TIJANA SPASIC
Founder- Youth Arts Program designed to bring Arts into the suburbs and allow Youth to find a voice and create interactive installations and performances.
A choreographed movement piece based on the Russian Fairytale of the same name. Firebird was an interactive collective experience presented as part of the Uth Daze Festival.
Acted as production manager and assisted the Set Designer in the creation of this site-specific work. The performance took place in three visceral and very different locations.
Art Director- Art directed and worked closely with Production designer on the creation of evocative spaces for this award winning teen Web series.
In this project three bus shelters will be transformed into living room environments to explore different ways of looking at a public space. My shelter featured an interactive element, the concept of play was very important as visitors were able to leave personal traces and change the space they inhabited.
Developed as part of the New Waves Festival an lated remounted at Luminato, Mood Swings was an interactive installation which featured swings suspended from the ceiling, audio recordings of wishes from everyday Torontonians and walls meant to be painted on.
Older Work
Recent Projects
a six month project with Mammalian Diving Reflex. Survival Guide to the City welcomes refugee youth from Sojourn House to the city's Arts & Culture sector and asks what's needed to feel at home?
Warm Up To Me is a sound and visual installation sourced from audio interviews with six neighbourhoods throughout the city. Listen to the resident stories of Jane & Finch / Leslieville, Rosedale / Parkdale, Forest Hill / Thorncliffe.
3 Months of Programming at Don Mills Library, mixing visual art and theatre in a series of intergenerational activities. Culminated in a winter wonderland escape room. Organized with local youth.
Happy Eatium: Delicious Food, Cheap Food, Healthy Food; We're on a Mission To Find It. Over the 5 months, teens in four different Toronto into four delicious presentations & MEALS, one per area, that show how to eat well on a budget. No two neighbourhoods will be alike, so come down to: Malvern, Jane & Finch, Lawrence Heights and Parkdale.
A summer residency in Parkway Forest Park, engaging residents of all ages in a series of projects exploring culture, belonging and outdoor art. Culminating in closing party with performances, installations and traditional Chinese and Persian instrumental music.