Sincerely Interested
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We have been busy driving home and nursing a sick van back to health, but in the coming days/weeks/months please look out for more documentation of and reflection on the work we did in Green River, Detroit, Windsor, and all the places in between.
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Snacks from the opening of Spirit of Windsor last week.
(Faygo, with both English and French on the label, hummus, baklava and oranges, all from businesses included in the guide.)
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Spirit of Windsor: An Outsider’s Guide, the exhibition, is up at CIVIC SPACE in Windsor until April 30. The guide is available there, free of charge. It’s also available at select locations in Detroit and will soon be in Portland.
Or…you can look at this digital version!
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“It’s not often that you get a glimpse of how a stranger sees the place you live,” says Nicole Lavelle.
That’s the premise behind the Spirit of Windsor, a new travel guide being unveiled tonight at Broken City Lab. The brainchild of Lavelle and Sarah Baugh, the piece is part art and part alternative guidebook.
“It’s an outsiders guide,” Lavelle said. “Most guides are made by locals, or people who are really familiar with the place. We wanted to see what happens when people who know nothing about a place try to do the same thing.”
Armed with nothing but curiosity and a few recommendations, the two Portland-based graphic designers set about exploring Windsor for a week and recording their observations. As a result, their guide is rather serendipitous.
Lavelle says the two-page document includes things like the Windsor Youth Centre — “because there was a sign on the door saying ‘come in’” — thrift stores, public parks and a little produce market that made the cut “simply because it had a beautiful hand-painted sign.”
Both Lavelle and Baugh have spent time in Detroit, and say they were struck by how different the Motor City is from Windsor.
“Unlike American downtowns, Windsor’s was compact, smaller and newer,” Lavelle said. “The city is also incredibly diverse, and I never would have guessed that before coming here.”
Now complete and ready for print, the guide will be provided free of charge to the shops and restaurants the two visited.
For more information, visit Broken City Lab’s website.
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This is a very nice little article about our project. Thank you, Ted Shaw at the Windsor Star. But all we can think about is how dirty our hair is. Do we look like artists yet?
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Straight from the press kit, this is one of the only photos we have of the two of us. Let’s hope the Windsor Star decides to run it…
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Please join us next week for the release of our culminating project from our residency at Broken City Lab!
Spirit of Windsor: An Outsider’s Guide is a project from Portland-based artists Sarah Baugh and Nicole Lavelle. Arriving in Windsor with absolutely no previous knowledge of the place, the two spent one week investigating. The resulting publication is a cursory glimpse of this place, intended to act as a jumping-off point for locals and visitors alike.
Copies of the guide will be available, as well as refreshments and door prizes from local eateries and businesses. Select excerpts from the guide will be exhibited in the space.
When: Thursday, April 18, 6-8pm
Where: Civic Space, 411 Pelissier Street, Windsor ON -
We are having a little show of new work in Detroit. If you’re anywhere near Michigan, please join us! There will be prints, small publications, and found objects. Thank you to Lauren and Ryan Harroun for making this happen.
Saturday, April 20 • 1130 Vinewood Street, Detroit MI, Third Floor
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