The annual “Winter Stations” public art installations are now up at Woodbine Beach. This year the constructions are colourful and fairly durable. They should be there until the end of March.
Once again, there are 6 installations to check out as you walk the beach.
below: “Watch” by Trae Horne. The opening in the fence faces due east
below: “Peak”, designed by University of Waterloo School of Architecture and the Department of Architectural Engineering. … ” angular peaks that frame perspectives and form pathways. Consisting of repeating structures of select shapes and sizes, Peak is an interactive installation that visually contrasts the existing site and offers refuge from the cold winter environment. “
below: “Parade” by Jesse Beus consists of six characters each with their own unique colour, shape, purpose, and identity. There is blue Shadey and green Jadey. Sunny is a yellow circle and Boxy is a red box. There is an orange pyramid called Slippey and a funny purple shape that is Blob.
below: “Ascolto” by French artists/designers Ines Dessaint and Tonin Letondu.
below: Standing at the edge of “Ascolto” and looking in.
below: “Solair”, by Toronto Metropolitan University Department of Architectural Science – Sunlight and air… light and wind…. together produce movement and reflections and an ever changing abstracted image. Each reflective square moves independently from the others.
below: “Slice of Sun” by a Portuguese group – Cláudia Franco, Mariam Daudali, and Tom Byrom. It is a semi-circle within a rectangle. There are steps inside the curved portion that can be used as seats but just be careful because if it is windy, you might get hit by a blowing strip of pink plastic!
below: Dogma graffiti at one of the lifeguard stations
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