Seneca - Toronto Student work from Seneca - BDS Centre of Excellence

Designed, installed, and photographed by Neron Claudiuse

This display was created to incapsulate Balenciaga’s Spring/Summer 2023 runway show in Paris and Balenciaga’s combat style boots.

Sculpted and painted styrofoam was used to create the rocky backdrop, while brown velvet fabric was used to cover the side panels – inspired by the “mud pit” runway show.

Car tires were re-shaped to build a display riser on top of which a pair of black boots were customized and accented with white acrylic paint, imitating Balenciaga’s combat boots set on a chunky rubber sole.

To incorporate a feeling of movement, water flowed from the top of the tire stack riser and cascaded down the front like a small waterfall. Each of these elements came together to create a gritty, dirty, dark, and immersive display.