Globe and Mail Project: #16, TRICKY DICK REACHES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD IN VANCOUVER

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What happens when a disgraced US ex-president

rises from the ashes to clear his name, then chases

his dream of Olympic gold as captain of the Canadian bobsled team?

Dan Ackroyd IS Richard Nixon in CBC's rollicking new

mini-series, "DICKSLEDDING: VANCOUVER 2010".

*Best bobsled picture since "Cool Runnings".

-The Globe and Mail

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Renewal. In the 16th collage of my Globe and Mail Project, impeached and deceased President Richard Nixon gets a chance to clean up his besmirched image and rewrite his entry in the history books.

The Globe and Mail Project will continue Monday to Saturday for the length of my free Globe and Mail subscription. Each collage is made up of images from that day's newspaper. The supplementary text is courtesy of my Olivetti portable typewriter.

The Globe and Mail Project - 90 days of collage

About 10 days ago, I got a phonecall with an offer to have The Globe and Mail delivered free for three months and it arrived on my doorstep this morning, as promised. Initially, I greeted the offer with a well crafted, curmudgeonly skepticism reserved specifically for telemarketers, but since I didn't have to surrender my credit card number, or provide any personal information beyond my delivery address, and the caller assured me that the paper would be cancelled after the three month period without any action on my part, I accepted.

Having the latest news delivered to my door in a form that is digestible over morning coffee is a luxury I have been doing without due to time and budgetary constraints. I love the newspaper, not only for the print, but for a wealth of pictures which are not so precious that I am afraid to cut them up for collage. It has also proved useful for cleaning windows, lining the catbox and creating small, paper mache animals.

To celebrate receiving the paper again, and as a thankyou to Canada's National Newspaper for free fodder, I am embarking on a project where I will post a collage a day for the next 90 days, using images from The Globe and Mail.

Please note that this is a personal project and is not an endorsment of The Globe and Mail newspaper as a product; neither has The Globe and Mail endorsed me or any of the content that may appear in the aforementioned collages. See you in the funny papers.

Globe and Mail Project: #18, POLICE ON TRICYCLES ROUND UP YOUNG OFFENDERS

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Police on tricycles rounded up young

offenders during a massive sting

operation yesterday.

While none of the infants were remanded

in custody, many had to sit out for

infractions ranging from roller skating

without helmets to neglecting to use

hand sanitizer before snacks.

Collage #18 in my Globe and Mail project. One collage for each of the free newspapers delivered to me during my free, three month subscription to the Globe and Mail.

Globe and Mail Project: #37, The Rebranding of Michael Ignatieff

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OK, I've taught at Harvard and Oxford
and Cambridge and, yeah, I hold
11 honorary doctorates...
But I wear lumberjack shirts,
watch Hockey Night in Canada
and I like my Timmy's.
My name is Mike and
I AM CANADIAN.

Collage #37 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.
timothy.hunt@yahoo.ca

Timothy Hunt @ Dovercourt Community Centre June 1st - June 30th, 2010

From the Dovercourt Website

Timothy Hunt @ Dovercourt Community Centre June 1st - June 30th, 2010

This month, local artist Timothy Hunt presents a selection of 18 collages from the Globe and Mail Project. Acting on a free three month subscription from Canada’s National Newspaper and armed with only a pair of scissors, a typewriter and a gluestick, Tim embarked on a 90 day marathon of humorous collages using clippings from each day’s newspaper spanning topics including sports, religion and politics. The results are... well, you be the judge! The entire collection of the Globe and Mail Project can be viewed at timothyhunt.blogspot.com.

Timothy Hunt is an artist and Sculptor living in Westboro. He has participated in numerous shows across Canada with his company Mobius T-shirts and his artwork has been seen around Ottawa at the GCTC and many Art in the Park events. His “bicycle wheel chandeliers” were a big hit at last year’s Lumiere Festival in New Edinburg’s Stanley Park. Tim is also co-organizer for Urban Art in Minto Park, a juried Art and Craft event in downtown Ottawa, Sat July 24th. If something is not nailed down, it may well find its way into Tim’s artwork and he has been know to run with scissors.

Timothy can be contacted at timhuntottawa@gmail.com
For more information about the artist,visit timothyhunt.blogspot.com

Globe and Mail Project: #84, UPSIDE DOWN

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With the project nearly completed,
he realized he had been working with the plans upside down.
Should he inform the client immediately?
Or should he let it slide and hope no one would notice?

Collage #84 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.

timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #42, FAT CATS MOVE TO WALL ST.

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They've gained our trust, moved into our hearts and homes,

enjoyed free food and kitty treats, even taken over

most of the bed. Now the cats have moved to Wall St. and they

can't wait to get their paws on our money.

Collage #42 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe. timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #45, FINANCE MINISTER HOSTS G7 IN IQALUIT

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Choosing to ignore evidence of global warming, Finance

Minister Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada Governor Mark

Carney treated G7 members and journalists to a tour of

Iqualuit and environs.

Collage #44 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from Saturday's Globe. timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #88, POPE BENEDICT XVI AND THE EASTER BUNNY JOIN FORCES

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Pope Benedict XVI and the Easter Bunny set

aside their religious differences and join

forces to rid the world of killer bees.

This week's Illustration Friday topic is rescue.

Collage #88 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #69 ATTACK OF THE MUTANT MOUNTAIN MUSKIES

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Collage #69 , and this week's entry for the Illustration Friday topic: brave.

In a sleepy mountain village, nestled in a fresh blanket

of snow, no one is prepared for a midnight onslaught of

vigilante muskellunge bent on destruction.

It's up to a wily ex-pat

Greek fisherman and his pet koala

to right the wrongs of his past,

befriend the great creatures

and lead them back upstream.

Collage #69 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.

timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #28, GM UNVEILS "GREEN" VEHICLE

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General Motors unveiled its first "green" vehicle

at the Detroit Auto Show this week. The Chevy

"Slider" is a gravity-powered vehicle which consumes

neither petroleum, nor electrical power and produces

zero emissions.

The Slider's speed and efficiency are

superior to any other car in its class and it

will be released for sale as soon as GM engineers

can figure out how to make it go uphill.

Collage #28 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. Comments by email or Blogger are welcome!

For work on related topics, see: FLYING CANOE TAKES AUTO INDUSTRY BY STORM and TRICKY DICK REACHES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD IN VANCOUVER.

Globe and Mail Project: #35, IGNATIEFF UNCOVERS HIDDEN BALONEY CHAMBER

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While roaming the empty halls of Parliament
yesterday, Iggy and his gang discovered a
secret passage which leads from the Prime
Minister's office to a hidden chamber where
baloney is manufactured and packaged for
distribution to Canadians.

Does this sound a bit like a Scooby Doo episode? All that's lacking is the appearance of Farmer Harper dressed as a ghost to scare away them darn, nosy kids!

Collage #35 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.
contact: timothy.hunt@yahoo.ca

Globe and Mail Project: #56 Stephen Harper's Extreme Makeover (by Acme Image Consulting)

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Then, if I flip this toggle and turn up this dial,
the robot stops playing piano, puts on a sweater-
vest and picks up the kitten.

Collage #56 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.
timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #53, OBAMA'S NEW PET

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President Obama and his new pet owl Barney, are greeted

with mixed reactions from White House staff. While not

an ideal indoor pet and prone to regurgitation, the

President is confident that the nocturnal bird of

prey will rid the White House of vermin.

Collage #52 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.
timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #38, Stephen Harper in Switzerland

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Following his address to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland,

Stephen Harper launched into an impromptu rendition of

the Sound of Music's "Lonely Goatherd", to mixed reviews.

After being detained by the Swiss Police for several

hours, the Canadian Prime Minister was escorted to

the airport, given a Swiss Army knife and a lump of chocolate

and asked to never return to the peaceful alpine country.

Collage #38 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe. timothy.hunt@yahoo.ca

Globe and Mail Project: #71, SMART CARS NOT FOR EVERYONE

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Hello, Honey? Yeah, so I got the Smart Car

stuck in a sand dune... I was doing donuts

and got distracted by a text from my boss.

Anyways, I brought no food or water and I

may be out of gas, so I'll probably be late

for dinner.

Collage #71 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe.

timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #64, LADIES AUXILIARY DELIVERS HOCKEY RESULTS

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Gladys and Enid of the Ladies Auxiliary, end

the suspense and send the rural crowd into

wild celebration by reading aloud the score

of the Olympic hockey final from the weekly paper.

Congratulations to all the Canadian Olympians for an unprecidented Olympic Games!

Collage #64 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from today's Globe. timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #51, GENTLEMEN SCIENTISTS CONTINUE LUNAR MISSIONS

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Gentlemen scientists celebrated President

Obama's recent decision to end the lunar

space program, effectively putting Moon

missions back in the hands of the

do-it-yourselfer.

The first of these moon voyages, SPAM 1,

will launch from the Antrim Truckstop

parking lot shortly after Bingo on Saturday.

Comprised of a wringer washer, a CCM Targa

and a pot-belly stove, the spacecraft is

powered by BBQ starter fluid and charcoal

briquettes.

Today's collage is dedicated to Fred Morrison (the man in the space helmet), inventor of the Frisbee, who died this week at the age of 90.

Collage #51 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world. All images used in this collage were clipped from Saturday's Globe.
timhuntottawa@gmail.com

Globe and Mail Project: #26, SKATING WITH THE ANIMALS

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Hot on the heels of CBC's runaway hit,

BATTLE OF THE BLADES,

comes the explosive 11 part reality series,

SKATING WITH THE ANIMALS, in which

politicians paired with their favorite

mammals, compete against one another

in rugged, outdoor settings.

Tonight, Sports Minister Gary Lunn and his

polar bear take on Prime Minister Stephen Harper

and his kitten in a merciless ice dancing

competition outside the Chateau Lake Louise.

Collage #26 of my Globe and Mail Project: deconstructing Canada's National Newspaper and putting it back together to try and make sense of the world.

I am also posting today's collage to Illustration Friday for this week's topic Wilderness. This is the second polar bear collage in the series (see : FULL-BODY SCANNERS TO BE USED ON POLAR BEARS) and the second about a CBC mini-series (see TRICKY DICK REACHES FOR OLYMPIC GOLD IN VANCOUVER).

Incidentally, here is a picture of our Prime Minister with his kitten, Cheddar. No, this is not a collage. The kitten is real, however I suspect the PM may be a cardboard cut out.

Globe and Mail Project: #24 OLYMPIC FLAME TORCHES POPCORN FACTORY

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Controversy continued to dog the Olympic Torch Relay

as a flash from two torches ignited an abandoned

popcorn factory outside North Battleford yesterday.

VANOC officials were quick to commend the community

for their organized cleanup, and the local Jumbo Video

for providing free videos to the volunteers.

Since kindergarten, we've been told that running with scissors is a dangerous thing. 12,000 people running across the land with fiery sticks? You be the judge. Two other collages from this series involving the olympic torch: GOOGLE TORCH CAM and NEW YEAR'S EVE TURF WAR BLACKENS EYE OF OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY. Incidentally, there is an Olympic torch cam on the CTV website so that you can follow the torch, accomapanied by a google map entitled "Where is the Torch Now". The webcam is actually mounted on the truck and not on the torch itself.

Welcome to day #24 of the Globe and Mail Project. Each day for three months I'll be taking the scissors and glue-stick to Canada's National Newspaper and editing it for your consumption. Feedback on Blogger or by email is welcome!