Imagining Collective Culture

2017

In West Vancouver, PROCESS team members (as Crazy Dames) worked with Arts Assembly to build and activate an outdoor community gathering space. The space we created was used as a hub for community members to come together and workshop new visions for the future of arts and culture in their community and the city as a whole.

We first worked with community members to design and create a gathering area/installation using recycled wooden shipping pallets. This concept considers both the importance of sustainability and references the Lower Mainland’s connections to trade and the shipping industry. Working like a modular material, these palettes served as building blocks which the public took part in arranging through the opening event. Design recommendations from the community members included: seating with shade, dog seating, a vertical garden, a stage and a communal picnic area. We collaboratively created these designs. This gathering spaces then became a location for us to host informal workshops about the future of art and culture in Horseshoe Bay. We further included paper and markers for passers-by to share their ideas for the future of the area.

Client

Arts Assembly

Service Areas

• Arts-based engagement

• Public Art + Cultural Planning