Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Brutal performance art criticism of Toronto's Mayor, John Tory, and his "austerity" agenda

Shari Kasman.

Three performance art campaigns in Toronto, AusterityTO, #JohnTory’sToronto, and independent artist Shari Kasman's alternative flyer campaign focused on changes to TTC bus service, call attention to municipal action failures ("Artists Parody Toronto’s Failing Infrastructure With Museum Labels," Hyperallergic). 

Kasman's campaign has been covered by the Toronto Sun.

AusterityTO treats broken facilities as infrastructure as art works, and appends museum style labels to "the work." 

The example below is a broken water fountain, which the label likens to Marcel Duchamp's famous Urinal.

#JohnTory’sToronto sticks labels on failed facilities.  The stickers have a QR code linking to their Twitter feed and calling on people to vote.


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