DAMMSel Day is a pedestrian-based event set in Dartmouth. Set out on foot with a mobile phone and listen to a fictional narrative while being guided through paths, parking lots, cemeteries, and sidewalks listening to audio segments that intertwine with wandering, observation and experiences. This locative media project engages participants with the spontaneous choreography of the city as streetscapes and passers-by become the site onto which a personal cinema is projected. Through collaboration with the Dartmouth Heritage Museum, a selection of artifacts were chosen from the archives and helped activate the DAMMSel Day event. The history of whaling, Dartmouth’s Quaker heritage, and rum-running form a starting point for DAMMSel Day. Combined, these events come to life through a series of narrated anecdotes that unfold during the course of a day and where mystery, murder, and intrigue collide.

Access to the project is available at Alderney Landing in an information booth opposite the ferry entrance. To reserve an iPhone contact the artist at 476-6670. Wednesdays, Fridays from 10 am – 4 pm and Saturdays  11 am – 4 pm.

Follow DAMMSel Day interviews.

The Coast, Walking shoes: Directed by DAMMSel Day, http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/walking-shoes-directed-by-dammsel/Content?oid=1837096

The Chronicle Herald. ArtsLife, Friday, September 10, 2010, Walkers, iPhone, art collide; using GPS technology

Become one of the first to experience locative media art in the city!

Join artist, Léola Le Blanc, who will not only introduce you to an emergent art form, but will also immerse you in her latest project, DAMMSel Day, an engaging fictional piece that combines material culture with new technology. Take part in an exciting story that breaths life into historical events and artifacts through a series of narrated anecdotes that unfold during a walk along Dartmouth’s waterfront where mystery, murder, and intrigue collide.

This project is supported by the Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax Regional Municipality and the Dartmouth Heritage Museum.

Sunday September 12, 2:00 – 4:30 pm, Helen Creighton Room – Alderney Library, Dartmouth.

Local Artist in Residence Léola Le Blanc

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:00 PM – Tuesday, August, 2010 1:00 PM
Centre for Art Tapes, Suite 207, CBC Radio Building
The Centre for Art Tapes Local Artist in Residence Léola Le Blanc will be available to meet and talk with members on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-5 p.m. here at the CFAT office starting in July. Léola is currently working on a locative media project using 7scenes, an open platform for multi-user real time with mobile location-based technology. Her site-specific project, entitled DAMMSel Day, is a fictional narrative drawing on the collection of the Dartmouth Heritage Museum. If you would like to come by to speak with Léola, please email in advance to set up an appointment or call the office on Tuesday or Wednesday while Léola is here. Contact Programming Coordinator Brendan Dunlop at cfat.communication@ns.sympatico.ca or 902-420-4002.