Projects tagged "canada"

Molson’s newest red beer fridge touts Canada’s multicultural side
Practitioner:
Molson Canadian and Google
Date:
Jun 25 2015
The Globe and Mail Inc. Written by SUSAN KRASHINSKY MARKETING REPORTER TORONTO PUBLISHED JUNE 25, 2015 UPDATED MARCH 25, 2017 This is one persnickety refrigerator. Molson Coors Brewing Co.'s newest instalment of a now two-year campaign is attempting a new take on national pride in time for Canada Day.
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Art for Social Change Project (ASC!)
Practitioner:
International Centre for Art and Social Change (ICASC), Judith Marcuse Projects, Simon Fraser University
Date:
Sep 1 2013
What is Art for Social Change? There are many ways of defining art for social change. In each of these cases, art for social change strives toward effective engagement with social issues that integrate and celebrate imaginative thinking, helping people to find new ways to see and be engaged in the world. In the context of the ASC Project, three types of art for social change are considered:
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Film and Video Games: A Docugame
Practitioner:
David Dufresne
Date:
Nov 26 2013
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES: " While filming a documentary about divisive oil refinery ventures in the subzero cold of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the director David Dufresne said he wasn’t considering only pollution in that Canadian boomtown or the vast tar sands beneath its frozen ground. He was also thinking deeply about technology, about making a new kind of hybrid media, a docugame.
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Decolonize Me
Practitioner:
Foreman Art Gallery
Date:
Feb 5 2013
Decolonize Me features six contemporary Aboriginal artists whose works challenge, interrogate and reveal Canada’s long history of colonization in daring and innovative ways.
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Uncle Sam's Cultural Dissonance
Practitioner:
Justin Quinn
Date:
Mar 10 2014
Uncle Sam's Cultural Dissonance looks at the issues facing The United States, including Canada and Mexico. In countries like the United States, where some states are dotted with countless lakes and many people live within easy reach of an ocean, it may be easy to assume that drinking and recreational waters are limitless. This is absurd. This series focuses in on excessive overuse in by agricultural, residential, and industrial sectors.
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