Check out our recent foray into public art: a video installation we made with Highwire Films and nine students from Jasper Place High School.
It’s already played at the Nina Haggerty and United Way, and it plays tonight and tomorrow night at The ARTery!
It’s been well over a week since filming, but Latitude 53 is still brimming with excitement over a public arts project we started on July 6. Ten students from Jasper Place High School and Edmonton-based film company Highwire Films came into the gallery for a day of filming, art creation and granola-bar eating. Yes. Granola bars were had.
Director Mike Robertson was perfect with the students, and made sure that each student was creatively engaged with their own 10 minute segment in the video. Each new student brought to the project a new song for the playlist, a way of interacting with the camera and a vision for what the project would become. Needless to say, it was interesting to see the sheer diversity of choices made – from dancing, moshing and singing to simple smiles or frowns.
It’s not often that you get to see a whole group of wonderful people coming together to create a public artwork for the community, and this was an exciting opportunity to see how individuals can brighten their own cities through art and creativity. Good work pals.
Keep an eye out for the finished video work in empty storefronts in the McCauley area this August. In the meantime, help us spread the underground word about the project by talking to your friends about public art, or by even making some yourself. It’s fun. We swear.
