Arts Court Development: building towards building blocks

July 7th, 2011

Artengine is a production center for electronic art. We are also the Electric Fields festival and a virtual hub for artists and cultural groups across disciplines. We are also a cultural information network distributing event information to thousands of people everyday. We are alot of different things, but most importantly we are where technology comes to play.

An expanded Arts Court and a new Ottawa Art Gallery are all in a fun day at committee at City Hall

August 17th, 2010

I made a special trip to City Hall today to represent Artengine at the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee. I got my 5 minutes, alongside a number of other fantastic people in the cultural sector, to speak to a proposal heading to council for the relocation of The Ottawa Art Gallery and the re-development of […]

My trip to Mutek and Artengine residency in June, Part 2 – Ross Birdwise

August 6th, 2010

Part 2: Artengine Residency, family and friends, Infinite Nothing at Bird Island, if then do live @ Club Saw… My last post on this blog discussed my trip to Montreal to play the Mutek festival with my electronic music group if then do, with Ryan Stec (Artengine’s artistic director) doing visuals.  This trip to Mutek […]

GRL Redux

August 20th, 2009

This time the skies where clear and all was well for our second and more casual efforts at redecorating the exterior of the Rideau Center. Here are some photos of last weeks creative projections. Thanks as always to the amazing Paul Galipeau for working with us on documentation!Look for GRL Ottawa this fall at the […]

Graffiti Research Lab + Ghetto Blast – rap-up!

July 29th, 2009

all y’all: so, it’s safe to announce that this event was, shall we say, a ‘qualified’ success; as you know if you were anywhere within 200km of Ottawa this past weekend, in the immortal words of Steve Reich vs Brother Walter (and the newscaster from Family Guy), ‘It’s Gonna Rain!” We literally had moats of […]

Darsha Hewitt at Arts Court Platinum Party

May 23rd, 2008

Galerie SAW Gallery, SAW Video and Artengine presented The Bakery Group, Jokers of The Scene and Darsha Hewitt as part of the Arts Courts 20th anniversary party – Platinum. Here are some photos of Darsha work we took the next day. It was very popular on the night of the event and her work, along […]