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GradEx 105: Outdoor public art projections light up OCAD U campus

Date
February 22 - March 31, 2021
Cost
Free to the public
Location
Projections will take place nightly at 49 McCaul St., 51 McCaul St., 100 McCaul St. (The Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design), 115 McCaul St. (The Rosalie Sharp Pavilion) and 205 Richmond St. W. Presenting sponsor Hullmark will also host a display of graduate work at 950 Queen St. W. The Poster Exhibitions Series will coincide with on-campus video presentations at the following Toronto Entertainment District BIA locations: • PAI (Thai Kitchen), 18 Duncan St. • Tim Horton’s, 148 Simcoe St. • Hyatt Regency Hotel, 370 King St. W. • Ripley’s Aquarium, 288 Bremner Blvd. • Lee, 601 & 603 King St. W
9 squares featuring work by OCAD U graduates

From February 22 until the end of March, OCAD University’s GradEx 105will showcase the work of 70 recent graduates through outdoor public art projections that will light up the OCAD U campus corridor. This is part of the activities for GradEx 105, which include an online exhibition and videos on OCAD U LiVE.

Hullmark is the presenting sponsor and the University received $170,000 from the Province of the Ontario Reconnect Festival and $12,500 from the City of Toronto’s Winter Activation to support GradEx105’s online transformation.

Produced with the support of the Province of Ontario Reconnect Festival, City of Toronto’s Winter Activations Grant, and in partnership with the Toronto Entertainment District BIA, these public activations will feature large-scale, outdoor projections from the windows of the University’s properties, and from strategically placed, flat-screen monitors along pedestrian routes.

Projections will take place nightly at OCAD U’s main buildings until the end of March:

  • 49 McCaul St.

  • 51 McCaul St.

  • 100 McCaul St. (The Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design)

  • 115 McCaul St. (The Rosalie Sharp Pavilion)

  • 205 Richmond St. W.

As part of GradEx 105, presenting sponsor Hullmark will also host a display of graduate work at one of its sites in Toronto’s west end (950 Queen St. W.).

POSTER EXHIBITION SERIES

An additional component of GradEx 105 is the Poster Exhibition Series, taking place at selected sites across the neighbouring Toronto Entertainment District BIA. Pop-up poster displays will launch throughout March at various locations in the entertainment district and on Queen St. W.

The multi-site presentation is designed to complement the continuous projections on the OCAD U campus.

The unique poster series is made possible with the kind support of the City of Toronto Winter Activations Grant, and with the coordination efforts of the Toronto Entertainment District BIA Office.

The Poster Exhibitions Series will coincide with on-campus video presentations in early March, at the following Toronto Entertainment District BIA locations:

Image above: Artists and designers

Top row, left to right: Yi Ming Li, Seiya Oliver and Leah Probst

Middle row, left to right: Madeleine LeBlanc, Anastasia Tarkhanova and Sadaf Ganjavi 

Bottom row, left to right: Callie DeWees, Juo-Yu Hwang and Ana Luisa Bernárdez 

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