Sculpting New Reads
In libraries, we often speak about the book in all its forms – from trade paperback, to unique artists books, to interactive word in the online environment. From now until April 22nd, you will be able to experience books as art in the Browsery at the Toronto Reference Library.
Begun as an initiative of Word on the Street, Labspace Studio challenged four Canadian artists to create works of art inspired by four books, bringing the printed page to life in new and engaging ways.
Sculpting New Reads 2016: A sneak peek from Labspace Studio on Vimeo.
Toronto based artist W. W. Hung read Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay. The novel is set in a fantasy world inspired by Renaissance Europe, pirates, conflicts and intrigue, and follows the story of a young woman who is seeking vengeance for her family.
W. Hung explores the theme of loss in the novel and interprets it in a contemporary context. His installation The Girl with Paper Boats is on display until February 16th.
Mark Laliberte’s installation was inspired by Malcolm Sutton’s novel Job Shadowing, which follows the stories of Gil and Eta, husband and wife from the beginning of their careers and their relationship.
Laliberte’s work picked up on the themes of identity and shadow. In his own words “The work is a life-size silhouhetted figure of a businesswoman turned into a maze … Seen from the front, quite visible; seen from the side; barely there.”
In,Visible will be on display from February 18 to March 10.
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad follows the story of Lizzie, growing up in Misery Saga (aka Mississauga). Funny and heartbreaking, Awad’s novel explores themes of body image.
Inspired by 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, artist Shannon Scanlan’s The Many States of Lizzy, is on display from March 11 – March 31.
Pain Tree – Olive Senior Artist Diana Hosseini April 1- 22.
The Pain Tree by Olive Senior, is a collection of ten short stories set in Jamaica over a hundred year period.
Diana Hosseini, a kinetic sculptor and installation artist was inspired by the themes of cultural identify, and movement in time and space in the stories, in Passages – To/From/Within.
Passages – To/From/Within is on display April 1 – 22nd.
Read the book, see the sculptures and find new ways to interact with the writers, the artists and their works.
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