Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat, Daily tous les jours
Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat are the duo behind Daily tous les jours, an award-winning art and design studio working in an emergent field of practice that combines interactive art, storytelling, performance, and urban design to reinvent living together for the 21st century. Established in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal in 2010, with permanent and temporary installations created in more than 60 cities around the world, their work encourages citizens to play an active role in the transformation of their cities, with the public spaces we share everyday as their canvas.
Strangers Need Strange Moments Together
In a world of crisis, what does it mean to create meaningful work? How do we question our preconceptions, bring about impact and change, while working actively to infuse optimism and joy into whatever comes next? As designers and artists, how can we rethink our practice so that it more actively contributes to a future worth living in?
Building on existing projects and case studies, this talk will explore how art and technology can emphasize the joyful, whimsical, and unexpected, to create moments that become catalysts for more resilient communities.
It may feel strange to smile, dance, or make music with a stranger these days. But connecting with others through joy, bringing bodies, minds and spirits together in laughter, is a proposition we need for the survival of what’s left of our humanity. Enchanted moments as resistance.
