re ross's post about mail art qua vandalism, i'd have to hear more elucidation, but some have turned up the reverse effect on that by being very constructive (guerilla gardening for an example of course, but it makes me wonder about mailart qua graffiti and postering ...i also wonder if there are others from ontario on this ma network it's a huge province, you'd think there'd be others This same group/org does spacing magazine and has a feature coming of dmowen's article on street art with over 20 photos of decades worth of spectacular..... a lot of p cob_ of course, the extraordinary p cob) , but a lot of the others have turned to be someone someone knows as well, just waiting for its emergence both online and in the magazine
--- TPSC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Toronto Public Space Committee ~ April 2005 Newsletter > > 1) ANTI-POSTERING BYLAW ~ Update > 2) CBN SPEAKERS SERIES: CHARLES KOMANOFF ~ Tuesday April 19 > 3) NEWS ITEM ~ Cars, Trucks Protest Against Pedestrians > 4) TTC TV ~ Update > 5) PARIS ~ Car-Free in Seven Years. > 6) PUBLICity ~ Exhibit Closing Party: April 21 > 7) TPSC MONTHLY MEETING ~ Wednesday May 4th > 8) LOST RIVERS EVENT~ Planning Meeting on Wednesday April 20th > 9) CBN POSTER PROJECT 2005 ~ Women and Cycling > 10) JOHN BARBER ~ Our Response to his March 16th Column > 11) ALLEY JAUNT 2005 ~ Call for Submissions > 12) CYCLEMEDIA ~ No Thanks > 13) NOW MAGAZINE: "And They Wanna Ban Postering?" > 14) GUERILLA GARDENING ~ Help us Plan the Season > 15) WEBSITE OF THE MONTH - Wooster Collective > 16) SUPPORT the TPSC ~ Every Dollar Moves us Forward > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 1) POSTERING UPDATE: Vote delayed until May. > > The proposed anti-postering bylaw was approved on March 7th by the City's > Planning & > Transportation Committee and will be debated by City Council in May. If > passed, the bylaw would > ban community postering on 98% of the utility poles in Toronto. > > Opposition to the bylaw has been growing, including voices in the mainstream > media. In a recent > editorial the Toronto Star wrote that "the proposed rules are nonsense, and > city council should > toss out this misguided effort at urban beautification." > > If you haven't contacted your City Councillor yet, please visit our postering > webpage and click > on "What You Can Do." > > http://www.publicspace.ca/postering.htm > > Download our "Lost Persons" posters at: > http://www.publicspace.ca/poster-lostpersons.htm > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 2) CBN Speakers Series: Charles Komanoff ~ Tuesday April 19 > > Free event, open to the public > > "Safety In Numbers: The Beijing - New York - Toronto Connection" > > Charles Komanoff is a Transportation-Justice Activist & Energy Economist from > New York City. > > Komanoff reviews the status of cycling in Toronto, Beijing and New York, > emphasizing connections > among the three cities. He will outline the emerging cycling paradigm known > as "safety in > numbers" and explain how carbon taxes, road pricing and Critical Mass can > promote both civic > sanity and climate stability. > > Charles Komanoff is a transportation-justice activist in New York City and an > internationally > known energy-economist. He 're-founded' NYC's bike-advocacy group > Transportation Alternatives in > the 1980s, co-founded the militant pedestrian-rights group Right Of Way in > the 1990s, and wrote > the landmark reports Subsidies for Traffic, The Bicycle Blueprint, and Killed > By Automobile. > > This 45-minute panel discussion will be followed by a question, answer and > discussion period > with the audience. Join us for this ninth session of a series of lectures > hosted by the > Community Bicycle Network (CBN). > > for bio & links visit: http://communitybicyclenetwork.org/?q=speakerseries > > Tuesday April 19, 2005 > 7:00 - 9:00 pm (doors open 6:30 pm) > > Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue) > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 3) Cars, Trucks Protest Against Pedestrians ~ April 1st news story from PPS > > The U.S. based Project for Public Spaces released this hilarious news item on > April fools. It's > a great read and also features photos of Toronto's own waterfront! > > "Fearful of losing their long dominance of the streets, millions of autos > have staged massive > park-ins in public spaces around the USA to protest pedestrians and > alternative modes of > transportation. > > As more communities successfully reclaim their streets for people, cars are > taking to the > sidewalks in protest, honking loudly in support of automotive autonomy. The > protesters, who also > include pick-up trucks and tractor-trailers, claim that they are the rightful > kings of the road > and refuse to share street space with pedestrians, bicycles, and other modes > of transportation." > > Full story: > http://www.pps.org/info/newsletter/april_first_2005/cars_protest > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 4) TTC TV ~ Update > > The TPSC is doing whatever we can to prevent the installation of video > advertising in TTC subway > stations and inside subway cars. Hundreds of our supporters have e-mailed > the TTC directly > through our website and their voices are being heard. Howard Moscoe is now > calling the new > screens "inadequate" and said he has received "a wave of criticism" about the > pilot project. On > April 6, the TTC adopted three recommendations from the Toronto Public Space > Committee, but > delayed the vote on whether to "roll out" the video advertising screens into > all stations until > Wednesday May 11. > > We can win this one! Let's keep the pressure on. > > There is no room for televised video advertising in the TTC. Let's keep the > Better Way TV-free. > Please visit our website for more details and what you can do! > > http://www.publicspace.ca/ttcvideo.htm > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 5) PARIS - Downtown core is going car-free in seven year plan > > "The traffic-choked heart of Paris is to become a car-free oasis under a > radical scheme drawn up > by Bertrand Delano�, the city�s flamboyant Socialist Mayor. > > By 2012 � when Paris hopes to stage the Olympic Games � only residents, > buses, delivery vans and > emergency vehicles will be allowed inside a three square-mile zone of the > Right Bank, from the > Bastille to the Concorde squares. The area, enclosed by the Seine and the > grands boulevards, > includes the Louvre, the Op�ra, Les Halles and the Ile de la Cit�, with Notre > Dame cathedral and > the Palais de Justice." > > Meanwhile in Toronto, funding for Car Free Day has been cut as the city > continues to drag its > feet on implementing their own bike plan. When was the last time we saw a > new bike lane in this > city? Paris bans cars while we can't even figure out how to draw white lines > on the road. > > read more at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1525727,00.html > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 6) PUBLICity exhibit closing party > > Spacing magazine would like you to come by the Toronto Free Gallery (660 > Queen St. East) on > Thursday April 21 (7-11pm) as we wrap-up this highly successful show with a > little closing > party. Toronto�s photobloggers are some of the most popular in the world. > Each day, over 20,000 > people visit the websites of the photobloggers taking part in PUBLICity. Come > check out the work > of Sam Javanrouh, Matt O'Sullivan, Rannie Turingan, Davin Risk, Gayla Trail, > Jonathan > Day-Reiner, and Adam Krawesky. Their images have graced the pages of Spacing, > or your computer > screen, but now you have the chance to examine their beautiful photographs up > close. > > http://www.spacing.ca/gallery > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 7) TPSC MONTHLY MEETING ~ Wednesday May 4th > > We hold open public meetings on the first Wednesday of each month. We discuss > our strategies, > plan our timelines, propose new campaigns and update old campaigns. > > Get Involved! All welcome. Juice and cookies will be served, of course. > > Next General Meeting: > Wednesday May 4th, 6:30 PM > City Hall, Committee Room #2 > http://www.publicspace.ca/getinvolved.htm > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 8) LOST RIVERS EVENT~ Planning Meeting on Wednesday April 20th > > Toronto has a hidden network of creeks, rivers, valleys and bridges that have > been buried to > make room for an ever-expanding city. The TPSC is collaborating with the > LostRivers.ca to plan > an autumn celebration of our hidden waterways. > > Want to get involved? Our first planning meeting is on Wednesday April 20th > at 6:30pm. The > meeting will take place under the gazebo in Christie Pits, just a few feet > above the buried > Garrison Creek. (Follow the path down from Bloor & Christie) > > Resource: http://www.lostrivers.ca/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 9) Community Bicycle Network ~ 2005 Poster Project > > Community Bicycle Network (CBN) is looking for creative people to submit an > art piece for this > year's Poster Project theme: Women and Cycling. > > Selected artists will have the opportunity to see their work in a 30"x40" > poster which will be > exhibited at various locations in Toronto during Bike Week and throughout the > year! > > This year�s theme of Women & Cycling was born from the desire to explore the > unique and endless > means of expression that spring from individuals who make cycling their > passion. With a focus on > women, this project goes further to create, inspire and challenge > perceptions. > > We are holding an open call to all creative types to produce a poster > celebrating the diversity > of women and cycling. > > Deadline for submissions is April 22nd 2005 > > http://www.geocities.com/posterproject2005/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 10) Our Response to John Barber > > On March 16th John Barber wrote a column in the Globe and Mail about > postering and about the > TPSC. He called our campaign "pungently irrelevant", carried out by a > "handful of activists." > > While we always welcome constructive criticism, Barber's column was an > example of reckless > journalism, full of errors & false statements. > > If you're interested in seeing his piece and our response, please visit: > http://www.publicspace.ca/barber.htm > > If you happen to see him, ask him to be nicer. > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 11) ALLEY JAUNT ~ Local art in local garages (Call for submissions) > > Alley Jaunt is Toronto�s alternative, urban, community arts event. The event > gives exposure to > local artists, encourages public interaction with art, and reaches out to a > diverse community of > all ages within the Trinity Bellwoods Park neighbourhood setting. > > Alley Jaunt specifically programs art exhibits, installations, and > performances that respond to > the environment of the garage, the alley and the local urban community. > > Proposals should reflect this programming mandate. The 3rd annual Alley Jaunt > will be held on > August 13 & 14, 2005 > > Call for Submission - Deadline: May 15, 2005 > See website for submission requirements > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.alleyjaunt.com/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 12) CYCLEMEDIA ~ No Thanks > > A new outdoor advertising company called Cycle Media has found a new way to > avoid Toronto's > restrictions on billboards: they've attached them to bicycles! They promote > their ads as "100% > guaranteed eye catching double-sided billboards, which are backlit and have > an onboard audio > system to attract lots of attention." > > There website makes it even clearer: "Imagine taking two bus stop posters and > placing them right > in front of the audience you're trying to reach. This is literally the 'in > your face' mobile > advertising that CycleMedia offers" > > Thanks, but "in your face" advertising is really not something we need more > of on our streets. > Diesel powered, or human powered. > > resource: http://www.cyclemedia.ca > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 13) NOW Magazine: "And they wanna ban postering?" > > Posters are 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Commercial billboards on the other > hand are 200 square > feet while many corporate ads are even larger like the murals on buildings or > the Kool Aid ads > wrapped on the Island Ferry. It's hard not to notice the double standard at > City Hall. > > On April 7th, NOW magazine published a full page of photos depicting the sad > state of public > spaces in Toronto. Outdoor advertising companies keep thinking of new places > to put ads "in our > face." Take a look at these great examples: > > http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2005-04-07/news_insight.php > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 14) GUERILLA GARDENING ~ Planning has begun for the 2005 season > > Under the cover of darkness, we plant seeds and seedlings in all those > neglected corners of > public space. The snow has melted and so the Guerrilla Gardening season > begins again! > > On April 13th, we held our first meeting on the year. We decided to host at > least three GG > groups (East, West and Central) and maybe more! Dates and information are > listed on our website: > http://www.publicspace.ca/gardeners.htm > > > Second Planning Meeting: > Monday May 2, 2005 6:30pm > Scadding Court Community Centre (Room #3) > Dundas & Bathurst > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 15) WEBSITE OF THE MONTH ~ WOOSTER COLLECTIVE: A Celebration of Street Art > > This website has thousands of images of incredibly beautiful and brilliant > works of guerilla > public art. From New York to Melbourne to Lima, Peru. > > http://www.woostercollective.com/ > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > 16) SUPPORT THE TORONTO PUBLIC SPACE COMMITTEE > > The TPSC relies 100% on community donations. 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