AusterityOtt @AusterityOtt
For more than a decade, Ottawa mayors Jim Watson and Mark Sutcliffe have starved the city of funds. The result is all around us. Ottawa, Ontario Joined September 2024-
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@mirgray @NicolasMarier The monument to procurement is well established; individual cities have champion. #Austerity outcomes and the monuments are everywhere for all residents to enjoy. @AusterityTO leads the pack with the monumental excellence.
By dividing responsibility and denying accountability, our civic leaders ensure that the ongoing #Austerity art project is well funded for future generations
Who owns Blair bus platform? OCT or RTM? There are at least 3 major tripping hazards I know of. Ideally, they would be repaired before freeze / thaw cycles resume. A sample:
@LouLevreault @AmateurOttawa No, but we’re blessed to live in this grad art project gifted to us by mayors who are supremely talented at #AusterityArt
“stripes” - new work by Ottawa artists Watson/Sutcliffe; explores the colour pattern of alternating bands of grey and black, symbolizing municipal attitudes towards beauty. Mixed media, concrete, asphalt, yellow spray paint.
“Stripes - interlock edition” variation on theme; Watson/Sutcliffe gift to the City; explores the interplay of asphalt as a plastic material juxtaposed against concrete and questions modularity of modern life with brick pavers. Part of a series. Mixed media.
Thread: the work called “stripes” in the original post has many more iterations. Like great masters who produce multiple works on sim themes, from Pollock to Monet and his hundreds of paintings of water lilies, Ottawa is blessed to have many iterations of “strips;” add your favs!
Completely agree. These city councillors and staff are just useless slobs. They are destroying #Ottawa with their hackjob work and complete lack of pride, vision, and even the most basic concept of tidy. Second worst city crews in Canada. Worst part is that the city councillors, mayors, and other powers at be at city hall are paid top dollar to do this shoddy work. Yet, every ward looks worse than when elected. It's time for reform at city hall and recall legislation. They are not real councillors interested in improving #Ottawa or their wards, otherwise the city would not look so bad. @acgonthier
@anng8282 @homewithlu Satire is complex.
@VoteSheenaSharp @mirgray @Toon_Dreessen #Austerity is no joke. It’s a genuine art movement for which we should be grateful to take part.
@OccTranspo This is a future website entry to be called “side hustle;” stay tuned for website list of creative projects curated by current and past mayors as part of the grand artistic project we’re privileged to live in
@mirgray @AusterityOtt The bold splattering of the mortar exclaims that, like ourselves, it cannot be contained by the rigid boundaries that are imposed by neighbors, or even the wider world. "We are here!" it exclaims, "And we will not be ignored!"
@JimConboy2 @mirgray It’s not much a mess as it a a provocative artistic statement.
@VoteSheenaSharp @mirgray @Toon_Dreessen This isn’t design. It’s a grand performance art project we’re all privileged to live through. Miranda has articulated the artists message with a phenomenological statement that is anchored in the deep post-quality experience our artists hope we experience, with gratitude
@BikeOttawa In a city of plenty there would be a full width bike lane with real protection. But this is a city of #Austerity so a plastic stick and ¾ of a lane is all you get.
@highspeedottawa @ottawacity @OC_Transpo @fordnation @_MarkSutcliffe This is a deliberate result of decades of austerity; it showcases the dichotomy of suburban and inner urban infrastructure, highlighting the approach to equity and governance and ensuring the public living thru this grand art experiment is suitably ensured of cultural experience
@OccTranspo It’s not so much a setback as a continuation of the #Austerity art project initiated by previous mayors, setting a grand stage for the ultimate performance art project in which we’re all blessed to live.
@DerrickSimpson_ The rusty screws sticking out are a reminder that our city is a grand art project for which residents and visitors can contribute their literal blood sweat and tears to be part of. How else would you expect to experience the joys of underfunded healthcare?
@christaggart This is the way. It’s part of a grand scheme to create a QR code on a massive scale; when scanned, it says “2% tax cap”
@highspeedottawa @ottawacity No it’s true. Only the most bleak and austere public places are possible. Must keep taxes and expenditures realistic.
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