Beach Art Installation Toronto
The 2018 edition of the annual design competition which turns toronto s east end lifeguard stations into pop up art installations taps.
Beach art installation toronto. Designers create migration themed winter stations on toronto beach the final design for this year s winter stations are boxes of different sizes by students at centennial college. Winter stations and the waterfront bia are teaming up again this year to reinvent the water s edge drawing torontonians outside this winter. Toronto mayor john tory officially launched eight temporary art works on monday that transform lifeguard stations on beaches in the city s east end into playful structures. Toronto s austere east beaches will be turned into a free outdoor art gallery come february with the installation of four bold art projects set for midway through the month.
Participants are tasked with designing temporary winter art installations which incorporate existing lifeguard towers spaced strategically across the city s kew and woodbine beaches. This installation made using 51 sheets of plywood cut into wing shaped pieces was inspired by the forests in michoacán mexico where millions of butterflies land for the winter months. Image courtesy winter stations via ulysse lemerise osa toronto s waterfront will once again be filled with interactive public art installations during some of the coldest months of the year. This year s winter stations are not playing it safe.
The public art festival sifted through more than 300 applications resulting in six pieces which have now been installed at the ashbridge s bay beach. The artists come from poland mexico and.