art aggregate

One of the works I kept coming back to at was Willa Crowder’s “All The Layers Between”.

For years I’ve joked and talked about creating an OCAD U award for “Best in Plinth”. Not an award for the artwork itself necessarily, but for the apparatus or method of display. How a work is installed, suspended, supported, lit, or positioned in space. How we show our work is often just as important as the work itself.

This installation would have been a strong contender.

The suspended corset forms, fine tension lines, embroidered details, and pooling textile elements completely changed the feeling of the room around them. The work felt delicate and controlled at the same time, almost like the sculptures were being held in a constant state of tension.

Unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to meet Willa during my visit, but this was one of the standout installations from the day for me.

Maybe 2027 is finally the year “Best in Plinth” becomes a real award.

Built something pretty surreal this past weekend for Three Days Grace at their show at TD Coliseum

Using the artwork from "One X" as the starting point, we recreated the iconic paper chain figures as a human-scale sculptural installation for the band’s dressing room. The piece was fabricated from CNC-cut MDF and sign acrylic, then wired with addressable LEDs so the checkmarks and X glow.

Swipe through for some behind-the-scenes shots and build footage. The second slide shows the 1/10th scale maquette we made to pitch the concept before scaling it up. Keep going to see the band hanging with the final piece backstage.

Still kind of wild to put work in front of a band we’ve been listening to for over 20 years. Huge thanks to everyone involved in making this happen. The show was absolutely awesome

We were recently shortlisted as 1 of 4 teams for a public art commission at the Cowan Recreation Centre at RBJ Schlegel Park in Kitchener.

Our proposal for the building's North entrance, Through the Net, draws from a familiar moment you've seen in basketball: the camera view above the rim, whether it’s of a dunk or the ball rolling around the rim before it drops through the hoop.

The sculpture translates that perspective into a 10-foot diameter rim that dips into the ground to eliminate tripping hazards, with curved glulam ribs forming a large-scale net structure above. Designed to be stepped into and gathered within, it becomes a place for teams to meet, take photos, run through, or use as an impromptu goal.

While we didn’t move forward to the final stage, we’re proud of where this landed and the direction it pushed us in.

Thanks to the for the opportunity, .studio for the incredible renders, and to Sean, John, Seamus, Connor, Hannah, Judy, and James for the work that went into this one.

Swipe for a night time view, a 3d printed version, and an early mock up.