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Highland Junior High School,
Toronto, April-May, 2002, Education Week project of the
Vanier & Jackson District of Schools, Toronto District School Board.
A site-specific educational and interactive art installation by
David Cheung, demonstrates the
magnitude of horrible killings done by tobacco uses through a display of
3,000,001 images, which visually depicts the number of people died from
tobacco smoking-related illness in 1993
According
to the information released by World Health Organization, more than
3 million people had died of tobacco smoking-related illness globally in
1993. Currently, more than 4 million people die from tobacco uses each
year. If this trend continues, there will be more than 10 million people
die from tobacco smoking each year by 2030.
It is absolutely absurd to allow tobacco companies kept on producing lethal substances, which kill
millions of people in slow painful deaths every year for profits.
This madness cannot go on.
"Arti- Smoking",
art for a smoke-free world project. Through
art projects and creative methods, Arti-Smoking
strives to enhance the public's
awareness to
the real magnitude
of tragedies from tobacco
smoking/manufacturing and
organizes
the public to fight
this problem. Please watch for future
activities of Arti-Smoking and the launching of 'KilledBySmoking.com' .
The educational and interactive
art installation I would have died three million and one times in 1993
alone if I did not quit smoking is made possible by the generous
support of the School Principal, Mr. Dale Clayden,
together with the teachers and students of Highland Junior High School,
the Toronto District School Board, Tern Art Supplies as well
as the Lepage Division of Henkel Canada Ltd sponsoring FUN-TAK for
installation.
Photos courtesy of Vivian Lo and
Yemen Tse
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