The simplest thing, snow. Paddy Parr sent me these photos from the Shaw installation.



The press run began around noon in Toronto:
CTV noon news flew a helicopter over the square to have a look at the rink painting in progress from above, and eveyone wanted to see the breaking going on at center ice.

CBC TV waited patiently for their turn to watch and film and the daily commuter paper, 24 Hours shot stills. The Toronto Star reporter returned for more interview; Global TV arrived at 4.


And all hell broke loose in the tent as a new set of workers began to hang the drapes and set up the coffee gallery space adjacent. Suddenly our crew was displaced, and Gord started throwing out the artwork. I had to leave at that point.



In the meantime, more docents arrived for their orientation. Sandra called from The Shaw: Mike (our maintenance guy in NOTL) was somehow? out of town and his girlfriend who was filling had been out of reach for hours! Worse, the power had gone off in the plates, the sun was outside and the paintings had begun to melt. Debi Pratt showed up with her tv crew from Korean television, pulled back the tarps and meditated on the true meaning of temporary artwork.



Later, back in Toronto, it began to snow and we found ourselves in the center of the rink sweeping the newly made painting.Look at your Globe & Mail tomorrow. We hear the Toronto Sun is also doing a feature.