Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Several UTGA members ( FutureMayor, jaborandi, BuildTO, interchange42, SimplyDan, Darkstar, myself ) and a gaggle of our gay friends met up at 11 p.m. in the village. Several of us were very disappointed with what we'd seen up to that point.
The thing I'd wanted to see at the Distillery District was cancelled. Apart from a couple of dancers rolling around the floor in the Clear Spirit sales centre it was pretty awful.
Nothing live at the FSCPA, just an old National Ballet documentary with very few watching.
OCAD had a faculty and alumni show that was a less engaging use of the space than what they did last year. There were some interesting things happening in the Sharp Centre, and films in Butterfield Park, but the Grange Park happening was vacuous compared to the forum they had there last year. On McCaul, the tinfoil cornfield and the never-ending feast next to it were kinda fun, but the Beaver Hall exhibition seemed to show how terribly low the quality has fallen this year.
Passed by the video at the Italian Cultural Institute, and the back-projected patterns on the windows of George Brown House without any sense of engagement with either - though if I'd had more time I would have spent time at the former.
No Chinese dance at the Cecil Street Community Centre, despite several visits.
Dreary alien landing thingy, sparsely attended, at Queen's Park.
Then met up with the UTGA lads near the disappointing "red light district" on Church Street. Nothing live happening at the National Ballet School, just a film - just as embarrassing as the FSCPA. Could they perhaps at least try next year?
Later: The dumpster was delightful, as were the balloon maze and cloudscape in the Eaton Centre. The things that worked best were the simplest, most colourful, most direct, and most anarchic. A big disappointment compared to last year in terms of the quality of the work.
The thing I'd wanted to see at the Distillery District was cancelled. Apart from a couple of dancers rolling around the floor in the Clear Spirit sales centre it was pretty awful.
Nothing live at the FSCPA, just an old National Ballet documentary with very few watching.
OCAD had a faculty and alumni show that was a less engaging use of the space than what they did last year. There were some interesting things happening in the Sharp Centre, and films in Butterfield Park, but the Grange Park happening was vacuous compared to the forum they had there last year. On McCaul, the tinfoil cornfield and the never-ending feast next to it were kinda fun, but the Beaver Hall exhibition seemed to show how terribly low the quality has fallen this year.
Passed by the video at the Italian Cultural Institute, and the back-projected patterns on the windows of George Brown House without any sense of engagement with either - though if I'd had more time I would have spent time at the former.
No Chinese dance at the Cecil Street Community Centre, despite several visits.
Dreary alien landing thingy, sparsely attended, at Queen's Park.
Then met up with the UTGA lads near the disappointing "red light district" on Church Street. Nothing live happening at the National Ballet School, just a film - just as embarrassing as the FSCPA. Could they perhaps at least try next year?
Later: The dumpster was delightful, as were the balloon maze and cloudscape in the Eaton Centre. The things that worked best were the simplest, most colourful, most direct, and most anarchic. A big disappointment compared to last year in terms of the quality of the work.
