IDEAS FOR A LIVING CITY - A Student Shorts Competition
1-minute videos by post-secondary students - playing to 1.3 million people a day on the Onestop Network of 200 screens on the TTC subway platforms.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL EIGHT OF THE FEBRUARY 2008 COMPETITION FINALISTS!

Submissions from OCAD, York/Sheridan and Humber were received. Art for Commuters
selected 8 of the best shorts to air on ONESTOP’s TTC network.

SELECTED STUDENTS AND FEB. 2008 FILM SCHEDULE

Week One
Chris Tew, Integrated Media, OCAD
Lena Chun, Integrated Media, OCAD - 1st Place Winner
Week Two
Kat Burns, Printmaking, OCAD - 2nd Place Winner
Ryan Patterson, Integrated Media, OCAD
Week Three
Rusiko Lomtatidze, Integrated Media, OCAD
Angel Carrillo, Integrated Media, OCAD
Week Four
Jingyao Shen, Integrated Media, OCAD
Steve Shaddick, Integrated Media, OCAD

The competition screens every 10 minutes on the TTC subway screens for the month of February. Each week features 2 new student shorts, with the two films cycling throughout the day.

1st and 2nd place winners were replayed from Friday February 29 to Sunday March 2nd, with a designation of their win displayed on the screen beside the film.

First and second place winners in February 2008 each received a 1 year Extreme Fitness Membership (value $960 each)

Ideas for a Living City: Greening Toronto

The theme 'Greening Toronto' challenges post-secondary students to take a green leap forward and imagine what it might be like to live in an ecologically sustainable metropolis.

In 2008, half of the Earth’s population, and 80% of Canadians, will live in urban areas. Healthy, vibrant cities are only possible if people are engaged in transforming their urban communities into places where they want to live.

Solar powered buildings, hydrogen powered cars, urban forests, market gardens, reclaiming rivers and ravines, the city as a living ecosystem: you don’t have to be a scientist or a specialist to imagine the possibilities. Have fun, be bold, go crazy – for 60 seconds.

We are looking for silent 1-minute films, videos and animations that take a creative peak into the future of Toronto. Show us your green visions, hopes, dreams for the city.

This is a juried program. The work will be considered by members of Art for Commuters. Selected videos will be featured on our Student Shorts series, screening regularly on the subway platforms of the TTC.

SUBMISSION INFO

QUESTIONS? - contact@art4commuters.com