We interrupt your scheduled June challenge for public art

[spiralsheep]

Have my fellow flaneurs spotted any temporary public art trails or new outdoor exhibitions in urban areas this summer/year?

I'm reminded to ask because the "Gromit unleashed" public art trail through Bristol is launched this weekend: official Gromit Unleashed website.

ETA1: also in Bristol is a smartphone app called missorts which, triggered by the holder's presence in locations around Redcliffe, will play music and tell you stories of the city.

ETA2: Worcester was hosting a similar location-based musical trail around the city centre and there's still a related exhibition at the Movement gallery on one of the platforms at Foregate Street railway station.

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[silverflight8]

Not yet, but last year there were pianos put outside for a couple weeks. That was cool, though the people I saw playing were definitely having trouble with pages flying away.

[spiralsheep]

There's a website for the biggest street pianos project here.

On the plus side, at least you don't have plagues of frogs floods and rains of blood hail like Sodom and Gomorrah Calgary and Edmonton. /hoping my friends are still ok

[silverflight8]

augh Calgary, the flooding is unreal. I was there for the '05 flooding, but this is way worse--look at the zoo and Stampede grounds, they've been completely underwater! I can't believe Nenshi's saying the Stampede's going to go ahead; that's going to be a lot of clean up.

[spiralsheep]

I admit that I've grown blasé about (developed world) flooding since moving here. Worcester flooded twice over last winter. Building on a flood plain at the confluence of two rivers is for fools and exceptional city planners only. The Severn and the Teme tend to have cleanish water and mostly sandy silt (not mud) so, apart from hauling away large debris such as trees &c, the clean-up is relatively do-able and lacks additional longer-term plagues (although I do keep telling my friends in flood clean-up zones to wash/sanitise their hands at every opportunity).

I should get around to a post of my flood photos.

Also adding as a comment for anyone tracking them

[spiralsheep]

ETA1: also in Bristol is a smartphone app called missorts which, triggered by the holder's presence in locations around Redcliffe, will play music and tell you stories of the city.

ETA2: Worcester was hosting a similar location-based musical trail around the city centre and there's still a related exhibition at the Movement gallery on one of the platforms at Foregate Street railway station.

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[rydra_wong]

For anyone in London, the Serpentine Gallery's Pavilion 2013 is very nice and makes a fine destination or stopping point along the way.

Re: Digital cloud

[spiralsheep]

Thank you!