Join us for two days of programming at Big Pictures 2024!
Join us for an afternoon of panel presentations from artists, curators, educators, designers, and planners working to enhance our experience of urban space. We will break for a happy hour with snacks and refreshments between panels.
Conference attendees meet for a guided walking tour of Richmond public art, and a curatorial introduction to the exhibit ‘Unit Bruises: Theodore Wan & Paul Wong, 1975-1979’ at the Richmond Art Gallery.
DAY ONE
Friday, May 10
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Friday Conference Check-in and Registration
Room 4900, 4th Floor, Wilson School of Design at KPU (5600 Kwantlen Street, Richmond BC)
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
PANEL 01 – Kinetic: Creating Experiences Using Screens, Big and Small
- Afroquatics: A Call and Response with Archives by Kemi Craig & Connor Tice
- Co-presence with Big Screens by Amesh Narsing
- Making Big Pictures from Small Scraps: A Guide to Environmental Practices in the World of High Resolution by Monique Motut-Firth & prOphecy sun
Room 4900, 4th Floor, Wilson School of Design
2:20 PM – 3:20 PM
PANEL 02 – Portals: Building Worlds in Walls and Windows
- On Real Estate Storefront Enchantment: Lessons from Frederick Kiesler and the Modernist Avant-garde by Will Fu
- Breaking the Walls: A Speculative Design for Gramural Scape in Strathcona by Iryna Karaush
- Inspiring Walls by Lukas Lundberg
Room 4900, 4th Floor, Wilson School of Design
3:40 PM – 4:40 PM
PANEL 03 – Play: Cultivating Cooperation and Agency in Public Space
- Participatory Placemaking: The How and Why of Public Mural Workshops by Kay Gallivan
- Public Art with/and/through Design: Interdisciplinary Processes for Making by Charlotte Falk
- League and the nGames: Collective Creative Play in Urban Spaces by Germaine Koh
- Collaboration, Connection and Contribution: An Exploration of Local Voices and a Sense of Place by Shirley Wiebe
Room 4900, 4th Floor, Wilson School of Design
4:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Friday Happy Hour: Refreshments and Snacks
Room 4900, 4th Floor, Wilson School of Design
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
KEYNOTE PANEL – Art on the Canada Line: Intervening in the Flow of Traffic
Room 4900, 4th Floor, Wilson School of Design
DAY TWO
Saturday, May 11
1 PM – 3 PM
Saturday Walking Tour: Minoru Park + Curatorial Tour: Richmond Art Gallery
Meet at Brighouse Canada Line Station at 1pm for a walking public art tour with Biliana Velkova, followed by a tour of the Richmond Art Gallery current exhibition with Shaun Dacey at 2pm. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes.
