Winner, Design Edge Regional Design AwardIn October 2001, paint was
spilled on the streets of Montreal. A stark, primitive bike symbol,
looking suspiciously like the one the city used to designate a bike
path; a giant zipper, pulled open down the centre line of the
street on a busy commuter route; the footprint of a giant, stomping
through the city while people slept. Inspired by a desire for
adventure and galvanized by a loathing of car culture, Roadsworth
got down with an idea that had been incubating. The time had come
for him to articulate his artistic vision, to challenge the notion
of "public" space and whose right it is to use it. By 2004,
Roadsworth had pulled off close to 300 pieces of urban art on the
streets of Montreal. In the fall, he was charged with 51 counts of
public mischief. It seemed to signal the end of his career. Instead
the citizens of Montreal and lovers of his work from around the
world rallied their support. A year later he was let off with a
slap on the wrist. Since then, Roadsworth has developed as an
artist, continuing to intervene in public spaces and to travel the
world, executing commissioned work for organizations such as Cirque
de Soleil, The Lost O (cycled over in le tour de France), and for
municipalities, exhibitions, and arts festivals. In this playful
and sometimes subversive book, featuring more than 200
reproductions of his unmistakable work, Roadsworth takes the urban
landscape and turns its constituent elements on their heads, both
indicting our culture's excesses and celebrating what makes us
human (lest we forget).
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