to the Fall 2011 RJS Event. These events aim to support, showcase and promote the creativity of urban Aboriginal artists and community members in various venues, to the general public.

RJS 2011 will have a live remote provided by, Co Op Radio and CJSF. We will also have a live web stream provided by Ray-Cam Co-operative Association.

With support from the City of Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary Grants Program and the participation of the Government of Canada.

Posted on: June 12th, 2011 by Vancouver125
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