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Candlelight Memorial for cyclist Ryan Carriere

When: Monday November 7th, 2005; 7:00 p.m.
Where: Queen and Gladstone.

Toronto cyclists were saddened to learn that 31-year-old Ryan Carriere was killed last Monday, October 31, at the intersection of Queen St W. and Gladstone Ave. Ryan was headed home on his bicycle to help prepare for Halloween, to be shared with his wife and two daughters.

Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists (ARC) along with Ryan's many friends and family will be holding a candlelight memorial for him at the scene of the accident, on Monday November 7th at 7:00 p.m. Cyclists are encouraged to join ARC at the Peace Garden at Nathan Phillips Square at 6:15 p.m. that night to ride together in solidarity to the memorial site. ARC also specifically invites Toronto City Councillors to ride with us.

In 1998, in response to a high number of cyclist fatalities and injuries, the Toronto Coroner prepared a detailed report. This report found that 38% of cyclist fatalities involved large vehicles (non-Class G) and that cyclists were 4 times more likely to be killed in a collision involving a large vehicle, such as the one that killed Ryan, than in collisions with smaller vehicles. One of the key recommendations of the Coroner's Report was for the government to legislate sideguards for trucks, a recommendation that has not been acted upon. This report can be found at: http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/coroner_index.htm or via the ARC website: www.respect.to . ARC calls on Toronto City Council and the government of Ontario to implement the key recommendations of the Coroner's Report.


- sally mckay 11-06-2005 6:54 pm [link] [1 ref] [1 comment]


There's an intriguing Neutrino movie tonight! Damn I am going out of town. If anyone sees it, can you make a comment here and tell us about it? (thanks to Tom G. for the tip!)

- sally mckay 11-06-2005 6:11 pm [link] [add a comment]


I thought I'd better post something before Sally takes my photo privileges away. I'm participating at TAAFI again this year, and acting like a socialite with Alzheimer's.

Performance artist Tanya Mars handed out Seven Deadly Sins balloons at the opening gala, (I chose "Wrath", although, really, any old sin will do). The cluster in the picture below were tied to a balcony door at the Gladstone Hotel the next day and they kept on blowing at me like an insistently moral molecule while I was trying to have a smoke.

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Sandra Rechico introduced me to one of her former students, Tejpal S. Ajji, who was showing a video installation at the Drake.


tej2
(wall)

Tejpal_1.jpg
(ceiling) (The ceiling projection was quite a bit brighter than the wall, and after much technical discussion, we concluded that something optical was going on. That's what I remember.)

The videos are 23 minutes of Tej hanging by his feet from the ceiling STRUGGLING and SUFFERING. (but quite sensibly, I thought, taking on the occasional snack from an upside down table that was also hanging from the ceiling)

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(projectors)

The projector setup was hilarious. (I also laughed at all the suffering.)

This image is at a funny angle because I was, myself, practising SLOTH and lolling on a couch when I shot it. But it's supposed to show how a projector was hanging over a tub of water with a mirror inside to reflect the rope ladder footage up to the ceiling (note the bungee cords, scotch tape and Band-Aids holding it all securely to a stool that is, in turn, bungeed, taped and Band-Aided to a small table).

I'm hoping that the Drake Hotel keeps this work in their Yoga Room as a permanent installation. (as long as those awkward yoga folks don't knock the projector into the tub of water)

- L.M. 11-06-2005 9:18 am [link] [4 comments]