2006 - Ongoing
Vendart needs your help
Submission call
We have begun forming a Volunteer database because we need help with a variety of tasks. If you would like to help us out send an email to vendart@vendart.org with the title -Vendart Volunteer- along with contact info (telephone, email, etc.)

MOVES IN PROGRESS...

Exchange Network Installation Series phase 3
New York City , Montreal and Toronto
Drop-off box placement

Toronto - 401 Richmond, mailbox lobby.

New York City - The Change You Want to See 84 Havemeyer St. Brooklyn.

Montreal - N/A.

MOVES MADE...

10/25/06 – 10/28/06
Methinks Presents NYC Roadtrip6 [66]
New York City In the Parks Archival Installation
Manhattan, New York City, USA
We arrived in New York safely and rested. On the day of arrival exploration of a number of locations around the city was conducted for the upcoming Archival Installation. Upon returning to the hostel work by 86 artists was mounted on custom made clip hangers and mounted on the Portable Wall Unit.

We left the hostel at 10 am Thursday October 26. Our first installation took place in Washington Square Park. Dozens of onlookers stopped to check out the display. A large portion of the audience was comprised of NYU students because of the fact that their campus is situated around the park. NBC news and a movie crew added to a “what is going on here?” type of vibe in the park.

After 5 hrs in the park we moved, via dolly, to Union Square where we remained for the duration of the day. Union Square audience proved to be diverse and plentiful. Business man on their way into the subway, tourists shooting pictures and skaters who were just enjoying the spot were just some of the people who took some time to check out our Archival Display.

This installation took place in congruence with the Methinks Presents Roadtrip series For details on Methinks Presents Roadtrip series please visit: http://methinkspresents.org

Artist shown:Alx - AM Productions - Aquamuffin- Arbova, Nana - Blackett, Matthew - Brown, Mat - Brown, Matthew - Bai, Jeff - Arvallo, Emanuel - Benivolski, Xenia - Biederman, Barri - Blair - Baran, Colleen - Browne, Dan - Dales, Rob - Capel,Anja - Dudukovic, Nik - Crowhurst, Samantha - Ciardullo, Melissa - Casanta, Marianna - Cams, Oliver - Donnelly, Brian - Decroock, Michael - Forrow, Jamie - Dexik, Lizz - Conflict, Dion - Firan, Nick - DiPoce, Jessica - Femmeau - Hsu,Christina - Halliday, Tia - Homerick, Trevor - Galaxy Magazine - Gledhill, Travis - Gale, Matt - Hutchinson, Shannon - Janet Bikegirl - Knaff, Millie - Lois, Erin - Komorska, Gosia - Luki - Katalogue - Levitt, Jackie - Lum, Annie - Lauriele - Yvon, Julie - Lee, Jessica - Muir, Pete - Mohaver, Daphne - Methinks Presents - Moore, K.J. - Nofrequency - McMillan, Julii - Moreweather, Ryan - Mason, Matt - Magsalay, Christine - Orwinski, Lukasz - Proctor, Ashley - Parsons, Mike - Ordo - Mandra - Public Photos - Red Trakpants - Sickthsense - Tsang, Tjie - Sayej, Nadia - Style In Progress - Sio - Ruby - Santos, Manuel - Xpace - Sandals, Leah - de Savoye, Monika - Wing Yee - Sonatei - Solski, Ryan - Rowan-Legg, Shelagh - Stark, Colin - Sullivan, Tim - S.A. - Tarasiuk, Andrzej - Segan, Srdjan -Taylor, Anthony - Waszul, Yarek - Wasson,Brian - Wainsztein, Juliana

9/30/06 – 10/1/06
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
Performance Unit Archival Display Installation
Toronto, Canada
Even without the collaboration of the weather the first Toronto all night contemporary art thing turned out to be an amazing experience both from the onlooker and participant perspective.

The rain only added to the experience and made it comparable to the night of the blackout where thousands (.5 milion) of people came out into the streets and enjoyed a night of human creativity.

Our installation moved around three locations. We occupied two locations on Bloor Street and one on Philosophers Walk near Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog in Toronto #71624.

All the artists whose work is a part of our archives should know that the general public loved your work. We saw people from all walks of life enjoy various pieces. People took photographs, and took down information on various artists and the project (artist information was provided above each piece on display)

9/7/06
OCAD BBQ Archival Display Installation
Performance Unit Archival Display Installation
Butterfield Park, Toronto, Canada
Thanks to the OCAD SU we had the opportunity to show some of our archives to new students of the University as well as to all others who attended the Barbeque. The installation was successful as a lot of people liked what they saw and were interested in participating in future installations.

8/25/06 – 8/27/06
Methinks Presents NYC PoStCaRD Show
Performance Unit Installation
25th 7pm: The Gladstone Hotel, Art Bar
26th Noon - 6pm: The Harbourfront
27th Noon - 6pm: Kensington Market, Car Free Sunday
NYC PoStCaRD Show was a truly unique exhibition located at three different sites throughout Toronto's great urban landscape. Our good friends at Methinks Presents have organized a diverse show of work by various artists in a post card format. Everyone who participated had their work seen by various people in and outside the Gladstone Hotel. At the Harbourfront Centre during the Indy Festival. And at the Kensington Pedestrian Sunday. Each installation was unique in weather conditions, random public, and moments of opportunity.

Our hats are off to Mr. Ringer for having the great idea of shining a stage light from the Art Bar in the Gladstone Hotel onto the Performance Unit situated on Queen St. W. Many Thanks to the Organizers of the Indy Festival for inviting us to set up in their tent. And Last but defiantly not least, Thank You Very Much to the Organizers of the Kensington Car free Sunday for being extremely accommodating and helpful with our installation and takedown.

6/13/06 – 6/18/06
Methinks Presents Montréal Roadtrip
Montréal Exchange Network Initiation
Montréal, Canada
The Montréal Exchange Network initiative went very well. We had the pleasure of meeting Louis Rastelli, Director of Distroboto and Jean-Pierre Caissie , Artistic Coordinator of Dare-Dare and discuss with them what they are about and what we are in the process of establishing as far as the Exchange Network initiative. All the organizations are in the process of expansion and growth, which makes the future very exciting. Beating the pavement we talked to many other cultural producers in Montréal from the streets of St- Laurent to the Concordia University downtown campus.

On Mr. Rastelli's suggestion we picked two locations in Montréal to install four Mini Ex-net Units packed with 107 art pieces donated by artists and 200 of The Vendart Project zines in both official languages. The units at L'Utopik (552, rue Sainte-Catherine Est.) are still there but units which were installed at the front lobby of Articule (#105, 4001 Berri) are currently M.I.A. Please note that since then Articule has changed locations to 262 Fairmount Quest.

Fifty more copies will be dropped off along with a Mini Ex-net Unit at a third location in Montréal in the month of August.

Artist who participated: BooArt , Lizz Dexik, Kate O'Shaughnessy, Sickthsense, Andrzej Tarasiuk and various anonymous participants of the What do Kids Think Installation

Artist work shown by artists (Toronto): Sarah Dryburgh, Janet Attard, Jennifer Elgie, Gosia Komorska, Alicia Santamaria, Jenna Macleallan, Anja Capel, K.J. Moore, Trevor Smale, Boo Art, and Sio.
(NYC): Centre for Urban Pedagogy

Artist who participated: Sarah Dryburgh, Janet Attard, Jennifer Elgie, Gosia Komorska, Alicia Santamaria, Jenna Macleallan, Anja Capel, K.J. Moore, Trevor Smale, Boo Art, and Sio.

The Vendart Project met with Rosten Woo, Director of Programs for the Center for Urban Pedagogy (C.U.P) ( www.anothercupdevelopment.org ). This is a non-for-profit organization based in Brooklyn , N.Y. The center creates “Educational projects about places and how they change”. 80 Art Making Packages were exchanged for 36 large educational posters, our first official art exchange with New York City artists. The Art Making Packages will be distributed to the center's various student participants. C.U.P. is also willing to help us spread awareness about our future projects as well as help us find locations to install future Exchange Units within the Brooklyn community.

Professor Glenn Wharton of New York University's Museum Studies / Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, directed our attention to the Grey Gallery's exhibit “ The Downtown Show, The New York Art Scene 1974 - 1984” (www.nyu.edu/greyart/exhibits/downtown/dthome.htm). To quote Professor Wharton in regards to The Vendart Project “… (I) certainly support your project's aims. The world needs more Art and Ideas. The Exchange Unit installations are fabulous…”

Artists: Christine Magsalay, Nick Firan, Mike Parsons, Nik Dudokovic, Millie Knaff, Marianna Casasanta, Matt Gale, SIO , and K.J. Moore.

10/31/05
Methinks Presents NYC4 Roadtrip
Parsons University Exchange Network Initiation - Stand-Still Installation
New York City, U.S.A.
Having arrived late in the afternoon on Friday we decided to install the new Yellow Exchange Unit on Halloween Monday. The unit is a continuation of the Exchange Unit series, designed for maximum exposure for the Art and Ideas contained inside and contains no technology.

We walked through Central Park, taking scenic shots of the unit, on the way to Parsons University. There we met with Andre-Philippe R. White, Academic Advisor, who welcomed us and showed us the student space in which we installed the unit. It is a central space where students from all disciplines come and work on their projects. We left behind 269 pieces of art and ideas provided by 9 Toronto based artists and 50 pieces from “What do kids think?” Art Making Station Installation at the Art Gallery of Ontario this past summer. All of the Art and Ideas were gone within a week.

Artists: Christine Magsalay, Nick Firan, Mike Parsons, Nik Dudokovic, Millie Knaff, Marianna Casasanta, Matt Gale, SIO , and K.J. Moore.

We would like to thank people at Style In Progress for all the hard work they have done to make the festival happen and to all the people who participated and interacted with The Vendart Project.

The Vendart Project set up an Art Making Station Installation in the south-west corner of the square. The project provided materials and custom cut and primed cardboard panels which allowed dozens of spectators at the festival the opportunity to create Art and Ideas. Many were grateful for the opportunity to had their work archived and distributed in future installations.

The Pink Exchange Unit was packed with art donated by emerging Toronto artists which many of the participants took home with them.

5/30/05
Downtown Toronto
Kids in Suits - Site-to-Site Performance Installations
Toronto, Canada
A group of thirteen artists and performers made their way through the Toronto business district distributing art work from the Art Gallery of Ontario Art Making Station “ What Do Kids Think Installation” , which was combined with the work donated by students from Ontario College of Art and Design. Part of the Installation was to play and have fun in the business district with the use of chalk, skip rope, basketball and a life size toy car made by the Methinks Presents crew specifically for this installation. Over all we managed to interact with the business community in five major locations ( Dundas Square, South Entrance to the Eaton's Centre, South entrance to the Toronto International Stock Exchange, the TD Centre Square and the park by Roy Thomson Hall).

Thanks to:
Ryan Ringer and Margaret Saliba (Methinks Presents hype vehicle)
Adam Thomson , Christine Magsalay , Jake Rekret , Chico Gupta , Pierre Desousa (documentation)
Marika Schimansky, Alvaro Gonzalez, Maria Pantow, Kevin Moore, Fiona McLaoghlin, Ashley Knight, (chalk drawing, skip rope, bubbles, basket ball)

After 4 hours of fun the Exchange unit's art drop off box was stuffed with so much Art and Ideas we had to fill an extra box.

65 pieces of Art and Ideas from the 399 submitted by 42 different artists were distributed during the three installations in NYC. With in a week of coming back from New York some of the artists who contributed work to The Vendart Project received e-mails from people in NYC wanting to see more of their work. The archived pieces from the New York City Installations were featured during the Methinks Presents NYC2 Roadtrip Retrospective show at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto O3/10/05.

Artists who donated work: Niki Trosky – K.J. Moore – Ryan Solski – Monika de Savoye – Lizz Dexik – Anja Capel – Galaxy Magazine – Sickthsense – Unknown – Colleen Baran – Femmeau – Dana – Sio – Lorena Salome – Xenia Benivolski – Monica Ross – Victoria Sayago – Waiguo Mao – Jaahvaiset Kieolle – Laura Baillie – Michael De Crook – Leah Sandals – Alex McLeod – Carrie Young – Katalogue – Konflikt in the Kino – Neon Bruno – Nana – Man-made-Hill – Trevor Homerick – Cap'n Obvious – Gihso – Jessica DiPoce – Sonatei – Ivan – BooArt – Srdjan Segan – Ashley Proctor – Wing Yee – Ryan Moreweather – Anie Lum – Dan Browne.

1/27/05
The Gladstone Hotel
Methinks Presents NYC Roadtrip Retrospective Show - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
The Pink Exchange Unit was packed with blank cardboard canvases and Art and Ideas donated by various artists. Thanks to all the students who grabbed some art and/or donated something to the project.

1/26/05 - 1/27/05
Ontario College of Art and Design
The 4th Floor @ 113 McCaul - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
The Pink Exchange Unit appeared in the113 McCaul building of the Ontario College of Art and Design. It hugged a wall by the first year student lounge as a group of students were setting up for break-dancing. Thanks to all the students who showed interest in the project.

1/22/05
The Gladstone Hotel
NYC Send-off! - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
During a snow storm that resembled the first trip to NYC a pink refrigerator made its way on a dolly to the amazement of passers by on Queen St. W. After a forty-minute trek through the white blizzard the Pink Exchange unit touched down in the warm lobby of the Gladstone Hotel. Packed full of blank canvasses and playing “Wish you were here” CD by Pink Floyd the Exchange Unit greeted those brave enough to venture out into a storm in order to come and support a good cause.

12/1/04 - 4/31/05
[X-PACE]
[X-PACE] Art Store - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
Grand opening of the [X-PACE] Art Store commences on Wednesday December 1st. The Pink Exchange Unit is contracted to make [X-PACE] its home for the next five month. A good opening, great interest in both the unit and the store, overall another success in making Art and Ideas more available to the public.

10/28/04 - 10/31/04
Methinks Presents NYC2 Roadtrip
In the Subways and @ PS122 - Site-to-Site Installations
New York City, U.S.A
A sick campaign of limited edition Vendart [The Vendart Project] posters (127) commences in Downtown of Toronto two weeks prior to the trip. Seven days of upgrades to the frame and sound system of the unit with the help of George Docherty, Integrated media technician at O.C.A.D.

On the way to PS122 Gallery in New York City people interact with the unit and its contents. The unit was installed outside on the street without any supervision for the duration of the performance at the gallery. We interacted with a diverse group of people in the New York City subways for the second time around, even bumping into a few people who remembered us.

The Unit was also installed in the front of the Hostelling International NYC building, on the Upper West side of Manhattan . The new subwoofer and speaker's blasted the sounds of “Sonic Youth” to the delight of young and old. We did not get their permission to use their music; we did so because we felt that it was appropriate within the context of the installation and because we think that they are an awesome band.

9/18/04 - 9/19/04
Place Automotive Building
With Sickthsense @ The Clothing Show - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
First commercial exhibition of Sickthsense along with the silkscreen and textile work by Sarah Reynolds, Michael DeCrook and Mike Parsons . The unit is filled with various patches, socks and bandanas as part of the Sickthsense Showcase. A couple more thousand people see The Pink Exchange Unit and the Art and Ideas with in it.

8/6/04
Ciao Edie
Katalouge, a One Year Anniversary - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
Katalogue is a zine devoted to the liberation and independence of the burgeoning underground art scene worldwide. So when they asked us about coming to their party we automatically asked when and where? The party was a blast. 100 3-D magnetic Mini Pink Exchange Units were launched during the event created by Lukasz Orwinski and Lorena Salome. Each unit had one of four groups of nine images from Vendart [The Vendart Project] Archives. Needless to say, people loved them.

7/11/04
Kensington Market
Creative Kensigton - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
The Pink Exchange Unit stands amongst art venders, food venders, performers, and hundreds of passers by as the cultural hotspot locks its streets to cars and opens them to people.

7/10/04
Toronto Outdoor Arts Festival
At the Art Festival - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
With in the student section of the largest Art Festival in North America The Pink Exchange Unit is a fascinating object to people who came to shop for art. It takes a few seconds for the concept of free Art and Ideas to sink in before the public takes a closer look at what is inside the unit and makes a choice on what they like. Since we never got a permit we were asked to leave the square. With a 20 ft shift onto the side walk the unit continues to distribute Art and Ideas, from public property to the public.

6/7/04 - 6/13/04
Younge-Dundas Square
One Week @ Younge and Dundas Square - A series of Stand-Still Installations
Toronto, Canada
With the help from Elena Bird* and Patrick Carnegie**, the Pink Exchange Unit moved around Younge and Dundas Square over a period of a week distributing over 1000 pieces of Art and Ideas to the public. During that period we were contacted and interviewed by MUCHMOREMUSIC's Richard Cazeau, Host & Videographer of The Loop.

Check out the photos and time lapse by Slawek Smigiel shot during the installation.
* Research Officer, Culture Division in City Hall
**Facilities & Events Manager, Dundas Square

5/29/04 - 5/30/04
[X-PACE]
Art Market - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
The up and coming student run gallery [X-PACE] opens its doors to any artist willing to vend their art. The Pink Exchange Unit stands proudly outside its entrance, bright summer sun reflecting of its pink exterior as visitors and residence of Kensington Market come by to see the emerging talent. The “Smoothie and Movie” crew make smoothies on the side. The Art Market is organized by Ashley Proctor.

4/25/04
The Gladstone Hotel
Go West - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
A limited number of Thesis students from Ontario College of Art and Design get a chance to exhibit in one of many participating galleries along Queen St. W. In front of Gladstone Hotel the Pink Exchange Unit is filled with Art and Ideas from anyone who chose to participate. No-Censorship, No-Filtration, all it take is the will to have your work out in the public.

4/21/04
O.C.A.D Transit Space
After the Drill is Gone - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
Performances, video and sculpture installations, drawings, paintings, etc. dedicated to student opinion on how the major changes in both appearance and the system of the Ontario College of Art and Design have affect them. The Exchange Unit stood with light and music emanating from its belly ready to distribute, promote and collect Art and Ideas from and too anyone willing to participate.

4/19/04
O.C.A.D Transit Space
Fusion - Stand-Still Installaiton
Toronto, Canada
The Pink Exchange unit is installed within the Ontario College of Art and Design (O.C.A.D.). The purpose of the show was to get students to discuss how important is it to create a stronger O.C.A.D. community. Does the construction of the new building change the fundamental things about O.C.A.D? Some of the more serious changes were the disappearance of the atrium and the park area within the school, which further fractured the O.C.A.D. community. Unfortunately only a small number of the student community participated in the show.

4/9/04 - 04/12/04
Mind Control Gallery
Systems of Control - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
As part of the exhibition show, which questions the way western society functions, the Vendart [ The Vendart Project ] crew brings their Pink Exchange Unit placing it at the core of the show. Uncensored, unfiltered and free Art and Ideas make their way into the hands of many patrons and visitors. Another step towards building a creative flow of information is taken.

3/10/04 - 3/11/04
City of Toronto
Guerilla Style Installations - Site-to-Site Installations
Toronto, Canada
During two days of guerilla style installations in mid March, the Vendart [ The Vendart Project ] crew takes The Pink Exchange Unit around the city of Toronto to bring Art and Ideas to the unsuspecting public. Responses varied depending on the location. Installations fluctuated from street intersections to high school playgrounds.

2/8/04
[X-Pace]
Wintervention - Stand-Still Installations
Toronto, Canada
Along with Snowcrafters Guild and the City Beatification Ensemble The Exchange Unit brings uncensored art to the unsuspected [X-Pace] Gallery visitors.

2/14/04 - 02/21/04
The Drake Hotel
Grand Opening of Drake Hotel - Stand-Still Installation
Toronto, Canada
A week long installation in the front lobby of the prestigious Arts oriented Drake Hotel is O.K.ed by its owner Jeff Stober. The Exchange Unit is filled with Art and Ideas duplicated by Vendart [ The Vendart Project ] and donated by various artists in and outside of Toronto . The unit amplifies synthesizer sound waves by Roxen Luchak , meanwhile a good number of our distributed videos get played in the lounge. Visitors and employees raid The Exchange Unit packed with Art and Ideas in ziploc bags. Over 500 pieces are distributed to the visitors of the Drake Hotel.