Toronto Union Subway Station: Second Platform and Concourse Improvements | ?m | ?s | TTC | IBI Group

The artist himself explains that his goal was to create an authentic reflection of what it’s like to ride the subway
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OK. That's pretty funny. "You know what people riding the subway should have? Art of people riding the subway!"

Notwithstanding the art itself, that's pretty uninspired.
 
WislaHD said:
Count me in with those who want to see bright colors and happy scenes in our subterranean artwork.
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I've been on the platform and heard people comment that the figures look sad and depressed. Something a little lighter and more cheerful would be a good way to brighten people's day when they're about to pack into a crowded subway train. The installation itself is great, excellent concept.
 
AlbertHWagstaff said:
I've been on the platform and heard people comment that the figures look sad and depressed. Something a little lighter and more cheerful would be a good way to brighten people's day when they're about to pack into a crowded subway train. The installation itself is great, excellent concept.
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There is always the "Joy" skylight piece that's about to get restored at Glencairn - and I am still annoyed by the fact that l'Arc-en-ciel hasn't been reinstalled at Yorkdale.

AoD
 
CDL.TO said:
OK. That's pretty funny. "You know what people riding the subway should have? Art of people riding the subway!"
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Why not just install a huge mirror?

Okay, so this is a bit 'meta' but we have a print of Summerhill station from when it first opened hanging in our front hallway. Rather than art in the subway station, we have a picture of the subway station as art. :cool:

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It's done by a Toronto artist that has shot a bunch of the TTC stations from when they first opened. Really cool stuff if you love public transit like me.

Ben Mark Holzberg
 

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^^ That's really cool!

There is an apartment building on Balliol that has huge framed prints of the different Yonge subway stations in their lobby like the pic below. I think they also have text that says "to trains".

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I also have a pic of mine from NYC that I had blown up on canvas and another canvas I bought at Bed, Bath and Beyond which I later found out misrepresented the actual lines that ran through Prince Street Station (there's much lesss).

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Not only is it depressing but it's not artistically interesting either. Sketches can be quite nice but these just look low effort. I expect much more for $160k and an installation at our most significant subway station.
 
CDL.TO said:
Needs to be more artistic. Would have to be one of those funhouse mirrors instead.
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Exactly! A funhouse mirror would be great! People would love it. They'd be walking up and down the platform looking at themselves from all the different distorted reflections.

When I was younger I worked for the Ontario Science Centre and one of the old guys who worked on the interactive displays told me something I've always remembered and smiled at. He said:

"Kid, you put a big fancy laser on one side of the room. And put a scale on the other, and people will go stand on the scale."

Not sure what that has to do with this discussion but there's a nugget in there somewhere. :)
 
hawc said:
Exactly! A funhouse mirror would be great! People would love it. They'd be walking up and down the platform looking at themselves from all the different distorted reflections.
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Great idea. I think commuters would get a lot more enjoyment out of funhouse mirrors than looking at those "ghoulish gangs" and "outlines of atomic bomb victims" as some images were described in the Star piece.
 
hawc said:
Exactly! A funhouse mirror would be great! People would love it. They'd be walking up and down the platform looking at themselves from all the different distorted reflections.

When I was younger I worked for the Ontario Science Centre and one of the old guys who worked on the interactive displays told me something I've always remembered and smiled at. He said:

"Kid, you put a big fancy laser on one side of the room. And put a scale on the other, and people will go stand on the scale."

Not sure what that has to do with this discussion but there's a nugget in there somewhere. :)
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Yeah I can see the headline in the Star now: "Disoriented child falls onto subway tracks"
 
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