If you have recently stood on the platform at Union subway station, northbound to Finch side, you will have seen the new artwork being installed there. The platform is still under construction and not all the art panels have been installed but this is what it looked like this past weekend.
There are 166 glass panels, each just over 2m high (7 feet) and when it’s finished it will cover the length of the subway platform, a length of 170m (about 500 feet).
At the moment they are installed in such a way that they act as mirrors as well as pictures.
The piece is titled ‘zones of immersion’ and it is the work of Canadian stained glass artist Stuart Reid. The people on these panels are based on drawings that Reid made as he rode on the TTC.
I’m not sure they will be so highly reflective once the installation is complete and the construction behind them finished. But in the meantime, a little fun can be had!
[…] while back, I posted some photos of ‘Zones of Immersion’, Stuart Reid’s art installation at Union Station. […]