Leisure Projects

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Welcome to the Leisure Projects Website.
We are an independent artist-curator initiative that explores popular imaginaries of leisure through curated exhibitions, performed events or published texts. Leisure Projects is the delirious brainchild of artists Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley.

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Leisure talks

(Written 28 May 2009)

Leisure Projects is participating in two public events surrounding the exhibition Making It Work. An artist talk on Wednesday May 27 from 6:30-7:30 and a round table discussion involving many of the collectives participating in the exhibition on Sat June 13, 3-5pm. The round table will discuss larger issues surrounding collaborative process and will be moderated by Vincent Bonin.

The art of marketing art

(Written 11 April 2009)

This past February Leisure Projects had the pleasure of participating in a panel alongside Mark Lanctôt, Donald Browne and The Sanchez Brothers, moderated by Cheryl Sim. The discussion, a pre- “Art Matters” event, was an opportunity for exchange on the ins and outs of developing and marketing an independent professional practice. Copied here is a summary written by Russ Cooper and published in the Concordia Journal.

Hair Follies Exhibition Features Outrageous Wigs

(Written 1 February 2009)

Leisure Projects was pleased to participate in a casual interview over lunch and tea with the Montreal Gazette reporter Christine Redfern. An excerpt from the article published in the January 17 issue is copied here.

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Recent Leisure Letters

Les Vampires: with great suede wings

(Written 22 August 2010)

Diaghilev's Les Noces

(Written 18 August 2010)

Restlessness: Claude Jutra's "Wow"

(Written 16 August 2010)

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Leisure studio

(Added 29 August 2010)

Please update your address books – Leisure Projects has a new studio address.

Forward all corresponence to:
#404
6250 RUE HUTCHISON
OUTREMONT QUEBEC
H2V4C3

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Dawn machine: Confetti System

(Added 28 August 2010)

Image: gold – homepage from Confetti System online

With his Dawn Machine (1668?), Gianlorenzo Bernini created the impression of a dazzling sunrise as part of a theatrical event (Read more about Leisure performance: Bernini’s Spectacles here).

In a contemporary series of ephemeral installations; glittering walls, tasseled garlands and shining piñatas, the Brooklyn based duo, Confetti System seems to be channelling Bernini’s shimmering radiance. Creating exhibitions, sets, as well as a line of accessories and festive objects, Confetti System, “transforms simple materials such as tissue paper, cardboard, and silk into interactive objects that create a point of focus, where memories are made and a spontaneous collaboration with the viewer is sparked.”

Read more about Dawn machine: Confetti System