URBAN NOMADISM
Acceptance of instability opens many amazing opportunities. In this case, I was given free access to a large exhibit space in downtown Toronto. Within a few days, a retail space which was vacant for a year was transformed into a local point of reference, where people could drop in any time, discuss a wide variety of subjects, make new friends and learn about reuse of salvaged materials
Not a penny was spent on decoration. Everything that I needed was donated by my neighbours, and many people gave me their help to transform the space. |
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"Mari Mossi"has traveled all over Europe, and now it has occupied the entire wall.
Creative re-use.
| The jacket is embellished with white pieces of leather, the pants with bits of lace, leftovers from a neighbouring shop which just went out of business. A dirty old carpet covered with pieces of silk recovered from the same shop looks so "cool"and "funky" that visitors often ask in disbelief "Can we walk on that?". |
Smaller size collages were used to decorate the window.
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Why do the windows of shops only display things? I turned it into a small art studio.
The main space.
My wardrobe.
Why should clothing be hung in a closet? It is a great decoration.
Just a few objects used in an unusual manner can radically modify an anonymous office space. |
