mixed plastic sheeting, aluminum and stainless steel hardware.
30’ x 30’
Composed of over 3,600 handmade tiles and more than 70 pounds of reclaimed sheet plastics and packaging, Lamination 1.0 gathers together years of collected material from Studio Rat’s archive and new contributions from community members who share the same habit of holding on. Its overwhelming scale, colour, and density speak to both the excess and ubiquity of plastic’s presence in our lives. For the artists, each tile holds traces of the hands it has passed through, emerging as a living archive of waste and care, and inviting us to reflect on the ways we handle, remember, and reimagine waste.
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.