public spaces

A map of the playgrounds of Verdun, in Montreal, with short playground reviews.

Art catalog. "I've always wanted to tell you this... In early 2002, in Glasgow (the 'City of Love'), 57 hearts were made from used chewing gum, (scraped up, dried-out and re-applied on the sidewalks). It was a re-arrangement of rejects into hearts, an anonymous gesture of love with no strings attached, an experiment in shaping locl myth and urban legend. The following text responds to the mystery surrounding the hearts. It was fund on blogs years after they appeared on the streets. I'm owning up."

"Part public service, part political action, part therapeutic and part public art, the P.H.O.N.E Boot is a strategy to draw attention to basic communication technology. A physical structure mimicking a traditional phone booth, it provides a sheltered, semi-private, semi-public space with a free local phone line and a direct line to an answering machine."
The zine publishes written guest book entries answering the question "Are pay phones important? Why?" as well as the transcribed messages left on machines.

Submission of cartoons and drawings from librarians

Hard-copy version of a blog project wherein the author stayed within the boundaries of Sydney's inner-western suburb of Petersham during April and May 2006, and wrote daily about his life and what was going on around him. The project was part of an exhibition exploring the word publicity, and its earlier meaning, "the act of being in public."

An historical overview of the Halifax Commons, including ideas about how to reclaim the city's public spaces.

"An Interview with Ethan & Pictures!!"