Raising The Veil on Pan Am 2015 and Mental Health
by Nina Silver
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Raising The Veil on Pan Am 2015 and Mental Health
Artist
Nina Silver
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Photograph - Digital Photograph With Creative Digital Enhancements
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Thousands of multicolour LED lights have been strung across the Bloor Viaduct since the night of July 4th, as Toronto's “Luminous Veil” was inaugurated ahead of the Pan Am games 2015.
The veil consists of 35,000 LED lights strung across the safety barrier on the Prince Edward Viaduct. The lights respond to wind and temperature to create an ever-changing vision of colour.
Originally envisioned as part of the safety barrier that was erected along the bridge in 2003, the veil was illuminated July 4th, 2015 for the first time as part of city-wide beautification projects for the Pan Am Games.
" It’s painting in time and light. It will never look the same,” project designer Dereck Revington said in a release from the city. “There’s nothing like it in the world.”
The veil will be illuminated 365 days a year and will change with the seasons.
Toronto's mayor recognized the spot’s dubious past as a place where many people committed and attempted suicide and said the city and the country as a whole need to do a better job of taking care of people with mental health issues.
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July 5th, 2015
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