On March 16 from 7:20am-10:40am, me and two of my classmates Ian Devenney & Sara Udow took an uphill 16km walk/jog from downtown Toronto to York University campus.
Photos by all of us.
Some of our hopes, although not expectations were:
to strengthen (or perhaps destroy) our friendship and to learn about each other and through each other’s coping mechanisms during the arduous trek
to reflect on what the commute means to those of us who live downtown but travel up to York on a regular basis
Why is the commute so dreaded by all? What is it abut the York campus that makes it so cold and harsh? Is the commute to York just the same? On a concrete level, how difficult is it to get there without access to cars and/or public transit? How does it look like?
How can we transform the commute for ourselves, and allow it to give us new perspective(s)?
How does photographic documentation change the experience in the present moment and does it strengthen the experience through its inherent archivability?
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