The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: May 13-16
The best things to do in Toronto this weekend: May 13-16
Including ActiveTO on Lake Shore West, a Digable Planets livestream, Soulpepper s The Seagull and more By NOW Staff
Our picks for the top things to do in Toronto on the weekend of
May 13-16 include a Chekhov masterpiece, a comics festival and a livestream concert by a legendary hip-hop group.
Photogrammetry as Creative Archive at the Music Gallery
Photogrammetry is a form of 3D scanning, and you can learn all about it at this workshop from Toronto-based artist Lillian Leung. They’ll talk about their recent project Future through Memory: Chinatown VR Storytelling and share how to make a 3D scan using a computer and basic phone camera. It’s part of the Music Gallery’s Emergents IV: Room Tone, which will also talk about VR.
Leo, a very sick little boy, is able to float outside of his own body at night, swooping through the skies over the glamorous lit-up city of Manhattan. At a certain point, his phantom self starts to lose its juice, and needs to go back into the body, still lying in his sick bed. But at least he has those escapes, that feeling of freedom and perspective. This is the starting premise of Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol s lovely animated feature, Phantom Boy, the follow-up to their Academy-Award nominated A Cat in Paris. Their animation style is melodramatic and often gorgeous, with deep colors and high contrasts. And here, in a story about a phantom boy who teams up with an injured policeman to solve a case, the style perfectly expresses the magic, grit and dream-like quality of the narrative. Phantom Boy adds layer upon layer of plot as well as a huge cast of characters, and there s a little bit too much going on at any given moment. The film can be smothered by the obli
Every year, we gather some of our favorite creators to take our ‘Creators’ Year in Review’ survey. When thinking about this year, however, the usual questions didn’t seem to make as much sense. So, we’ve tweaked the questions a bit to better reflect what 2020 was truly like for all of us.
Profuse thank yous to the creators who took a few minutes to answer our questions. You’ll be seeing all five of their responses this week and next, as we continue our Holiday Season celebrations. Happy Holidays to all, and please stay safe!
What Were the Comics That Got You Through 2020?