The Hand Eye Society has been invited to the Bentway Block Party, and so are you! The Bentway is turning 60 years old and they will be throwing a series of FREE events open to the public for all ages at Strachan Gate. We have been asked to animate the space with physical games brought to you by local indie devs. There will also be live performances and art installations as well as dance workshops and streetdance competitions. See evening performances by The Darcys, Brave Shores, Myles Castello, and MONOWHALES. For more information about the entire event and the Bentway, click here!

Where: 250 Fort York Boulevard, Toronto, ON
When: Saturday, August 25, 2018 from 12pm to 10pm
UPDATE: We will be on-site from 12pm to 6pm

You can RSVP here on Facebook! If you’d like to be a volunteer for this event, email us at volunteer@handeyesociety.com.

Here are the games that we will be playing at the Bentway:

Games For Giants by Yifat Shaik

Games for Giants is a series of simple childhood games/toys blown up to giant proportions and converted to team sports.

Yifat is a game designer and artist working on creating autobiographical games and subversive art. A Master of Design graduate of OCAD University, she is currently a professor of game design and 3D modeling at York University. Yifat organized of Different Games in Toronto, is co-director of Dame Making Games and is currently working on The Mattress of St. Dundas and The Medium is the Message.

The Lobster is In! by Allison Kyran Cole and Audie Maginley

You’ve dreamt of being a great artist ever since you were nothing more than a tiny lobster egg stuck to your mother’s tail. There’s just one problem — you’ve never quite mastered the dexterity to hold a paintbrush with those clumsy claws of yours.

Never fear, The Lobster Is In! is a collaborative, creatively crustacean, recreational activity designed to help make art accessible to you. Claw your way to the canvas using clamp friendly utensils designed for critters like you.

Audie Maginley (she/her) is a conceptual artist, photographer, and game designer from NYC daylighting as a Canadian who isn’t ashamed about how much they like Drake.

Allison Kyran Cole (she/her) is a game designer and artist known for her strong belief that any problem can be solved with a positive attitude, a trip to the dollar store, and a glue gun.

See you there!