Reading Toronto to launch in Japan as part of the Design Exchange's mission to Expo 2005.

What do these great Toronto cultural producers have in common?

Art Gallery of Ontario Canadian Film Centre Design Exchange Hummingbird Centre Royal Ontario Museum Toronto Int’l Film Festival Anne Michaels Alexander Pilis Ana Serrano Andrew Payne Arriz Hassam Barnaby Marshall Bernie Miller Brad Golden Bruce Kuwabara Camera Bar Carmen Dunjko Chris Dewdney Cory Doctorow Dan Brambilla David Oleson Ed Burtynsky Gary Michael-Dault George Baird Graham Owen Hal Niedzviecki Ian Chodikoff James Brown Jeanne Randolph Joe Berridge Johnson Chou Kelvin Browne Kevin Weiss Kim Storey Lynn Eichenberg Mark Kingwell Matthew Teitelbaum Michelle Gay MoiMoi Paul Raff Piers Handling Plant Robert Ouellette Samantha Sannella Steve Mann Steve Teeple Terence Van Elslander The Drake Hotel Vera Frenkel

Beginning March 30th their stories about Toronto can be found at www.readingtoronto.com

Join us online March 30th when Reading Toronto launches in Japan as part of the Design Exchange’s mission to Japan for Expo 2005. Reading Toronto looks at the city through the eyes of many of its most creative artists and arts institutions. Not just another web site, Reading Toronto is aninteractive blogging experience dedicated to advancing the cultural literacy of the city. For the next 52 weeks Reading Toronto will let local, national, and international audiences celebrate our city. As a massive start to the project, beginning March 30th each of the contributors noted above will unveilone story a day for seven days. Be part of the experience. Contribute your comments at www.readingtoronto.com.

Reading Toronto is sponsored in part by the Design Exchange, DigiFest, and Forum Bureau. Forum Bureau is acompany that builds social networks. It is based in Toronto. For more information about Reading Toronto please contact its Producer, Robert Ouellette at release@readingtoronto.com An installation for Reading Toronto will appear at the DX as part of DigiFest 2005 between May 27 and July 1st. For more info on Digifest, please visit www.dx.org/digifest