DISPLACEMENT

In today’s environment we find almost every aspect of life disrupted. Living with climate change through a pandemic while confronting social and racial inequities, we can see how disruption can be a positive force. We find it in within ever changing landscapes molded by storms, drifting snow, rain, wind, sun and human intervention.

This installation of ‘windwalls’ strives to harness positive forces of disruption. To create a new sense of relating in social spaces we take refuge in movement and distance rather than close proximity. The proposed displacements directly engage the beach. Waves of sand carve out paths for visitors, modeling interaction while remaining distinct. Movement creates warmth. Maintaining separate streams heightens awareness of how one engages with others, like 2 sealed airstreams that transfer energy without ever mixing.

The materials are pre-used and recycled again afterwards, their purpose being to disrupt and redirect natural forces without leaving any permanent imprint. It is expected that the forces of nature will cause their own disruptions and that our sense of place will evolve within them.

Competition entry for 'Winter Stations 2020' at the Toronto Beach

(with Carole Boucher Architect)