This is a rough video sharing the final performance (mostly the music) by Theatre students in the Right to the City course, a tethered teaching initiative in Pointe Saint-Charles, a postindustrial neighbourhood in Montreal’s south-west.
By Katherine Chou
Dario Ré performs “Song for a Fisherman” at Share the Warmth during the Right to the City Event.
By Maren Loveseth and Katherine Chou
The Right to the City’s oral historians share stories of the people of Point Saint Charles, in 60 seconds or less. Who will you meet? The only way to find out is to press play!
By Leyla Sutherland and Katherine Chou
A video essay about food and Point Saint Charles, mixing images of the Point and food preparation with recordings of children at St. Columba House talking about their favorite foods.
Set in various locations of the Atwater library–including the atmospheric basement and boiler rooms–this piece mixed live storytelling and projected video, historical fact and creative fiction to illustrate the historical past of the Mechanic’s Institute of Montreal in relation to the current day Atwater Library and Computer Centre. Through this process, we hope to bring to light the many creative aspects that make up this complex place in a fun, entertaining way. Original Ghost Story and Concept by Katherine Downey in subsequent partnership with Anaberta Argueta, Christopher Carignano, & Molly Hotson.
Three short films exploring the subject of “your community’s library” in a creative and musical way. Using the arts of stop motion and puppetry, this work seeks to use the innate magic of stop motion and puppetry to capture the magic that can be found in the library and between the covers of a book:
Artists’ Statement: as musicians, actors and puppeteers we wanted to create a live musical, visual, and experiential performance to help foster the message of the library as a place of fun and imagination at “the heart” of the neighbourhood. Collaborating Artists: Emily Schon, Morgan Nerenberg, Iva Delic, Luisa Muhr.
Artists’ Statement about The Map and Poster Project: (view the Map Project) (view the Poster Series)
A photo exhibit that plays with the question: “why is the Atwater Library not seen (in its own neighbourhood)?” Concept and Realization by Luisa Muhr. (View the photos).
A short video about a workshop held on November 27, 2012 at the Atwater Library in collaboration with the YMCA’s Femmes en Action, TNT, and the Digital Literacy Project. Original Workshop Concept by Lili Monette-Crepo in subsequent partnership with Laura Harris and Peter Shaw. Videoediting by Peter Shaw.
This video shows what the Atwater Library sees daily, and then ask the Library to speak, as though it were in interview about its life. Original Concept and Realization by Peter Shaw.
By Christopher Carignano Vignetta
What if one night a place, like every other, changes? What if you can be part of something you’ve never thought it was possible before? What if you have the chance to visit your library at night?