Art Project #9: Road Flic * Zero-Person Exhibition
Description: Explore an old, overgrown section of the Trans-Canada Highway – photos, sketch on tablet, painting
Objectives: To gain insight into the fragility of human creations and the healing power of nature
Artists: Tatiana Iliina (visual artist); Offroad Artist (conceptual artist – photographer);
Posted in 7000 Art Projects, Ontario, painting, photography, Retro, travel
Tagged nature, old road, photography, summer, Trans-Canada Highway, visual art
blog dateline: Aug. 6, 08, Thunder Bay
……..Blind River, ON……..
In a country of resource extraction, sometimes the most impressive resources are surprisingly left unscratched.
This is the case in Blind River, Ontario, where an exciting exhibition awaits the eye of international attention.
The Art Freedom Ocean to Ocean Tour arrived in Blind River and is in the process of detailing the exhibition in full. The pics will be transferred within a couple of days and when we get time will post more. Hang onto your hard hats – this is interesting.
Posted in 7000 Art Projects, culture, economy, Ideas, Ontario, photography, Retro
Tagged Blind River, decline, exhibition, forest, industry, marketing, natural art, old photos, photography, tourism deficit, visual art
from July 15-16, 2008
This is one beach that looks like it would have been a whole lot more exciting about 50 years ago.
Here’s a photo from 1956…
I took this photo off of a series of photos posted on the wall of the laundry of the campsite we were at. They had put up a series of eight old photos showing scenes from some kind of regatta or swimming event from 1956. I think it was a 50th anniversary.
It looks like a day at the beach back then was a much bigger deal than it is now…
Notre Dame du Lac is wonderfully nestled amphitheater-style along the shores of Lac Témiscouata, in the lower St. Lawrence area of Quebec, near the New Brunswick border. There is still a municipal beach there but the RV park with like five tent spaces is a far cry from what the place used to look like.
The Trans Canada Trail goes right through there…
