Martin de la Rue (2007-Present)
Rural French Postman (1949 approx.)
Performance Art
Telegrams / Vintage Bicycle / Period Uniform / Equipment / Urban Environment / Fictions
Telegrams & Air Letters
Based on Jacques Tati's French Postman Francois in Jour de Fete (1949)
CV 2007-Present
2007 - Nuit Noire - Alternative Nuit Blanche, Toronto
March April - Cameo in the short film Urban Repair Squad - Le Depart
May 30th. Critical Mass. 6pm Bloor and Spadina
CMWC - Mid-June - World Championship Bike Racing
August - Dandyhorse Magazine Interview
Nuit Blanche 2008 (Oct. 4) Retour a l'envoyeur- 401 Richmond West
2011 - Day of Delight, Dufferin Grove Park. "Le Petit Bureau de Poste"
2011 - Télégrammes for Occupy Toronto
2013 - Cycling Hero (NOW Magazine)
2013 - Night Market (500 Télégrammes delivered)
2013 - Sing-Along Messiah - Massey Hall
2015 - Robert Doiseneau Remake (Tati)
2016 - Town of Grundarfjordur (Iceland)
2016 - Sing-Along Messiah - Massey Hall
2017 - Robert Doisneau's 1947 Tati Photo Remake
2017 - Télégramme pour la lune - Photography by Liz Dungan
2018 - Télégramme for 'A worried soul' - Toronto & Hamilton
2018 - Art Spin August - Kajama Boat Tour Toronto Island
2018 - Sing-Along Messiah - Roy Thomson Hall
2019 - Télégramme pour la lune - Childrens' Book (in production)
2020 - Télégramme ~ Ouvert pour Le Monde
2021 - Bonjour Montreal!
2022 - Telegram for the Authors
Tour de Gardiner Photos by Nick Syperek
CMWC photos by Martin Neale, Walt and others... thank you!
Video
Une livraison d'hiver - A Winter Delivery 04:53
Part One in a series of vignettes about working
as a French postman in Canada. March 2008
Additional Cast: Wendy Lucas
An Island Delivery
