{"id":1957,"date":"2007-06-03T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2007-06-03T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2007-06-04T12:29:53","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T16:29:53","slug":"opening-of-rom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/06\/03\/opening-of-rom\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of ROM and a pulse on the waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1245\/528252710_33dc8eff22_o.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last night I showed up late to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/220957\">opening of the ROM crystal<\/a> &#8212; somewhere around 1:30am. I was amazed to see so many people still milling about, waiting in line, and generally just looking on in amazement at the new building. Robert Ouellette at Reading Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readingt.readingcities.com\/index.php\/toronto\/comments\/10550\/\">has a brief write-up<\/a> and some pics of the evening&#8217;s events (he&#8217;s a little disappointed with the spectacle, but not the building).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1102\/528252728_47ca8a046e_o.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before heading up to the ROM, I also checked out Rafael Lozano-Hemmer&#8217;s <em>Pulse Front<\/em> at Harbourfront with Spacing photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/aidanfotos.com\">Bouke Salverda.<\/a> I had seen it on Friday night as I whipped past the installation on the Gardiner, but seeing it up close and interacting with the piece (not to mention watching it grow bigger as I walked eastwardly from the Princes&#8217; Gates of the CNE) was a rather fun experience. It was interesting to see the placement and range of the spotlights seemed purposeful enough that the spotlights didn&#8217;t shine directly into the condos just north of Harbourfront. <em>Pulse Front<\/em> stopped precisely at 1am and directed all its spotlight straight up into the sky. If you&#8217;re nearby around this time, its worth seeing how the ramdomized lights suddenly revert to a choreographed finish. It lasted for 30 seconds and reminded me of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theharrowgroup.com\/articles\/20020401\/WTC_Memorial.jpg\">World Trade Center memorial<\/a> from a few years ago (only in appearance).<\/p>\n<p>Again, it was great to see so many people out on the town, especially on the waterfront. Eventually, the waterfront can become a destination unto itself, but for now great programming like Pulse Front is a way to get people down there at all times of the day.<br \/>\n<em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/aidanfotos.com\">Bouke Salverda<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I showed up late to the opening of the ROM crystal &#8212; somewhere around 1:30am. I was amazed to see so many people still milling about, waiting in line, and generally just looking on in amazement at the new building. 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