{"id":69927,"date":"2025-03-06T08:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=69927"},"modified":"2025-03-18T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T20:00:05","slug":"can-i-move-around-and-get-close-to-the-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/03\/06\/can-i-move-around-and-get-close-to-the-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I move around and get close to the art?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of a set of four posts with Spacing, Artmap.ca \/ AccessArt is sharing sixteen short videos that feature some of our favourite public art pieces. The creators describe their videos as a reflection of their love of public art and desire for more people to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>Set 2 of 4 of the Artmap videos focuses on mobility and the five metres of public space around the art. In summary: ensuring better, safer pathways and surfaces for people using mobility devices and pedestrians in general.\u00a0 One relatively common mistake in designing public art is cane detectability, i.e. avoiding overhangs and dramatic protrusions into the path of travel. For more on this common issue check out one of the videos:\u00a0 TVO&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvo.org\/video\/fighting-for-a-barrier-free-ontario\">The Agenda from 2019 that helped inspire this effort (at 5:01<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Further interest can be found in improving accessibility for interactive art that requires close proximity to fully enjoy. Here are videos that explore pathways and surfaces, and mobility access features.<\/p>\n<h2>Spacious Path (1:54 mins, CC)<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Spacious Path\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/943860351?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Level Ground (1:54 mins, CC)<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Level Ground\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/938763239?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Paved Path (1:45 mins, CC)<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Paved Path\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/933762377?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Needed Ramp (2:49 mins CC)<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Needed Ramp\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/946288109?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cane Detectable (2.56 mins. CC)<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Cane Detectable\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1000543282?h=4205cfe3ab&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Other installments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/02\/25\/can-i-go-there-do-i-want-to-go-there\/\"><em>PART 1: Can I go there? Do I want to go there?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>PART 2: Can I move around and get close to the art? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/03\/13\/what-do-i-feel\/\"><em>PART 3: What do I feel?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/03\/18\/what-do-i-think\/\"><em>PART 4: What do I think?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of a set of four posts with Spacing, Artmap.ca \/ AccessArt is sharing sixteen short videos that feature some of our favourite public art pieces. The creators describe their videos as a reflection of their love of public art and desire for more people to enjoy it. Set 2 of 4 of the<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/03\/06\/can-i-move-around-and-get-close-to-the-art\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Can I move around and get close to the art?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8591,"featured_media":69931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21952,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cities-for-people","category-culture","category-walking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can I move around and get close to the art? - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2025\/03\/06\/can-i-move-around-and-get-close-to-the-art\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can I move around and get close to the art? - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As part of a set of four posts with Spacing, Artmap.ca \/ AccessArt is sharing sixteen short videos that feature some of our favourite public art pieces. 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