SRSI, Day 21: Busting Open Payphones
Laura Paolini of Bell Payphone Labs arrived yesterday with a mission to bust open her payphones. We found all the tools and help we needed out on the street. Otherwise, business as usual down on...
View ArticleSRSI : Non-Places Promo
Daragh Sankey has been working hard to release this promo video documenting Andrea Carvalho‘s three tactics to engage in non-places in the city of Windsor. Daragh is filming, logging and editing as...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 22: 67% Profit
Friday was Robin’s big day, as she trained hard outside on the sidewalk then headed down to Caesars around 7pm. Robin decided to move her gambling table out onto the sidewalk on Park Street to entice...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 23: Payphone Interventions
Last night Laura went out to install some PL1999 payphones, Kyle Bishop of Andand Collective arrives, and Josh does some more inventions. Kyle came down from Waterloo to start developing his...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 24: Imagination Lab & Disco Balls
424 Pelissier was a fun space for kids to be creative all day on Sunday as part of Imagination Lab. Merry Ellen set up her baking station over in that space. Later Sunday night, I accompanied Laura to...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 25: Bookmobile & Friendly Services
Monday saw the last new residents move in to the SRSI spaces; Lee Rodney’s Bookmobile Reading Room and Emily Colombo’s friendly services. To get footage for the SRSI documentary, Daragh followed...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 26 & 27: Hot Days Outside
SRSI participants hit the street today in the blistering heat to interact with passersby. Lee Rodney’s Border Bookmobile gets re-routed, Emily Colombo serves up some lunch and fixes a few bikes. The...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 28: Speed Dating for Store Owners
Thursday was the Storefront Success Stories Speed Dating for Store Owners event down on Pelissier for SRSI, and Justin set up a window installation using the Arduino. Using the same format as the text...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 29: It’s The Last Friday
Friday was the last open house for SRSI. Norman Eberstein read some of his log entries written during his job, Emily made some amazing snacks for us, Kero busted out his Lemur, and Laura did another...
View ArticleSRSI, Day 30: Em’s Little Book of Friendly Services
Over the weekend, Emily Colombo wrapped up Miss Em’s Friendly Services with an awesome zine-like handout. Lots of food was prepared and shared. On Saturday, Emily made a tasty fruit soup using fresh...
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