Hacknight #247

Art as an Approach to City-building

with Daniel Rotsztain

Recording

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‘Throughout my practice as an urban geographer and artist, I have experimented with art as an approach to city-building. After describing my methods, I will share highlights from my projects -- including All the Libraries Toronto, Development Proposal, and the Social Distance Machine -- that have contributed to city-building campaigns with playful visualizations and impactful communications.’ – Daniel

Speakers

Daniel Rotsztain

Daniel Rotsztain is the Urban Geographer, an artist, writer, and cartographer whose work examines our relationship to the places we inhabit. The author of All the Libraries Toronto, Daniel is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio, and has had work featured in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and New York Magazine. He is the co-lead of plazaPOPS, a community-lead project to create public gathering places in strip mall parking lot across Toronto's inner suburbs and beyond.

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“Throughout my practice as an urban geographer and artist, I have experimented with art as an approach to city-building. After describing my methods, I will share highlights from my projects – including All the Libraries Toronto, Development Proposal, and the Social Distance Machine – that have contributed to city-building campaigns with playful visualizations and impactful communications.” ~ Daniel

Daniel Rotsztain is the Urban Geographer, an artist, writer, and cartographer whose work examines our relationship to the places we inhabit. The author of All the Libraries Toronto, Daniel is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio, and has had work featured in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and New York Magazine. He is the co-lead of plazaPOPS, a community-lead project to create public gathering places in strip mall parking lot across Toronto’s inner suburbs and beyond.

Website: https://theurbangeographer.ca/

All the Libraries Toronto: https://allthelibraries.ca/

Development Proposal: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/faux-toronto-condo-signs-aimed-to-highlight-concerns-about-development/article32550867/

Social Distance Machine: https://twitter.com/theurbangeog/status/1249692793821433856

Twitter: @theurbangeog Instagram: @theurbangeog