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My City Lives: Dave Meslin and the Fourth Wall

April 3, 2012 | By My City Lives

The ‘fourth wall’ is a term used to describe the imaginary barrier separating an audience from a stage. When an actor speaks directly to the audience, or an audience member interacts with the cast, the fourth wall has been ‘broken’. In this video Dave Meslin argues that City Hall also has a fourth wall and forces us to ask how does one break the fourth wall at City Hall to create a culture of local citizen engagement?

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