Therefore Lamp

John Shukin

Therefore Lamp is an attempt to make a friend out of an object and to imbue it with as much agency and character as possible. This light is finely crafted, but also hides a secret and a cheeky personality. The hope was to give an object such individuality, or at least the potentiality for it. Thus, a long-lasting and sustainable relationship between the user and the lamp might be formed.

Wood, aluminum, paper
60 x 30 in.

Je suis malade…

Stéphanie Bélanger

It is a book about the different phases of acceptance of a person suffering from a critical illness. The illustrations and the writing style are somewhere between childhood and the point of view of an adult. In some way, this book is about the child that hides in the depth of our being and who is scared. They show us the negative counterparts and the difficulties met by the adult who does not know where to hide their sorrow. Illnesses are present like those monsters that haunt us in our childhood, which we did not see but that were true in our eyes.

Recycled paper, string
4.5 x 4.5 in.

I AM

Mariana Leyton

I AM The concept behind this piece is inspired by the “art process” which refers to an artistic movement where the end product is not the principal focus. The process in “art process” refers to the process of the formation of art, the gathering, sorting, collating, associating, patterning and actions created by it.
By being concerned with the actual doing the actions themselves can be considered a piece of art on their own. In this case, the process became as important as the final product. My intention is to express art as a creative journey or process rather than a deliverable or end product.
To create this poster a first scanned my fingerprint, later I vectorized it and created an stencil 15 inches by 25 inches. Once printed I proceeded to stamp my fingerprint with black pigment and I took a picture every time I placed my finger on top of the stencil. With over 500 photographs I created a stop motion video to show the process. Once I covered up all the edges with my finger print full of ink I removed the stencil and obtained this beautiful composition. I’m currently working on a series of this poster.

Paper, stamp, ink
20 x 30 in.

Show&Hide

Laurie Goudreau

Murielle Dufort

Marie-Élaine Grant

́Émile Archambault

Show&Hide reflects on the contradiction and tension that lies in the function of body wear in our society. Clothing has a duality between decency and dare, between unveiling and isolation. Sometimes geometric and cold, this unisex outfit hides the face and torso, creating an isolated space. Other times organic, fluid, and bold, it reveals the body and its figure. Show&Hide questions the real function of body wear in its extremes. Until what point are we willing to hide behind a piece of fabric? Contrarily, to what extent can we reveal ourselves to draw attention?

Tinted wool, recycled leather, magnets
2 x 1.5 ft.

The Survival Kit

Lauralyn Lamarche

John Bigsby

Sydney Cornett

Louise Heng

The Survival Kit is part of a collaborative research project. The challenge was to create a transportable, collapsible, and personal creative space, open to customization, sharing, and multi-functionality. The group was inspired by their own needs of organization. After researching the problems with traditional organization methods, the item that was created could be transported and shared between peers. The result is a multi-functional backpack with detachable compartments. Its concept comes from the shape of the cocoon or seashell with its numerous layers.

100% organic cotton canvas, screen-printing
14 x 19 in.