Culture
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Bus Shelters of Mellieha
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef is in Europe during December and is posting sporadically throughout the month. — The Editors I arrived in...
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Utilitarian canvases
The Spacing Wire posted back on October 7th, 2005 about the work Joe Pantalone’s office is doing with local graffiti artists and Bell utility boxes...
By Matthew Blackett -
Subway station revitalization unveiled
Today, the Toronto Community Foundation unveiled its proposal to redesign three subway stations along the University Avenue subway line. Their main goal...
By Matthew Blackett -
Secret Swing goes missing!
The blog Ryantowne is reporting that the Secret Swing, found between two buildings off of Graffiti Alley, has sustained serious damage. The chains have...
By Matthew Blackett -
New York trash for sale
Artist Justin Gignac collects trash from the streets of New York City and carefully packages the litter into a plastic cube. He sells each unique...
By Matthew Blackett -
A moving canvas
SpacingWire reader Paul Bowser pointed us towards an art project called Moving Canvas from Berlin that excites and scares the hell out of me — a...
By Matthew Blackett -
Montreal’s big tent
Spacing contributor Leah Sandals has a piece in our upcoming issue about politics in public art. One of the artist groups she focuses on is Action...
By Matthew Blackett -
Abandoned Art
The Montreal Gazette reports on Champ Libre’s art festival in abandoned urban spaces. Champ Libre holds an international festival of video and...
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REMINDER: Spacing presents City Repair tonight at U of T
The Repair Club comes to Toronto TONIGHT! • 7pm, free Innis College Town Hall (off St. George, just north of Harbord on U of T campus) Come take part...
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Random Act of Pole Art
People complain when utility poles are decorated with posters, but I doubt anyone complained when these utility poles at the corner of Cross and...
By Dylan Reid -
Interactive 05
Interactive 05, a celebration of interactive culture in public space, is on until Monday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre down on Front Street...
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Keep on Walking
Walking man escapes in Gotham. More fun with walk signs.
By Chris Hardwicke