{"id":677,"date":"2006-04-07T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T17:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=677"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:41:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:41:27","slug":"art-installation-gets-bomb-squad-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/04\/07\/art-installation-gets-bomb-squad-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Art installation gets bomb squad call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.qwantz.com\/posterchild\/shoe.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On April 1st, five teenager girls, ages 16 to 17, put up question block icons seen in Super Mario video games. The clever public art installation in <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=Ravenna,+Ohio&#038;ll=41.164886,-81.233656&#038;spn=0.769171,1.426849\">Ravenna, Ohio<\/a> got the bomb squad called in. The girls may have to face criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>The police in Raveena claimed the boxes were part of a game, but according to the website where the girls got the information about constructing the boxes, the installations are &#8220;supposed to be a comment on public spaces being routinely used for advertising. Also, despite what Police Chief Randall McCoy says, the purpose of these boxes is not &#8216;just to see what kind of response you get.&#8217; It is to bring a smile to people&#8217;s faces, to get them to connect with their neighbours, to bring colour into an otherwise grey urban landscape.&#8221; You can read articles about the incidient <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/ohio\/news\/14239923.htm\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recordpub.com\/article.php?pathToFile=archive\/04012006\/news\/&#038;file=_news1.txt&#038;article=1&#038;tD=04012006\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfmynews2.com\/news\/watercooler\/article.aspx?storyid=60745\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freetimes.com\/modules.php?op=modload&#038;name=News&#038;file=article&#038;sid=3230&#038;POSTNUKESID=5daa2416853428e7e9bbb5dde91d25b1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been a number of copycat responses (is solidarity with the teenage girls) in cities and town across North America. Check out the photos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qwantz.com\/posterchild\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 1st, five teenager girls, ages 16 to 17, put up question block icons seen in Super Mario video games. The clever public art installation in Ravenna, Ohio got the bomb squad called in. The girls may have to face criminal charges. 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