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Eduardo Hutter: Sound -> Color Synesthesia Behind the scene Ok, my plan for this equinox was to revisit the location of my second submission to the World Wide Panorama during the "In town, without my car" event on September 22th. I thought it could be an interesting exercise to compare and explore the evolution of the event - at least the way I was expecting it to be. In 2006 one of the main downtown streets was blocked to cars and covered with a layer of grass allowing pedestrians to reclaim and take over the urban space for themselves. The contrast between the harsh black asphalt and the tickling green grass seemed to me as a good subject. To my deception, the long stretch of grass that on the 2006 event was something around 200 or 300 meters long, had horribly shrunk to a tiny patch of 2x2 meters flooring some expositor kiosk! Nice way to humanize the landscape and have commuters regaining the streets, eh? So, after wandering around for sometime I find myself inside the Saint James United Church to discover its beauty. So many times I have passed in front of it and never entered... Return |