Sculptures on Scotia Street

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As part of Introducing Brewery Creek: A Mount Pleasant Centennial Celebration, Western Front presented an outdoor exhibition of large-scale contemporary sculptures installed along Scotia Street. Drawing inspiration from the historical waterway that once ran through the neighbourhood, the works were constructed from materials such as wood, copper, rebar, bicycle wheels, and hop plants.

Barbara Cole created a bridge-like structure designed to support the growth of climbing hops. Alan Storey, expanding on his earlier project Front; A Machine for Bad Weather—which featured a waterwheel and wind machine on Western Front’s façade—installed a kinetic boardwalk along the sidewalk, accompanied by a series of barrels with sculptural cut-outs. Danial Laskarin contributed a flume-like copper form that redirected water from the street’s gutter. Daniel Congdon reconstructed the original grade of Brewery Creek using plywood. Presented in partnership with grunt gallery, the Avenue for the Arts Society, and the Mount Pleasant Citizen Planning Committee.