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Preview Liquidation Slam!

Jul 27

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Despite torrential rain during the first half of the day, our preview liquidation event was hugely encouraging! We introduced the project to a ton of new people – and not just the usual art crowd, lots of non-gallery-goers and the like, which is just what this journey is all about, inserting art into daily life – and to boot we liquidated our bloody tales off (even coming out on top with a little extra cash for the road). And overall we had a decent test run with the show

Aleks Bartosik: Image by Chico Gupta

The art (garage sale installation included), looked fantastic – particularly the drawing exhibition – whoa! – and the public feedback was super positive. I cant wait to see this project shape-shift on the road, from midnight campsites to backyards to sun-shiny afternoons in grassy parks in small towns with sweet conversation over ice cold lemonade.

Image by Chico Gupta

On that note: I’m psyched to hit the streets with version 2.0 of the Lemonade Truck. It was installed at the preview as a work-in-progress (see picture) and sparked a good bit of genuine enthusiasm. And v. 1.0 was a hit with the public, little kids with their moms and good conversation over lemonade with virtual strangers, an amazing tool for social interaction and psychogeographical magic. The foot-powered vehicle project has in recent years become one of my favourite personal performances – and I look forward to developing it on tour.

V 2.0 Lemonade Truck (in progress); Image By Chico

(Much thanks to Aleks Bartosik, TokaPuma, Garbageface, Chico, Jenny, the crew and everybody else who helped to make our preview party a bang-up time for all.)

- crew leader Ringer

Gargantuan Garage Sale – now with more ONLINE!

Jul 19

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If you haven’t already heard, We Made a Deal with the Devil. Our very souls are on the line, so that means givin’er 100% ’til the very end (or at least ’til we reach our fundraising quota).

If you’re in the Toronto area and you still haven’t been able to make it to any of our many live fundraising efforts at Project 165, you can now browse through some of our hand-picked special items (many vintage) on my old friend, Craigslist. Punch in the key terms “gargantuan sale” (or click on that link) and it will bring up all the posts with our sexy items just waiting to come home with you. Contact us to place a hold and arrange a date to meet your new/old find. Hey, while you’re here anyway, you can shop for more crazy deals! You know what to do.

PS – You haven’t heard the last of this Gargantuan Sale – we’ll be auctioning off some more premium items during the Preview Party, July 25th. And if you’ve ever been to a P165 party in the past, you know you don’t want to miss it.

xoxo
crew member Lisa

Another person’s trash…

Jul 19

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So we spent a couple of months collecting various donations from many gracious donors. What started out as random piles of “junk” was sorted, sifted, jigged+re-jigged and ultimately transformed into a month-long installation of the GARGANTUAN Garage Sale @ Project 165. Junk1

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Seeing as July 25 is our final LIQUIDATION SALE + SENDOFF PARTY, I thought it’d be nice to celebrate some of that process and some of those that helped make it happen:

GARGANTUAN Sweeps <<<<- CLICK-ZILLA!!! [this is where we were when we heard the news]

Come out and check out what’s in our Treasure Trove for you!!! ->>>>Everything Must Go!!!!!

- crew member rick, prod’r+dir.

LEMOMADE, made from fresh-squeezed LEMOMS…

Jul 4

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gsale-7 We’re nuts. Did you know that there’s a sale going on right now, and that we’re liquidating our lives at prices that would make hell freeze over?

We noticed a few weeks ago that our sign had a serious typo in it. But we decided to say “screw it,” and throw ourselves fully into the concept of selling ICE COLD LEMOMADE. So we’re here, at 165 Augusta Ave. in Toronto’s Kensington Market, to bring you the iciest, coldest ade made from delicious LEMOMS. If you have a free minute, come on down between now and midnight for some yellow, pink or “plain” LEMOMADE (the “plain” variety is only sold at night).

We’re here for the next week, pulling out all of the stops to bring you the craziest deals and the weirdest juice. Let’s get it on. LIQUIDATION STYLE.

love you all,
see you in hell,
crew member karol.

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This is What Happens When You Open A Portal…

Jun 29

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Ever since the group of six of us made our deal with the devil, some seriously strange stuff has been happening. We’re trying to be cool about it, but when you come home and all of your furniture is – for some weird reason – affixed to your ceiling, it’s hard to stay centred. At yesterday’s Gargantuan Garage Sale (the second installment of a three-part series of fundraising SLAMS), we had some very strange visitors. Not the least of which is the being pictured above.

It browsed our books, bumped into a few people, and left without incident. But myself and the crew, we were all a bit shaken.

happy trails,
crew member karol.

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Selling Our Souls At Bargain Basement Prices! Come Buy and Get Lost!

Jun 22

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gsale-4 Sunday, May 31st marked the official beginning of activities for the We Made A Deal With The Devil Tour, as the Methinks Tour crew began fundraising in a big way: with a ginormous garage sale.

With goods culled from across the city and fresh-squeezed lemonade to keep the waves of shoppers quenched, the Garage Sale gave shoppers everything from sweet vintage clothing to functioning name-brand electronics. Held on Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington market, wanderers were met with friendly smiles, a cob of roasted corn, and a hearty invitation to view our Project 165 indoor showroom where we kept the PREMIUM GOODS.

studio installation by karoline lebrun

Though the purpose of the garage sale was to raise some serious dollars and put a good dent in our tour fund (which we did), the best part of the day wasn’t the money we made; the best part of the day was seeing a guy stroll through our showroom, find a chair on display, and sit in it for a few minutes enjoying the rock back and forth; the best part of the day was serving lemonade to an 8 year old kid who looked totally exhausted but also AMPED for some sweet, sweet juice; the best part of the day was haggling with two dudes who desperately wanted our 42-inch TV, but didn’t really want to carry it.

What I’m trying to say is, yeah we made some cash. But we also got a bit more connected with the Kensington community, and that was worth (almost) as much as the cold, hard cash. (ha!)

In addition to the selling of goods and the haggling of prices, Project 165 opened its doors to the public with Open Studios, where the resident artists showcased some of their recent work, talked with people about what they’re up to, and sipped a bit of lemonade themselves. There is a really amazing crew of artists working at 165 right now, and

The next Gargantuan Garage Sale will be held this Saturday, July 28th at the Project 165 space, 165 Augusta Ave. in Kensington Market.

see you in hell,
crew member karol.

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