You ever wonder what’s going on under the overpass? People are holding it up, brother. That’s called people-powered infrastructure.
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
“I did the bottoms and painted on all four sides,” says Labrona of the pillars full of people who are holding the structure up with their arms extended overhead. It’s a huge project he and Troy Lovegates (aka Other). spearheaded in Toronto this summer with 20+ artists with a fusion of funding from the city.
His figures may bring to mind the Greco-Roman’s of pillars in your past, but these figures are decidedly warm and decidedly Labrona. Other’s figures are more accurately described as flying overhead of Labrona’s a swarming mass of figures interlocked and bending as if swept along by a river or hurricane. If water ever actually rose to that level most like Torotonians would be comported similarly.
Also in this collection of Summer ’15 works are images of collaborations Labrona did with Gawd at the Upfest in Sudbury, Ontario.
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
Labrona . Other. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Labrona)
Labrona . Gawd. Sudbury, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Montreal)
Labrona . Gawd. Toronto, Ontario. 2015 (photo © Montreal)
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