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The Man Who Turns Toronto's Sewers Into Art
Michael Cook documents city pipes to raise awareness of water infrastructure problems.
Many city residents prefer not to think about the underground network of dark and dirty pipes that carry their water and waste somewhere … else. Michael Cook isn't one of them. On the contrary, Cook goes out of his way to explore and illuminate all types of drain systems winding below his native metropolitan Toronto, as a means of raising awareness about city sewage problems.
"One of the reasons that it's been so difficult to get traction around the issues of water in the city is that the infrastructure is completely invisible," he says.