For those unfamiliar with r/place, the canvas event presents all fediverse users with a giant blank canvas, which is then collectively drawn on. Each user can place down a single pixel every 30 seconds anywhere on the canvas for the duration of the event, which is 48 hours.

You can see a timelapse of last year's Canvas event here.

This limitation means the only way to assemble a larger piece of art is for people to come together in groups to collectively decide what they’ll be drawing (usually with a pixel art template someone proposes), where it will be on the canvas, and communicate with other groups working on neighboring artworks so as not to impede their efforts, or even to negotiate mutual aid treaties to help maintain each other’s art from potential hit-and-run attacks.

The Canvas Event will take place at this link, and here is their official post about it for more details.

Mastodon users can follow #Canvas2026 for more updates :)