Speed Limits @ the CCA
Speed Limits is the next CCA exhibition. Co-organised with the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, it “addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. It marks the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement and is curated by Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Stanford Humanities Lab.”
No details have been given regarding the actual content of the exhibition, but that small paragraph I found on the CCA website (the one i just quoted) got me hooked - unlike the image they’re using for promotion, hence that lovely picture i google-imaged for y’alls.
The Vernissage for Speed Limits is happening on Tuesday, 19 May, 6 - 8 pm. The CCA is having a Post-vernissage that same day, 8 - 11 pm.
There will also be a Gallery Talk on Thursday, 21 May, at 7 pm where Curator Jeffrey T. Schnapp and exhibition designer Michael Maltzan will discuss the exhibition.
The Canadian Centre for Architecture is located at 1920, rue Baile.
Filed under art shows, events, places, vernissage | Tags: cca, Speed | Comment (0)Street Style
Here’s a quick photo dump to show you some sweet local street style; not of the fashiony kind, but of the actual-streets-that-look-cool kind. Street art is still art, y’alls! Especially when it’s cute, colorful and it involves drawing faces on walls and things.
I caught this sleepy/upset heart somewhere on St Viateur, between St Laurent and De Gaspe.
This is the hotness that is the back of Billy Mavreas’ Galerie Monastiraki (close to the St Laurent/St Viateur corner).
This giant TI-83 plus calculator is located further down the same alleyway. I love how it became an ideal location for naughty messages.
I forget where this friendly face was hanging out, but it’s adorable AND practical. DO WANT!
Filed under places, street art | Tags: Billy Mavreas, Galerie Monastiraki | Comments (3)Of Note…(small and note-like news you might find scrawled to you on a piece of paper from a loved one in the morning)
Just wanted to flag for all you illustration-obsessed humans that l’Atelier Circulaire’s annual print sale that runs through most of December, Prêt à emporter III begins in a week and a half.
I went last year and it was pretty mind-blowing, as it offers over 300 works from printmakers of all different walks of life and level of skill. Nothing is priced over $100 and I actually got an amazing print for $40 that still draws little gasps from my awed and inspired mouth everytime I look at it.
Depending on your level of interest, this event could either challenge you (like dance does for me) or make you feel like you are in some sort of surreal afterlife as you walk into a wall-to-wall land full of tiny scratches, ink marks, cross-hatchings….
What’s more, Galerie Circulaire is a really, really cool place that you should find more about. One day I will have the time to take one of the courses they offer there, or sit on the sofa and stare at the wall in the studio, slowly eating 1 dorito (sweet chili heat, our sponsor) for 14 weeks straight as an endurance piece.
The sale has an opening, on Friday the 5th of December from 5:30-9pm, but it goes until the 20th.
Galerie Circulaire is open Wednesday-Saturday from 12-5pm.
GALERIE CIRCULAIRE
5445, Av. de Gaspé, espace 101
Montréal (Québec) H2T 3B2
Tél.: 514-272-8874
