Tag Archives: Kitchener
Street riffs
This guy was shredding with max distortion on King Street in DTK on Friday. Sounded so good echoing off the buildings. “Who do you shoot for?” “I shoot for myself.” DW
Days of KWAWESOME runs through to July 11
Downtown Kitchener was rockin’ Friday night. King Street was packed with people of all sizes for the Night Market. Seems like everybody is getting the hang of a pedestrian mall in the core. This type of gig is so … Continue reading
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Tagged King Street, Kitchener
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BikeFest in Kitchener–maximizing community
There’s an interesting, delightful, and maybe somewhat obvious thing that happens when people get out of their cars and onto their bikes: they talk more with each other. There was a whole lot of talking going on at Kitchener’s BikeFest … Continue reading
CAFKA14-Dagmara Genda
Guelph artist Dagmara Genda’s piece “a really, really big doodle!” is gorgeously plastered across the parking garage at Charles and Benton Streets. So great. Now I’ve only covered 6 of the 15 pieces in the Biennial, so I leave it … Continue reading
CAFKA14-Don Miller
I totally love how riled up some people are getting about Shelburne artist Don Miller’s piece “Saturn and Cronus” on David Street, just north of Courtland. The only enemy is apathy.
CAFKA14-Darren Copeland and Andreas Kahre
Here is Toronto artist Darren Copeland sitting on his piece “SITCOM” in Victoria Park. I had an opportunity earlier in the week to help Darren and his co-creator Vancouver artist Andreas Kahre solder together some bits of this sound installation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Kitchener, public art
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CAFKA14-Sara Graham
CAFKA Biennial, on now. Saw Vancouver artist Sara Graham’s piece “Pype Supersystem” at The Tannery on Friday. Get out in the street. DW
CAFKA14-Mary Mattingly
That’s right peeps, the CAFKA Biennial of public art starts today. I poked around town a bit and visited a half dozen installations to get you out on the street and checking out this awesome art. Details at cafka.org or … Continue reading
1shot #175-Tannery Tesla
All the torque, right off the blocks. Nice work by Communitech’s Director of Marketing Services, Saj Jamal, for hooking up the Tesla test drive connection at The Tannery. At Charles and Victoria, this is Kitchener. DW
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Dead tech in limestone – CAFKA14
These awesome limestone CRT’s and tower appeared in front of The Tannery last week. This is part of artist Laura Moore’s piece One Man’s Junk, which is itself part of the CAFKA 14 Biennial of public art. When I think … Continue reading