The Field Guide to Digital and/as Public Space
The Field Guide to Digital and/as Public Space is a living document, designed to be rearranged, remixed, and expanded.
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Digital and/as Public Space
COVID has produced the greatest big tech experiment of our time, driving everything – from education to cultural programming, health and wellness to social interaction – online. It seems likely that this newfound dependence on the digital realm is here to stay, and that public life post-COVID will continue to move back and forth between…
The Bentway Announces Eight Micro-Residencies as Part of the Digital and/as Public Space Initiative
We are pleased to announce eight micro-residencies, investigating the convergence of digital and physical space as part of our Digital and/as Public Space initiative.
Digital and/as Public Space 101 with From Later
What is Digital and/as Public Space? Find out everything you need to know about our new initiative with our facilitators and partners, From Later.
SURVEY: What Makes You Feel Safe or Unsafe in Public Space?
Safety in public space can mean different things, depending on who you ask. What makes some people feel safe can make others feel unsafe. Help us want to understand who feels safe and unsafe in public space within our neighbourhood by taking the Safe in Public Space survey.
Safe in Public Space Initiative
How do we define public safety and for whom? Safe in Public Space is a multifaceted initiative that aims to broaden the definition of public safety in the public sphere.
It’s All Right Now
It’s All Right Now is a public art project and a collective movement that confronts and captures our varied perspectives, experiences and understandings of life in COVID-19.
Winter at The Bentway: Keeping Toronto Cozy Among the Concrete
It’s been two years since the opening of The Bentway Skate Trail and we’ve welcomed over 110,000 skaters—and counting—to “Skate the 8” and take part in this unique urban experience. But we couldn’t have done it without our incredible team.
Moon Magic: Mounting the Moon Beneath the Gardiner
Helping to bring our Bentway-sized ideas (and Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon) to life is our Production Manager, Billy Wolf.
Celebrating Nature in The City with Community Programming
Toronto Green Community connects us back to our waterways and nature through hands-on workshops and walks. Presented as part of The Bentway’s Community Incubation Program.