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project:

Pixel Grain



location: Toronto


date: 2006-01-01
info:

A project initiated by artists Michael Alstad + Leah Lazariuk, pixelgrain is an online repository of documents and ideas linked to the fading symbol of the Canadian prairie grain elevator. By systematically documenting and mapping these disappearing structures the artists portray a parallel rural community in the midst of transition. pixelgrain also functions as a web portal that utilises Geographic Information Systems and online social networks to create a participatory collaborative document that will evolve and grow over time.

Once hailed by French architect Le Corbusier for their 'stark simplicity and unadorned geometric shape as the ultimate example in architecture of form following function', prairie grain elevators are an important aspect of the social history, visual landscape and architectural heritage of Canada. In the rush to consolidate and intensify agricultural output to meet targets set by an increasingly globalised industry, the traditional prairie elevator - which represents small-scale community and family farms and is rooted in Canada's cooperative movement, labour and credit unions - is rapidly disappearing. Large concrete terminals are replacing the wooden elevators and less than 10 percent remain standing today.

There are several ways to navigate through the material on pixelgrain:
- view interviews by chapters on the
video page
- view geotagged videos and pics on
google maps or google earth
- view the flickr
group map of geotagged elevator pics



http://www.year01.com/pixelgrain/




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Radio as Spatial Practiceby: Paulo Tavares Survival Kits: Artistic Responses to Globalizationby: Marga van Mechelen What Ever Happened to Cultural Democracy?by: Sophie Hope I don't know how to explain ...by: Anca Gyemant Trading Placesby: Peter Moertenboeck & Helge Mooshammer Milosevic as Architectby: Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss When the Unavoidable Knocks at the Door ...by: Gulsen Bal Tracing Translocality: The BlackBenz Raceby: Felix Stalder travelling lexicon towards a global positioning systemby: Celine Condorelli