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Are you saying that these art displays are comparable to a persistent strobe light?As well as unneeded expense and poor choice of what adds to most riders' experiences, there's the very real issue of *disorientation* for some (and this includes myself at times, years of cancer treatment have taken a toll on some receptor processes) and from the descriptions given, I would avoid dwelling on both of these while trying to navigate my way to a destination. I'm only mildly affected, aging eyesight and compromised depth perception add to the proclivity to convolute visual planes, but for some, both of these would be an absolute nightmare:
Someone, a few, are *really* not thinking on this one. I'd suggest they consult some experts on this before going ahead with these at the locations stated.
How bad is this for someone with compromised perceptual abilities? Almost as bad as physical barriers for wheelchair users.
Note where the 'crystalline corruption of depth and distance' is aimed right at people on *escalators* for God's sakes. In my case, the problem is overly-acute processing of the image, to the point of affecting balance and sense of position. I'd immediately grab the moving handrail and look away. For some, that reaction wouldn't be reflexive, they'd just lose their balance on the escalator.
Read the artist's own description, and then think about how this will affect some:
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Ya know, I don't blame the artist so much as the morons in charge of bureaucratic dispensation of saccharide disorientation. By all means *please* the eyes. But challenging the safety of a sizable minority of riders is just plain @#%&*) stupid.
Next week:
Infinity Mirrors presenting a surprise display at Yonge and Bloor station! Dazzle people! Take them to a new world where what they see isn't real! See them trip and fall in delight, and bleed the meaning of life from within.
As well as unneeded expense and poor choice of what adds to most riders' experiences, there's the very real issue of *disorientation* for some (and this includes myself at times, years of cancer treatment have taken a toll on some receptor processes) and from the descriptions given, I would avoid dwelling on both of these while trying to navigate my way to a destination. I'm only mildly affected, aging eyesight and compromised depth perception add to the proclivity to convolute visual planes, but for some, both of these would be an absolute nightmare:
Someone, a few, are *really* not thinking on this one. I'd suggest they consult some experts on this before going ahead with these at the locations stated.
How bad is this for someone with compromised perceptual abilities? Almost as bad as physical barriers for wheelchair users.
Note where the 'crystalline corruption of depth and distance' is aimed right at people on *escalators* for God's sakes. In my case, the problem is overly-acute processing of the image, to the point of affecting balance and sense of position. I'd immediately grab the moving handrail and look away. For some, that reaction wouldn't be reflexive, they'd just lose their balance on the escalator.
Read the artist's own description, and then think about how this will affect some:
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Ya know, I don't blame the artist so much as the morons in charge of bureaucratic dispensation of saccharide disorientation. By all means *please* the eyes. But challenging the safety of a sizable minority of riders is just plain @#%&*) stupid.
Next week:
Infinity Mirrors presenting a surprise display at Yonge and Bloor station! Dazzle people! Take them to a new world where what they see isn't real! See them trip and fall in delight, and bleed the meaning of life from within.
That is another consideration, but the strobing issue is to do with mimicking the body's internal carrier frequencies. Depending on how this display is lit, it may, or likely to an extent would, effect that result. My sensitivity lies in other areas, far more complex than just fundamental carrier information (stimuli)(For want of simple explanation, I get "overwhelmed" by it, a lot of Hollywood action movies do same, I just walk out):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy
Yeah, and the TTC has already been there!
Yeah, and the TTC has already been there!
Dupont Station is but one of a number of truly *welcoming* stations. Now this is Metrolinx, and they both seem to be trying to outdo each other to build *carnival sheds* instead of tasty and sensible stations.
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This station and a few others are on par to compete with any around the world. Unfortunately, parts of the station need some TLC. But worry not, the money is being thrown away in spades on ones that are rusty to begin with (Pioneer Village) and massive tributes to Soviet Tractor Factories (a number of the other monstrosities on the TYSSE).
And more cost-effective. Remember, one of the main contributors to the overruns on TYSSE were adding the desire for world-class designs at stations AFTER the initial contracts had been awarded. Plus TYSSE was largely greenfield, acres of land for each station, while all of the underground Crosstown stations are being shoehorned between existing buildings - much like Canada Line up Cambie in Vancouver...and you have tasteful yet simple station designs.
