Garden of Future Follies (2016)
In collaboration with Maxwell Stephens
Bronze, stainless steel footings, granite pavers, ground lighting
Site size 1900 cm x 2200 cm
7 sculptures, maximum height 350 cm
Waterfront Toronto
Canary District, Toronto, ON

The Garden of Future Follies is a sculpture garden that brings together elements from over 80 existing public sculptures and architectural details from around the City of Toronto. To create the garden, fragments of existing Toronto sculpture were cast using a Cinefoil casting technique – pressing material directly onto a sculpted surface – to generate over 150 unique impressions that were subsequently cast in bronze. The resulting sculptural collage invites visitors to imagine their own configurations as they visit not only the Garden of Future Follies, but also other sites around the city, inspiring acts of co-creation beyond a single site. Much of Toronto’s public sculpture commemorates colonial power and reflects the permanent dwelling of dominant histories throughout the city. They are often larger than life and out of reach. The Garden of Future Follies adjusts the hierarchy, scale and orientation of these sculptures, freeing existing figures to be re-imagined by the public and to challenge the limits of our political, social and architectural imaginations.