Public Art: 1, Astral Outdoor: 0

May 23, 2007 03:54 +0000 | Activism Public Space The Toronto Public Space Committee 1

The TPSC's Art Attack! exploded tonight with a mass-deployment of art posters targetting a single ad installation: Astral Outdoor's "Info Pillars".

Essentially 7' tall, illuminated ads scattered around the city masqurading as information kiosks, these ad pillars are going to swell in numbers thanks to City Hall's new deal with Astral for the purchase of street furniture in the city. Given that the decision on this contract will be made tomorrow, it seemed only fitting that Art Attack's target this year would be Astral's iconic waste of space and energy... and it was fun.

I put a few of my shots up on Flickr (none of them are really good enough to include in my own collection, but they give you an idea) and I'm hoping there will be others. If you live in Toronto, look for the ad pillars and see if our art remains.