Geodesic Mimicry
Geodesic Mimicry
Winner of the Winter Lights competition in 2019
Paths in the park are lined with a host of landscapes: artificial slopes and wooded areas built on landfill, geometric buildings, and fibreglass rock formations.
Juxtaposed on these views are the buildings and Cinesphere which are elevated above the harbour. At its most iconic, the Cinesphere is wrapped in a geodesic skin dotted with lights at each node that twinkle from afar. This is the image we conjure when we think of Ontario Place.
Disrupting the notion of landscape, Geodesic Mimicry is an installation that reconsiders the users’ experience as they stroll through the Ontario Place, a public park, exhibition and entertainment complex on Toronto’s waterfront.
What is natural on this path?
Illuminating the ‘rock’ faces and adding twinkling lights reference the Cinesphere. Geodesic Mimicry adopts the language of the Cinesphere’s geodesic skin. All together, the linked lights trace the edge of an artificial landscape, subverting the founding principles of the site.
Location / Ontario Place, Toronto
Design Team / Kfir Gluzberg, Jaimie Howard + Leah Kim
Exhibition / Ontario Place Light Exhibition 2019
Fabrication + Install / Boostrap Design
Photographer / Scott Norsworthy
