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< on 9/27/2007 3:25 PM >
|  | | | Missed it during Doors Open?
No problem. This weekend it'll be open for 12 hours. Free admission.
> The TTC's "ghost" station, Bay Lower, will host an interesting art
> exhibit during the 2nd annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche event, which
> will be held during the evening of Saturday, September 29th until the
> early morning hours of Sunday, September 30th.
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> British Columbia based artist Kristen Roos will present his exhibit,
> The Ghost Station.
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> Bay Lower Station will be used as a vessel to contain sounds that are
> within and below the threshold of human hearing - infrasound and
> tactile sound - where sound is felt rather than heard.
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> Kristen Roos is an artist who delved into electro acoustic music while
> studying at Concordia University in Montreal.
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> Admission is free.
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> What: The Ghost Station by artist Kristen Roos
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> Where: Bay Lower Station (enter through Bay Station entrance)
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> When: Saturday, September 29th, 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Sunday,
> September 30th.
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> Why: 2nd annual Scotiabank Nuit Blanche From sunset on
> Saturday, September 29 to sunrise on Sunday, September 30, 2007, the
> public will rediscover Toronto through Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, a free
> signature event produced by the City of Toronto. Featured will be 195
> contemporary art projects created by more than 500 artists in three
> distinct exhibition zones throughout the city. For more information
> the public can visit www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca or call Access
> Toronto at 416-338-0338.
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mortimer
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<Reply # 1 on 9/27/2007 6:41 PM >
| | | | I've been looking forward to this, I have a dirty fascination with 'brown sounds.'
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Air 33
   
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<Reply # 2 on 9/27/2007 7:39 PM >
| | | | Sounds, heh, good!
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Stewie
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 3 on 9/28/2007 2:33 AM >
| | | | And if it's anything like Doors Open, you'll be standing around for half an hour waiting to get in.
Best to wait until 6 hours into it or so.
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exkalibur
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| | | | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 4 on 9/28/2007 6:33 AM >
| | | | Well, I figure that it's open for 12 hours - that's a hell of a lot better than the 4 or whatever it was during Doors Open. Plus this event isn't exactly marketed towards transit nerds like Doors Open was so chances are, there won't be many people lined up.
Just my luck I'll be up north this weekend, otherwise I'd be there. It'd be interesting to see the looks you'd be getting if you came up from track level. It's probably a very good bet they won't be running trains through Bay Lower at all (the TTC is offering 24 hour subway service that evening however).
Unit calling radio say again? |
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 5 on 9/28/2007 12:09 PM >
| | | | And of course it's the weekend that I am again busy...
Next time Gadget! NEXT TIME!
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 6 on 9/30/2007 3:27 PM >
| | | | Don't worry if you missed it guys. It was more like a techno club than anything resembling a rail station.
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| | | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 7 on 9/30/2007 3:30 PM >
| | | | Good lord that was a long lineup. Pass.
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Air 33
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<Reply # 8 on 9/30/2007 4:51 PM >
| | | | Who would have thought that 30,000 ppl would be interested in lower bay. I thought it was just us UER and transit geekz.
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<Reply # 9 on 9/30/2007 5:16 PM >
| | | | Actually, it was rather sublime with the yellowish lights and dark, empty trains on both sides. Between the thunderous bass, there was a brief pause followed by a disturbing rattle, created by an inaudible rhythm.
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Stewie
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kill your idols
| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 10 on 9/30/2007 8:32 PM >
| | | | Went at 2:50am figuring the "transit nerds" and such would be gone and the line would be nearly non-existent. Nope.
Transit nerds were replaced by... well, drunks and weirdos. Thousands of them. It was quite surreal actually. Some idiot kept yelling "STAND CLEAR OF THE DOORS!" thinking he was being witty somehow. The TTC or whatever group that set this thing up had a weird "bass show" going on. It seemed to consist of loose metal things being placed in certain spots along the ceiling which were being knocked around by some kind of bass source above the station. I suppose it was supposed to be eerie or ghost like.
Anyway it was cooler than Doors Open cause they killed most of the lights but it was just basically a bunch of drunks yelling and screaming and trying to pry open the doors to the subway trains they had in each platform.
[last edit 9/30/2007 8:33 PM by Stewie - edited 1 times]
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Air 33
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<Reply # 11 on 9/30/2007 8:49 PM >
| | | | Posted by Stewie
Anyway it was cooler than Doors Open cause they killed most of the lights but it was just basically a bunch of drunks yelling and screaming and trying to pry open the doors to the subway trains they had in each platform.
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I was trying to be nice earlier, but everyone was drunk when I went (midnight-ish). Oh yeah and photo nerds were in effect too. I enjoyed last years Nuit Blanche much better.
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 12 on 9/30/2007 11:03 PM >
| | | | Hmm... Thanks for the overview guys. I was gonna go last night, but got occupied by other things instead. I feel like I didn't miss much. (Or I didn't miss some TOTALLY AMAZING, ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME opportunity!) I think I prefer to schedule my own, personal Nuit Blanches, lol... Attendance usually tops out at one or two people. I like it better like that. (I prefer silence over techno, too. *shrugs*)
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| |  | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 13 on 10/1/2007 12:55 AM >
| | | | Posted by Stewie
Went at 2:50am figuring the "transit nerds" and such would be gone and the line would be nearly non-existent. Nope.
Transit nerds were replaced by... well, drunks and weirdos. Thousands of them. It was quite surreal actually. Some idiot kept yelling "STAND CLEAR OF THE DOORS!" |
Some people kept yelling "WHAT IS IT?!!" as well, in very high pitched voices. WTF?
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bandi
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 14 on 10/1/2007 3:19 AM >
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Well on my way to becoming that eccentric old man in every town with a yard full of desirable old vehicles that tells you, "They're not for sale, I'm going to fix them." |
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Stewie
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 15 on 10/1/2007 1:42 PM >
| | | | Heh. Yah. Not sure what was up with those dorks. They had nice cameras though.
If you didn't make it, this is basically what it was:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nu4M9CVas_s
[last edit 10/1/2007 4:05 PM by Stewie - edited 1 times]
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| | | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 16 on 10/1/2007 7:39 PM >
| | | | The wait wasn't that long, maybe 15 - 20 minutes in queue. The best way to see Lower Bay remains the classic way. Too many people cramp my style, but hey! I liked the low lighting they had down there, made for interesting photos rather than it just looking exactly like Bay Station with outdated advertisements (which couldn't be seen, thank you subway trains).
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 17 on 10/2/2007 3:22 AM >
| | | | Posted by bandi
Some people kept yelling "WHAT IS IT?!!" as well, in very high pitched voices. WTF?
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OH I KNOW.
And A bunch of people were yelling "Sorry!" and I heard a bunch of people continuously talk about "buttsecks", and... did i hear someone say "Buttocks sex"?
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| | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 18 on 10/2/2007 3:35 AM >
| | | | I swear I heard someone scream "spare 25 cents for a retard?!"
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| |  | | | Re: TTC Lower Bay
<Reply # 19 on 10/2/2007 3:41 AM >
|  | | | Posted by Arc_Tangent
OH I KNOW.
And A bunch of people were yelling "Sorry!" and I heard a bunch of people continuously talk about "buttsecks", and... did i hear someone say "Buttocks sex"?
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Were they playing "Its Raining Men" too ? :p
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