Show #7-12 – February 3, 2008
spacing.ca
spacing.ca is a Toronto publication and website that is at the forefront of efforts to recognize public space as an important part of our civic well being, The site attracts 7000 hits a day based on the idea that urban space is a political and cultural concern..
Will Self
The works of Will Self (and his collaborator, Ralph Steadman) have often been described as disturbing. In Psychogeography, they map out the warped relationship between psyche and place.
And Beauty Answers
Biographer Elspeth Cameron takes us on a tour of Toronto, revealing the world of sculptors Frances Loring and Florence Wyle. The duo literally left an indelible mark on Toronto's landscape in the first half of the 20th century as well as help
pave the way for women artists in a male dominated Canadian art scene.
Utopia
The independent literary press Coach House has just published Greentopia,
the latest instalment in a collection of mixed media publications that make up the Utopia series. The focus is on the need for change in Toronto’s evolving cultural and urban landscape.
Mean City
John Martins-Manteiga surveys the fast changing aesthetics in Canada's largest city and makes a case that, while it may seem like an underdog, Toronto has carved out an impressive number of architectural delights and belongs in the same league as the world’s great cities.
Concrete Toronto
Produced by the architectural firm ERA, this volume offers a fresh look at some of the most maligned buildings from the construction boom that took place in Toronto between the 1950's and the 1970s.
Send all comments, kudos and feedback to:
WordThisWeekFeedback@booktelevision.com
|