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HIGHRISE/ONE MILLIONth TOWER on the TTC
Presented by: NFB, Art for Commuters, Pattison Onestop
A twofold art installation presenting the imagined transformation of a rundown Toronto high-rise tower with landscapes i
HIGHRISE/ONE MILLIONth TOWER on the TTC, developed by curator Sharon Switzer, presents the beautifully imagined transformation of a rundown Toronto high-rise tower, with landscapes inspired by its inhabitants. This twofold art installation of videos and subway platform posters, is a site-specific version of the NFB's HIGHRISE project, directed by Katerina Cizek, a multi-year, multi-media, collaborative documentary experiment about the human experience in global vertical suburbs.
A series of specially designed subway platform posters can be viewed in 59 stations, and 30-second animated videos that play every 10 minutes all day on the entire network of Pattison Onestop screens.
Starts: Jan 20, 2012 Ends: Feb 28, 2012
At: TTC Subway platforms - Toronto Transit Commision, Toronto Transit Commission, 1900 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, ,
Playing: Monday
Times: All day during TTC operations.
Cost: FREE
Getting there:
For more information contact:
Marie Nazar
Phone:
416-762-7702
Email:
mnazarSPAMFILTER@idrect.ca
