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Welcome to Season Three of Spacing Radio! Kicking things off this week is Marc Glassman’s interview with critically acclaimed filmmaker Atom Egoyan, who discusses his decision to cast the oft-overlooked Toronto as itself in his latest film, Chloe. Will Alsop, the renowned British architect whose work (including the Ontario College of Art and Design’s Sharp Centre for Design) dots urban landscapes the world over, speaks with Spacing Radio producer Mieke Anderson about the role architecture plays in shaping public space. Next, we visit Montreal where a movement is afoot to reclaim unused advertising space along transit lines and on city streets for the purpose of displaying art. Adam Bemma talks with Manuel Bujold, co-founder of the organization Make Art Public, about the group’s efforts to bring art to the masses in new and unexpected ways. And finally Sarah Bridge visits the Fairmont Royal York Hotel’s rooftop garden where a partnership between the Toronto Beekeepers Co-operative and the hotel’s chefs is producing sweet returns. This week’s music is brought to you by spirited Toronto indie-rockers Boys Who Say No.
Links to stuff from Spacing Radio 014
- Atom Egoyan: official web site and a Toronto Star article about Chloe
- Will Alsop: Alsop Architects web site, Wikipedia profile and the Sharp Centre for Design
- Make Art Public: official web site, blog and Spacing Montreal’s blog post
- Honey Bees: the Fairmont Royal York Hotel web site, the Toronto Beekeepers Co-operative web site and an article about urban beekeeping
- Boys Who Say No: on mySpace and Facebook
photo by Matthew Blackett