Chris Curreri
Chris Curreri is a Toronto-based artist who works primarily with film and photography.
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(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR, 2006
Neon text installation
[ selected photographs ]
South side of Baldwin Street (between McCaul Street and Henry Street).
[In association with the residents and businesses of Baldwin Street].
THERE'S ALWAYS ME... LET ME BE THERE... TREAT ME NICE...
The charm of Toronto's Baldwin street-life – with its balance of small businesses commingling with private
residences – is its uniquely personal feel effusing a sense of people's lives rather than being overwhelmed
by commerce or consuming. Through an installation of sweet messages, in collaboration with the residents
of Baldwin Street, artist Chris Curreri captured a sense of the personal while recognizing the commercial
aspects of the area. Viewed only from the street, as one walked along Baldwin, passers-by were treated
to a neon love poem glowing from above. All Elvis Presley song titles, the glowing text anonymously announced
itself from the second floor windows of Baldwin Street residents. The signs declared a kind of romantic
longing for all its viewers, but will remained unreachable, inanimate, and incapable of receiving response.
Curreri's multi-disciplinary work is characterized by an interest in found images and objects, often
using flea markets as the source of a vast range of material. The inspiration for Curreri's (LET ME BE
YOUR) TEDDY BEAR is a found scrapbook, seemingly created by a young Elvis Presley fan, full of lovingly
collaged Elvis images.
YOU ARE HERE [audio project by Lewis Kaye]
For the audio file for this site, please right-click the link below
and select "save target as (pc) /
download linked file (mac)".
Baldwin Street, between McCaul & Beverly (4.7 MB)
You Are Here instructions
1) Download each track to your personal computer
and add them to your favoured MP3 player software (e.g. iTunes, WinAmp, etc.) library.
2) Create a playlist specifically for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche,
and download this playlist to your portable MP3 player.
***Please note that while you can play the tracks on a normal stereo speaker system,
You Are Here is a binaural audio project specifically designed for personal stereos.
For full effect, each track should be listened to with headphones.
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