I’ve been invited by the Canadian Center for Architecture to animate a session on social media on the occasion of the opening of the Shaughnessy House’s hang out area at the CCA. I’ll be animating this sessions with Fady Atallah from Bluesponge.

As part of the Journée de la Culture, the museum is putting this event together as a way to announce that it’s now open for anyone to use their physical and virtual (through wifi) space for work, socializing etc. and for free. The actual event is called “Blogue en Perspectives | (B)log On to Some Ideas” also part of the latest show “Some ideas on Living in Tokyo and London.”

We’ve invited a few guests to join us for the discussion. Please join us as well, and bring your laptops if you can.
We’ll be chatting with:

Véronique Boisjoly aka Vero B, Michel Hellman, Illustrator who’s been putting his life in panels for a few years now, Steven Mansour and Evan Prodromou and Christine Préfontaine.

The first wildernet was out and about NYC and Brooklyn recently. Created in collaboration with Sonali Sridhar and Doris Cocailo.

A bit more about these nets:

Wildernets are portable mesh structures that create experiences of wilderness in public spaces.

A new twist on the trend of rediscovering nature, Wildernets, large scale crochet nets with embedded electronics, can be deployed in various settings, bringing the experiences of the forest, trees, birds and night skies to any environment. Wildernets transform the physical configuration and social dimensions of an urban space by overlaying a synthesized “natural” environment.

Wildernets recall a natural space not available to the city dweller, alluding to a rural experience in any setting; interrupting the architecture and the pedestrian to create an improvised experience in collective action, social intervention and DIY technology.

Picture by Doris. Thanks to Julie Legault for her help on the project.