Watershed+ Mentees

It is now the second week of the artists mentees working with us on the Watershed+ programme. We initially had the intention of having one mentee, but in light of the W+ opportunities it made sense to extend it to 4!
Like most of the initiatives so far, the scope is expanding but that's one of the great thing about this project, the general enthusiasm for the whole program and its potential.

We're currently working on building a virtual place where the content of W+ can be accessed, more new soon!

In the mean time, you can enjoy our visual musing on the Watershed+ tumblr site.

updates

A few updates of the last month or two.

The baroque garden viewed for the clock tower
We are currently in Copenhagen to complete our DIVA residency with Gl Holtegaard as part of the Show time exhibition.
Gl Holtegaard is a contemporary and modern art gallery set in a 1750's house built by the Queen's architect (for himself), with a restored full baroque garden, including its own orchard and beehives.
The combination of the exhibition, the settings and the gallery team makes for a very interesting context to work with. By the end of the residency (24th of this month) we will implement a new project that will respond to these different aspects of the place.

Design session in O2 offices
In the mean time Watershed+ has been picking up speed and momentum and is coming along nicely. As yet there still isn't a website to share more of the developments but it's coming soon! Just before we left we selected 4 mentees to work on different facets of Watershed+ and we're looking forward to work with them on our return to Calgary.
One of the project that is being developed is a design for a new park incorporating a storm water pond system, working with O2 Landscape Architects.

The site has started to be shaped in preparation for the project
On other projects, the art landscape project we are developing for Worcester University is now going through planning, thanks to the hard work of BCA landscape architects with whom we've been refining the initial design.

And last month we took down Iconic Site from the Fort Hotel in Margate

Limelight on ice

Last night we installed Limelight on the ice rink in Down Town Calgary, a nicely straight forward install and as soon as the light was on the show started! The official first night is tonight but we couldn't resist snapping some of the action, so here's a couple of pictures before we left. With a low of minus 12 predicted for tonight, it's a fairly nice night ahead.

Limelight in Calgary

Limelight will be in Olympic Plaza this week end as Part of High Performance Rodeo, if you feel like coming and dancing (or running, singing, skating, playing, ... ) in the spotlight or just watch the reactions, do come and join us!

Strip appeal

Just before we left for the festive season, we went up to Edmonton to be part of the jury for Strip appeal (http://www.strip-appeal.com/).
Strip Appeal is an ideas design competition, and traveling exhibit, intended to stimulate and showcase creative design proposals for the adaptive reuse of small-scale strip-malls.
The jury was really interesting with some great discussions on the short listed entries. You can have a look at them on http://www.strip-appeal.com/, with a public vote active until Jan 9. The winners of the jury vote and the public vote will be announced on Jan. 16.

New Year

Happy new year to all!

After a short spell over the festive period in the UK and in France, we're now back in Calgary.

The preparations for Watershed+ continue and some actions will be visible soon, watch this space!

In the pipeline for the beginning of this year is Limelight in Calgary for High Performance Rodeo where for the first time the lights will be on the ice!

Also in Spring we are excited to take part in Show Time, Choreography in Contemporary Art, where we'll develop an installation for the exhibition. The show will be at the Gl Holtegaard in Denmark. Show Time is curated by Liberty Paterson.

High Performance Rodeo

As High Performance Rodeo launched its 25th edition, we're proud to be part of this year's line up with Limelight: Saturday night. Commissioned by Calgary's Public Art Program, Limelight will be part of the High Performance Rodeo events in January and, for the first time, it will be on ice!