Toronto Design Offsite Festival:
Workplace Affairs - January 19th - 27th, 2013
Some make do with a laptop and a kitchen table, taking care not to
spill tea on their keyboards. Others prop open garage doors to vent
hazardous chemicals while applying a coat of shellac. And there are
those fortunate enough to have a studio of their own in which to create,
even if it is unheated.
The creative process will not be denied
due to a lack of proper space but it may be shaped by those physical
constraints. Likewise an artist may remake their workspace in their own
image. The artists participating in ‘Workplace Affairs’ demonstrate
their own particular relationships to space and work, with a range of
practices that cross disciplines and a variety of spaces where work gets
done.
‘Workplace Affairs’ is an exploration of the relationship
of space to the creative process, examining the artefacts of production
and documenting the workspaces that enabled their creation. Curated by
LeuWebb Projects, the exhibition documents the workplaces of artists and
offers up artefacts from these spaces for interpretation.
Featuring
the work and workplaces of Melissa Fisher, Patrick Svilans, Joy
Charbonneau, Lizz Aston, Patrick Yeung, Clayton McMaster and Jyhling
Lee.
leuwebb.ca
Toronto Design Offsite Festival:
archiTEXT - Grapes & Chips - January 21st, 6-8pm
Put
down your pens, take your eyeballs off your screens, banish those
Monday blues and join the archiTEXT team in the two things we do best:
EAT and PLAY. Monday, January 21 between 6-8pm we launch the Design
Week edition of Grapes & Chips at ‘East of Keele’. Simply bring in
your favourite definition of a ‘grape’ and a ‘chip’ from there, engage
with us in a creative challenge that will be sure to get your design
week kicked off to a crazy start!
We will be asking the question:
What Would You Do If You Lived In A Shoe? How will you answer it? Show
off your creative skills and vote for your favourite creative answer. At
the end of the evening, the top 3 Viewer’s Choices will receive a prize
(shh, it’s a secret!).