NightShift 2017

#Placehack #DTK @ #NightShift17

Downtown Kitchener’s free pop-up art & performance crawl celebrates its 5th festival from November 2nd-4th 2017 with three nights of FREE programming created by 50+ contributing artists and peppered between nearly 20 indoor and outdoor spaces in the core. Download the festival explorer’s MAP & SCHEDULE .

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1 Night\Shift 2017 collage party!

Collage or make a button to live ambient jams to kick off #NightShift17!

2 Night\Shift placehacks KWAG

Ramp up to #NightShift17's main event with music, film, mixed-media + beer & popcorn

3 Night\Shift 2017 live music showcase

Lick your lobes with a dope spread of experimental Canadian music acts.

4 VRLENS monitors

Unleash your eyeballs on a kaleidoscopic, psychedelic peep show

5 Space Mother

A futuristic gaze, riffing on the past to make you present

6 LUCID

A therapeutic universe of sound and light driven by brainwaves.

7 The PoeTree

Branch out and connect with strangers through the act of writing

8 Forbidden Mass

A spooky, sombre song sung by four voices in a semi-secret spot.

9 Ok Sure

A visual celebration of the joy in community, friendship and companionship.

10 Resist Psychic Death

A sharp political message emblazoned on a cheeky spectacle.

11 MEGAPHONIC

Make noise to trigger the movement of projected geometric patterns.

12 Fibre Funhouse

A gigantic, fractured-personality fort made out of fibre arts magic.

13 The House of Fun

What kind of folks will you find in the Fibre Funhouse?

14 Marble Alley

Be mesmerized by huge marbles that turn a DTK nook aglow.

15 True North mural

Live painting by Clare Binnie in Goudie's Lane, presented as part of Communitech's True North Waterloo conference.

16 Duet

8-bit proof that rhythm is a basic unit of communication.

17 Offerings

A looping, horror-film triptych installation amped up by live drone music.

18 Selectively Selective

A joyful experiment in our common perception of the mundane

19 P.U.D.D.L.E.S.

P(athways) U(undulate) D(elightedly so that) D(owntown) L(anes are) E(nergized) S(upremely)!

Site 1: Night\Shift 2017 collage party! Site 2: Night\Shift placehacks KWAG Site 3: Night\Shift 2017 live music showcase Site 4: VRLENS monitors Site 5: Space Mother Site 6: LUCID Site 7: The PoeTree Site 8: Forbidden Mass Site 9: Ok Sure Site 10: Resist Psychic Death Site 11: MEGAPHONIC

Site 12: Fibre Funhouse Site 13: The House of Fun Site 14: Marble Alley Site 15: True North mural Site 16: Duet Site 17: Offerings Site 18: Selectively Selective Site 19: P.U.D.D.L.E.S.

Night\Shift 2017