Brick Obelisk was created to help celebrate the City of Toronto’s Carlaw & Dundas neighborhood with its various documented historical stages, as an intricately patterned monument, crafted out of waterjet-cut Corten Steel with backlit LEDs. It serves as a visual archive using maps of various stages of its history overlaid on a sleek contemporary outline. The silhouette of the piece is inspired by the neighborhood brick smokestacks that were abundant during the Industrial Period and reimagined to accentuate and interweave its angles and linework into a dynamic collage of maps. Photo by Dave Nodwell.

Photo by Elias Gates-Kass.

Photo by Dave Nodwell.

Brick Obelisk (2020)

Brick Obelisk will honor Toronto's Dundas and Carlaw area and its various historical stages, as an intricately patterned obelisk, crafted out of laser-cut Corten Steel with backlit LED, that will serve as an archive of the land its built upon, with maps of various stages of its history. Installation 2020.

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