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Beast. challenges perceptzons of art and public spaces , BY BoaVituAis‘AL what they're seeing and delve a little deeper ‘ i j? s _ ‘ 73v Willimlm'QL-Smfl 7 7W into the works like Fancy Fences being pre» l 0‘ 3331: _‘ ' i, ,3 : sented by the anist collective BIL} at Water- ,3 s , ' v, 4 , ~ .3 . - I I here will he tnore thaii a few double loo's public square. or Will II by artist Lucy O‘ - ‘ ,_ ' J ,-"/ ' - I I takes over the next few weeks as Howe at Kitehener's City Hall, looking at the ”we , - 1‘ .; v R I 3 unsuspecting people pass by public decay ofurban infrastructure, ”if: v ' "3.3 ' 3 .33, ‘ space like Waterloo Square and see fences "We saw kind of a suru'val ethos coming 2‘"? 3‘ ‘ 4:; hanging from the light standards. front many ofthe works we were seeing and ‘ ~ 3 [at «\ Or what will they make 0fthe state of out a determination to resist in a variety of . r &k ~ 3, . local city infrastructure as they see a still ways." said llatt. "How do we wrap our . f - _ E ,3 3‘. : functioning light standard wilted like a heads around the big events of the world i .- ”3i 73 3 5 ', ‘3 , flower in front of Kitchener City Hall? and this responds to feelings we already - 5 " ' ’ 1k I 3 ‘ fl , 7‘ j . , \ 0 “People will take out their cellphones and have, 3 3 '2 t ' ‘ _ 183- r V; ‘ ,3 ’l ‘ take photographs," 3 "When we see ' , E t , .7 t. 3 { 5‘} said Gordon Matt. A‘ , ‘. :‘ these works we go. ‘3 H ‘ séa.‘ ‘ glilhfi ‘I’ h! executive director of {a ‘ ' ‘w; ‘WowIWe're drawn to 3 3,, i ,_ i , "' â€"‘ ' 2‘ 5; .‘ 3. . the (,otitemporary k, I”, - » . thetn because they \‘3 ‘ “£343 ,’ . ' ‘7'" ._ O ' g f Art lortun Kitchener 3 IIIIIIIIII _ d Strike a resonant 3 3 i 3' ‘ . - "J ' .; . I L, ' and Area. "It's really an? _ --" .. ' chord." { ’ - \3 3' ‘ 2 l", ., * ’ ' qutte a startling Ag,“ .i . 3.4.,‘3' ' ’ ' it The very nature of “€th S . . _ g 3 4’“ piece." a, _ ,3 . i:;';_-"3:,'f"“' __ , “ public art is to alter It“; ”“23; 3M". : ‘ . , a . _ , . But that's the pur- 1W?“ ' “ 3 our usual landscapes R; J, :1 “I, , ‘ ‘ i ’7' 77“ "x 4', pose of the ( ontetn- and give people adif- V A ' ,7 .. 31,3; - r; , , . ‘ ‘ ~: V" ._. .. §‘ punt!) Art Iorum ‘ â€"-" ferenl perception of ‘ l 3 . ; ‘3 ' a" ‘ Kitchener and Area ",9 ‘ a the places they take ; “ ‘ , ’ said executive direc- '9 w- _ for granted on a daily ii 2 ' g; ‘- 3 i: tor(.ordon llatt. [he ‘J ‘3‘ I; H" basis. That‘s why i n" 3 3’ : tilll\lrfllll (Il’gtllll/A' ‘ . . I. 3 ' there's such a focus ' 3 i l I [Inn is staging its 8th I‘ , ‘ I , in putting the dis- h‘. - I i " lllt‘llllltll t‘\ll|llllltlll . g 1 l . playsiti public places a: " ' 3 ‘- 3 ha" an i 1, 5" r L _. .. 1.» HI .irt plt)[l‘t ts in the 33 and haying people it ’ "’ Vi ' 3_ ‘ '3‘.” :' ”rows, .. ‘ ‘ pttblit plat. s til ‘ 3 l either stumble ttpon m . ‘ E " _ , iFI . is , , \\.iti~r|oii Region â€" '=. them or he stormed ' ‘ _, ' ' lit-iii \t'pl It» It) i tti “I V V'â€" ‘-v by them .. fi- ‘ 2 3 ti “it! '.\ill li.i\t‘ .“i Fancy Fences is an installation at the Water “We t~\ist for the - ' i ' Allslllti‘t s iIi.it III I It too Public Square by a collective of artists inn-rat lion of the “iv-“M 3 «3"? t. Ilt'titllt‘s fugitls railed BLG that turns the idea of usmg crowd person on [In- street, ' g ‘ 3 It mu think that control battterson its ear and to get them to g «a,» A illlIVlN are Ii.ttoiiii- engage." said Hall 33 i “WNW“ 34" x 3 Ii‘I\ lot i batten .tlltl interim-i the psit lining llH' lortitn use“ has pttt the .lrl'Al on the ' i . , 3 : ‘hmr -i ‘ i' t' ii iii mood Ill .t sot It‘l\ .is it adapts to chain; ( tillur.t| radar, and Matt said that there were “$377, _ . ' 3 L “ 3 i in}; tort es in the “Ulltl. or new looking .it a more than ITS submissions for this year’s ”a? , _‘- " 1: Int HI twirl that \\.is dealing utth issues silt It mhtbttion in addition to i-\hibits and artists 3% ’ My: 3‘ 34 :‘ .thE as iIti:i.ttt~ ( hangt: peak oil and Itttiits to they also pursued ' f "1:, 59:3. ‘ ' ‘3 “ Xupt. 3,53; grnixthf \tlltl ll.itt «I8 the organization (‘t‘lt'r Hall said that artists behind (ZAIZKA are , {£1 g limit-s Ils lIitli .tlilll'st'lle} “Ii tl\k\ its as it proud that the biennial event has become a “ , fit“ 394:4 ». sot It'l\ him “v t unstime and how we tlls' reason to Visit the region. attd is something 3 .53, “‘3 ptist‘ of it ” that adds to its social and cultural fabric: - I?" 3 43.5? ”t' lliittt-s tit-uph- l'.ll\t‘ more than .i “We want to get the larger community to 3 , _ _ , , , _ , _ Spot Lian t'vt‘hriiw during ( M l\;\ I l Stir participate in the show." said llatt. “It's an Lucy Howestht ll display I? already drawmg 3(urtous it?“ at Kitchener; City Hall as shes I rive. 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