tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223461714080726642024-03-14T03:19:10.688-04:00Cardboard heart Imagination LaboratoryThis is blog about Cardboard heart Imagination Laboratory - an arts research, performance and community arts company based in Toronto, crewed by a handful of random imaginauts and captained by me.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-57475374450800856302008-09-20T08:54:00.002-04:002008-09-20T09:01:34.898-04:00here comes the ribbon projectThis from the amazing Hannah Godfrey, it's almost time for the Ribbon Project again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QkjdPW67m6PpoLc47juhx1FnSreQuLwgT2Cgk4NYVnrHidRLwQmougfjknYcbgrXnBbN20YtM_X-QLODCMzthcHt1OCDgL7Yb7ioAW7vwJCLm9PJRIPfwtWC7DIraaCXXF5yIid38T8/s1600-h/IMG_1946.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QkjdPW67m6PpoLc47juhx1FnSreQuLwgT2Cgk4NYVnrHidRLwQmougfjknYcbgrXnBbN20YtM_X-QLODCMzthcHt1OCDgL7Yb7ioAW7vwJCLm9PJRIPfwtWC7DIraaCXXF5yIid38T8/s200/IMG_1946.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248087752473405010" /></a><br /><br />Hallo there<br /><br />For five days in October a small group of people, of<br />which I hope you will be one, will tie ribbons to<br />things. When other people pass they<br />might see those ribbons and, if they do, something<br />might change for<br />them. They might smile. They might tut. They might<br />feel united, having<br />just tied a ribbon themselves.<br /> <br />Each day will have a different colour and the group<br />will be notified of the colour by email.<br /><br />You will need 7 coloured ribbons: <br />Blue, yellow, green, red, pink, purple, orange<br /><br />If you would like to join, send me an email entitled<br />“The Ribbon Project” and I will send you the dates and<br />then, at the proper time, each day’s colour.<br /><br />See links below for photos from previous years and a<br />digital story about the project.<br /><br />Warm wishes,<br />Hannah<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanfrey/sets/72157600280448967/<br />http://www.bristolstories.org/play.php?story=124&size=480<br /><br /><br /><br />_h_l_g_Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-31210200825949471012008-09-10T09:08:00.009-04:002008-09-10T09:47:24.411-04:00An open letter to the Prime MinisterHey all - This is an amazing letter from the playwright Wadji Mouawad, who works in Ottawa at the National Arts Center. I'm posting it because even tho i'm moving a little bit away from the arts world while i'm in school, i still care and am deeply affected by the heinous things the Harper govt. is doing to arts funding in Canada. This letter is a beautifully wrought call to arms, as Ross Manson put it. Ross sent it to me, and i am so glad he did. It was published in the Devoir, in Montreal, last week, and translated into english by John Van Burek.<br /><br /><br />An open letter to Prime Minister Harper:<br /><br />Monsieur le premier ministre,<br /><br />We are neighbours. We work across the street from one another. You are Prime Minister of the Parliament of Canada and I, across the way, am a writer, theatre director and Artistic Director of the French Theatre at the National Arts Centre (NAC). So, like you, I am an employee of the state, working for the Federal Government; in other words, we are colleagues. <br /><br />Let me take advantage of this unique position, as one functionary to another, to chat with you about the elimination of some federal grants in the field of culture, something that your government recently undertook. Indeed, having followed this matter closely, I have arrived at a few conclusions that I would like to publicly share with you since, as I’m sure you will agree, this debate has become one of public interest.<br /><br />The Symbolism<br /><br />Firstly, it seems that you might benefit by surrounding yourself with counsellors who will be attentive to the symbolic aspects of your Government’s actions. I am sure you know this but there is no harm in reminding ourselves that every public action denotes not only what it is but what it symbolises.<br />For example, a Prime Minister who chooses not attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, claiming his schedule does not permit it, in no way reduces the symbolism which says that his absence might signify something else. This might signify that he wishes to denote that Canada supports the claims of Tibet. Or it might serve as a sign of protest over the way in which Beijing deals with human rights. If the Prime Minister insists that his absence is really just a matter of timing, whether he likes it or not, this will take on symbolic meaning that commits the entire country. The symbolism of a public gesture will always outweigh the technical explanations.<br /><br />Declaration of war<br /><br />Last week, your government reaffirmed its manner of governing unilaterally, this time on a domestic issue, in bringing about reductions in granting programs destined for the cultural sector. A mere matter of budgeting, you say, but one which sends shock waves throughout the cultural milieu –rightly or wrongly, as we shall see- for being seen as an expression of your contempt for that sector. The confusion with which your Ministers tried to justify those reductions and their refusal to make public the reports on the eliminated programs, only served to confirm the symbolic significance of that contempt. You have just declared war on the artists.<br />Now, as one functionary to another, this is the second thing that I wanted to tell you: no government, in showing contempt for artists, has ever been able to survive. Not one. One can, of course, ignore them, corrupt them, seduce them, buy them, censor them, kill them, send them to camps, spy on them, but hold them in contempt, no. That is akin to rupturing the strange pact, made millennia ago, between art and politics.<br /><br />Contempt<br /><br />Art and politics both hate and envy one another; since time immemorial, they detest each other and they are mutually attracted, and it’s through this dynamic that many a political idea has been born; it is in this dynamic that sometimes, great works of art see the light of day. Your cultural politics, it must be said, provoke only a profound consternation. Neither hate nor detestation, not envy nor attraction, nothing but numbness before the oppressive vacuum that drives your policies. <br /><br />This vacuum which lies between you and the artists of Canada, from a symbolic point of view, signifies that your government, for however long it lasts, will not witness either the birth of a political idea or a masterwork, so firm is your apparent belief in the unworthiness of that for which you show contempt. Contempt is a subterranean sentiment, being a mix of unassimilated jealousy and fear towards that which we despise. Such governments have existed, but not lasted because even the most detestable of governments cannot endure if it hasn’t the courage to affirm what it actually is.<br /><br />Why is this ?<br /><br />What are the reasons behind these reductions, which are cut from the same cloth as those made last year on the majority of Canadian embassies, who saw their cultural programming reduced, if not eliminated? The economies that you have made are ridiculously small and the votes you might win with them have already been won. For what reason, then, are you so bent on hurting the artists by denying them some of their tools? What are you seeking to extinguish and to gain?<br /><br />Your silence and your actions make one fear the worst for, in the end, we are quite struck by the belief that this contempt, made eloquent by your budget cuts, is very real and that you feel nothing but disgust for these people, these artists, who spend their time by wasting it and in spending the good taxpayers money, he who, rather than doing uplifting work, can only toil.<br /><br />And yet, I still cannot fathom your reasoning. Plenty of politicians, for the past fifty years, have done all they could to depoliticise art, to strip it of its symbolic import. They try the impossible, to untie that knot which binds art to politics. And they almost succeed! Whereas you, in the space of one week, have undone this work of chloroforming, by awakening the cultural milieu, Francophone and Anglophone, and from coast to coast. Even if politically speaking they are marginal and negligible, one must never underestimate intellectuals, never underestimate artists; don’t underestimate their ability to do you harm.<br /><br />A grain of sand is all-powerful<br /><br />I believe, my dear colleague, that you yourself have just planted the grain of sand that could derail the entire machine of your electoral campaign. Culture is, in fact, nothing but a grain of sand, but therein lays its power, in its silent front. It operates in the dark. That is its legitimate strength.<br /><br />It is full of people who are incomprehensible but very adept with words. They have voices. They know how to write, to paint, to dance, to sculpt, to sing, and they won’t let up on you. Democratically speaking, they seek to annihilate your policies. They will not give up. How could they?<br /><br />You must understand them: they have not had a clear and common purpose for a very long time, for such a long time that they have no common cause to defend. In one week, by not controlling the symbolic importance of your actions, you have just given them passion, anger, rage.<br /><br />The resistance that will begin today, and to which my letter is added, is but a first manifestation of a movement that you yourself have set in motion: an incalculable number of texts, speeches, acts, assemblies, marches, will now be making themselves heard. They will not be exhausted.<br /><br />Some of these will, perhaps, following my letter, be weakened but within each word, there will be a spark of rage, relit, and it is precisely the addition of these tiny instances of fire that will shape the grain of sand that you will never be able to shake. This will not settle down, the pressure will not be diminished.<br /><br />Monsieur le premier ministre, we are neighbours. We work across the street from one another. There is nothing but the Cenotaph between our offices, and this is as it should be because politics and art have always mirrored one another, each on its own shore, each seeing itself in the other, separated by that river where life and death are weighed at every moment.<br /><br /><br />We have many things in common, but an artist, contrary to a politician, has nothing to lose, because he or she does not make laws; and if it is prime ministers who change the world, it’s the artist who will show this to the world. So do not attempt, through your policies, to blind us, Monsieur le premier ministre; do not ignore that reflection on the opposite shore, do not plunge us further into the dark. Do not diminish us. <br /> <br />Wajdi Mouawad<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpFvzghcHK3BQxsnVcQLFfPHsPUSmzBHWl5EE_rzpQezxQbqUUbQVZ1hhkxbJmFqRz-h5qSM5JI2XGs4rkDgOCb3o9GBmMtKMfa3xD2Y-9Yci_xoPX2CiuMVQ8qU88k2JMaV8PyPe8Es/s1600-h/each_grain_of_sand_a_tiny_work_of_art.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVpFvzghcHK3BQxsnVcQLFfPHsPUSmzBHWl5EE_rzpQezxQbqUUbQVZ1hhkxbJmFqRz-h5qSM5JI2XGs4rkDgOCb3o9GBmMtKMfa3xD2Y-9Yci_xoPX2CiuMVQ8qU88k2JMaV8PyPe8Es/s200/each_grain_of_sand_a_tiny_work_of_art.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244386197550685218" /></a><br /><br />the photo was found on the internet and traced to Ursi PaltensteinNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-80073741310628448562008-08-26T00:12:00.007-04:002008-08-26T08:38:28.257-04:00a new adventure<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSGzzaDhYu-9DHpjUq5Ar8E33P3owg5xd4iwt1ry9ph5s8_67_NF0gzJ0SJ7LkYU66K41J9uutYJc94Lo64Hg_ZIXANWagVirbN4NYtkw8hyD5oZ9nWCAJ-PV4uxfXTRiowldl1QOHGo/s1600-h/schoolhouse_4_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSGzzaDhYu-9DHpjUq5Ar8E33P3owg5xd4iwt1ry9ph5s8_67_NF0gzJ0SJ7LkYU66K41J9uutYJc94Lo64Hg_ZIXANWagVirbN4NYtkw8hyD5oZ9nWCAJ-PV4uxfXTRiowldl1QOHGo/s200/schoolhouse_4_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238800187761809074" /></a><br /><br />Hey there y'all - <br /><br />Well. Here's some news. In just about a week, yours truly will be beginning something i never thought i would - my undergraduate degree.<br />I'm taking a hiatus from full-time arts-making and i'm going to learn about child development in an Early Childhood Education program. I want to be a teacher, and to do that i have to go to Teacher's College. To get into Teacher's College, however, i need to have an undergraduate degree. Never mind that i've been working with kids for longer than i haven't been working with kids, and i've been working in schools for the past 7 years. I need the piece of paper, and that requires an undergrad, which will require the next 4 years of my life. And then teacher's college, which will take at least another year.<br />However, after i've paid all that time to various institutions i will be able to do what i feel is important for me to do - have a Grade 2 class of kids of my own.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8BbHbw-iYsnCD3Fr3f76S5S-B9GjjOS7koGP1ka1CRQIDE179Kz03ysDrEcY9s7xqSp8o-xx4VvX6CThGbkazVkYPqL4fZlCmZ8Y7cmSo2alsQgOF-FI9eykM9ViwP5IcX8TrBJzLok/s1600-h/1989705581_004945b207.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8BbHbw-iYsnCD3Fr3f76S5S-B9GjjOS7koGP1ka1CRQIDE179Kz03ysDrEcY9s7xqSp8o-xx4VvX6CThGbkazVkYPqL4fZlCmZ8Y7cmSo2alsQgOF-FI9eykM9ViwP5IcX8TrBJzLok/s200/1989705581_004945b207.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238800403070177874" /></a><br /><br />This came out of something i did with my amazing friend Jen Bulthuis, and about 14 years of working with kids and thinking about it. Jen is a toymaker, and she asked me to help her launch her new puzzle/puppets with a workshop for kids at a local kids shop. Well - I had about 20 kids under 5 all working together and having fun, the parents all asking where i taught - and in the middle of everything i asked myself 'why am i fighting this?' For years i have been working with kids and feeling pretty good about it, why not try to dive into it in more concentrated way?<br /><br />I began looking into it, and all the Education Faculties said that they needed me to have an undergrad before accepting me. So i started looking around at the possibilities of an undergrad...at the same time as doing a six month residency at Islington Junior Middle School. The time I spent there with the students and teachers confirmed for me that teaching was something that i was feeling more and more called to do. Especially after spending time with the wonderful Grade 1s and 2s. So, i did even more research and finally decided on Ryerson here in Toronto and their Early Childhood Education program. That'll give me an even more solid base in child development than i already have, and then off to whatever teacher's college i can get into, maybe OISE at U of T. FIVE YEARS!!! Five years of school is what i'm looking at. It's a lot, and a big shift.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eFIcIu-NyBe0MI13lfudiMLjpI9uQXMqRiv532_Xw6392NXUd7FWT-vzgkOklrjvjao-80xgWtL8QEYUJNOEMyWRPcLqrMpgyGiPnN_L13zHlZrKcYZM_M95yQsNKGUI3BOEhPN7ClA/s1600-h/schoolhouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9eFIcIu-NyBe0MI13lfudiMLjpI9uQXMqRiv532_Xw6392NXUd7FWT-vzgkOklrjvjao-80xgWtL8QEYUJNOEMyWRPcLqrMpgyGiPnN_L13zHlZrKcYZM_M95yQsNKGUI3BOEhPN7ClA/s200/schoolhouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238800808912521266" /></a><br /><br />So, less art projects will be filling up my days. However, i won't be able to stop completely, so stay tuned if you like, and more will be coming. I've started another blog too, about ecological and sustainable living...you can check that one out too. It's called Artists of Unwaste at artistsofunwaste.blogspot.com.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk-1cIZ85pQIcyVYpomzKHwtCwUWdjksWcPYqRNT5R_4Pe_Eb_ZS6MWk5NS04EZCFBa6kIvYPtEvj9ajyO2S6NcAoXzqV2U01mTYI-1qEWJ2qE0KtrdXr5hCscJKUjJlN0YuECAvBCro/s1600-h/what_is_an_ecological_garden.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigk-1cIZ85pQIcyVYpomzKHwtCwUWdjksWcPYqRNT5R_4Pe_Eb_ZS6MWk5NS04EZCFBa6kIvYPtEvj9ajyO2S6NcAoXzqV2U01mTYI-1qEWJ2qE0KtrdXr5hCscJKUjJlN0YuECAvBCro/s200/what_is_an_ecological_garden.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238804588852648066" /></a><br /><br />Take care, keep checking in. I'll be seeing you!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi066WjOVowvQ9QKeOAi3fEKNrned4lX0HF2K6tnzkkcshTLdwcx3sLYjqgkim1o3qstHKVlUv1wY74UKrtPXLqWAaQ3jtyWPZtqr8-Tf_W0NFe0GzBrTrlWt1mqmxTy5U6topI4ls4cGM/s1600-h/69001792.GlGjkxHK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi066WjOVowvQ9QKeOAi3fEKNrned4lX0HF2K6tnzkkcshTLdwcx3sLYjqgkim1o3qstHKVlUv1wY74UKrtPXLqWAaQ3jtyWPZtqr8-Tf_W0NFe0GzBrTrlWt1mqmxTy5U6topI4ls4cGM/s200/69001792.GlGjkxHK.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238802323789396082" /></a>Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-90428988242966134842008-07-22T11:14:00.006-04:002010-02-07T16:21:46.664-05:00well howdy!Hello the peoples. Hope yer all dandy.<br /><br />Me, i'm fine. I have been very busy making crazy art, first with about 530 elementary and middle school students, and i just finished a bonkers re-enactment of a 1920's Jewish Children's Work Commune. 28 kids dressed up and pretended to be living collectively in Communist Russia, shortly after the Revolution. It's been intense, but swell.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQF4z79TERilwqOizZTkNv77DWXFhtNNdmUMqmuL32lxm_GsKla_AW3ujlB5uwfC5AAzkDVLIo5vOwznjfiEe3FChzoWc97dwXI_0Vbo2LepcvMqLkCR2W6FpWdmWM2vvgz9vgqpNido/s1600-h/Pigeon+pageant+057.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQF4z79TERilwqOizZTkNv77DWXFhtNNdmUMqmuL32lxm_GsKla_AW3ujlB5uwfC5AAzkDVLIo5vOwznjfiEe3FChzoWc97dwXI_0Vbo2LepcvMqLkCR2W6FpWdmWM2vvgz9vgqpNido/s200/Pigeon+pageant+057.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225863475300150498" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCXuE6BO640HeryThvwHFSzIpQ2WWwyxe3MMmtgcTZeEUMksjkzoLvy_677aEg0YFQBG42xVcW7tk5NKYq0sjCJHnG1euhK72TnoWyf8Hl5N-03UCTaLVw8yfpV-uGqCK4ha6peJn2IQ/s1600-h/12th+Childrens+Commune+2008+small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCXuE6BO640HeryThvwHFSzIpQ2WWwyxe3MMmtgcTZeEUMksjkzoLvy_677aEg0YFQBG42xVcW7tk5NKYq0sjCJHnG1euhK72TnoWyf8Hl5N-03UCTaLVw8yfpV-uGqCK4ha6peJn2IQ/s200/12th+Childrens+Commune+2008+small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225869950761365282" /></a><br /><br />And so the world turns. Been working with kids so long, i've decided to make it official. I'm thinking of becoming a public school teacher. So, got accepted into Ryerson University's Early Childhood Education programme here in Toronto, set to start in the fall, on my way to Teacher's College and that little piece of paper that folks seem to think is so important. I'll be working with Jumblies and MABELLEarts for the rest of the summer. <br /><br />The Jumblies project is Phase 2 of that re-enactment project i mentioned above - a movement/installation piece called Di Velt Ven Vern Yinger (The World will Grow Younger) detailing the history of the jewish secular communist summer community Camp Naivelt in Brampton. The MABELLEarts project will be Lantern Garden, the outdoor art garden we started last year. And then i'll be off to studentsville. For the rest of my life!<br /><br />Maybe. Or maybe i'll discover something else in my scholastic adventures, and go off in an entirely different direction. Anyways, the Lab will be quieter than usual i think, with less beakers bubbling and more internal experimentation happening. I think that THE INFLAMMABLES will have more work to do, and i'm sure other weird stuff will be popping up. I'm looking forward to a change, tho.<br /><br />In other news, permaculture is very good, i am trying to grow a good supply of tea for us this winter in my birthday herb garden, and the most fun that i'm having these days is composting. Remember to be good to yourselves and the earth, drink a lot of water from faucets and hoses, and become talented artists of unwaste.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqw8MfTsUwdYSxLyvDRU8NFQ8vWzhjGr72knq4EslMqyigtefs5vQokNoBQYqmtjGCHGh4fhyphenhyphenwkYEnHr57MoxiBiFy9XUmvFD56VJfWHqha6OjeNL0fg7fQ54Z1NmVYzJ7ByWykG1Nas/s1600-h/water-flowing-over-rocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqw8MfTsUwdYSxLyvDRU8NFQ8vWzhjGr72knq4EslMqyigtefs5vQokNoBQYqmtjGCHGh4fhyphenhyphenwkYEnHr57MoxiBiFy9XUmvFD56VJfWHqha6OjeNL0fg7fQ54Z1NmVYzJ7ByWykG1Nas/s200/water-flowing-over-rocks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225864270493961330" /></a><br />Talk to you all soon - noah<br /><br />Photo of Mimico Creek puppet by Katherine Fleitas<br />Photo of 12th Jewish Children's Commune by Michaela Otto<br />Photo of water found on the internetNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-91897569059498154072008-03-14T19:16:00.005-04:002008-07-22T11:52:29.063-04:00How much i love our bandOur next gig is on April 23rd at the BREAD Cabaret, at Bread and Circus in Kensington Market. I am excited. I hear it's a small venue, so do what you can to squeeze yourselves in there. There's going to be A LOT of INFLAMMABLES, we'll try not to outnumber the crowd.<br /><br />***ACTUALLY, THIS GIG NEVER CAME TO BE! BE ON THE ALERT, MY FRIENDS, FOR OUR NEXT APPEARANCE! this post was updated after our unfortunate run-in with fate and mis-remembering.***<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SVLhlebQ78_N1-pKqyLeW6uW9pX_S07HOqubXIt_g9jTf7p95uazzpVuwpcHjFhLAWvBcrHD_uM8Gvy8Uc37KfE3TmODxTFs9glxCacFlCb16VVdYnTCDlWewYVjeP4vHP40FpmcrxQ/s1600-h/leslie+hall.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SVLhlebQ78_N1-pKqyLeW6uW9pX_S07HOqubXIt_g9jTf7p95uazzpVuwpcHjFhLAWvBcrHD_uM8Gvy8Uc37KfE3TmODxTFs9glxCacFlCb16VVdYnTCDlWewYVjeP4vHP40FpmcrxQ/s200/leslie+hall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177743729179799954" /></a><br />I've also discovered that THE INFLAMMABLES has a spiritual sister out there - sort of like a secret Princess Leia to our Luke. If you haven't checked out LESLIE HALL and her amazingness, PLEASE DROP EVERYTHING AND DO SO RIGHT AWAY!<br />Her band Leslie and the Lys are very very very amazing. If you haven't had your sense of humour removed, go to <br /><br />www.lesliehall.com<br /><br />or search the beloved YouTube for her brilliantness and good dance moves.<br /><br /><br />I dug this out of the Lab's archives this afternoon - i love it, and hope you will too. It's a press release from a couple of years ago.<br /><br />THE INFLAMMABLES!! AT RED<br /><br />The ever-fabulous RED Cabaret will be happening at<br />Lula Lounge again on FEBRUARY 1ST - and Cardboard<br />heart has some amazingness to share. It's THE<br />INFLAMMABLES!!! Part rock/folk/doo-wop band, part<br />ambassadorial envoy from the collective imagination,<br />and part revolutionary heart-stopping love-machine -<br />THE INFLAMMABLES will try to tickle your fancy,<br />squeeze you and please you, and leave you feeling<br />better than before.<br /><br />THE INFLAMMABLES - unstoppable performance<br />crunch/jive/puppet band, is made up of a loose<br />collection of brilliant and talented musicians and<br />performers. At RED they will be represented by Andrea<br />Peneycad, Songstress and Chief Wheezedoodler,<br />and Noah "Thrash/Slash-Hug-Attack" Kenneally, Plunker<br />and All-Around-Humdinger. They will be playing<br />selections from their first album OMYGOD WHIZBANG<br />JAMBOREE. Don't miss it!!!<br /><br />I shall keep thee all posted on the details.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-19797269198484217552008-02-19T21:35:00.002-05:002008-03-14T20:01:25.488-04:00THIS FRIDAY!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIelcFyAdAqgI3UhD97Q2plvmHAOPbnHJTrYBbrscZclRzSxvQ01dUo9NWOQSbln226qWjmin6cGHS6TuGL-PnnG9zKUVieRCqVigVcERN0pzDNeIJIPpcWFgkj8M5lfqwSBP5Y6xUMYA/s1600-h/THE+INFLAMMABLES.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIelcFyAdAqgI3UhD97Q2plvmHAOPbnHJTrYBbrscZclRzSxvQ01dUo9NWOQSbln226qWjmin6cGHS6TuGL-PnnG9zKUVieRCqVigVcERN0pzDNeIJIPpcWFgkj8M5lfqwSBP5Y6xUMYA/s200/THE+INFLAMMABLES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168885764124850562" /></a><br />The INFLAMMABLES will be performing at the MASC. fundraiser at The Gift Shop on Friday - come and see the ridiculousness!<br /><br />MASC magazine fundraiser!<br />art, performance, share ideas, mark your calendar<br /><br />Host: MASC magazine<br /><br />Time and PlaceStart Time: Friday, February 22, 2008 at 7:00pm<br /><br />Location: The Gift Shop Boutique 1550 Queen West toronto, ON<br /><br />info: mascmagazine@gmail.com<br /><br />It's a gathering because we want to see and hear from people who share our excitement about this magazine. It's a fundraiser because we want to start spending money and making this all happen. It's a party because a party is never a bad idea when you've got 100 cool people together on a Friday night.<br /><br />From 7pm to late, the evening will be a combination of participation and performances.<br /><br />masc is a magazine providing space for young men between the ages of 15-22yrs old to express themselves and their realities. masc magazine presents positive, alternative examples of masculinity and is a catalyst for discussion, particularly around ideas of gender, stereotypes, sexuality and health. masc magazine supports and challenges young men to be better, more whole human beings.<br /><br />still confused?<br />see this:<br />http://citizen.nfb.ca/blogs/masculinity/1041/Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-36008324415134023132008-02-10T21:17:00.000-05:002008-02-10T21:37:19.484-05:00oh dearwell.<br /><br />it's been a while since i put anything up. YIKES! i have been busy, working on gearing up the Islington Junior Middle School Giant Puppet Pageant and keeping going on various things with The Gathering Space. I'll be telling you more about the puppet pageant as it progresses, and you can always go to the Gathering Space blog at <br />www.gatheringspace.blogspot.com - Many happy surprises there!<br /><br />really, tho - these days i'm excited about iceland. saw a wonderful film about the band Sigur Ros and their tour of their home doing 10 free concerts in remote areas. It's called Heima and i'm jazzed by it, and by them, and by their amazingly beautiful country.<br /><br />check these out - sigur ros videos on youtube:<br /><br />hoppipolla - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxMQaMqsig<br />glosoli - www.youtube.com/watch?v=okLCurB1lJw<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpLDu4HFG2lFIUehe5PJnZyFVNAqp-wMokO8A5lfcy0FXcB2li7zWX0G618CTMzZZmVri2JLKm9ZuyyqIWHUYrRNSm_OX55KT8mnYz-GMHMyOqVyyQ20D5lcZjCBAFZd3HUN3rHuMyWc/s1600-h/isberg-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWpLDu4HFG2lFIUehe5PJnZyFVNAqp-wMokO8A5lfcy0FXcB2li7zWX0G618CTMzZZmVri2JLKm9ZuyyqIWHUYrRNSm_OX55KT8mnYz-GMHMyOqVyyQ20D5lcZjCBAFZd3HUN3rHuMyWc/s200/isberg-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165543682568108402" /></a><br /><br />found this beautiful photo on the internet, by a man named Marc Isberg. That's what Iceland looks like! Wow!<br /><br />more soon...Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-29478625528391355092007-09-10T10:01:00.001-04:002010-02-07T16:20:33.845-05:00a little catching upHOwdy folKS!<br /><br />Well - i have a wee bit of catching up to do - things have been flying feirce and ferocious, and only in the best possible ways.<br /><br />alleyjaunt was a GAS!! Not only did we all have a really great time - not only were our hosts super-wonderful, with four great kids who helped us set up - not only did the folks who came to visit us seem to have a good experience - we were awarded the MOST FUN award by the Children's Choice awards!!! <br />YES!!<br />What a treat. We received a trophy made of mostly of chocolate, wax and pipe cleaners, which we positioned in a place of honour in our garage. We'll put up some photos, as soon as the kooks distribute them.<br /><br />+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*++++*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+<br /><br />Then after that, Leah Houston and Cardboard heart's very own Junior Assistant Imaginaut noah Kenneally put together a kick-butt community arts project out in Etobicoke. Called Lantern Garden, It was an outdoor art project for kids and families in a little parkette that is in the middle of the Toronto Community Housing Neighbourhood known as Mabelle. Noah and Leah have been working there with Jumblies Theatre for the past few years and put this great little project together with the help of Jumblies and the Lawrence Family Foundation.<br /><br />We made lanterns, drew pictures, planted herbs and flowers, drew on rocks, repaired and decorated one of the park benches, repainted the wading pool, told stories, did some sidewalk chalk art, ate snacks and generally had a good time. Here are some pictures from that.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_8gUyv7RGnvNsTmr-yf-P1JGUG2ld5B-w4MHv0TMg5WqFwHnnDk70RhfjCTf8TksEd-22tBQJUGsedu7kniT_CNH4p3ZsWrsSr-AFXfDpvO43hSwSjzzNcxEm2K-zjbSek-STZx-Dt8/s1600-h/putting+the+bench+together.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_8gUyv7RGnvNsTmr-yf-P1JGUG2ld5B-w4MHv0TMg5WqFwHnnDk70RhfjCTf8TksEd-22tBQJUGsedu7kniT_CNH4p3ZsWrsSr-AFXfDpvO43hSwSjzzNcxEm2K-zjbSek-STZx-Dt8/s400/putting+the+bench+together.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108582767433913218" /></a><br />Leah took this photo - Qadar, Osama, Farrah and noah putting the bench back together.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DJxfuX3i6_rNZFSoVmeZlGUGVfibJHETmEyk4z96kZrjxRP3-Mkc3HACGvl_UZjXnnoMgu_KyRIwnDnpQwp8D1Sz6nrqOaj-xy8J0BPEUwpKlLmiLK6UKOvZatwOiqAS83Q14cEdiMo/s1600-h/wading+pool+dragon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DJxfuX3i6_rNZFSoVmeZlGUGVfibJHETmEyk4z96kZrjxRP3-Mkc3HACGvl_UZjXnnoMgu_KyRIwnDnpQwp8D1Sz6nrqOaj-xy8J0BPEUwpKlLmiLK6UKOvZatwOiqAS83Q14cEdiMo/s400/wading+pool+dragon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108581856900846450" /></a><br />Leah also took this photo - this is the wading pool, freshly repainted by us and the kids.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-U4y0p8sHNku8C6iW8kv6VtF-w9wDHRB9fZgBia0qHiK2dZbGZx2bsST1OgWzeWJIHnk-Ag_S60McGWiY9ExYnqhM3Q2sx76Qw6FpyIGUkOIMfrvvEbpvBogh6uP9Btm2pHlf-Iztik/s1600-h/lantern+fest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-U4y0p8sHNku8C6iW8kv6VtF-w9wDHRB9fZgBia0qHiK2dZbGZx2bsST1OgWzeWJIHnk-Ag_S60McGWiY9ExYnqhM3Q2sx76Qw6FpyIGUkOIMfrvvEbpvBogh6uP9Btm2pHlf-Iztik/s400/lantern+fest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108580508281115490" /></a><br />Noah took this photo - the lantern festival, a celebration of our project - almost 150 folks showed up! We lit the lanterns we'd made, ate cookies and drank lemonade together.<br /><br />OK! So that's caught up now! Stay tuned for more wild and crazy stories, y'all!Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-80441242508072304432007-08-07T12:00:00.001-04:002007-08-07T12:15:52.620-04:00come one, come all to ALLEYJAUNT!!OK, folks at home, hope you're all well.<br /><br />ALLEYJAUNT is fast approaching and i wanted to let you all know how much fun it's going to be.<br /><br />The answer is: LOADS!!!!<br /><br />check this out - click on it to view it in all it's gigantic splendour :<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDsBbg4Y2XtYumPp-5gPFqI1SNVyT1RWSk0-LmgC5mV3lHYcxZi-3UEgtQlPyp8WHrztC-IhCAhK6RWGSpiMwFcx1JZyBWrd3TZQXUYfhYgwW2o2pqAUryq09I8lEOc1FBgnKPiE1Rn0/s1600-h/AlleyJaunt_2007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifDsBbg4Y2XtYumPp-5gPFqI1SNVyT1RWSk0-LmgC5mV3lHYcxZi-3UEgtQlPyp8WHrztC-IhCAhK6RWGSpiMwFcx1JZyBWrd3TZQXUYfhYgwW2o2pqAUryq09I8lEOc1FBgnKPiE1Rn0/s400/AlleyJaunt_2007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095991556404083010" /></a><br /><br />The Lab is going to be positioned in Garage #24, in the alleyway between Montrose and Crawford. We wanglers will be offering two make-yer-own-box-that-tells-stories workshops a day and a chance for all folks to perform their toy theatres, either on our daily performance parade or in our garage/workshop/theatrespace.<br /><br />It's going to be fun. It's going to be great. We'll be there from 11pm - 6pm Saturday and Sunday, having fun and making art with anyone who wants to. Remember, IT"S NOT JUST FOR KIDS! Come along and tell some of your own stories, glue things together, have a ball.<br /><br />We like you. Hope to see you soon! <br />For more info on Alleyjaunt go to the website - www.alleyjaunt.comNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-5760674143906732482007-07-11T15:42:00.000-04:002007-07-11T16:12:30.271-04:00ALLEYJAUNT<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTqlVwqGrm5ffozrrpPXDXK7w53QF6zrjb-ri8u7WKmL0iWgLl8-Ii09AGRuDmahWdJsk8HTVvD54UpwQjQ6jETmWkEZtHicXI4tk9eUXHg85035LtGABzLM6_Lh7RexGqXPMTQWN7As/s1600-h/full+moon+in+fall.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTqlVwqGrm5ffozrrpPXDXK7w53QF6zrjb-ri8u7WKmL0iWgLl8-Ii09AGRuDmahWdJsk8HTVvD54UpwQjQ6jETmWkEZtHicXI4tk9eUXHg85035LtGABzLM6_Lh7RexGqXPMTQWN7As/s320/full+moon+in+fall.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086029839918443698" /></a><br />Hey there folks at home<br /><br />Next thing the Lab will be doing, (other than learning how to relax) is the wonderful fantabulous Alleyjaunt, the garage and alley art festival that happens in the alleyways surrounding Trinity-Bellwoods park.<br />Over the weekend of August 11th and 12th, from 11 am to 6pm, folks'll be able to come and check out the newest incarnation of GLIMPSES OF EXTRAORDINARY LIVES, an ongoing community engaged toy theatre project. You may remember the project from last year's Art Crawl, or from the RED Cabaret - GLIMPSES has been running for almost four years now and is still going strong!<br />We'll be offering workshops in how to make your own toy theatre and show, and we'll also have a parade every evening to show off our creations and there's even rumour that there'll be nightly puppet shows!<br />Participating Imagination Re-calibrators and janitors of the collective unconcious will be:<br />Sir Joel Brubacher<br />The Lady Lisa Pijuan-Nomura<br />Dr. Doctor Professor/Philosopher leah houston<br />and <br />The Learned Mister Sean Frey.<br />Of course, noah kenneally, Assistant Imagination Chiropodist and masseur-of-the-unconcious, will be on hand as well as on foot.<br />Check this blog for more detailed info soon, and the delightful AlleyJaunt website at www.alleyjaunt.com.<br /> Wahoo!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-XhgjgTMkKw3VqLXbW38mpBUMgbQKNUULIc_PPX26Tmzxr0JrMBYwMqJk2q0R4mcMYQnpnux91CVSudLo6JwiN_VTP6aUENW00KWI9WuEr7Xq7pYbR_P0v334qOtCepDUnIVGP5b0Wk/s1600-h/image_home.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-XhgjgTMkKw3VqLXbW38mpBUMgbQKNUULIc_PPX26Tmzxr0JrMBYwMqJk2q0R4mcMYQnpnux91CVSudLo6JwiN_VTP6aUENW00KWI9WuEr7Xq7pYbR_P0v334qOtCepDUnIVGP5b0Wk/s320/image_home.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086030252235304130" /></a><br />photo by Melanie Gordon<br />Alleyjaunt logo by AlleyjauntersNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-11312691909949868952007-05-31T21:22:00.000-04:002007-05-31T22:29:00.969-04:00in my languagewow.<br />the world is an absolutely amazing place.<br />so hard to understand and different and complicated, way more complicated, beautiful and heart-wrenching than we can begin to imagine.<br />my brilliant housemate shelly, who is a talented dancer and choreographer and who also has worked and makes art with people in the disabilities community, showed me this wonderful film posted on YOUTUBE. <br />Go here and get ready to have your mind and heart opened wider - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc<br />A M Baggs lights up the world with her perspective.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-68853256992520045262007-05-23T10:13:00.000-04:002007-05-23T10:26:08.297-04:00photos of bridge of one hair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaOAueBvSQmcBzdC8uqNGGG8lZDt1aIbxQDPOi3BoZfBC3dvVn-VYL3hpYNP5fMebbfVYPCJ8uFDIUBIdshF98MkIuYV_qi_0zfuE_Ziw6YLhlfpkYbdtMGuHC9wfL3-uGZQoeaIk620/s1600-h/faduma+nkruma.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaOAueBvSQmcBzdC8uqNGGG8lZDt1aIbxQDPOi3BoZfBC3dvVn-VYL3hpYNP5fMebbfVYPCJ8uFDIUBIdshF98MkIuYV_qi_0zfuE_Ziw6YLhlfpkYbdtMGuHC9wfL3-uGZQoeaIk620/s320/faduma+nkruma.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067761481630828978" /></a><br />a very nice person, a friend of one of the adult choir members, posted a bunch of photos of the show on her flickr site, including this one of Somali superstar Faduma N'kruma.<br />to see the rest of the photos, go to the flickr site www.flickr.com, and do a search for 'bridge of one hair'. there are also a couple up there by Trevor Schwellnus, our genius technical director.<br />The show was an incredible experience, and an avalanche of details to coordinate. Now we're winding down - will post news of the Lab's coming activities soon.<br />best - enjoy the springtime!Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-7511262281286219912007-03-27T13:51:00.000-04:002007-03-27T14:19:28.522-04:00bridge of one hairHi folks - <br /><br />So, i said a while ago that i'd tell you about the production/installation that i'm working on with Jumblies Theatre. It's called Bridge of One Hair, and will be happening down at Harbourfront Center for the Arts April 25th-29th.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidD_ewp4yotnNOrTd6dJ1oK954-QyXBpB-8-mSW-XAd2L4Iuyx6BFpBw94Xd9RTAxAg4iVnk8ovu-61gCuy5294nIswXFfXTSFza6Jtk2bwU3cpYPA2SujQy6vPUW-knuOJVSNCS3Z4OQ/s1600-h/Bridge_tn.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidD_ewp4yotnNOrTd6dJ1oK954-QyXBpB-8-mSW-XAd2L4Iuyx6BFpBw94Xd9RTAxAg4iVnk8ovu-61gCuy5294nIswXFfXTSFza6Jtk2bwU3cpYPA2SujQy6vPUW-knuOJVSNCS3Z4OQ/s320/Bridge_tn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046668932723007810" /></a>Coming out of Jumblies' long-term residency in the Mabelle community in Central Etobicoke, the theatre production braids together different strands of story. A Gaelic fairytale of a brave young girl, the inspiring life-story of a famous Somali poet, and the buried history of the land that Mabelle stands on itself are woven together to make a tapestry-like theatre experience. Involving folks from the community of all ages, professional artists, actors and musicians, an original musical score, puppetry, movement and two choirs, the performance aspect of Bridge of One Hair is an experimental community arts piece taking place outside it's home community.<br />The installation aspect will be exhibiting the work that Jumblies has been doing with the community members for the past three years. It will provide backstory and context for the project as a whole, as well as giving folks a glimpse of the wonderful work that Mabelle residents have been creating.<br /><br />For more info, or tickets to the show, you all can go look at Harbourfront's website - <br />www.harbourfrontcentre.com/nws/performances/Bridge.php<br /><br />or the Jumblies website - <br />www.jumbliestheatre.org<br /><br />It's going to be something, so come on over and check it out. This is what i've been working so hard on, with a wonderful team of artists and an amazing group of people who live in the neighbourhood. I always learn so much on productions like this - it's incredible.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-59225118647660723582007-03-19T10:10:00.000-04:002007-03-19T10:16:14.373-04:00lily yeh and the village of arts and humanities<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0a4zdAWmpdZ1-3o_BK-7Bq8_rbjNDT94sXD9rtFfalb7TZSydbbES3SqzONmYVlZc_wX8iO-SadbeyoF2fW9qiIePtfa9PYiO1g_JM11LyCpDweHzBp3jCYF-5gw3GhtWGelLXD9TpA/s1600-h/villn2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0a4zdAWmpdZ1-3o_BK-7Bq8_rbjNDT94sXD9rtFfalb7TZSydbbES3SqzONmYVlZc_wX8iO-SadbeyoF2fW9qiIePtfa9PYiO1g_JM11LyCpDweHzBp3jCYF-5gw3GhtWGelLXD9TpA/s320/villn2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043638854554722306" /></a><br />These busy days of production time - about which i'll be telling you all soon - i'm finding myself looking for sustaining bits of inspiration. Lily Yeh's work is a source of that good kind of imagination juice for me. Here is a photo of one mural in the Village of Arts and Humanities, a community arts project/center/revolution in North Philidelphia. I will DEFINITELY be talking more soon about the Village too.<br />Happy days! Even if the snow is coming down again.<br />To do research on your own, google 'Lily Yeh' or 'the Village of Arts and Humanities'.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-8290138517464045142007-03-08T17:47:00.000-05:002007-03-08T17:50:09.454-05:00wouldja look at that<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAUWp7NxKRK8QhD5E5w4NCRq85h_djUOwtB16S-AtQirjubAd1nmzMhlAn_ghUE1WykJQmZ0WQ6rDaBRDCt3oySS9RlrWcZ0DSbm6d5885RC6YCxYsi-PDqkKfRoqZYVh-o-HILkHUlk/s1600-h/AntelopeCanyon-008.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAUWp7NxKRK8QhD5E5w4NCRq85h_djUOwtB16S-AtQirjubAd1nmzMhlAn_ghUE1WykJQmZ0WQ6rDaBRDCt3oySS9RlrWcZ0DSbm6d5885RC6YCxYsi-PDqkKfRoqZYVh-o-HILkHUlk/s320/AntelopeCanyon-008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039689548571850402" /></a><br />hey folks - <br />found some amazing pictures of the desert on the internet - the sonoran and mohave desert, and the canyons in utah and arizona. this one was taken by a man named Klaus Lux and you can find them here - math.arizona.edu/~klux/<br />wow.<br />inspiring.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-86100073195951964372007-02-25T12:47:00.000-05:002007-02-25T13:17:03.224-05:00jeanette winterson and the tree of meaningBusy busy blog day here at the Lab - after a bit of a dry spell too.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg37m3G8zyUQMFeQR_6VWLcSTwnFamc1zcwv9L6HktcPtsrFDeNq3GTEWszSdYep2TzGqqeMBvW8eBJJMF4MD8X-SDJ-zgnjOTCPy7zR8YtREs9V1-ZFYH41Qqzx-Q2-SuWVk2zwpetBM/s1600-h/bosque-del-apache-tree-small.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg37m3G8zyUQMFeQR_6VWLcSTwnFamc1zcwv9L6HktcPtsrFDeNq3GTEWszSdYep2TzGqqeMBvW8eBJJMF4MD8X-SDJ-zgnjOTCPy7zR8YtREs9V1-ZFYH41Qqzx-Q2-SuWVk2zwpetBM/s320/bosque-del-apache-tree-small.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035531970791892322" /></a><br /><br /> Well...the genius has struck again.<br /><br />Please please read this amazing article written by Jeanette Winterson for the Times Book Review,about a book called The Tree of Meaning by Robert Bringhurst. The book is about the necessity of story, it's relevance to culture and the danger culture is in; and the article talks about the importance of art and how capitalism INTERRUPTS our lives constantly. The book sounds great - the article is brilliant.<br /><br />Wow, is she ever smart.<br /><br />Here's the article e-ddress - www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=446<br />Please read it. It's good.<br /><br />The tree image was found at - offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net/~erichNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-55439106826846313782007-02-25T09:08:00.000-05:002007-02-25T09:13:08.704-05:00new Speak coming upThe next speak is Monday, March 5th at It's Not a Deli on Queen West. Last time we had a lovely little blast in the raging snowstorm - a bunch of folks showed up, troopers that they are and we had a really good time.<br />The fabulous line up this installment consists of - Evalyn Parry, Jeffrey Canton and Marianne Apostolides!<br />ZOWEE!<br /><br />SPEAK at It's Not A Deli<br />986 Queen Street West (at Ossington)<br />416-532-4748<br />MONDAY, MARCH 5TH<br />Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.<br />Admission: $5 to $10Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-64191356012378742672007-02-25T08:18:00.000-05:002007-02-25T20:35:32.956-05:00THE INFLAMMABLES at REDDear everyone - <br /><br />As you may know, the audio division of the Lab - THE INFLAMMABLES - will be provoking nostalgia and cluppering their way through a few songs at the most marvelous upcoming RED - A Night of Live Performance. Taking place at Lula Lounge, located at 1585 Dundas St. W. between Brock and Dufferin, the evening of WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28th - doors open at 7pm things get rolling at 8pm $12 at the door.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHq3Tkvi3KsgfELZtOCt5GDw85CXadFcdXSYKWtop3iQkgf4jYD4c-BmmD7w_BBGgIouhhK7q9_QkG5xcHLah1cmT4fes0YEyXqxrDghu7vNWV1Jyr_5PeJzda1a5mP85zDaig_1g1tI/s1600-h/THE+INFLAMMABLES.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHq3Tkvi3KsgfELZtOCt5GDw85CXadFcdXSYKWtop3iQkgf4jYD4c-BmmD7w_BBGgIouhhK7q9_QkG5xcHLah1cmT4fes0YEyXqxrDghu7vNWV1Jyr_5PeJzda1a5mP85zDaig_1g1tI/s320/THE+INFLAMMABLES.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035473138329871666" /></a><br />Hopefully, you already know that this RED is a special FUNDRAISING Night of Live Performance - doing it's best to raise a little cashola for the upcoming RED FESTIVAL, also known as Lisa is a Little Crazy. The Festival will feature 120 artists from all over the place, over 4 days. Yikes.<br /><br /> THE INFLAMMABLES are a loose and kooky wangle of musicians and non-musicians who delight in making music and non-music and good times. The audio division of Cardboard heart Imagination Laboratory, they experiment with musical storytelling, time-travel using song and toy instruments, and occasionally lip-syncing their way into your hearts. This time around THE INFLAMMABLES are Joel Brubacher, Lisa DiLiberto, and noah kenneally - and always the incredible Andrea Peneycad, with us in spirit.<br /><br /><br />FOR MORE INFO, GO TO www.girlcancreate.com/CMS/index.php<br /><br />flaming ukulele INFLAMMABLES image made by nk at the LabNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-91953436141254980462007-02-07T22:50:00.000-05:002007-02-25T13:12:56.769-05:00an exhibit of glimpses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiXQ-lcW9bQSi0qWtb1XKTq5oT7LUb4bajNk_wb5VC1gcxDSWMl1t9N3eJsmFj0PG9B1qqvE3WmDaPRMXS7ICjwPrcX1Kmcyy3Aoj4aL4Tp4jGJN5q7SHN9Tce40yOeoqWy6AO9b2BQg/s1600-h/gallery+artcrawl+leah%27s.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiXQ-lcW9bQSi0qWtb1XKTq5oT7LUb4bajNk_wb5VC1gcxDSWMl1t9N3eJsmFj0PG9B1qqvE3WmDaPRMXS7ICjwPrcX1Kmcyy3Aoj4aL4Tp4jGJN5q7SHN9Tce40yOeoqWy6AO9b2BQg/s320/gallery+artcrawl+leah%27s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029008657874400434" /></a><br />hi<br /><br />For those of you in Toronto - the Lab has an exhibit of toy theatres from the wildly successful ongoing community-engaged project 'Glimpses of EXTRAORDINARY Lives' up at Alternative Grounds, a fair trade coffee shop on Roncesvalles.<br />If you're in town, wander on by and say hi to the fantastic team of folks behind the counter, and then check out the show on the back walls. The Lab is sharing the galleryspace for the month of February with the talented Elisha MacMillan - a cumulative and collaborative show.<br />Go take a gander and get caffeinated, or i recommend the Soy Rooibos Chai Latte!<br /><br />Alternative Grounds can be found at<br />333 Roncesvalles Ave. (south of Howard Park)<br />easy to get to (if you're in Toronto) by taking the 504 streetcar from Dundas west Station<br /><br />Good!<br /><br />photo by Melanie Gordon, toy theatre by nk and Leah Houston at the LabNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-58545609077534417092007-02-05T08:51:00.000-05:002007-02-05T09:17:45.095-05:00A lot of things in the airHey all, if there are any - <br /><br />Working working working, and the sun rises and sets and our lives carry on and the lives of others swirl around us and intertwine and launch off into new directions...i am overwhelmed by the constantness of everything, by the extreme juggling act my daily living has become.<br /><br />I'm learning how to co-ordinate larger projects with Jumblies Theatre these days - doing my best to learn how to bring people together at the right times and help all involved towards a common, not-yet-visible goal - and at the same time trying to forge time to have my own small secret life on the interior. How to split my conciousness between these things, the large many-directioned collective and the sort-of small and personal quiet? A question, and another question --- these days it's always asking questions.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ICFEJNKfOnd6AGQINMWr7ZYbjy6UpRJmcvha1G8P8VHA04B1HbHzgeRx-WAEA62VGjwoSWEhALBsWoKMYq9a72SzUZjuoKYgFe_FNnqa3U7QvyXITSZSVLyAJuu-4p6tJCihXzTblPM/s1600-h/Photo+49.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ICFEJNKfOnd6AGQINMWr7ZYbjy6UpRJmcvha1G8P8VHA04B1HbHzgeRx-WAEA62VGjwoSWEhALBsWoKMYq9a72SzUZjuoKYgFe_FNnqa3U7QvyXITSZSVLyAJuu-4p6tJCihXzTblPM/s320/Photo+49.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028052327571371170" /></a><br />Like, how come we so easily disregard our old people?<br />And, does recycling really happen?<br />And, if so many of our stories follow along similar twists and turns, why is it so hard to listen to each other?<br /><br />*******<br /><br />This just in from one of the wellsprings of inspiration in my life, Jeanette Winterson - <br /><br />"For the first time ever, I have momentarily given way to despair. I look at my geo-thermal heating system, and my eco-bulbs, and my recycling, and my half a bag of rubbish per week, and all the trees and hedging I’ve planted – not just now but over the years, and I feel like I’ve done nothing – or rather the something that I have done is nothing.<br /><br />But I know I can’t think like that. No matter how little, no matter how pointless it seems it has to be done, because as well as the direct impact, there is something harder to quantify, which is a spirit of change. And that only happens when more and more of us believe that our efforts are worth the effort.<br /><br />If one more person says to me ‘Ah but China… meaning so what’s the point of anything we do, I will stuff their smug, knowing despondent face in a bucket of low-fat yoghurt.<br /><br />HOW WE LIVE MAKES A DIFFERENCE. If we fall victim to the ideology of apathy we go straight down into that Dante circle of Hell reserved for those ‘who wilfully live in sadness.’ The sad shake of the head, the worldly-wise shrug of the shoulders, what can we do? Answer – everything we can do, big and small, and bring up the kids to do better. There might still be time. I believe in second chances and miracles, whatever the weather, whatever the science. Oh God, give it a go. Who is to say for sure that it’s too late?"<br /><br />Go see her website if you like - www.jeanettewinterson.com/index.asp<br /><br />I must keep on, juggling like crazy and curving inward around that small quiet dark i keep lit by my little candle, both at the same time - and continue believing how we live makes a difference, in the face of it all. <br /><br />Is that my revolution now? <br />Maybe, and keeping asking questions.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-40189735093807797002007-01-24T23:22:00.000-05:002007-01-24T23:35:40.046-05:00the history of oilHey all y'all, if there are actually any of you looking at this...<br />My dad told me about this great and informative film on the Google video site - Robert Newman's The History of Oil is very smart and fun to watch, even if it's content is appalling and scary. <br /><br />copy this whole string into your address window (or whatever it's called) to watch it - <br />video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7374585792978336967&q=robert+newman<br /><br />and then go visit www.robnewman.com<br /><br />A very worthwhile call to get up and think.<br />There is hope - as Mr. Newman says - it's going to take a lot of work and a lot of change, but we just might be able to do it.<br />Watch it, and if you have any great ideas, let us all know.Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-47799630924033481272007-01-24T09:20:00.000-05:002007-01-24T10:29:25.224-05:00speak revamped! come one come all!SPEAK - An evening of visual and verbal storytelling<br />Curated by Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Noah Kenneally and Ann McDougall<br />Speak is a new storytelling series that happens the first Monday of every month at our new home at It's Not A Deli in the Queen West Neighbourhood. <br />Each evening will feature three tellers of contrasting styles and will include an open story jam where audience members are welcome to share their stories.<br /><br />2007 Winter/Spring Dates<br />February 5<br />March 5<br />April 2<br />May 7<br /><br />It's Not A Deli<br />986 Queen Street West (at Ossington)<br />416-532-4748<br />Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.<br />Admission: $5 to $10<br /><br />We are always looking for more tellers! <br />If you want any more info please do contact us at speakcollective@yahoo.ca<br /><br />www.speaktoronto.blogspot.comNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-1757905757666916042007-01-23T08:02:00.000-05:002007-02-25T13:06:17.487-05:00toy theatre parade at Art Crawl 2006<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLm_qso0zIdudGMMIhGiGeswgGEstRh2q6ZpJL-qNApqWwHiKE5Pvr9V7pyjdZqhNTpzpiMboy4thce-C9L6EzQbhdDWinHBXhs10eAGFmwVt5y8ZgcduVXY8X-EgWKNwbZPYEzE21GE/s1600-h/wink+parade1.1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLm_qso0zIdudGMMIhGiGeswgGEstRh2q6ZpJL-qNApqWwHiKE5Pvr9V7pyjdZqhNTpzpiMboy4thce-C9L6EzQbhdDWinHBXhs10eAGFmwVt5y8ZgcduVXY8X-EgWKNwbZPYEzE21GE/s320/wink+parade1.1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023212110271235554" /></a><br />This is Joel, Leah and i wandering through the crowds at the Queen West Art Crawl last summer. The Puppet Project we did there consisted of two mobile parade galleries/performances and a stationary Toy Theatre Gallery. We had quite a few participants, ranging in ages from their early 40's down to 3 years old.<br /><br />photo by Melanie GordonNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-66982545179937084452007-01-23T07:19:00.000-05:002007-02-25T13:07:31.387-05:00the VIVA! conference in MexicoIn December i participated in a conference that was ending a three year project linking community artists and popular educators across the Americas. I wrote this chunk of words as a record of the thing, and as a way to explain to my grandmothers what the heck i was doing. <br /><br />***<br /><br />December 14th to the 22nd, I went down to San Cristobal de las Casas, a town in the state of Chiapas in Mexico, to attend a conference on community arts and popular education in the Americas. I was part of a Canadian delegation, representing the company that I’ve been working with on and off for the past five years, Jumblies Theatre.<br />It was a really amazing and rewarding experience. I was in Mexico for only eight days, but we managed to pack a lot into those days! We flew into Mexico City on the first day, and spent the evening wandering around, catching a small glimpse of the largest city in the world. We got to see Diego Rivera’s murals in the Ministry of Education building – 3 floors of continuous murals encircling 2 beautiful courtyards. The architecture was so beautiful too: because of earthquakes things don’t get built much above 4 stories, so the city is low but sprawling. It fills entirely an enormous valley with mountains on all sides. And it’s wall-to-wall city!<br />That night we slept in a hostel and the next day gathered all together – almost 30 folks from all over Latin America, Canada and the States. Then we got into 2 big 15-passenger vans and drove for 13 hours across a quarter of the country of Mexico to get to Chiapas. We passed through 3 different states – Puebla, Veracruz and a good part of Chiapas itself – and very late at night arrived in San Cristobal, where we had dinner before heading to the Universidad de la Tierra, an indigenous university on the outskirts of town. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicx6_Ps3pGYqqvxr2rwPs5wwDP4OKyPNrt4UkTO9tEqOKrBbNjc4At1gmDfFOIQjEHkcTn_N3s3T1DUqlg__2DaMkPXLRr-5nVSb-QP8McV7FtfoN-v9W7IzOE0lrtb-nN8E9X6bpTCss/s1600-h/san+cristobal+desde+la+unitierra.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicx6_Ps3pGYqqvxr2rwPs5wwDP4OKyPNrt4UkTO9tEqOKrBbNjc4At1gmDfFOIQjEHkcTn_N3s3T1DUqlg__2DaMkPXLRr-5nVSb-QP8McV7FtfoN-v9W7IzOE0lrtb-nN8E9X6bpTCss/s320/san+cristobal+desde+la+unitierra.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023609441990755826" /></a><br />The university is a place for the indigenous communities can go be educated without having to give up their languages or customs, and is very self-sufficient and extremely rustic. No running water, the electricity goes off at 11pm and is supplied by a noisy generator, and hot shower-water was heated by generous students who woke up before dawn to light fires to supply a small trickle. Most of the time I opted for cold showers, in gratitude and guilt-- and was also grateful for the hard beds and plain nourishing food – it was a taste of how a lot of folks in this world live, and getting a sense first-hand is unbelievably valuable. I’ve lived rustic before, but this was something else entirely.<br />The next day, my third in Mexico, we all went into town to have a little exploration time, after an orientation meeting about the conference. The whole conference was bilingual – both in English and Spanish. We had two translators and fancy radio receiver equipment and each had our own headset, so if someone was speaking Spanish the translator would transmit in English and vice-versa. My Spanish wasn’t very good to begin with, but rapidly got better out of necessity. My Spanish-speaking friends and the friends I made at the conference helped immensely.<br /><br />The next day the conference started in earnest. <br /><br />We met morning, noon, and night – while we ate and right before going to sleep. We disagreed with each other about some things, and did our best to do it gently, and agreed about other things. We gave presentations about our different projects, had discussions about what the heck community arts and popular education are anyways (the debate is still raging, I have to say, we didn’t come up with any unified definitions or theories, but did have some important conversations). We watched videos, participated in workshops, and tried our best to build bridges across gaps between our disciplines and cultural differences.It was a lot of work, and I came away feeling very rich, and enriched. It was a very open and critical environment, where we were very happy to offer constructive feedback about other people’s projects and receive some about our own. I came back even more excited to listen to people and make art together with them, and to learn more about power structures and how to operate in healthy ways inside them, and also how to build healthier ones. I’m excited to try to apply what I learned to my work.<br /><br />The conference made me feel like I have so much more to learn, which I think is a really healthy attitude. I came back with more questions about how I work and how the projects I work with do things, and a couple of useful tricks up my sleeve. I need to learn more about power structures, all different kinds – within organizations, interactions between people, and in communities – and learn how to make healthier ones. Keep asking questions is a new motto of mine. <br />We ended the conference deciding to decentralize the organizing body of the project that had brought us together, and to become a network across the Americas. Pretty fantastic – our next meeting will be in Nicaragua in 2008.<br />A lot of people had stomach problems on the trip, but mine didn’t start until I got home! We had a long trip back to Mexico City and then parted ways. After such an intense time together we’re trying to stay in touch with each other with the VIVA! Website and working together in ways and workshops.<br /><br />Photo by Nancy Zuniga of Universidad del la Tierra's view of San ChristobalNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-222346171408072664.post-26610508634975782342007-01-14T12:41:00.000-05:002007-02-25T13:07:56.262-05:00here we go<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBp36OOZg2PMP2Tm5gul1_f5Be4SjBcPDkRn4EWhnSmqE-nAYMbNB_eCoN3-TQRGyuhjGWdo58tlXNmNrjCwghzfxd-e-CPsy5y68LMsrrt4KuPOp-g3Pacd-U2QaCN3SEGKy-ya5C2U/s1600-h/boat+example+1.5_2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBp36OOZg2PMP2Tm5gul1_f5Be4SjBcPDkRn4EWhnSmqE-nAYMbNB_eCoN3-TQRGyuhjGWdo58tlXNmNrjCwghzfxd-e-CPsy5y68LMsrrt4KuPOp-g3Pacd-U2QaCN3SEGKy-ya5C2U/s320/boat+example+1.5_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023612014676166146" /></a><br />The Lab is a mutli-disciplinary company that does a lot of things - conducts research using art processes, engages communities in art projects, ropes in various talented individuals to perform and partake in wild and wacky events and explorations, and ventures off into its own smaller individual art wanderings. I think i want to use this as a place to document all the things the we're up to here - and let people know what's coming up in terms of participatory projects, shows and opportunities for engagement.<br /><br />More to come!<br /><br />image by nk at the LabNoahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08675709995031241987noreply@blogger.com0