Downtown Spark

📍 Lost Dogs’ Disco: Churchill Square, May 23 – June 2
Sometimes in the dead of night, when houses rattle and hum the dogs will hear the call of ancestors and embark upon a secret journey to the Lost Dogs’ Disco. It’s the place where they learn to love doggedly, dance biggedly and be free. The only time that dogs go back to the Lost Dogs’ Disco is when they lose their way, like when their owners suddenly disappear. It’s then that they return to the Lost Dogs’ Disco. Here, their understanding for all lost souls deepens in their little doggy hearts and they know that everyone feels lost at times. When you are a lost dog, come to the disco where dance, togetherness and being true, get you through. If you feel like a lost dog, just go disco!

📍 Lost by Amanda Parer: ATB Place 10025 Jasper Ave, May 23 – June 2
Amanda Parer is an Australian artist who began her art career as a painter and sculptor and now focuses her practice on creating large-scale illuminated art installations and exhibiting around the world. The themes in Parer’s work have been inspired by a trip to the Galapagos Islands in the mid-1990s.
Amanda Parer first moved to art installation in 2014 and has so far exhibited in almost 300 cities around the globe, enjoyed by millions and where they continue to capture public and media attention wherever they go. Visit AmandaParer.com to see more. Photo credit: Atmosphere Photography.

📍 Hellvis: Campio Brewing, May 23 – June 2
📍 Kevin: Enbridge Centre, May 23 – June 2
Designs in Air is a UK-based design firm creating artistic inflatable sculptures and spectacular installations that have been featured at major events and exhibitions around the world. Designer Pete Hamilton and artist Luke Egan have produced hundreds of sculptures incorporating innovative lighting, sensor-based interactive technology, kinetics and installation techniques. Their larger-than-life installations never fail to capture the public’s imagination.

📍 Alex Decoteau Parl, May 23 – June 2
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ is a Nehiyaw Isko artist, from Bigstone Cree Nation. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan also known as Edmonton, Alberta.  Her work often explores history, knowledge and traditional practices. Through the use of her body and language, she speaks to the past, present and future. Cheyenne’s work is rooted in the strength to feel, express and heal. Bringing her ancestors with her, she moves through installation, photography, video, sound, and fashion and performance art.