Action ROERICH – ‘Weave-In’ massif
A massive ‘weave-in’ open to the general public.
Take back green spaces!
Friday August 17, from 1-4pm.
This is a spontaneous invitation to come out tomorrow to Le Champ des Possibles at 1pm for a massive ‘weave-in’ open to the general public. This is a call out for some hands and fingers to help create a temporary, braided land-art work. We will be braiding the chest-high grasses together in the form of the Roerich Garden that existed there from 2007-2011. With 10 people on it at once, things will go quickly and easily. It will be great to see people come out, face to face to enjoy this awesome space, whose future development and the details around it are still being negotiated between the city and Les Amis du Champ des Possibles. Come when you can, stay if you like. Bring your friends!
WHO
Everyone and anyone.
WHAT
A ‘weave-in’ gathering community participants to assemble a temporary, land-art sculpture weaving the Roerich symbol out of the grasses presently growing. We will be braiding grasses without uprooting them in order to make the Roerich symbol visible again.
WHY
A pleasure to the fingers turned collective message to the city. We will be doing this upon the ground where the Roerich Garden used to grow. The Roerich symbol literally means ‘Don’t Bomb Here’ and is a sign of cultural preservation. It was used in the second World war to protect historical, religious and cultural monuments. The braids intervene minimally with the grasses already growing and bring attention to the future development of this space.
WHERE
Le Champ des Possibles, a big wild lot near the tracks in the Mile End.
Directions HERE (<– click blue text).
WHEN
Friday, August 17th from 1pm – 4pm.
INFO
amisduchamp.com
roerichproject.artefati.ca
emilyrosemichaud.com
REMINDER NEWS!
One more day til the Bioblitz! Come again on Saturday from 1pm-8pm for the Bioblitz that Les Amis du Champ des Possibles will be hosting. For more info: http://amisduchamp.com/activites/bioblitz.
Reprenez les espaces verts!
QUI
Tous le monde.
QUOI
Une tissage, ouvert au grand public et une installation ‘land art’ temporaire. On tisserais de tresses dans un cercle sans les arracher pour refaire le symbole Roerich.
POURQUOI
Un simple plaisir pour les doigts, et un message à la ville. On fait ça sur le sol où le Jardin Roerich était une fois. Le symbole veut dire ‘pas de bombardements’ et signifie la préservation culturel. Il était utilisé dans la seconde guerre mondiale pour protéger des monuments qui avait une valeur historique et culturel. Les tresses interviennent d’une façon minimale avec les plantes vivantes.
OÙ
Au Champ des Possibles, terrain vague dans le Mile End.
Directions ICI (<–cliquez le texte bleu).
QUAND
vendredi le 17 août, de 13h à 16h.
RAPPEL!
Les Amis du Champ des Possibles vous invitent à participer à leur premier événement Bioblitz, ce samedi de 13h à 22h. Pour plus d’infos: http://amisduchamp.com/activites/bioblitz.