Connecting through duct tape | CBCArts
— approached him with a pitch. What would he think about trekking into the city for a month, and bringing his duct tape with him?For SummerWorks's new "Public Works" series, which drops performance and visual art programming in public spaces, Reinhart is presenting Health & Safety Notes all August. In practice, that means big, fluorescent phrases will be popping up in mystery locations throughout Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood.
Back in his university days, Reinhart started doing graffiti with duct tape. "I never really fancied myself a painter," he says. But tape? It's colourful. It's easy to put up . It has a certain rustic, Canadian je ne sais quoi, he says. And, most importantly, it's cheap. "It took it away from just me telling my own story," he says. "Health & Safety Notes was collecting the stories of a community, to document how we were experiencing this unprecedented time."Before a piece goes up, Reinhart spends some one-on-one time with whoever lives, or works, at the installation site. "We kind of have a conversation about what they're experiencing," he says, especially as things pertain to the pandemic-y here and now.
Shaunt Tchakmak, owner of Antikka Records on Queen Street, was put in touch with Reinhart about a month and a half ago through a mutual friend at Artery, one of the other collaborating partners on the project."I saw the messages that had been posted thus far, and I connected to a lot of them," says Tchakmak, who invited Reinhart over to his music/coffee shop to talk.
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