Well tbh given their financial plight, they'll take any form of income even it means sacrificing an art piece
They should not do this and I just emailed Chris Upfold - I suspect that whoever sells the ads does not realise it's 'art'.Well tbh given their financial plight, they'll take any form of income even it means sacrificing an art piece
The TTC shouldn't allow advertising to be plastered over public art. The sequence of blue rectangles in that area at Downsview Station is a work of public art called Sliding Pi by Arlene Stamp.
The TTC should know their art collection well enough to avoid these kinds of situations. Public art shouldn't be covered over. Taxpayer money paid for that abstract tile mural so that the public could enjoy it.
Agreed. This is the same agency that let Hayden's Arc En Ciel at Yorkdale station literally rot, however, even though it would have initially been inexpensive and straightforward to fix it. I'm sure that the sale of this ad space was inadvertent, but it is nonetheless embarrassing, and it gives us insight in the TTC's continued inability to manage and protect the public art with which it has been entrusted.
and here is the response ...They should not do this and I just emailed Chris Upfold - I suspect that whoever sells the ads does not realise its 'art'.
I thought a couple years ago someone figured out the advertising dollars were so low that they could charge every rider a nickel and they would be able to ride the rocket advertisement free. maybe i am wrong about that but I believe we severely over estimate how much we actually make for selling our souls.Well tbh given their financial plight, they'll take any form of income even it means sacrificing an art piece
I thought a couple years ago someone figured out the advertising dollars were so low that they could charge every rider a nickel and they would be able to ride the rocket advertisement free. maybe i am wrong about that but I believe we severely over estimate how much we actually make for selling our souls.
Wow. That's disappointing.
I guess TTC hasn't learned anything in the two decades since it destroyed Arc en Ciel.
I had the same recollection earlier today - but I didn't have time to try to find the information.
Even if they do raise a good amount of revenue, I wonder how crucial *this* particular space is. Yes, it's a highly visible spot, but I suspect a combination of other spaces in the system, at locations that are *not* covering public art, could bring in the same money.