Photo by Spacey K
We couldn’t help it! We promised you one more holiday event before the end of the year :) We formally invite you to join us for a winter holiday gift exchange and a dance party in Union Station!
Please bring a personal music player loaded with your favourite tunes, a costume and a gift to exchange :)
Jingle Bell Rock!
Friday, December 15th 2k6
Union Station (Upstairs) Toronto
Press Play at 9:09pm
Photo by Air`leth Aodhfin
Throwies are a revolution in temporary art: invented by the , they can stick to anything that is ferromagnetic and glow for about two weeks. On December 8th, we will create a thousand points of light when we decorate a massive surprise with colourful brilliance. Each participant will be given a handful of these delightful devices and let loose simultaneously :)
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Photo by Metrix X
Reclaim the stars!
Due to light pollution, some of our night lights have disappeared! To bring back the sky’s twinkle, we have decided to make some stars of our own. Join us for an evening of starcraft, constellation installation, hot cocoa and interactive towers of light. Please bring glowy things and a camera!
Time and Date
Night Lights will take place this Friday, November 10th, starting at 7:07pm and concluding at midnight. This event will be postponed in case of rain, fog or mud.
Location
University of Toronto (map) on and around Front Campus. which is 15 King’s College Circle.
To get there, take the College streetcar to McCaul and walk north one block OR take the Spadina streetcar to Willcocks and walk two blocks east, then through a walkway.
The Installations
1. Stars – Hundreds of LED’s will be suspended from helium balloons to create an artificial starscape, creating our own constellations and a twinkling Milky Way that should be visible for miles.
2. String of Diamonds – Long strings of LED’s will be suspended from weather balloons. As the wind and participants move the cords, the strings will appear to glitter.
3. Faeries – Much like the shoes hanging from our telephone wires, pairs of LED’s will be strung together and hung from trees like couples of faeries.
4. (fly)light by Pearl Chen – An animatrix sphere of 500 green LED’s.
5. The Rothko Institute will light you up with 1,000 glowing bracelets!
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Happy Hallowe’en Toronto! On this night, the spirits will rise from the dead in a carnival from the crypt. Come costumed and candied and ready to transform the haunted tunnels into a magical masquerade! Meet us at Downsview station at 10:31 PM and get ready for a treat :)
Trick or Train Subway Party!
Tuesday, October 31st 2006
Downsview Station @ 10:31 PM
for more info, e-mail
love (at) newmindspace.com
Please bring costumes, candy + decorations! Seeking art installations. Please read the following guidelines to avoid an early end.
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Photo by Miles Storey
Capture the Flag! Capture the Flag is a massive, adrenaline-pumping, urban game played on the streets of downtown Toronto. Two teams hide flags in their territory and attempt to capture the enemy flag using subways, streetcars, bicycles, longboards or their own two feet. Join us as we dash through the Financial District (the only ‘hood in T.O that doesn’t really have residences), evade the enemy, hide behind Toronto’s skyscrapers, travel through the PATH and score a point.
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Photo by Andrew Ferguson
In the future, robots will pilot everything. For now, we have the SkyTrain :)
Join us for a special Newmindspace transit party on the Vancouver SkyTrain, featuring live automaton beats, a booming 500-watt renegade soundsystem, outrageous costumes, over-the-top décor, sexy androids, cyborgs and a robotpilot t-shirt giveaway! Dress in nuts and bolts, white + silver, or your favourite bot. Accompanied by a wild afterparty :)
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th 2006
Meet @ VCC/Clark station @ 9:09 PM
$free + all ages!
Photo by Air`leth Aodhfin
Ahoy! Mysterious mermaids and plundering pirates alike, join us as we weigh anchor and set sail upon the seven streets. Plunder Parkdale, hornswoggle High Park and swashbuckle in Seaton Village. Shake yer booty with buccaneers and scallywags from the briney deep. Grab yer grog ‘n get ready to caper with the best! Yarrr! Come in costume, or ye be walkin’ the plank!
Your ticket entitles you to reduced admission to “Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Jäger” presented by Nocturnal Commissions :)
Pirates of the Streetcar Party
A fundraiser for Newmindspace
Friday, August 4th 2006
Bathurst & Wolseley @ 7:30p
$15 advance sales only.
Tickets available at Numb, 250 Queen W + 2thebeat, 161 Spadina. All responsible ages.
Flight of Fancy was a renegade street carnival, a capricious subway party, a raucous parade and a daring space hack.
There were mobile soundsystems, bold marching bands, outrageous costumes and a dozen surprises on a perfect Toronto night.
Thank you for your energy, your help and your photographs. Please tag them “flightoffancy” and “newmindspace” on flickr and e-mail them to love @ newmindspace :)
Photo by Janice Peason
On July 2 2006, six massive bubble battles took place across the continent. Thank you for being so bubblicious!
This Sunday, millions of bubbles fill the sky as we rally at Old City Hall for a massive bubble battle! Beautiful bubbles glimmer and shimmer as the wind carries them in an enchanting, cross-country dance. Join us at 3:00pm with your wildest toys (+ cameras) and let the bubbles soar!
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SUNDAY, JULY 2 @ 3:00 PM
QUEEN & BAY, TORONTO map
Photo by Linus Gelber
On Friday, June 16th 2006, we hosted a sequel to our 2005 bubble blowing called “Bubble Battle” and met at the Cube, a sculpture in New York City. Hundreds of people with bubble guns, bubble machines and bubble love came to celebrate! The day was a beautiful mix of fun and soap :)
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On Easter 2006, we had a massive, urban easter egg hunt in the Kensington Market in the search for 5,000 eggs with messages inside. Thanks once again to the dedicated 4 AM crew for helping us! :)
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On March 28th 2006, we had a Dr. Seuss-themed party on a subway car to celebrate the birthdays of the subway and Lori.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! SUBWAY PARTY
TUESDAY MARCH 28 2006
FINCH STATION // 11:10 PM
DR. SEUSS THEME!
The Poem
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Little Lori-Lou Who who was not more than 2(enty)
Is having a birthday and the fun will be plenty!
Bring her a present that’s fuzzy and pink
She also likes stars and cats, what do you think?52 years and another four stops
The subway extension will surely be tops!
Oh, the places you’ll go! And the places you’ve been
Happy birthday, dear subway, let the party begin!Come join newmindspace in our big celebration
Meet at the last car, at the tippy-top station!
Bring bubbles, and “bicycles! Roller skates! Drums!
Checkerboards! Tricycles! Cameras! And plums!”The nicest of things is when you get involved
And we’ll see at the end how our party’s evolved!
So wear your Seuss costumes and bring your Seuss props
And make Seuss decorations with tubers and zots!Every Who down in Whoville and foxes in socks
The Grinch stealing Christmas and fun in a box!
Sneetches, the Lorax, Thing One and Thing Two
The Cat in the Hat, the red fish and the blue!Respect all the folks at the ol’ TTC
Keep the train clean and alcohol-free
Clean up the subway, please don’t make a mess
And that emergency alarm, don’t give it a press!“If you never did, you should!
These things are fun and fun is good.”
Come have a great time and open your mind
Come have more fun than the whole world combined!
Photo by Edwina Hay
A massive pillow fight in New York City! Feathers fly and teddies soar as we gather for a massive urban pillow fight! Swing and whack as you evade pillow-wielding assailants. Bring a pillow to Union Square and wait for the signal. Pillow fight!
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Photo by Air`leth Aodhfin
This was our first experiment with painting thousands of hearts on the sidewalk for Valentine’s Day. We gathered 50 volunteers, a bunch of plaster of paris and tempera, and stamped hearts along Queen St. West from Yonge St. to Bathurst St.
Photo by Mike Rotenberg
This winter, you are invited to join us for a special cruise on one of Toronto’s most beloved vessels: the streetcar.
We brought costumes, glitter, cameras, balloons, magic, decorations, glass slippers, snacks, wands, wings, props, toys and a friend! The theme of the evening was “magic” :)
Faerietale Streetcar Party
Jan 21, 2006 // 7:45 – 11:00pm
York & Queen W // All responsible ages // $10
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