TRANSMEDIA :29:59
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http://www.year01.com/transmedia2959

February 1 - 28th, 2006:
29th minute: Shaan Syed - 'Girl Smoking'
59th minute: Ed Pien - 'Rain Boy'
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto


Year Zero One is pleased to present TRANSMEDIA :29:59, a year long
exhibition on the pedestrian level video billboard at Yonge-Dundas
Square in downtown Toronto. Launched August 1st 2005, TRANSMEDIA :
29:59 features one minute video works 24/7 every half hour on the
29th and 59th minutes. Featured for the month of February is Shaan
Syed's 'Girl Smoking' and Ed Pien's 'Rain Boy'.

Shaan Syed's Girl Smoking is a hand-drawn classic animation showing a
woman engaged in the repetitive act of smoking a cigarette.

Ed Pien’s Rain Boy animation reveals a post-apocalyptic scene where=

precipitation mixed with teardrops and sweat falls incessantly on and
around the head of a young boy. Undaunted, the boy surveys his
surrounding with a sense of determination and courage. This work is
realized with the assistance from the Banff Centre for the Arts.

TRANSMEDIA :29:59 is curated by Michael Alstad + Michelle Kasprzak

Year Zero One gratefully acknowledges the Ontario Arts Council,Yonge-
Dundas Square and Clearchannel for their support of Transmedia :29:59

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attached jpg: frame from 'Girl Smoking' - Shaan Syed