"Our sky is constantly in flux: from dawn to dusk, ancient to future. Shaping Atmospheres traces the arc of humanity’s enduring relationship to the Sun and our planet’s nebulous environment.
As our relationship to the Sun is physical and cyclical, so is the exhibition, revolving around an immersive looping film program. In medias res, the exhibition opens with the soundscape of a solar eclipse, enwrapping the listener in a moment of darkness before the first light of the Sun breaks the cosmic stillness. Harkening back to when these occurrences were powerful celestial events, the proceeding video returns to ancient Iranian Mithraic practices when sun worship was perhaps forged as a response to an ecological disaster over 4,000 years ago."
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Artists:
Saodat Ismailova
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
Pallavi Paul
Forensic Architecture
Richard Mosse
Noémie Goudal
Bill Fontana
Charles Stankievech
Ala Roushan
Jean-Pierre Aubé
Priyageetha Dia
Common Accounts
E.A.T. Experiments in Art & Technology
Haseeb Ahmed
Ivy Lee
Exhibition details
Venue: Architecture + Design Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada
Dates: 2 Oct - 21 Dec 2024
Hours: Weekdays 9am - 7pm
Opening event
Venue: 1 Spadina Crescent DA170 (Main Hall) Toronto, ON M5S 2J5 Canada
Dates: 7 Nov 2024
Hours: 5 - 6.30pm
Keynote Presentation: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
