Illuminite
Winter Art & Light Festival
As part of an initiative to support local businesses impacted by ongoing construction, the Downtown Yonge BIA was interested in presenting a art festival in Downtown Toronto. I proudly produced Illuminite, a free, month-long celebration of art and light. Designed to drive foot traffic and revitalize the area around Yonge St., the festival featured a curated collection of 5 light installations.
From large, interactive displays to charming window exhibits, these installations transformed the streets into a luminous, inviting destination. The vibrant displays not only highlighted the neighborhood’s unique public spaces but also created an opportunity for the community to reconnect after the long, dreary winter months.
Illuminite served as a beacon of positivity, inspiring visitors to embrace the beauty of the season and fostering excitement for the arrival of spring.
Created by Sam Hardwicke, installed at Trinity Square Park, is a noctilucent installation that aimed to provide temporary comfort to those in need through the use of semiotics of structure and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) light technology.
SAM Lamp
Created by MattCreative, installation that lit up all the windows of the front facade of this building located at HNR Properties at 19-21 Dundas Square (Yonge-Dundas Square). The interior of the windows were covered completely by grids of programmable LEDs, that rotated different digital images throughout the night
digital drapes
Created by Mirari, and co-curated with QDSI, located at Trinity Square Park is a listening experience, in which you are invited to engage with others in an interactive way with sound-and-light dialogue, transmitted seamlessly through the air.
Spectrum
by Ariel Weiss, is an interactive and LED based public art installation designed by students from the Department of Architectural Science at Toronto Metropolitan University along with Toronto based lighting design studio Urban Visuals and StrongLED as an industry partner for the Media Architecture Biennale.
Ethera
by Radha Chaddah x RAW Design, located at Yonge-Dundas Square is an immersive experience with changing light, texture, and sound. The installation would spin and create sounds and music as visitors watched the beautiful colours light up.
biolumen
by Meghan Cheng, located at Yonge Street is an interactive light installation that uses motion tracking of people walking by to animate the lighted butterflies to add a splash of colour in everyday life.