Content covering the intersection between technology and culture.
Posted by on Sep 6th, 2005 | 0 comments

Guerilla Gardening

This phenomenon has been gaining momentum lately. It is – as they call it – graffiti with nature. There have been sightings of tree-beds being uncovered and replanted with extra foliage, old washing machines being installed on sidewalks, filled with soil, and used as make-shift planters. Urban beautification vandals are really making their mark on Toronto lately and now some of the people involved in the...
Posted by on Sep 5th, 2005 | 1 comment

Poster Project

Jackie Kriekle: comrade, colleague & general friend of Ohmpage would like you to check out the Poster Project (with web design by the lovely people at Serial Consign). So would we. Any psychogeographists reading this will know what this is all about right away. As Jackie writes, “This work consists of a series of posters mounted in several overlapping downtown Toronto neighbourhoods. The posters are hung...
Posted by on Aug 29th, 2005 | 0 comments

Toronto Psychogeography Society

What do you call a loose collection of relentless flâneurs, explorers and walkers practicing in Toronto and posting their thoughts online in clollective web-log (read: blog) fashion? You call them the Toronto Psychogeography Society as the headline implies. Sharing:
Posted by on Aug 17th, 2005 | 0 comments

Travel through time in a streetcar

Travel through time in a streetcar
On the twentieth of August the Toronto Transit Comission (read: TTC) will be rolling out two PPCs from its functional archive of streetcars to celebrate the opening of this year’s Canadian National Exhibition (read: CNE). This is not a mere show and tell episode. Patrons will be able to ride these restored streetcars which will be in regular service....
Posted by on Aug 16th, 2005 | 0 comments

Ride the Rocket subway party

“Deep below the streets of Toronto on Planet Earth, subterranean bliss erupts before your eyes. You step onto a subway car, hear three chimes and suddenly you are riding the rocket. Ads are replaced with art, aliens blow bubbles, astronauts dance and robots sing. On Tuesday, August 16th, we invite you earthlings to join us in a subway party for a night of cosmic proportions. Bring: costumes, instruments,...
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