Tag: art
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Latifa Echakhch – Cross Fade
In Echakhch’s process-based works, audiences are presented with the traces of an action. For instance, in Stoning (2010), the artist took bricks from a crumbling building – not a heritage site – and chiseled them into stones, recalling a method of punishment or execution. The tragedy that has befallen this place appears to have passed,…
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Johnathas de Andrade – On Fishes, Horses and Man
A fish dying in the arms of a man is what first strikes us upon entering Jonathas de Andrade’s exhibition. The film O peixe (The Fish) depicts in ten vignettes fishermen cradling their catch, the two species merged in a morbid embrace of sinew and scale. The scenes in the film, simultaneously brutal and tender, confront the…
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Abstract: The Art of Design
Meet eight of the most creative thinkers and imaginative minds working in the world of art and design today in the new Netflix original documentary series, Abstract: The Art of Design.
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Come Up To My Room, part 2
THE LONG, TEDIOUS TASK OF WATING – Amanda Gresik Many people have experienced what it is like to go into a hospital waiting room, either for themselves or to accompany a friend or family member. While trying to pass the time by flipping through magazines and filling out forms, it is hard to not feel…
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Come Up To My Room 2017, part 1
Come Up To My Room, is a main event during the Toronto Design Offsite Festival. Located in the Gladstone Hotel, on the Queen West West strip of Toronto, this is the alternative event to the much popular Interior Design Show. Taking up the second and third floor of the hotel, artists transform the rooms into…
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Things TO DO: Toronto Design Offsite Festival 2017
The Toronto Design Offsite Festival (TO DO) is Canada’s largest cultural celebration of design with over 100 exhibitions and events forming Toronto’s design week, January 16-22, 2017. Going into its 7th year, TO DO transforms Toronto into a hub for creativity, taking design and art out of the studio and into the urban sphere, bringing people…
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Dear World… Yours, Cambridge – Miguel Chevalier
Artist Miguel Chevalier recently created a series of immersive projections that added a spellbound layer to a University of Cambridge charity event. The fundraising occasion featured Chevalier’s designs front and center in the King’s College Chapel, as they wrapped the historic interior in a myriad of changing colours, patterns, and textures. It was a striking juxtaposition…
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Legacy at the Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago has a long history of reinvention. After the Great Fire of 1871, the city has had to think big, dream boldly and push the boundaries of what is possible in the urban landscape. From the world’s first modern skyscraper to the iconic bungalow, Chicago has always used architecture and design to continually transform itself…
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Soundwave by Penda
Penda recently finished a landscape sculpture in Xiangyang, China, which consists of more than 500 perforated, vibrantly coloured steel fins varying in height. The sculpture marks the entrance gate to the largest Myrtle Tree Garden in Asia. Music, Rhythm and Dance in combination with the surrounding Landscape were the main parameters shaping ‘the Soundwave’. As…
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Caesarstone Swing
London-based Canadian designer, Philippe Malouin, is the latest to re-imagine Caesarstone’s diverse surfacing. At the latest Interior Design Show in Toronto, the brand debuted Swings, a playful gesture which takes the composite stone out of its context and re-appropriates it in a surreal installation.
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How to create meaningful interactions through technology
Jake Barton presents four projects completed by the media design firm he founded, Local Projects, which creates installations for museums, brands and public spaces using a broad array of technological platforms. In his presentation at Design Indaba Conference 2014, Barton starts off by questioning the design profession’s relationship with technology as a medium and the ways…
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Jamming in the streets of Portugal
Portuguese street artist Odeith recently completed this amazing tribute to Bob Marley. The enormous mural, which took the artist a few days to complete, is an extraordinary, monochromatic portrayal of the legendary singer. Residents of Quinta do Mocho in Portugal were pleasantly surprised to come upon the remarkably elaborate portrait, which towers stories above the…
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ChalkFest 2014
On a recent trip to Buffalo, a place mostly associated with shopping than art, I stumbled upon a street festival dedicated to chalk. A local woman pointed me in the direction and told me that it was an opportunity for inner city kids to show off their artistic skills. Upon further research, I learned that…
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Designer Series: Pete Bresse
Pete Bresse is the owner of Eclectic Revival, a local vintage and custom lighting shop located in the trendy Junction neighbourhood. In the video, Pete walks us through the design process, and why his love of cars has translated into his one-of-a-kind designs.
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Follow the Signs
Like most European cities, they love their festivals and this one was all about bringing the stores out from their secluded spaces and into the open. As a way to brand the public space, symbols were spray painted on along the street to indicate where certain vendors are located. Women’s fashion. Food. Drink. Coffee.
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Kites in a Church
On a recent trip to Rome, my friends and I stumbled upon this unique installation in one of the many old churches. Kites of all different sizes, shapes and colours, filled the chapel with an explosion of art and stories.
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Poetic technology by Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde 2014 from Richelle Sibolboro on Vimeo. Artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde discusses technology and its ability to translate poetic spaces derived from nature.
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Archist by Federico Babina
Iconic works from artists including Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Marcel Duchamp and more are reinterpreted as cross-sectional drawings of buildings in this series from Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina The collection of 27 images, entitled Archist, playfully interprets the styles and themes of some of the world’s greatest artists including Picasso, Salvador…
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Ai Wei Wei – Bicycles Forever at Nuit Blanche Toronto
Nuit Blanche is an evening when the streets of Toronto come alive. From sunset to sunrise, pockets of the city are filled with modern and contemporary art from around the world. This year, my journey thorough the extensive maze began at one end of the city and finished in the center of the action. Video…
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Russia’s Pride
Olek has done it again. This time, her yarn bombing has taken her to Saint Petersburg, Russia which makes a statement in solidarity with those oppressed by the recent anti-gay law by installing a camouflage rainbow on a classic façade. “Upon arrival in Russia, one of the first things I saw was a street poster…
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Yarn Bombed Train by Olek
“Yarn bombing”—also known as guerrilla knitting and yarn storming—is a type of street art that involves covering anything from trees to benches in brightly coloured knits. This is the first time that anything as big as a train has been attempted. Stationed in Lodz, Poland, Polish-born, New York-based artist Olek recently worked for two days straight…
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The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum
The Temporary Andy Warhol Museum designed by LIKEarchitects is a cultural space within a commercial space. It was designed to host the exhibition “Andy Warhol—Icons | Psaier Artworks and the Factory,” which was open between April 11 and July 11 at the Colombo Shopping Mall in Lisbon and included a total of 32 original works by…
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A Quick Dip
Shot from doorless helicopters from around the world, the collection looks at a diverse range of swimming pools and how it can become a blank canvas for a new world of art.
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There’s no place like home
The plaza hosted several dozen red shoes (both painted and patent) in long rows extending the length of the square. The static soles ranged from pumps to sneakers offering the once fashionable items a final platform on the sidewalk.
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It’s a small world by Slinkachu
The following series features images from UK-based artist Slinkachu. The tiny installations consist of small painted train set characters which are positioned, photographed and left on the urban streets.
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Polaroid Portraits
The concept derives from the idea that a camera could offer insight into the subject’s character, especially if it is of someone you know.
Richelle Sibolboro 