In the Autumn of 2019, the co-directors of BRIDGE, Jade Manbodh and Zach Ropel-Morski, had the first of many meetings with the Cambridge Art Galleries to plan out what was to be their second collaborative art project. After bringing on Kate Brownlie, Nicole Rak and Zaven Titizian, the team spent five months spent developing a vision for the project, releasing a call for submission, reviewing proposals, conducting interviews, finalizing artists and writing up contracts, we...
galt. is an independent student publication from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture (UWSA). For its inaugural issue, galt. explores the process of alternating. On June 8th, galt. held a publication launch at Bridge Center for Architecture + Design. Contributors of the issue were invited to present their submissions followed by discussions on how the work echos the theme, in an event that celebrates the collective voice of the UWSA community. (more…)
Although lesser known than Berlin, Munich, or München, has become a popular destination for expats, with nearly 40% of its residents foreign born. Located in south west Germany, Munich is extremely well connected to the rest of Europe, making weekend getaways to other countries by plane or train astonishingly quick and cheap. 4B student Antonia Stanev has spent one year living and working in Munich, and has fallen in love with the city. For her 8 month...
On May 8, On Empathy invited freelance photographer Paul Gains to share with us his backpacking trip in the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia in late 2017, where he captured moments of encounter with the people, landscapes and wildlife. (more…)
BRIDGE is hosting Cards for James, a card drive to celebrate the birthday of a local teenager with severe muscular dystrophy. (more…)
Have you ever noticed the number of times you step over a curb on an average day? How about the number of times climbing a set of steps is necessary to enter a building? The number of times you see the sign ‘watch your step’ and proceed without issue? (more…)
Design at Riverside, our local design-focused gallery, is hosting Neighourhood Soup, a public event, on Saturday, December 2nd, 2017. (more…)
Come out to the Inktober Art Battle at the BRIDGE Storefront tonight. (more…)
“I’d always painted before school, and for my interview to get into Waterloo actually, I brought in some of my paintings. There’s something very cool about doing something with your hands, there’s a freedom that I feel gets lost a lot from projects that we do at school sometimes. The focus is on the technology — sometimes you might find that when you’re designing something in your head, you’re limiting yourself to what Rhino can do,...
What’s something that’s been inspiring you recently? “One thing that I’ve noticed inspires me most is watching people make things without knowing what they’re doing. Basically, taking on a project having no idea what the outcome is going to be, and it turns out to be something extraordinary. It doesn’t necessarily have to be beautiful, but the experience of taking something on like that for the first time is, I find, very inspiring. When I do...