Monthly Archives: March 2009

Defiant Imagination participates in Earth Hour!

By Flavie | Published: March 29, 2009
Yesterday I participated in Earth Hour by going to a special event held at the SAT (Société des Arts Technologiques) in Montreal. The event was plainly boring, except for this board where visitors could leave Post-it notes in relation to earth, light and darkness. I took it as an opportunity to do a little bit [...]
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Informapping

By Flavie | Published: March 21, 2009
Check out Informapping, a very nice effort to look at the news globally and sort out the huge amount of information that’s offered to us. Informapping is the project of Francois Patry, Art Director at the Lemieux Bédard ad agency.
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Backyard chickens approved in Vancouver

By Flavie | Published: March 11, 2009
Vancouver just made chickens legal in the city, according to an article published in the Globe and Mail today. This will allow urban residents to keep a coop in their backyard, just like in other north American cities such as Portland, Ore. and Seattle. But this is not good news to certain experts who say [...]
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A visit at one of Toronto’s most innovative greenhouses

By Flavie | Published: March 3, 2009
Last week I was in Toronto to do some interviews for a project I’m doing on urban agriculture, and my interviewees referred me to a new innovative project called Artscape Wychwood Barns. I had a bit of time so I decided to go check it out. The project is located in a residential district not very [...]
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RiP: A Remix Manifesto

By Flavie | Published: March 2, 2009
RiP: A Remix Manifesto is a new documentary by Brett Gaylor that explores the issues of copyright in pop culture. The film investigates “the complexities of intellectual property in the digital era” by following mash-up artist Girl Talk and other personalities such as Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig. Gaylor has also been experimenting with the open [...]
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Stimulate creativity, not infrastructure: Richard Florida

By Flavie | Published: March 1, 2009
Creative class champion Richard Florida had a column in the Globe and Mail yesterday in which he discusses Obama’s bailout plan. Florida says it’s time to forget about infrastructure when putting together bailout packages because the new economy will be based on something else: creativity. Scientists, engineers and artists are the new driving force of [...]
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