cheers, john On 5/19/05, john barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Re > > "> what is and isn't art does not exist. > You missed the whole point of DaDa. DaDa never > pretendeded to be Art. Its intention is antiart. > > what followed > > was the question > > of ego, being who is and isn't and artist. > That is only Duchamp's take on it. If you fail to > notice that Duchamp was a social critic and not an > Artist you surely miss the point of his achievement." > > Some DaDa, dada, DADA, and Dada > may have been anti-art, as some Anarchism > for instance, but dada and DaDa have been > huge influences on countless other things > from movies to social reality, which could be called > fairly and accurately, dadaist, going back 80 years > > so what is dada what is art > joins what is email what is postering > > In this particular city, an anti-postering bylaw > could cause so much postering, and every time > it could stop - even for a second - the people with > urgent neighbourhood things to post would step forth > filling the courts with such postering bylaw import > when the old and daying are left in rooms waiting > and winter after winter people die in the cold > > art is what you get to do if you're not dead > and not all of dadaism is against it > > John Barlow > > --- TPSC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > After a four year campaign, we are very close to winning the ridiculous > war against the > > anti-postering bylaw. This afternoon, City Council debated the proposal > that would have banned > posters on 98% of the utility poles in Toronto. > > > > After hours of debate City Councillors did NOT adopt the anti-postering > bylaw! Instead they > > voted 21 to 17 to delay the vote and refer the proposal to the Mayor's > office. Mayor Miller was > > given four months to find an alternative proposal that works for > everyone. > > > > We were thrilled to hear the Mayor stand up in support of freedom of > expression and a vibrant > > city. > > > > Mayor Miller said "Our first principle has to be about freedom of speech. > This is an an issue > > that no City Council should take lightly. The Supreme Court of Canada > has said that postering > > is an appropriate expression of free speech." > > > > Although many Councillors are still extremely opposed to all forms of > postering (please read > > some amusing quotes on our website), we are confident that we can work > with the Mayor's office > > and other Councillors and community groups to find a solution that keeps > posters on our streets > > as part of the rich creativity and diversity that makes Toronto a special > place to live. > > > > We will need your support again in the fall when this comes back to > Council. Until then, please > > keep in touch through our newsletter and thanks for your support and > efforts! If it weren't for > > all the e-mails, phonecalls and petitions, postering would be illegal in > Toronto today. > > > > THANK YOU! > > > > Dave Meslin, Co-ordinator > > Toronto Public Space Committee > > http://www.publicspace.ca > > > > ____ > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe/change profile: > > http://www.mailermailer.com/x?u=39228440e-67298b0b > > > > To subscribe: > > http://www.mailermailer.com/x?oid=23105s > > > > Our address: > > 253 College Street, Unit 372 | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | M5T 1R5 > > > > > > Email list management powered by http://MailerMailer.com > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka > http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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