mixed plastic sheeting, aluminum and stainless steel hardware.
30’ x 30’
Two conical inflated structures overtake the space, existing in conversation with one another, one tipped on its side, the other reaching up towards the sun. Both an altar of hope and a room to inhabit, Plastiscapes explores the infinite dichotomies held within plastic that exist at odds with one another: the ancient and futuristic, mundane and magical, intimate and industrial, malleable and fixed. The artists forgo industrial forms of recycling as foraged plastics are pressed, fused, cut, and quilted, bringing disparate materials together into a coherent whole. When activated with air, plastic becomes a landscape for a speculative inquiry, exploring pasts, presents and futures of this storied material that overwhelms and presses down around us.
Presented in Collective Composition, a group exhibition curated by Laura Nanni in North York for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2025.
Studio Rat acknowledges the many hands that shaped this work. Through open workshops in Montréal and Toronto, contributors generously shared their time and creativity, crafting many of the tiles that form this collective piece.
Special thanks to Masumi Rodriguez, Cath Laporte, Toko Hosoya, Kayli Koonar, and Cameron Peck, Nik Arthur for their generous support throughout the project. Heartfelt thanks to Laura Nanni, Jenn Goodwin, and Adrian Kent of the City of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche North York team for their invitation and guidance.
Studio Rat gratefully acknowledges the support of the Fluevog Artist Grant, awarded by Fluevog Shoes, for the development of Lamination 1.0.