July 10, 2012 at 11:00 am
Scene: Eyes on City Hall
By
Steve Kupferman • Photos by Remi Carreiro
178003 20120710eyes7 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes7-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes7.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes7.jpg 768 768 {"aperture":"4","camera":"NIKON D200","created_timestamp":"1341870522","focal_length":"10","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.6"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-eyes-on-city-hall/slide/20120710eyes7/ 20120710eyes7 0 0
178002 20120710eyes6 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes6-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes6.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes6.jpg 514 768 {"aperture":"2.8","camera":"NIKON D200","created_timestamp":"1341869963","focal_length":"50","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.6"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-eyes-on-city-hall/slide/20120710eyes6/ 20120710eyes6 0 0
178001 20120710eyes5 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes5-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes5.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes5.jpg 514 768 {"aperture":"2.8","camera":"NIKON D200","created_timestamp":"1341869883","focal_length":"85","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.8"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-eyes-on-city-hall/slide/20120710eyes5/ 20120710eyes5 0 0
178000 20120710eyes4 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes4-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes4.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes4.jpg 514 768 {"aperture":"4","camera":"NIKON D200","created_timestamp":"1341868984","focal_length":"10","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.2"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-eyes-on-city-hall/slide/20120710eyes4/ 20120710eyes4 0 0
177999 20120710eyes3 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes3-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes3.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes3.jpg 1024 685 {"aperture":"2.8","camera":"NIKON D200","created_timestamp":"1341870683","focal_length":"85","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.2"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-eyes-on-city-hall/slide/20120710eyes3/ 20120710eyes3 0 0
177998 20120710eyes2 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes2-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes2.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes2.jpg 1024 640 {"aperture":"3.5","camera":"NIKON D200","created_timestamp":"1341870119","focal_length":"18","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"1.3"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-eyes-on-city-hall/slide/20120710eyes2/ 20120710eyes2 0 0
177997 20120710eyes1 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes1-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes1.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/20120710eyes1.jpg 1024 685 {"aperture":"4","camera":"NIKON D200","created_timestamp":"1341868936","focal_length":"10","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.2"} https://torontoist.com/2012/07/scene-eyes-on-city-hall/slide/20120710eyes1/ 20120710eyes1 0 0
WHERE: City Hall
WHEN: Monday, July 9
WHAT: As part of an ongoing series of projects organized by Arrivals.ca , the windows of councillors’ offices at City Hall have been plastered with enormous, blown-up images of the eyes of new Canadian citizens. (We won’t quote from the artists’ statement, but you can imagine all the stuff about seeing through the eyes of others, and the value of bringing new perspectives to government.) The installation, called “Fresh Eyes,” will officially debut at 12:30 p.m. today, in celebration of Pan Am/Parapan Am Day , which marks exactly three years until Toronto will host the 2015 Pan Am Games. The eyes will stay up until July 30. The anticipated best viewing time is said to be at dusk tonight, when councillors’ office lights will be on.