An interactive luminous pathway. Sponsorship Package
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Design Intent Location About Us smjilk Members Graphic Proposed Schedule Sponsorship Opportunities Previous Built Work Graphic Contact Information
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The city and its inhabitants are in constant conversation. When we move through the city, we encounter arrays of light, shape, and motion. In turn, we imbue these cues with meaning, lending our stories to shape the landscape. Passage pivots around this point: the city is not an object to be observed, but a continuously changing entity. The city and inhabitant are engaged in a co-evolutionary relationship; as the identity of one shifts, the other adapts. To further cultivate the audience’s sense of possibility, Passage will be located in an alleyway, transforming an oft overlooked cityspace. For a fuller, more immersive experience, we will use a space 6-8 meters long and 3 meters wide. Areas such as Queen Street West and Chinatown are ideal due to their high volume of foot traffic and respective roles in shaping Toronto’s cultural history. Passage encourages the audience to actively engage with their environment. By transforming the landscape, we prompt the audience to reinterpret their role in the city, to spark conversation, to inspire others - to add their own voice to the narrative.
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This installation will be situated in an alley of the Bata Shoe Museum, part of the Bloor Street Cultural Corridor
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smjilk is an innovation design collective based in the GTA consisting of six multidisciplinary female artists whose expertise spans architecture, interior and spatial design, writing, urban planning, event coordination, mental health, and education. The group is highly interested in the relationships amongst responsive environments, interactive interface, and the psychology of art. This interest is evident in past installation projects such as The Cube and #IdeasForTheBrave which both capture the intersection of public space and engagement.
Nuit Blanche Toronto is a free, annual, all-night outdoor arts festival. Since 2006, the world-renown event has partnered with the City of Toronto to celebrate the city’s arts community, featuring over 300 local, national, and international artists per year. In 2016, Nuit Blanche Toronto attracted an estimated audience of over 1 million people, including 205,000 visitors from out-of-town. The event generated over $43 million for the city, partnering with media and key markets from China and South America, as well as across Canada. Nuit Blanche Toronto is part of an international network of over 30 participating cities. The Nuit Blanche network is continually growing, with the addition of Melbourne, Australia in 2013 and Santiago, Chile in 2015. As of date, Nuit Blanche Toronto is the largest event of its kind in Canada, cementing the city’s reputation as a centre for arts, culture, business, and finance.
8 smjilk Team Sugandh Gupta Sugandh Gupta is pursuing a degree in Architectural Studies at the University of Waterloo. She has had a passion for art and design since a young age and attended Nuit Blanche for years with the dream of participating. These combined experiences have led her to this project, which is the perfect mix of her artistic and architectural skills, as well as many of her other interests.
Melissa Chan Melissa Chan is science writer and editor. She recently graduated from the University of Toronto, with a degree in Professional Writing and Communication and Psychology, having a dual interest in science and art. Melissa has had previous experience with installation work as a graduate of the Regional Arts Program at Cawthra Park Secondary School and is thrilled to fulfill a long-time goal of participating in Nuit Blanche.
Jade Chan Jade Chan is currently a graduate student in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto. She recently graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Psychology. The intersection of visual art and psychology has always been a point of interest for her.
9 Isabelle Hurter Isabelle Hurter is a recent graduate from Ryerson University with a degree in Urban and Environmental Sustainability. During her undergraduate career, she learned the ways humans and their environment impact each other. Isabelle has a past history with visual arts as a student at Cawthra Park Secondary School. She also has previous experience working with tools and machinery in various mediums.
Laura Nosella Laura Nosella is a recent graduate from Ryerson University with a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design. Through this program, as well as through visual art programs in middle and high school, she has developed a keen interest and passion in many fields of art and design. This has lead her to explore other avenues of artistic expression through exhibitions such as Nuit Blanche.
Kiera Sheehan Kiera Sheehan is currently a student in the Event Management Program at Humber College. She is also a recent graduate from Queen’s University, with a Bachelors of Arts in Geography and Urban Planning. Through these programs, Kiera has developed the skills to execute and organize various events. She has also gained an understanding of the relationship between humans and urban spaces, which will be applicable to this project.
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12 Proposed Schedule Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
Prototyping and design strategies will be tested over the summer. The goal is to achieve a few tangible results over this period, including full-scale structures and functioning lights. This is also a time to begin building relationships with potential sponsors.
This phase will include final refinements to the structures as well as continued exploration and calibration of the lighting . Finally, we must assemble and produce the 15 final structures and get them ready for shipment.
At this point we will clean and prepare the site for the installation. We will install the structures, supervise the event for safety, and document the night.
Phase One
set-up
Phase Three
NBTO September 29th
documentation
October
troubleshooting
September
fabrication
August
Phase Two
sponsorship
July
prototyping
June
integration design
June
Sponsorship Opportunities 13
Invisible Boundaries by Rowan Mersh - Inspiration Image
As an independent project, our installation relies on the engagement and support of our community. All financial and material donations are appreciated, and all donors will be recognized across one of three tiers for their contribution to the project:
Bronze
$100-$500
-Text recognition across social media channels
Silver
$500-$1000
-Text recognition across social media channels -Text recognition through customized merchandise -Text recognition through on-site signs and handouts
Gold
$1000+
-Text recognition across social media channels -Text and logo recognition through customized merchandise -Text and logo recognition through on-site signs and handouts -Text and logo recognition through on-site feature panel (as part of installation)
14 Previous Built Work BONES This ceiling feature, created for STK Restaurant in Orlando, Florida draws inspiration from the Grace Building, an architectural landmark known for its white travertine exterior, and STK’s own cuisine. The combination of the two inspirations takes on a dramatic, sloping form reminiscent of the curvature of a rib or the sharp edge of a cattle horn. By doing so, the ceiling feature reinvents the traditional steakhouse and invites the patron to a refined dining experience.
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The Web The goal of this project was to design a structure used to elevate a brick while retaining its form. The Web was inspired by the nature of string, its versatility as a material, and its ability to be woven together to create different forms. Pieces of nylon string were woven through an medium density fibreboard frame, intersecting at the center and creating a point of convergence. This point of convergence elevated the brick, held by the strings in tension. The materiality of the string allowed for light to bounce and reflect, often making the string appear translucent, nearly invisible from certain angles. This lent the installation a weightless quality and further played with the diverse properties of string.
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The CUBE The
Cube
The CUBE was an interactive installation piece constructed for the ACADIA 2013 The CUBE was an Interactive conference. CUBE created anInstallation internal constructed for the the ACADIA 2013 space piece in order to remove user from conference. CUBE created an internal their context and amplify the ceiling space in order to remove the user from scape their within. context and amplify the ceiling scape within.
The CUBE’s canopy was operated via an arduino microprocessor and via used The Cubes canopy was operated ansensors arduino microprocessor and used infrared to mirror occupants infra-red sensors to movements through itsmirror own occupants creating an movements through its own creating an adaptive and engaging space. adaptive and engaging space.
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#IdeasForTheBrave #IdeasForTheBrave is a projection installation intended to bring the essence of ICRAVE to the public. The installation integrates and abstracts features from ICRAVE’s previous design projects in a kaleideoscope-like fashion, and was the first in a series of installations completed by future interns. The hashtag is meant to create an online archive of the series.
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Passage invites the audience to reflect on these interactions, transporting them into a luminescent pathway. There, the audience will navigate through the structure, guided by a woven arrangement of polyester string. The structure itself will consist of a series of wooden frames lined by mirrors and strip lighting, creating an illusion of depth and extending the pathway far beyond its physical boundaries. The installation will also have an interactive element; sensors placed at various points detect the audience’s movements and change the light’s rhythm to pulse along the route. With these elements, Passage represents the multiplicity of the city, its infinite possibilities, and the ways city and inhabitant challenge each other to change.
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Contact Information smjilk 647 609 1095 smjilk@outlook.com
Sugandh Gupta Melissa Chan Jade Chan Isabelle Hurter Laura Nosella Kiera Sheehan