05.12.2018 // Chain & Forge // Granville Island // Vancouver B.C.
+ event production + space + experience design + music & dance curation
[Credits]
Presenters: Granville Island, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver Craft Beer Week
Partners: Public Disco, Shape Shifter Studio, Vancouver Street Dance Festival
Concept + Space Design: Nick Collinet of Public Disco, Char Loro of ShapeShifterStudio
Music: Nick Wisdom (Potatohead People, Bastard Jazz), Innezz (Deep Dive, Phases), Nancy Dru (Subversive, Some Kind Of Therapy), Marc Gerrard (DE Radio, DE Audio)
Dancers: Victor Tran, Samuelle Auclair, Anna Bernard, Blessy, Josh Ongcol, Kevin Fraser
Hoopers: Hoop Jedi, Princess Orbit
Volunteer Coordinator: Steph Parkes
Sparkle Station: Jena Jac
Video & Photo Documentarians: Jared Davis, Eliane Bowden
Special Thanks: Jacqueline Receveur, Ruhamah Buchanan, Raisa Ruiz, Alli Hayes, Larisa Sanders, Mira Lutsenko, Elsa Sainas, Adrian Sinclair, Andrea Curtis, David Vertesi, Vancouver Street Dance Community, And all our Public Disco volunteers
Photo Credit: Kim Bellevance, Eliane Bowden, Chris Son, Nick Collinet, Adrian Sinclair
[1] Public Disco is a series of public space pop-up parties in Vancouver that connect people through music and dancing in reimagined urban spaces. ShapeShifterStudio partnered with Nic Collinet of Public Disco to transform the new Chain & Forge public plaza that opened up on Granville Island in the spring of 2018.
Together, we curated a line up of local house & disco DJ’s, as well as dancers from the Vancouver Street Dance community. The performers danced in the styles of hustle, house, vogue and hula hooping, and did pop-up surprise performances during the day.
There were food trucks, local beer vendors curated by Vancouver Craft Beer Week, and new murals that went up underneath Granville St. Bridge, curated by Vancouver Mural Festival.
Photo Cred: Eliane Bowden
“Char brings an immense amount of both creative energy and heart to everything she does. Her collaborative efforts elevate every event we do together thanks to her thoughtful attention to detail and her rich local knowledge." - Nick Collinet of Public Disco
By Ola Volo
“The Greatful Heron” by Lauren Brevner and James Harry
By JNASTY
By Jared Davis
Graphic Design by Nick Collinet