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Tag Archives: Toronto
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN
I’ve been haunted of late by an amazing installation of films by Chinese visual artist, Yang Fudong, at the TIFF exhibition space. Titled, “New Women,” it will make an appearance on the I Desire blog this Friday. On first viewing … Continue reading
LIVING WALLS
Architectural design is something city dwellers tend to be as addicted to as they are to the jolts from their coffee shops. A bemusing and most absorbing instance of this devotion is the proliferation of upgrading tired facades with scintillating … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustrators, Industrial Design
Tagged Mural Art, Toronto, uber5000, urbanity
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MURAL ART: A CALL TO PARADISE
Since the time of cave-dwellers, there has been mural art. Installing imagery on a much-frequented structure has, through the ages, elicited much-needed focus upon what makes life worth living. From caves to cathedrals, the setting would act as a complement … Continue reading
NEW THEATRICALITY—IT’S SO BIG!
Throughout its fairly long history, Toronto has been a beacon to those counting on safe bets. Though not altogether a bad thing, it has, until very recently, played out as altogether a boring thing. Capping off a recent plunge to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Fine Art, Industrial Design
Tagged abstract expressionism, Bilbao, David Mirvish, Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Toronto, urbanity
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NUIT BLANCHE
On the last Saturday night in September, Toronto mounts its version of a twelve-hour, all-night art expo the likes of which can be seen in several other large cities. Hidden within this episode—which many of the hundreds of thousands in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustrators, Performance Art
Tagged contemporary dance, music, spectacle, Toronto, Trisha Brown, urbanity
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“PLANES” by Trisha Brown
In 1968, New York choreographer, Trisha Brown, produced a dance piece, titled, “Planes.” This past weekend, she introduced it (fresh as the night it was premiered) to the throngs milling about Toronto’s Nuit Blanche, and I, for one, feel very … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Performance Art
Tagged avant-garde, contemporary dance, Toronto, Trisha Brown
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FRIDAYS ARE FOR FIRST THINGS
At the beginning of the week we’ll look at designs we can touch and buy and bring to some kind of order. On Fridays, we’ll Get Outside and roam around where the odds against order really bite. As an example … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Illustrators, Industrial Design, Performance Art
Tagged audacity, cities, dance, deluxe amenities, diversity, energy, homogeneity, immigration, music, spectacle, Toronto, urbanity, wealth
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