Aug 17 2020 2 mins 1
Project Manager Adrien explains his fear that cultural development projects such as Jardins Gamelin and tourism will push marginalised people further away from the downtown area. He also acknowldges how they have made the spaces nicer. Adrien also argues that cultural investment needs to be distributed around the city rather than concentrated, but sees positives in the fact something is happening. 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/
