Aug 17 2020 3 mins 1
Canam Army Surplus is one of several army surplus stores on St Laurent. He talks about the things they sell, and the challenges of being a small business. He also discusses other aspects in the downtown area - homelessness, sex industry, marijuana. He also talks about how police protests have boosted his sales of camoflage pants. Part of 'Crossed Lines' a project by Sam Meech and Marilene Gaudet A series of short audio interviews with people living, working and passing through Montreal's downtown district. Together they paint a complex portrait of the city - overlapping concerns and conflicting perspectives, on everything from art to gentrification, policing to protest, sex to sustainability, and tourism to trade. Une série de courtes entrevues audio avec des personnes habitant, travaillant et passant dans le centre-ville de Montréal. Ensemble, ils peignent un portrait complexe de la ville - préoccupations qui se chevauchent et perspectives contradictoires, sur tout, de l'art à la gentrification, de la police à la protestation, et du tourisme au commerce. website: http://crossedlines.smeech.co.uk/ Part of “On est tous un groupe d’amis ici” (We are all friends here) portfolio.smeech.co.uk/we-are-all-friends-here/
