Photo by Miles Storey
Following “Night Lights (2006)” and “String of Diamonds (2007),” we thought it was time to tackle the highest goal: create an art installation that is higher than the CN Tower.
We have calculated the weight and we can definitely pull this off if the wind cooperates. Dress warm, fuzzy and illuminated :) Hot chocolate, glowsticks and Newmindspace t-shirts will be available.
TIME AND DATE
Saturday, November 22nd 2008 // 7pm – 11pm
University of Toronto, Front Campus, 15 King’s College Circle
THE VIDEO
DIRECTIONS
Nearest subway: Queen’s Park.
Take the College streetcar to McCaul, which is just east of Spadina. Walk north through the University of Toronto gates and straight up the cobble street to a giant field.
“Keeping it hardcore, hour after hour
Taking you higher than the CN Tower”
-MC Jumper
OTHER STUFF
This event is bird-safe and plane-safe, no worries!
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Photo by Miles Storey
If the event below appeals to you, go to the Facebook event page and join, and then invite all your people to join — especially if they’re in a different city. This is not an “organized” event — but we’ve been overhearing people asking “where will you be election night” so why not encourage a giant civic celebration?
If the rest of the planet could vote, Barack Obama would win the American 2008 election in an unprecedented landslide. It’s safe to say that much of the world is waiting anxiously for the Obama victory — think of the 200,000 people that saw Obama speak in Berlin last July.
The United States has lost moral support and sympathy around the world over the last eight years. The Obama win is a chance for a new start and to patch up both its reputation and its international relationships. We need to send a big fun signal of good faith that we’re ready to have them back. Let’s do that by gathering together in our public squares to celebrate this new era and show our American friends they are not alone in the world.
Here’s how it will work: When CNN declares victory (since it’s the news organization most internationally available) head to your city or town’s main square where public celebrations usually take place. If it’s a square with a big video screen maybe they’ll broadcast results so you can go early, or watch the victory speech after. Like when your sports team wins, it’s better to celebrate in public with everybody else.
In Toronto, head to Dundas Square. It’s got the space, those big TVs, and after every hockey championship, it is naturally filled with people.
Though planning this before results are in risks a “Dewey Defeats Truman” scenario (let’s all knock wood) it’s worth the risk. We may not agree with everything the United States does or even with all of Obama’s platform, but let’s put all that aside and, for once, celebrate America’s new start. Welcome back America!
Coverage
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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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11th
Meet @ KING & BAY at 9:00 PM (SW corner)
$free + all ages! rain or shine
For more info, e-mail love @ newmindspace.com
Photo by Linus Gelber
Millions of bubbles fly through the air as we converge in Times Square for a magical bubble battle! Loosely based on the Dr. Seuss Classic The Butter Battle Book. Bring bubble toys, bubble generators, bubble solution, and plenty of AA batteries :) We will meet in Times Square, fill our weapons and pull the trigger!
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Times Square (W 43rd + Broadway)
Saturday, June 21st 2008 @ 6:21pm
Rain or shine. Free and all ages!
Photo by Henry Chan
Millions of bubbles fly through the air as we converge along Toronto’s beautiful waterfront for a magical bubble battle! Bring bubble toys, bubble generators, bubble solution, and plenty of AA batteries :) We will meet on the lawn of Harbourfront Centre, fill our weapons and pull the trigger!
Afterward, join us for POP! in a massive tent shaped like a fish for the sounds of JELO, JustinTyce and TouchBoy. Both events are free and all ages!
POP! video:
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Photo by PaladinPhil
Feathers fly and teddies soar as you converge for a giant urban pillow fight! Swing and whack as you evade pillow-wielding assailants. Bring a soft pillow at 3 PM and wait for the signal. Pillow fight!
Costumes and funky pillows encouraged :)
Pillow Fight Toronto
Dundas Square @ 3:00 PM
Saturday, March 21st 2008
Rain or shine! Free and all ages!
Rules: Please follow these guidelines to ensure a safe and fun pillow fight for everybody!
+ Soft pillows only!
+ Swing lightly, many people will be swinging at once.
+ Do not swing at people without pillows or with cameras.
+ Remove glasses beforehand!
+ Wait until the 3:00 to begin.
+ Pillow fight ends when the sun sets.
+ Do not abandon your pillow at the location.
Cleanup: Please limit your use of feathers. As the pillow fight grows in size, so does the mess. By participating, you are pledging to clean up twice the mess you made :)
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Photo by Air`leth Aodhfin
Yuri’s Night is a global celebration of the first human spaceflight taken by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April 1961. There are over 100 Yuri’s Night events planned for this year’s!
+ Keynote speech by Dr. Robert Richards, founder of the Google Lunar X PRIZE team “Odyssey Moon”
+ Musical Performances by JELO, Billy Casazza (San Francisco), OS/2, The Phat Conductor (aka Ill Gates), Vaneska
+ Hosted by Guy Michael (aka MC Gobstoppa)
+ Art Installations like interactive projections and a geodesic chill dome
+ Space Themed Exhibits and Projections
+ Access to Science Centre Exhibits (Including Space Hall, Sport Hall, Hot Zone, Weston Family Innovation Centre +more)
+ Convention booths for sci-fi, space, green technology
+ Partial proceeds donated to the World Wildlife Fund
+ Appropriate for All Ages
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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!
This year’s pillow fight is timed to coincide with pillow fights in cities all over the world. Learn more about and Newmindspace.
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Queen of Hearts is our sorta-annual event where we paint the town pink! In 2006, we used chalk paint and heart-shaped sponges to cover huge parts of the sidewalks of Queen St. W with little pink hearts. This year we’re hoping we can cover the snowbanks that line the sidewalk!
We will meet at the corner of Queen and John just before midnight, and distribute the block assignments, and spray hearts on the snowbanks.
Also, you could really help us out by bringing the following materials:
+ water
+ spray bottle
+ red tempera paint
+ plastic sheet with heart cut out of it
You can use a plastic file folder, a sheet of foam, a disposable plate, etc. All it needs is a hear-shaped hole in it and you’re good to go :) We will have a few extras. Bring some extras, too!
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