Daily tous les jours leads an emergent field of practice that combines interactive art, storytelling, performance, and urban design to reinvent living together in the 21st century.
Founded in 2010 by Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat, the award-winning Tiohtia:ke/Montréal-based studio has been producing projects that encourage citizens to play an active role in the transformation of their cities, with the public spaces we share everyday as the canvas.
Working in partnership with municipalities, public realm programmers, and private sector clients, Daily tous les jours interventions are designed to create unexpected experiences that bring strangers together in a spirit of play, cooperation, and creativity. The scenarios they create put the human back at the centre of strategies for urban development, engaging the public with ideas about mobility, resilience, social connection, and civic engagement. Their work has been described as “infrastructure for the human spirit.”
The studio first won international acclaim in 2011 for Musical Swings/21 Balançoires, a large-scale participatory urban artwork that invites passersby to make music together using their entire bodies. Since then, they have created temporary and permanent installations in more than 60 cities around the world. Recognitions include UNESCO Creative Cities Shenzhen Design Award (Grand Prize), Best in Show at the Interaction Awards/IxDA, Winner of the
Knight Cities Challenge in the civic innovation category, Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award, and a Public Art Network Award from Americans for the Arts. Oprah Winfrey described the Musical Swings as a “living work of art.”
