completed projects
Hamilton : un guide de mémoireest un projet d'art communautaire visant la création d'un « guide » physique de Hamilton. Contrairement aux guides touristiques traditionnels qui mettent en valeur les attractions locales, ce livre est une invitation à vivre notre ville à travers les histoires de nos voisins.
The text is the culmination of a year-long community art project which asked residents of Kitchener and Waterloo to submit memories connected to places in the Region. Part tourist guide; part art book; part essay; part performance - the map invites residents of KW to explore the region through the eyes of their neighbours.
The book is available for free in e-book form here, or can be purchased as a softcover for $20 by emailing guidebooksfrommemory@gmail.com. It can be found in libraries, and some retailers, throughout Kitchener-Waterloo.
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Hamilton : un guide de mémoireest un projet d'art communautaire visant la création d'un « guide » physique de Hamilton. Contrairement aux guides touristiques traditionnels qui mettent en valeur les attractions locales, ce livre est une invitation à vivre notre ville à travers les histoires de nos voisins.
The text is the culmination of a year-long community art project which asked residents of Kitchener and Waterloo to submit memories connected to places in the Region. Part tourist guide; part art book; part essay; part performance - the map invites residents of KW to explore the region through the eyes of their neighbours.
The book is available for free in e-book form here, or can be purchased as a softcover for $20 by emailing guidebooksfrommemory@gmail.com. It can be found in libraries, and some retailers, throughout Kitchener-Waterloo.
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Hamilton : un guide de mémoireest un projet d'art communautaire visant la création d'un « guide » physique de Hamilton. Contrairement aux guides touristiques traditionnels qui mettent en valeur les attractions locales, ce livre est une invitation à vivre notre ville à travers les histoires de nos voisins.
The text is the culmination of a year-long community art project which asked residents of Kitchener and Waterloo to submit memories connected to places in the Region. Part tourist guide; part art book; part essay; part performance - the map invites residents of KW to explore the region through the eyes of their neighbours.
The book is available for free in e-book form here, or can be purchased as a softcover for $20 by emailing guidebooksfrommemory@gmail.com. It can be found in libraries, and some retailers, throughout Kitchener-Waterloo.
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community activations: launches, performances, and music vdeos
The Guidebooks from Memory project has come to life through a series of community activations that celebrate local storytelling in public space. In Kitchener, an eight-hour durational walk invited audiences to journey alongside performers, reading stories in the very places they occurred. In Hamilton, a book launch at Hamilton Artists Inc.—held during Art Crawl—featured live music and art-making demonstrations. In Kingston, a gallery installation at the Tett Centre for the Kick & Push Festival combined visual art, collage, and collected stories. Each activation transforms the guidebook into a shared, living experience—part performance, part archive, wholly rooted in place—while, inviting a our communities to come together to celebrate the project.
Images from our 2024 gallery installation at Kingston's Tett Centre as part of the Kick & Push Festival. Read about the artist and curator here.
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Celebrating our launch of the Hamilton guidebook with Hamilton Artists Inc. and members of the community.
To accompany the publication of Hamilton: a guidebook from memory our collaborator, Jonathan Harley, created a soundtrack of 48 unique compositions—each inspired by a memory and location from the book. Visit his YouTube page to watch the music videos.
To celebrate the launch of the Kitchener-Waterloo iteration, we led an 8-hour durational walking tour of the book—during which an audience filtered in-and-out across the day.