Sunday, January 20, 2008
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
“Harry” An illustrated poem
Harry...A compelling story of a thoughtful and conscientious doorman who reluctantly gave his job up in the blink of an eye for what turned out to be a mistake, he hoped he would live to regret. Learn why Harry leave’s the city in this enterprisingly artistic work by Perry Toone.
With the help of a piece of squirrel hair and a mouse, Perry painted a mural of the poetic story of “Harry” in a downtown Toronto gallery. “Harry” has now made the big screen and entered the optical storage of a PDF.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
The Rock Garden of Chandigarh
The Rock Garden of Chandigarh
Nek Chand moved to Chandifarh, India with his family in 1947 during the partition, The area was set to be the first planned city in India, visualized as a modern utopia by French/Swiss architect Le Corbusier.
Chand began working there as a roads inspector by day. Come nightfall, Chand began collecting disregarded building materials and in 1957 he began what would become he's own utopia. A vision of a divine kingdom rooted from his belief in ultimate goodness. The Rock Garden was a project that spanned 18 years and saw the creation of hundreds, more likely thousands of life-sized figures, both animal and human. Created with a uniformed alignment by just one man. The hand made construction of each structure grants them an individual distinction.
Although Chand lacked political permission to unused land, developers and diggers were moving closer to the site. After having kept The Rock Garden a secret for over eighteen years, it must have difficult when the site covered a forty acre area. Subsequently discovered by authorities in 1975. It's days then seemed numbered, but with an abundance of public support the work was protected from destruction.
The immense public support forced the government to re-evaluate it's decision and realize the cultural importance of the work. In time they granted Nek Chand a salary, a team of 50 men and collection points for recycled materials around the city, in hopes that he would continue his ground breaking work.
When Chand left India in 1996 for a lecture tour, the government withdrew funding and The Rock Garden was vandalized. The administration and upkeep of the works have now been taken over by The Rock Garden Society and now welcomes over five thousand people every day.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Lighthouse, Port Credit, On
The lighthouse of Port Credit, a small harbor 10km from downtown Toronto.
College Street, Toronto
College between Ossington and Bathurst was once a greater representation of community it is still known as, 'Little Italy.' With the major transformations of the last few decades, College St is now lined with bars, clubs and restaurants that overflow with people when the moon comes out.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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