Year: 2016
Role: Co-foudner and Co-Curator
Site: West Toronto Railpath
Artist: Jason Logan of Toronto Ink Company
Partners and supporters: Doors Open Toronto presented by Great Gulf, Councillor Ana Bailao, Friends of the West Toronto Railpath, City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Park People, Design Exchange
Featured in: Globe and Mail, The stars
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====\\DeRAIL is an experiment in a vibrant urban public landscape; an experiment inspired by history, ecology, colour, sound, smell and by everyone who imagines more for the linear park and car-free movement corridor that is the West Toronto Railpath. Thank you for joining us as observers and performers, for walking with us, making ink and playing with railpath-harvested colours at Jason Logan’s MOBILE INK FACTORY for Doors Open Toronto 2016.
As a new curated platform for contemporary art, architecture, performance and all forms of cultural expression ====\\DeRAIL will provoke, open eyes, turn heads, spark new meaning and celebrate new ways of understanding a familiar place beyond its usual functionality.Thank you for being at the start of a new journey to explore and expand the idea of public landscape, urbanism and placemaking in the outdoor spaces we share.
Stay tuned for more from ====\\DeRAIL in 2017.
For inquiries regarding artist submissions, partnerships or unique sponsorship opportunities, contact: we@derailart.com
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====\\DeRAIL is founded and co-curated by designer and public art curator Gelareh Saadapajouh (SPACE ANIMATØR) and landscape architect Victoria Taylor (VTLA) and . Their vision is to inspire Toronto to expand the public dialogue around contemporary art, placemaking, landscape and urbanism.