“Spectacle is capital accumulated to such a degree that it becomes image.”
Guy Debord, The Society of Spectacle, 1967, chapter 1, 34.
Guy Debord, The Society of Spectacle, 1967, chapter 1, 34.
The dAb Collective Proposal
dAb collective developed a threepronged strategy for approaching urban issues in the area. Abundant research material provided by the City of Montréal, a member of the Partnership and host to the competition, indicated that although there are many venues and seats available in the area, visitors to the city tend not to purchase tickets while in town, tending instead to frequent the free festival events they wander into. dAb hoped to link urban wandering to issues of sustainability, to social activism, to an urbanism sensitive to hearing and smell, and to the network of urban venues in the district.
dAb collective developed a threepronged strategy for approaching urban issues in the area. Abundant research material provided by the City of Montréal, a member of the Partnership and host to the competition, indicated that although there are many venues and seats available in the area, visitors to the city tend not to purchase tickets while in town, tending instead to frequent the free festival events they wander into. dAb hoped to link urban wandering to issues of sustainability, to social activism, to an urbanism sensitive to hearing and smell, and to the network of urban venues in the district.