Ossington Particles, ArtworxTO, TTC Subway-Spadina to Runnymede Stations, Ossington Station, Toronto, ON
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Ossington Particles
Ossington Station
Beneath the ground near Ossington Station lies the vestiges of Garrison Creek which drained the watershed north of St. Clair Avenue into Lake Ontario at Toronto Harbour. Like its neighbour Taddle Creek, it is now buried, and lost to time and urban development. Although these buried creeks still have ways to make themselves known through wet basements, tilting buildings and city signage.
The “particles” on the station walls trace the outline of the creek as they guide us toward the platform exits, now guiding the flow of people, not water.
Approximately 800 acrylic tiles in the black and red colours of Ossington Station mark the lines of the watershed and tell the story of the natural and human history of this site. But the story is uncertain, traced in dotted lines, like fragments of a puzzle, an outline of what once was. Between benches and on staircase landings rise vertical segments like trees or prehistoric plants. At the Westbound Platform exit what looks like a red pinecone is outlined on the wall, and a small forest occupies the Eastbound Platform exit. These particles pay tribute to the site's history, and the natural layers that have been displaced by the city through which we now travel.
Organic forms are important to artist Scott Eunson, and a recurring theme in his work. He is one of the creators of the plant-shaped bike posts you may have seen around Toronto. Scott is a designer, architect and artist working in Toronto.
Ossington Particles, ArtworxTO, TTC Subway-Spadina to Runnymede Stations, Ossington Station, Toronto, ON
Excerpt from webapp.driftscape.com/map/b0ae632e-db0f-11eb-8000-bc1c5a8...:
Ossington Particles
Ossington Station
Beneath the ground near Ossington Station lies the vestiges of Garrison Creek which drained the watershed north of St. Clair Avenue into Lake Ontario at Toronto Harbour. Like its neighbour Taddle Creek, it is now buried, and lost to time and urban development. Although these buried creeks still have ways to make themselves known through wet basements, tilting buildings and city signage.
The “particles” on the station walls trace the outline of the creek as they guide us toward the platform exits, now guiding the flow of people, not water.
Approximately 800 acrylic tiles in the black and red colours of Ossington Station mark the lines of the watershed and tell the story of the natural and human history of this site. But the story is uncertain, traced in dotted lines, like fragments of a puzzle, an outline of what once was. Between benches and on staircase landings rise vertical segments like trees or prehistoric plants. At the Westbound Platform exit what looks like a red pinecone is outlined on the wall, and a small forest occupies the Eastbound Platform exit. These particles pay tribute to the site's history, and the natural layers that have been displaced by the city through which we now travel.
Organic forms are important to artist Scott Eunson, and a recurring theme in his work. He is one of the creators of the plant-shaped bike posts you may have seen around Toronto. Scott is a designer, architect and artist working in Toronto.