Communication
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Public Dublin
Though only in Dublin a very short time, I got the feeling it’s a happy city. And a public one. The streets in the city centre are absolutely full...
By Shawn Micallef -
Large-scale tagging with lasers
Check out the building in the top photo — it possibly has the largest graffiti tag ever on a building. But, it also had hundreds of other tags on...
By Matthew Blackett -
Replacing one bad habit with another
Streets Are For People did a great job of highlighting the hypocrisy of the recent campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society: if you quit smoking you can...
By Matthew Blackett -
If you don’t like salad, don’t do graffiti-ing
Reno 911 is one of my favourite TV shows. I was watching some of their earlier episodes which featured this excellent public service announcement to...
By Matthew Blackett -
Public art gettin’ busy on your t-rash
Most of the manhole cover lovers (er, methinks we need a new word for “manhole”) out there are well aware of this already, but last night at...
By Leah Sandals -
Article links to kill time on Monday afternoon
illustration of 48 Abell, Queen St. W. I’ve compiled a bunch of links from blogs, today’s papers, and the weekend papers. Also, Robert...
By Matthew Blackett -
Turning video billboards into public art
Ji Lee, creator of the Bubble Project, which allowed passerby to alter and respond to advertising billboards, has gone digital – well, sort of. His...
By Leah Sandals -
Alley Jaunt wants to flaunt
Alley Jaunt is seeking five special projects for its 5th anniversary. Here are the deets: We want to do more than jaunt, we want to FLAUNT our five years...
By Matthew Blackett -
Rustle your bustle for hustle this Sunustle
I WANT RHYTHM returns this weekend for another afternoon of free spiriting it up, this time at Yonge and Gerrard. If you’re unfamiliar with this...
By Leah Sandals -
Best of 2006: intervention
The Best Intervention of 2006 goes to the bench installed, without permission of the City, outside of the Parkdale Library on Queen Street West. In...
By Matthew Blackett -
Best of 2006: graffiti
Graffiti has become the wallpaper of urban life as much of it tends to blend into the city landscape. But a creative person has been doing some fabulous...
By Matthew Blackett -
Merry Christmess, from Zanta
Thanks to BlogTO for this tip — at Queen West and Gladstone (one block east of Dufferin), someone has either paid for a Zanta billboard or has...
By Matthew Blackett