Many people dropped by the artist-run centre Skol since Artivistic’s Promiscuous Infrastructures started on March 9, 2012. The place was bursting with the visitors’ traces. Seeking to transform Skol into a (counter)production space, the Artivistic collective had built a temporary printing station, an alternative press library, a workshop venue and, last but not least, a cozy space where people could share their ideas, their zines, and their artifacts. As the last activity before the finissage of Promiscuous Infrastructures, the Sandbox Project could count on a variety of materials to re-use and incorporate into our activities.
Activism Beyond the Interface: The Sandbox Project is a community art project by Alessandra Renzi and Roberta Buiani consisting of a series of production labs and collaborative interventions in different cities (Toronto, Berlin, Montreal, Mexico City, New York). The project invites activists, artists, and techies to reflect upon the coexistence of diverse tactics, strategies, and performative actions gathered under the same umbrella term “activism”. The labs filter this inquiry through the production of multimedia interventions about contemporary activist/artistic practices (community radio and television shows, multimedia performance, etc.), so as to foster an environment that prioritizes collaboration, sharing, and thinking together.
Read more about the Montreal Sandbox Project in which I participated on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at le Centre des arts actuels Skol.
Photos by Alessandra Renzi and Roberta Buiani.
