Crossed Lines - Montreal: Recent Episodes
Sam Meech
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.
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
Sex store worker Dimitri talks about the range of products sold by Erotika. He also talks about the changes the downtown area, moving away from sex tourism to accomodate art tourism. He comments on the various tyoes of people that pass through the area, and the relationship with the police.
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/
This is Route D
This final collecion takes us West on St Catherine, round the Place des Arts, and up to Ontario St West, finishing at Luthiers St Michel
Altogether, it lasts about 26 minutes.
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/
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/
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/
Rene talks about his experiences growing up and spending time in jail. He explains why he likes Montreal, and how he tries to avoid cops. He also discusses his 'good karma' sign, and his 'chaos' tattoo.
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/
Project Manager Adrien discusses the shifts in street art, and the lack of subversive approaches in the artistic community. He suggests the mainstream movement is homogenising and instrumentalising street art, and that are shouldn't necessarily be consensual. It should question things. He also reflects that Under Pressure festival itself is lacking criticality, but suggests that there always needs to be a balance
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/
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/
Project Manager Adrien talks about the activities of Fresh Paint gallery and the Under Pressure festival. He discusses how they relate to the downtown area and the existing communities, and suggests their approach differs from the Places des Arts and the Quartiers des Spactacles. He says how hard it is to work together across the community.
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/
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/
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/
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/
This is Route C
This third collecion takes us East on St Catherine, right to the Jadins Gamelin next to Berri Uquam.
Altogether, it lasts about 22 minutes.
We start we a brief chat with some friendly bikers hanging out opposite the Metrpolis (now the MTelus music venue), before speaking with the doorman Nick , and gig goer Guinevere. Further along St Catherine we have a long discussion with Adrien, a project manager at street art gallery Fresh Paint, about the shifting value and role of graffiti artists, and about their work with the community. Next we meet Rene, a homeless man from toronto who talks about how different people perceive him and his relationship with cops. Then we speak with an actual policeman, who preferred to remain anonymous, about how they perceive the city, as well as their own desire to protest. Finally, we listen to Maxim of Pepinere studio, talk about how they redesigned Jardis Gamelin, and their approach to working with existing communities such as the homeless.
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
Thrift store worker Anam talks about what makes St Laurent special and describes the eclectic things to be found in Eva B store, and the things she finds in old jeans pockets.
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/
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/
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/
Canam Army Surplus is one of several army surplus stores on St Laurent. He talks about the things they sell, and the challenges of being a small business. He also discusses other aspects in the downtown area - homelessness, sex industry, marijuana. He also talks about how police protests have boosted his sales of camoflage pants.
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/
Store owner Jacques talks about his leather boots and the culture of the cowboy in North America and beyond. He also drops some famous names as customers.
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/
Stefan talks about his experiences leaving the Canadian army, and becoming homeless 20 years ago. He talks about his encounters with the police, and the changes he wants to make in his life.
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/
This second collecion takes us up St Laurent, before turning right on Ontario Street East, ending up at Cegep de Vieux Montreal
Part of 'Crossed Lines'
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: 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/
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/
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/
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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/
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/
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/
Linda talks about her career in dancing, changes in the job, and the importance of education amidst the increasing cost of living. She also comments on the changes in the sex industry in the downtown area.
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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/
Doorman Mark talks about the changes in the downtown area of Montreal over the last 18 years. He remarks about the impact of tourism on the industry but also on parking prices.
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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/
Café Cléopâtre regular George discusses the developments in the downtown area, and the need for regeneration to be distributed.
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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/
Two dancers from Café Cléopâtre talk about the different shows at the venue, and the creative choices and restrictions when it comes to costume and music. They talk about their experience and seeing stripping as a route to earn money towards building a different career. They discuss the role of tourists in the sex industry, and the relaxed attitude to smoking marijuana in Montreal (in 2015).
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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/
Doorman Sean talks about the heritage of the building (built in 1893, and the history of performance and burlesque in the area from the prohibition era to 2015. He also discusses the notion of sanitisation in redevelopment of urban spaces and art. He briefly mentions both the SAT arts centre and CIBL radio station opposite.
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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/
Part of 'Crossed Lines'
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/
FRANCAIS
CIBL is a community-based radio station based on the corner of St Catherine and St Laurent in downtown Montreal. Producer Paul Beausejour discusses the role of the station and the types of show they boradcast. He also discusses the importance of their location within the Quartier des Spectacles.
Part of 'Crossed Lines'
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/
This first collection is by far the shortest geographicaly - ending just a few yards down at Place de la Paix - but it has a really interesting mixture of people. Altogether, it lasts about 35 minutes.
Part of 'Crossed Lines'
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/
Welcome to 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/