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
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