Editor: Spacing is pleased to continue our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online screening room. Julie Matlin of the NFB will be occasionally posting films here on Spacing that explore public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources. Click here to view their entire online collection. Over the ...

This article was originally published on Spacing Ottawa. The harrowing images coming to us from across the Pacific are heightening the sense of dread felt around the world about the final tally of the death toll in northeastern Japan; at the time of posting authorities were advising the number of people killed by the quake and the subsequent tsunami could well exceed 10,000. The Flickr pool shown above -- which also includeds video clips -- is ...

Editor: Spacing is pleased to continue our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online screening room. Julie Matlin of the NFB will be occasionally posting films here on Spacing that explore public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources. Click here to view their entire online collection. ...

Editor: Spacing is pleased to announce we're resuming our partnership with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase films and interactive projects from their online screening room. Julie Matlin of the NFB will be occasionally posting films here on Spacing that explore public spaces, Canadian or international cities and anything urban. The NFB is one of Canada's greatest resources. Click here to view their entire online collection. ...

ST JOHN'S - If you have ever walked down Solomon's Lane in St. John's, past the illustrious Ship Pub, you would have seen a massive blank wall to the office building, on the other side of a parking lot. The area has high traffic, being located in betwen Water Street and Duckworth Street, in the heart of downtown. You may have thought, as I did "that would be a great place for a mural". The Nickle Independent Film Festival has ...

HALIFAX - With winter whittling down, the soil beginning to thaw, and market-goers quivering in anticipation of a more colourful Saturday morning, here's a timely indulgence: My Urban Garden, an endearingly eighties National Film Board short by Polly Bennell on urban gardening in Halifax. Whether you're gardener of the backyard, balcony, community, or guerilla variety, the film offers a wealth of tips.

Last week film artist Hye Yeon Nam produced a charming video of herself walking backwards through the Times Square area. Well, in the film she's not the one walking backwards, it's everyone else is. You can read her artists statement on the Babelgum web site where the video is hosted.