Bowmont Park opens

8 years in the making, our largest pilot project for Watershed+ is now open to the public, following its dedication to Dale Hodges yesterday by Mayor Nenshi.
What was once a contaminated gravel pit in Calgary, Alberta, has now been remediated and transformed into a 40 hectare natural space, park, public art work and stormwater facility.

Artworks on this scale are the work of many passionate and dedicated people form conception to construction. Design collaborators: O2 Planning + Design​, AECOM, Source2Source. Construction: Wilco Southwest.​
We are indebted to Calgary Parks​, Water Resources and Public art teams City of Calgary Arts and Culture​ for their the vision, generosity and relentless hard work and determination to provide this place for the people of Calgary.
We couldn’t be more excited to share it, if you’re planning a visit do get in touch (any excuse to get out there) We might even see the newly resident moose.

image courtesy of Wilco Southwest

'Here" at Crossroads Gallery

We’re looking forward to the opening of ‘Here’ in Kansas City tonight at the The KCAI Crossroads Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice.

This exhibition project was developed during a residency for the Center for Contemporary Practice program at the KCAI Crossroads Gallery. It is a combination of intimate memories of diverse places, bringing to the fore the human aspect of place.

The memories were gathered through a specific interview exercise we created to reach these often forgotten moments. Derived from theatre rehearsal methods, psychoanalysis and Police cognitive interview techniques devised to jolt witnesses memories about the details of a past event, the methodology took the participants on a journey through their own lived experiences.

The memories presented at the exhibition are a combination of moments generously shared by KCAI students and also from Calgary Canada and Laramie WY.

April 5 - May 3, 2019

UEP Phase II - Public Art Plan

This spring, Sans façon was selected to lead the development of the UEP Phase II public art plan for the City of Calgary with our multidisciplinary team; amery Calvelli, Hesse McGraw, Ciara McKeown, Josh Shelton, and Ben Spencer.

Phase II will provide a 10-year plan for the implementation of a diverse range of public art projects, events and experiences commissioned through the Utilities and Environmental Protection department (UEP), which encompasses Environmental & Safety Management, Waste and Recycling Services, and Water Resources and Water Services.

East Ninth: Lawrence

The City of Lawrence Commissioners has voted to officially receive our proposed plan for the redevelopment of East 9th Street, connecting Massachusetts Street to East Lawrence and the Warehouse Arts District in Lawrence, Kansas.

For a detailed look at the plan please follow this link.

New performances of Walden

We're delighted that Walden is being performed at the Hidden Door Festival in Edinburgh next month.

On 4th July 1845, Henry David Thoreau walked into the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts and decided to stay. He found a spot next to a lake called Walden Pond and built a hut. For the next two years he attempted to live entirely by his own resources.
 
Walden, Thoreau’s account of his ‘experiment in simple living’, is one of the most extraordinary and unclassifiable books ever written. Magnetic North’s adaptation - a collaboration between director Nicholas Bone and Sans façon - is a beautiful, simple distillation of this classic meditation on self-sufficiency, the individual’s relationship with the environment and the desire to ‘live deliberately’.

The production is performed in an intimate, in-the-round setting: 12 benches made from American cedar join together to create an arena for the audience and actor, with just 40 audience members able to attend each performance.

Mon 30, Tue 31 May, Wed 1 June, 18.30 & 20.30

Picture by David Grinly