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News (2012)
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Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts: 2012 Artist Prize<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I’m incredibly honoured to have awarded the 2012 TFVA Artist Prize<\/em>. It was also a great honour to have been a finalist alongside fellow nominees Abbas Akhavan and Aleesa Cohene. Thank you very much again to the TFVA<\/em> for this great recognition and their fantastic support.<\/p>\n

Upcoming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Great Minds of Design: CBC Documentary<\/em><\/a>
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Tune into the CBC’s Documentary<\/em> channel at 8:00 pm on April 23, 2012, to catch the first episode of Great Minds of Design<\/em>: Urban Redesign<\/em>. The show follows my good friends, and occasional collaborators, Eric Cheung and Posterchild, and me as we create some of our public interventions.<\/p>\n

Hot Docs Opening Night at the ROM (the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Canadian premier of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry<\/em><\/a>, a documentary directed by Alison Klayman, opens Toronto’s Hot Docs<\/em> festival this year. In conjunction, my Love the Future \/ Free Ai Weiwei<\/em> project will installed for the opening night event at the ROM<\/em> on April 26, 2012.<\/p>\n

\"\"Love the Future \/ Free Ai Weiwei<\/em><\/a>, 2011<\/p>\n

This Space Available: Feature length documentary screening in Toronto<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On May 10, 2012, This Space Available<\/em> will be screening as part of the tiff.nexwave School Programme<\/em>. The film is a feature length documentary directed by Gwena\u00eblle Gob\u00e9 about the proliferation of invasive public advertising and includes art takeovers such as the our NYSAT<\/em> and TOSAT<\/em> projects.<\/p>\n

Earth Day Canada Gala 2012<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

On June 6th, I will be part of the environmental art showcase of the 2012 Earth Day Canada Gala<\/em> at the Drake Hotel<\/em> in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>NATURE<\/em>, 2009<\/p>\n

As always, there’s lots more on the go than what’s listed above. Check back soon for new items.<\/p>\n

Recent<\/strong><\/p>\n

PAPIER12: Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Just came back from Montreal this week. Toronto’s KWT Contemporary<\/em> kindly invited me to bring my Love the Future \/ Free Ai Weiwei<\/em> project and some prints as a guest artist to their booth at PAPIER12<\/em>, an international art fair of paper based works.<\/p>\n

C Magazine Auction 2012: Contemporary Art Fundraiser<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On April 11 at MOCCA<\/em> (the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art <\/em>in Toronto), a limited-edition print of my FREE<\/em> piece was sold at the the 2012 C Magazine<\/em> art auction.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>FREE<\/em>, 2009<\/p>\n

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NOW: A Collaborative Project with Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette<\/em> at the Art Gallery of Ontario<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

We just wrapped-up our two-person show at the Art Gallery of Ontario<\/em>. I’m very happy to have been paired with artist Pascal Paquette (aka Chou) by curator Katherine Dennis to develop new work for this collaborative project in the AGO’s Toronto Now<\/em> contemporary gallery. This show had multiple elements, and continued to change and evolve over the course of our run at the AGO<\/em> from January 20 until April 1, 2012.<\/p>\n

For more information, check the links below:<\/p>\n

nowexhibition.com<\/a><\/p>\n

giftshopgiftshop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ago.net\/now-a-collaborative-project-with-sean-martindale-and-pascal-paquette<\/a><\/p>\n

Slightly Less Recent<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was an honour to be selected as the speaker for the tenth anniversary of the annual Hart House Hancock Lecture<\/em> series at the University of Toronto<\/em>. My talk, titled Playful Interventions: Engaging Our Urban Environments<\/em>, took place on October 27, 2011.<\/p>\n

More information can be found on the Hart House<\/em> website:<\/p>\n

Playful Interventions: Engaging Our Urban Environments<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

TVO<\/em> also filmed my Hancock<\/em> lecture at Hart House<\/em> this past October for their Big Ideas <\/em>program. The episode first aired at 5:00pm (EST) on Saturday, March 10, 2012, but can also be streamed online:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ww3.tvo.org\/video\/173583\/sean-martindale-playful-interventions-urban-environments<\/a><\/p>\n

In March, I had the pleasure of speaking and leading a quick and informal workshop at Dalhousie University,<\/em> in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as part of SHIFT 2012<\/em>, a free annual student-run planning conference.<\/p>\n

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Here are links to images and information about a couple of ongoing projects I’ve selected from last Spring\/Summer (2011):<\/p>\n

Love the Future \/ Free Ai Weiwei<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outside the Planter Boxes<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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