We Are All Animals by Public Studio, 1830 Bloor Street West, ArtworxTO, Etobicoke, Toronto, ON
Excerpt from webapp.driftscape.com/map/2b05b00e-eaa7-11eb-8000-bc1c5a8...:
We are All Animals, 130 Bloor Street West: We arrive at the forecourt of this condominium to find a family of coyotes waiting outside the entrance. A pup, huddled under its mother, looks toward the street and the park beyond. The other coyotes face away from the park, and toward the building’s entrance: do they want to come in?
But these coyotes are not entirely natural. Their triangulated forms bridge the natural and digital worlds. Do you see the large LED screen near the entrance to the building? This part of the work also focuses on the relationship between the natural and the digital. Powered by gaming software, the digital landscape changes subtly with the seasons. This digital representation of the natural environment sits in conversation with the environment of High Park just steps away across the street. Take a seat on the brass bench, maybe pause to consider the co-existence of ecology, environmentalism and the technology we have created. This bench is inscribed with the name of this work “we are all animals”.
The creators, Public Studio, is the collective art practice of filmmaker Elle Flanders and architect Tamira Sawatzky. The artists are concerned with the personal, social, and political implications of landscape. Public Studio’s multidisciplinary practice often engages themes of political dissent, war and militarization, and ecology and urbanization, through the activation of site. Watch the video in the gallery to hear the artists describe the work.
We Are All Animals by Public Studio, 1830 Bloor Street West, ArtworxTO, Etobicoke, Toronto, ON
Excerpt from webapp.driftscape.com/map/2b05b00e-eaa7-11eb-8000-bc1c5a8...:
We are All Animals, 130 Bloor Street West: We arrive at the forecourt of this condominium to find a family of coyotes waiting outside the entrance. A pup, huddled under its mother, looks toward the street and the park beyond. The other coyotes face away from the park, and toward the building’s entrance: do they want to come in?
But these coyotes are not entirely natural. Their triangulated forms bridge the natural and digital worlds. Do you see the large LED screen near the entrance to the building? This part of the work also focuses on the relationship between the natural and the digital. Powered by gaming software, the digital landscape changes subtly with the seasons. This digital representation of the natural environment sits in conversation with the environment of High Park just steps away across the street. Take a seat on the brass bench, maybe pause to consider the co-existence of ecology, environmentalism and the technology we have created. This bench is inscribed with the name of this work “we are all animals”.
The creators, Public Studio, is the collective art practice of filmmaker Elle Flanders and architect Tamira Sawatzky. The artists are concerned with the personal, social, and political implications of landscape. Public Studio’s multidisciplinary practice often engages themes of political dissent, war and militarization, and ecology and urbanization, through the activation of site. Watch the video in the gallery to hear the artists describe the work.