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Narratives in Space + Time Society (NiS+TS ) is an interdisciplinary creative research group working on projects involving mobile media and walking.
Founded in 2012 and based in Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, NiS+TS promotes the use of mobile media by artists and members of the public. NiS+TS projects are sited in spaces that are often overlooked, disused or vacant. Utilizing research methods such as psychogeography and produsage, NiS+TS produces public artwork in the form of urban walking.
Participants use mobile media such as GPS, smartphones and mobility tracking devices, in combination with other modes (such as walking, talking and making objects) in interactive explorations of urban locations and subjects.
The members of NiS+TS are: Robert Bean, Renee Gruszecki, Brian Lilley, Barbara Lounder and Mary Elizabeth Luka.
NiS+TS Collaborators, Contributors & Partners
1. ACT (Aging, Communication + Technology)
international research-creation initiative,
Concordia University
2. Africville Heritage Trust (Africville Museum –
Sunday Millar)
3. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (including
commissioned public art walk, 2016)
4. James Boxall, Assistant Professor, GIS Centre,
Department of Geography, Dalhousie University
5. Heather Braiden, Dalhousie University Assistant
Professor and Landscape Designer
6. Evan Cameron and Matt Harrison, Media Artists
7. David Chapman, Royal Astronomical Society of
Canada
8. Anton Christiansen, Architect
9. Common Roots Urban Farm (Jayme Melrose)
10. Marcia Connolly, Filmmaker
11. Dalhousie Art Gallery (upcoming exhibition &
workshops: October 12-December 17, 2017)
12. Dalhousie University School of Architecture and
Planning
13. Dalhousie University Department of Computing
Science
14. Dalhousie University Department of Engineering
15. Dalhousie University Department of Sociology and
Social Anthropology
16. Mel Doiron, Ceramics artist (tussie mussies)
17. Maura Donovan, Social Worker
18. Brian Downey, Actor and Camera Operator
19. Ray Dubé, Engineering Technician
20. Dr. Peter Duinker, School for Resource and
Environmental Studies Dalhousie University, and
HRM Urban Forest Masterplan
21. Paige Farah, Community Activist, Progress in the
Park (Mulgrave Park)
22. Five Fishermen Restaurant
23. James Forren, Architect
24. Fort Needham Memorial Park and Community
Garden
NiS+TS Collaborators, Contributors & Partners
25. Future Roots Social Enterprise (safety escorts on
public walks: Ashley Linden, Mikell Logan, Ty
Loppie, Donovan Skinner, Ashton LePage,
Chelsea John, and J'Rysse James)
26. Shauntay Grant, Writer and Artist
27. Cecilia Greyson, audio recordist, author and
safety escort
28. Halifax City Hoopers (Taylor Barei and Janna
Goldrup)
29. Samantha Hall, Visual Artist
30. Leesa Hamilton, Costume Designer
31. Rebecca Hannon, Visual Artist
32. Angela Henderson, Artist and Designer
33. Peter Henry, Architect
34. Matthew Hollett, Web designer
35. Irving Shipyard Security Office
36. Janice Jackson, Vocalist
37. Pat Kipping, Community Activist
38. Janet Kitz, Historian
39. Roger Lewis, NS Museums Curator of Ethnology,
Indian Brook First Nation
40. Lions Head Tavern and Grill
41. James MacLean, Gina Thornhill and Katie Dorian,
Actors
42. Josephine MacNab, Performing Artist
43. Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
44. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, NS Museums
45. Catherine Martin, Nancy’s Chair MSVU, Mi’kmaq
filmmaker, Millbrook First Nation
46. Janet Maybee, Historian and Author
47. Caitlin McGuire, Visual Artist
48. MindSea Software Developers
49. Joe Michael, Indian Brook First Nation
50. Sally Morgan, Dancer
51. Mulgrave Park Caring and Learning Centre (Crystal
John)
52. Amanda Noiles, Registered Sign Language Interpreter
53. North End Community Circle Garden
NiS+TS Collaborators, Contributors & Partners
54. Nova Scotia Archives (Exhibition December
2017; multiple images and archival materials)
55. Nova Scotia Supreme Court Family Division
Courthouse
56. NSCAD University
57. Maria Osende (Freelab 2014)
58. Dr. David Pantalony, Canada Science and
Technology Museum
59. Madeleine Peet, Performing Artist
60. Juanita Peters, Writer, Actor and Filmmaker
61. Progress in the Park Community Garden,
Mulgrave Park
62. Madeleine Putnam, Visual Artist
63. Dr. Martha Radice and Dr. Lindsay DuBois,
Dalhousie University, Department of Sociology
and Social Anthropology
64. Toban Ralston, Fashion Designer
65. Evan Rensch, Artist
66. Yalitsa Riden, Filmmaker, Camera Operator and
Video Editor
67. Brian Riley, Performing Artist
68. Gareth Roberts, Director of Photography
69. Alan Ruffman, Marine Geologist and Historian
70. Seedlings (Devonshire) Community Garden
71. Regan Southcott, Custom Woodworker and Cabinetmaker
72. Cyrus Sundar-Singh, Filmmaker
73. Thinking Through the Museum: Difficult Knowledge in Public – Collaboration and Community-Based Curatorial Practices Workshop (commissioned walk for Carleton, Concordia and NSCAD Universities, and University of Winnipeg)
74. Dr. Ren Thomas, Dalhousie University School of Architecture and Planning
75. Veith House
76. Women of the Shore, Women’s First Nations’ Big Drum Group
77. Wonder’neath Art Studios
78. Xara Choral Theatre Ensemble (April 2015: Claire Leger, Colleen MacIsaac, Leah Pritchard, Jennifer Trites, and Kallie White; May 2017: The Hours Turn to Nothing, with author Ami McKay)
79. Joel Zemel, Historian
NiS+TS Collaborators, Contributors & Partners
NiS+TS Funders
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELDPublic Geographies of the Halifax Explosion
December 6, 2014
Walkers assembling at the historic marker in the Hydrostone market area. The Hydrostone is named after the cinderblock
material used in the reconstruction following the 1917 Explosion. The neighbourhood is now a designated
National Historic Site
Approaching the Halifax Explosion Memorial Tower
Halfway down the hill, the group gathers and architect Anton Christiansen speaks about the model he made for NiS+TS
of the Acadia Sugar Refinery (destroyed in the explosion)
Acadia Sugar Refinery, circa 1911
Acadia Sugar Refinery, model
Richmond, the area of Halifax where the explosion happened, was named after Richmond Virginia, where raw sugar
was shipped from
The neighborhood of Richmond and Mulgrave Park, one day after the explosion. December 7, 1917
Elaine Williams, a long time resident and community leader in Mulgrave Park, welcomes the group to Jarvis Lane, and
tells us about the neighbourhood
Near the community garden by the Devonshire Arena, architect Brian Lilley speaks about the XYZ sculptural marker
located there. The sculpture was developed and created during the first of three Design & Build Freelabs at Dalhousie University
(2014, 2016, 2017).
First presented at the Irving Shipyard site in 2014, the XYZ marker was initiated by fire. Courtesy of the Shipyard, it faces the
Dartmouth shoreline where the Turtle Grove Mi’kmaq community resided until destroyed by the 1917 Explosion
Copper panels on the sides of the marker carry, in Braille, the names of those who perished in the Explosion. Many
people in Halifax were blinded or had their vision damaged in the Explosion. Halifax became a centre for the treatment
and rehabilitation of the visually impaired, Deaf and those in need of mental health assistance (PTSD treatment)
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELDPublic Geographies of the Halifax Explosion
Aftermath
April 18, 2015
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELDPublic Geographies of the Halifax Explosion
Across the Narrows Research Walk:
Tufts Cove Cemetery & Turtle Grove
May 23, 2015
Shannon Park, DartmouthThe dérive as research
Mi'kmaq encampment at Tuft's Cove, Halifax County, ca. 1871Joseph S. Rogers, Nova Scotia Archives
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELDPublic Geographies of the Halifax Explosion
A Natural History
December 6, 2015
Design and Build Freelab
Psychogeographer’s Table
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
July 2016
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Halifax Municipal Archives
The Naval Museum of Halifax
Private Collections
Documenting fragments of the Mont Blanc
July 2016-July 2017
Towards Explosion 2017 Symposium:
Perspectives on the Centenary
of the Halifax Explosion
NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
October 22 & 23, 2016
Funded by Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada
SSHRC Connection Grant Partners
• Narratives in Space + Time Society
• Dalhousie University Faculty of Architecture and Planning
• Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
• NSCAD University
• Dalhousie Art Gallery
• Wonder’neath Artist Studios
• Canada Science and Technology Museum
Halifax Explosion Story Map Presentation
Douglas McGlynn, Graduate Research Assistant
Janet Maybee, Janet Kitz, Renée Gruszecki – Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Artifact Workshop
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELD
Blowing the Whistle
Toward Explosion 2017 Symposium
Harbour Tour Participants and Public
October 30, 2016
Africville, 2016
Four women from AfricvilleWilliam James, City of Toronto Archives Fonds 1244 Item 2451
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELDPublic Geographies of the Halifax Explosion
Toward Pier 6
December 4, 2016
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELDPublic Geographies of the Halifax Explosion
Across the Narrows: Turtle Grove
Mi’kmaq Commemoration Ceremony
December 6, 2016
Turtle Grove Ceremony
With the Millbrook Band First Nation
December 6, 2016
WALKING THE DEBRIS FIELDMobile Software App
Preliminary design & wireframes: 2016
Coding, design & testing: 2017
Mobile Software App: Wireframe Designs
Preliminary wireframe designs for a mobile app have been developed by Narratives in Space + Time Society for the 2017 centenary of the Halifax Explosion. Utilizing GPS geo-fence and ibeacon technology, the app will feature collaborator- and user-led content generated within the contemporary debris field of the Halifax Explosion. Design by MindSea Development (NS). The design includes visual map overlays that illustrate forgotten or undertold stories of the Halifax Explosion. While using the app, participants will see their position update in real time as they progress through the Drift.
Funded by City of Halifax with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Province of Nova Scotia – 150 Forward Fund, and Arts Nova Scotia
Website
• Landing page will allow you to download the mobile software app and introduce you to how to use it
• An interactive map will show key locations from the Drift app, such as those identified as Points of Interest
• A curated series of undertold stories will be featured, based on extended versions, additional material, or alternate media connected with iBeacons & Points of Interest on the Drift app
• Additional information about the Halifax Explosion, the debris field and its significance, and the work that NiS+TS has undertaken in the last four years will be available
• Links to NiS+TS collaborators will be included on the website, and will connect with other Centenary websites
Build Priority Done 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
Builds
Server Integration
Setup Bitbucket, hosting, ssl 1
CMS/Craft 1
API Endpoints 1
App Build
Template Projects 1
iOS UI - Drifts Menu 1
iOS UI - Map & Narratives 1
iOS UI - POI Details 1
Play Video 1
Photo Gallery 1
Play Audio 1
View all Comments 1
iBeacons 1
Geofence 1
iOS UI - Notifications 1
Map Overlays 2
User Generated Content 2
Beta Build
Web UI - Drifts 1
Web UI - Map 1
Web UI - Stories 1
Web UI - POI Details 1
Web UI - Photo Gallery 1
Web UI - Videos 1
Web UI - Audio 1
Web UI - Comments 1
Web UI - Contributions 1
Share Content 1
Push Notifications 1
User Accounts 2
iOS UI - Settings 1
Onboarding 2
Report UGC 2
App Release
SEPTEMBER
Release Backend
JUNE JULY
iOS Web
AUGUST
Software app & website:
MindSea workplan and timeline
Thank you!
Narratives in Space + Time Society (NiS+TS)@NiSTSNS
http://www.narrativesinspaceandtime.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/narrativesinspaceandtimesociety/