Nomad Nation

The Nomad Nation are a gathering of creatives, a content shop making movies and interactive art and renting out their spaces and green screen to keep the magic happening on this unexpected stretch of Van Horne. The ground floor gallery felt like a garage, but that may be because of the car parked plum in the middle of it during the Art of the Suburbs Arcade Fire exhibit installed there during Pop Montréal. The exhibit itself was cool (the best part was the happy dancing girl making use of the screen that let you put your shadow into the Suburbs cover art) but it was a little chill and bare — I’d love to see what else folks do to fill up this dark blank slate and make it flourish. The second floor studio and offices made for a cozy and inspiring setting for the Intersections conversations I attended there last week. Less stark, more on the creative clutter end of the arts space spectrum. I didn’t get a look at the rooftop terrasse but I’d sure like to, especially before it gets much colder. I’ll be back!