Tomorrow night in Toronto there will be a reception and party with DJs Dorian & Dorian to celebrate the opening of Toronto Free Gallery's new space located at 1277 Bloor Street West just East of Lansdowne.
Creative Activism Is:
CREATIVE ACTIVISM:
A new form of creative activism has surfaced within urban centres across the world. No longer interested in marching with signs and negotiating with bureaucratic structures, this new wave fosters stewardship for one's neighborhood and community. People are
taking their issues to the streets and engaging in interventions.
United by the cause of individual and collective self-determination their new form is engaging in creative interventions to make our cities livable places. By taking it to our streets they are directing their energy towards collaboratively building new visions for livable cities—they are taking civic improvement into their own hands.
People are: painting their own bike lanes—where before there were none, guerrilla gardening in orphaned spaces, mapping surveillance free walks in downtown areas. Some artists, activists, architects, urban planners and other creatives have stopped asking for policy changes from their governments and are creating change through social engagement and intervention.
The goal of this exhibition is to begin creating an archive of this changing movement, to inspire new projects and to create a broader awareness for creative activism. -Curated by Heather Haynes
The whole thing starts tomorrow (Thursday, March 20 at 8 pm) at the Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Blor Street West. For details visit torontofreegallery.org.
The Facebook event page is here.
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