Category Archives: Video

Meet Your Next Mayor

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

Ensemble nous allons définir une belle avenir pour Montréal. Projet Montréal’s Richard Bergeron, the only legitimate mayoral candidate in Montréal’s 2013 municipal election, isn’t looking to tell you about his party or its ideas, but rather wants to hear what … Continue reading →

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Great Feats of Montréal Engineering

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

Found this neat episode of some old program about engineering mega projects in Québec – excellent background, technical info and old-school cool stock footage of the Métro’s construction. Random tidbits: The Métro was first conceptualized in 1910. The rubber tires … Continue reading →

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Montr̩al РThe Neighbourhood Revived

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

Montréal – The Neighborhood Revived by Michel Régnier, National Film Board of Canada Found an interesting documentary, first in the URBA 2000 series produced for the NFB in 1974. As described, in the mid-1970s was an established leader in urban … Continue reading →

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Student Activists: A New Source of Revenue for the Montréal Police

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

Welcome to Montréal, Québec – where civil disobedience has been turned into a revenue generator for the city’s police department. Using an unethical and possibly illegal method called ‘kettling’, Montréal Police gather around a gathering and slowly process all the … Continue reading →

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Corridart; Charney’s Oeuvre Going Up & Coming Down

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

Found this video on the CCA’s YouTube Channel, a film n’ funk track I feel is somewhat representative of experimental documentary film from mid-1970s Canada. It shows the construction and demolition of Melvin Charney’s primary installation for Corridart, the cultural … Continue reading →

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Raine Maida’s Cold Winds of Montréal

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

I’m not 100% sold on it, but heard it the other day and thought, what the hell, let’s post it. I discovered it was featured in what I can only describe as an overly dramatic Hockey Night in Canada intro … Continue reading →

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