Kate Armstrong: GOT CULTURE? Um, actually no

Kate Armstrong takes on the Provincial Government over their brutal cuts to the arts.  "B.C. Liberal government has cut funding for arts and cultural organizations by 50 percent this fiscal year, and by 92...

Banff shows off Interactive Screen 0.9

There are lots of interesting minds up in Banff right now attending Interactive Screen.  The conversation on Twitter is using the following hashtag: makers09.  We've set up a SCAN but here is how the New...

Upgrade Vancouver Brings Zombies, Xmas, and Logical Positivism

Jillian McDonald will be speaking at Upgrade Vancouver this Wednesday, December 20th at 8pm at the Western Front. Don't miss this one - Jillian makes amazing work, which in the past has included inserting herself...

IN[ ]EX Launched in Vancouver

 IN[  ]EX, a giant audio sculpture in which thousands of wooden blocks with embedded technology are released into the city to engage the public as active agents, had a successful launch in Vancouver last...

Come and Walk 1 City Block

"Come and participate in the 1 City Block walk. 1 City Block is part of IN[ ]EX, a distributed audio sculpture in which thousands of wooden blocks with embedded technology are released into the city in order to...

The city's magnetic rhythm

"A metal shipping container sits in an abandoned industrial site. Inside the container, which is empty and cloaked with quilted fabric, unseen speakers immerse the visitor in the sounds of our thronging...

IN[ ]EX is a Giant Audio Sculpture

::::::::IN[ ]EX::::::::: http://www.in-ex.ca IN[ ]EX is a distributed audio sculpture in which thousands of wooden blocks with embedded technology are released into the city to engage the public as active...

Rhythms of Urbanity: Mapping the Public Sphere Through Socio-Political Forces

" In conjunction with UBC’s Living the Global City and the 2006 World Urban Forum, the Vancouver Art Gallery is pleased to host this discussion presented by the Vancouver International Centre for...

Come and See Our Robots!

  Hi allIt's time to unveil the robots we have been working on all year.  Come and see! The opening is on May 11 at 8pm at the Western Front. Kate ------ Mawhrin-Skel (Robot Workshop) Event and...

Upgrade Vancouver with David Jhave Johnston

Get springy! Join us Thursday, March 23rd at 8pm for a talk by David Jhave Johnston. Jhave will talk about his digital poetry and curatorial projects. This will include a swift glance at Year01 public art...

Grafik Dynamo at TRANSMEDIA :29:59 in Toronto

We're really happy to be part of the Transmedia 29: 59 project at Yonge and Dundas Square. Grafik Dynamo is a piece we originally made as a commission for Turbulence. If you're in Toronto, check it out! We love...

Upgrade International in NYC

Cooinciding with the launch of the third season of Upgrade Vancouver this September, organizers from the entire Upgrade network - which used to just be us and New York, but which has expanded in the last year...

Grafik Dynamo Launches in Vancouver

Grafik Dynamo is a net art work by Kate Armstrong & Michael Tippett that loads live images from blogs and news sources on the web into a live action comic strip. The work is currently using a feed from...

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