52 McCaul is pleased to present, in conjunction with Loaded Pictures, Roadsworth: Crossing The Line, a documentary detailing the Montreal artist’s clandestine campaign to make his mark the on the city streets.
Hailed as an “artist’s artist” by Wooster Collective, Roadsworth began to play with the language of the streets, overlaying city asphalt markings with his own images: a crosswalk becomes a giant boot print, vines choked up traffic dividers and electrical plugs filled parking spots. Each piece begs the question, Who owns public space? As he is prosecuted at home and celebrated abroad, Roadsworth struggles to defend his work, define himself as an artist and address difficult questions about art and freedom and expression.
Directed by Alan Kohl
Running time: 72 minutes
For more information and to see the trailer: http://films.nfb.ca/roadsworth/
Hailed as an “artist’s artist” by Wooster Collective, Roadsworth began to play with the language of the streets, overlaying city asphalt markings with his own images: a crosswalk becomes a giant boot print, vines choked up traffic dividers and electrical plugs filled parking spots. Each piece begs the question, Who owns public space? As he is prosecuted at home and celebrated abroad, Roadsworth struggles to defend his work, define himself as an artist and address difficult questions about art and freedom and expression.
Directed by Alan Kohl
Running time: 72 minutes
For more information and to see the trailer: http://films.nfb.ca/roadsworth/