Author: Paul Aloisi
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Poly-Tan-Gram, Perkins + Will Canada, Toronto, 2016
Interactive installation for the offices of Perkins + Will Canada located in Toronto. Various paint finishes, scribed galvanized steel, magnetic plastic forms. Video documentation coming soon…. [wp_cart_button name=”Perkins” price=”19.95″] [show_wp_shopping_cart]
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Data Stream (concept) – Humber River Hospital, Toronto, 2015
Shortlisted concept proposal for Humber River Hospital in Toronto. Inspired by the nearby Humber River, the universal healing and transformative powers of water have guided the development of this artistic concept. Water is pure and simple, culturally significant across the globe and fundemental to human life. Data Stream draws parallels between the fluidity and current…
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Synesthesia, Davenport Underpass, Toronto 2014
“Synesthesia” is a public artwork comprised of two 9’x100′ murals on the east and west walls of the Davenport Road underpass at Dupont Street in Toronto. The west wall is an interactive installation which offers a synesthetic experience to passersby. The above video demonstrates demonstrates the effect of the interactive aspect of the work. On…
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Flood Lines, Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto, 2014
Geographically situated in the Don Valley, the Evergreen Brick Works site is anticipated to experience flooding at least once every two years. Flooding occurs when the storm surge resulting from heavy rains over a brief period causes the Don River to breach its’ bank. To mitigate the quickly rising water in times of storms, the…
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Postal Coded – Gallery 1313, Toronto, 2013
As an exploration of anonymous presence, this project attempts to document a tag by each of the graffiti writers currently active in the Parkdale neighbourhood. An archive of the tags is then presented to members of the general public and they are recorded reading/deciphering each written tag aloud. These recordings are then compiled and played…
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Collective Fragments, Toronto, 2013
Site specific installation commissioned for the Grolsch Open House at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The pop-up party spact was positioned in the heart of all the festival action, taking over the corner lot at Pearl & John Street over the Toronto International Film Festival’s Opening Weekend. Client: Grolsch Canada Materials: salvaged wood, mylar,…
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IDS 2013, Shadow Screen, Toronto, 2013
Sculptural partition featuring hand-cut archival paper. Exhibited at Interior Design Show 2013 in Toronto Canada; commissioned by the Interior Designers of Canada. Materials: Cast concrete footing, hand finished Baltic Birch plywood, steel, magnets. Client: Interior Designers of Canada
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IDS13, Interior Designers of Canada, Toronto, 2013
In collaboration with IDC (Interior Designers of Canada) and ARIDO (Association of Interior Designers of Ontario) three commissioned artworks were presented at the Interior Design Show 2013 in Toronto. The exhibition space was configured to incorporate 3 public consultation areas where members of the public are invited to consult with an IDC member interior desiger.…
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Underground Kiln, Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto, 2012
Underground Kiln makes visible a brick-firing kiln that was once at the heart of The Toronto Brickworks. Based upon archeological plans of the excavated site, Paul Aloisi and Dan Bergeron realized an overhead view of the demolished kiln by painting it on the parking lot that now covers it, in the exact location and at…
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Invisualizable Performance, Public Intervention, Toronto, 2012
Prototypical costume concept for synesthetic public performance.
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Interior Designers of Canada, Head Office, Toronto, 2012
Language Barrier installed in the offices of the Interior Designers of Canada in Toronto.
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Language Structure, Toronto, 2012
Language Structure.
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X-Grid Light, Crack Festival, Rome, 2011
Shadow projection has been a recurring element in several works produced since 2008. Here at Forte Prenestino in Rome Italy at the 6th edition of the renowned underground festival of drawn and printed art, the Crack Festival , I was attracted to the brightly coloured patterns of fruit boxes at a local market and transformed…
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The Wheel, Almeria, Spain, 2011
Site specific intervention into an abandoned mineral water bottling plant just out side of Almeria in the Andalucia region of southern Spain. Each of the installation elements is made of empty water containers found at the site. Multiple bottles were assembled into modular units from which a variety of interactive structures were built. As evening…
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Woodstallation, Intervention, Montreal, 2010
Linked up with Adrian Hayles and Montreal writer OMEN for a day of painting inside an abandoned train repair depot (aka the “TA Wall”)…. found myself more drawn towards the discarded/collapsed materials littering the site and began collecting wood and bricks into one central area beneath a caved-in skylight. The result was an improvised, spontaneous…
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RRVM c. P12.2, Intervention, Montreal, 2010
While living in Montreal in 2010 I worked as an artist in residence at SKOL Centre Des Arts Actuels in the Belgo Building. It was a collaborative residency based on the structure of a relay race: each artist created a work in response to the documentation of a work by another artist. With each stage…
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StampTronics – HUX, Studio 802, Montreal, 2010
Uncommon Temporary – while making home of Montreal and landing miraculously in Studio 802… Stamped India Ink on Paper, 18×24″. Custom stamps by Ewald Spieker, Amsterdam 2008.
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Environment, Architecture of Community, Gallery 1313, Toronto, 2010
Architecture of Community was co-curated by Phil Anderson and Elizabeth Underhill group exhibition which called upon artists to reflect on issues relating to public space and the impact our built up world has on a community. “Environment” is an intermedia installation which explores surface and structure by projecting video through a kinetic sculpture onto 3…
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Outer Self, Fashion Art Toronto, 2010
Site specific intermedia installation as part of “The Dressing Room Project” at Fashion Art Toronto, alternative arts and fashion festival. As one entered the small room light flickered and reflected across the space. A stop motion animation filled the fragmented mirror with gradating white and blue patterned light. Audible sounds from headphones suspended from a…
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Open Canvas Project, Intervention, Bologna, Italy, 2009
The Open Canvas Project is a collaborative painting intervention in public space. Since 2001 this project has appeared spontaneously in over 150 locations on three continents. The evolving project has been developed into classroom workshops for students of all ages as well as team building events for a variety of organizations. Mobile Open Canvas Project…
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Centocelle Collabo – Crack Festival, Rome, 2009
Reconnected with pals from previous euro adventures to intervene into one of 100 subterranean jail cells at Forte Prenestino in Rome. Much love goes out to the Crack Festival: http://crack.forteprenestino.net/ Mixed media collage on stone in collaboration with Studio Zabratta Rome: http://www.zabrattastudio.org/
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Don’t Worry Mom, Public Intervention, 2009
While in Barcelona en route to an artists residency in Prague in 2009 I was introduced to two french film makers, JC Lacour and Clemente Bamelou of ProtoFono, by a gallerist I had shared my work with. They had been collaborating with visual artists were looking to continue a series of videos they were working…
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Tronic Tower, Pop-Up Poster Festival, Ancona ITA, 2009
Over 100 international artists submitted poster works to the 2nd edition of the Pop Up Poster Art Festival in Ancona Italy. Ancona is a port town on the Adriatic coast with a strong fishing history – the curator, Allegra Corbo has worked closely with local industry to transform and revitalize the port with contemporary art.…
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Transmission Collage, Trafacka, Prague, 2009
Hand collaged compositions of photocopied line drawings on found paper. Produced while artist in residence at Trafacka, Prague Czech Republic and exhibited as part of “Misto” exhibition in Trafo Gallery.
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Language Space, Trafacka, Prague, 2009
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Inter-Vent-Ion, Trafacka, Prague, 2009
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Crane-O-Clock, Trafacka, Prague, 2009
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Transmissionz – Fragile Continuo Gallery, Bologna, 2009
Another one for the books.
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Sistine Chapel Analysis, Ceiling Painting, Bologna Italy, 2009
This painting explores the compositional geometry of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling painted by Michelangelo at the Vatican. The site of this work is at “Bartelby” Bologna, a vacant building squatted/occupied by University of Bologna students.
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…and other curiosities – Reinraum E.V., Dusseldorf, 2008
Aloisi + green …and other curiosities Set up shop at Reinraum for 10 days with Charlie green to produce site specific installations which incorporated works on paper. The space was an antique underground public toilet in a small square in Dusseldorf which has been used as an arts space for over a decade.
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Wall Painting, Crack Festival, Forte Prenestino, Rome, 2008
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Musical Chair, BenchMARK Program, Liberty Village, Toronto, 2007
Interactive public artwork commissioned by the Liberty Village B.I.A. as part of the BenchMARK program which has introduced more than a dozen artist designed benches to the Liberty Village neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada. This permanent public artwork exemplifies my desire to offer the public a place of community engagement by placing a functional xylophone park…
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Tack Sitter – Well and Good Gallery, Toronto, 2007
Presented with the frame of a 1970’s era office chair I was asked to intervene for the launch of the Well and Good Gallery in Toronto. Salvaged chair frame, plywood, cork, paint, custom painted tacks. 18x18x32″
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TransMistions – Big Paper, Toronto, 2006
Exhibited in “Big Paper” at It’s Not a Deli, Queen West Toronto. Spray Paint on Isometric Grid Paper. 18×24″ One survives in a private collection, the other two were lost/damaged.
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Time and Place – Park Gallery, Toronto, 2006
After the Drake… came the Alsop sales center and so on. This work responds to changes occurring in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale.
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Tronicollage – Collection of the Artist, 2004
Mixed media collage on paper.
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Tronics – Collection of the Artist, 2002
Tronics. Graphite and Watercolour on Watercolour Paper. 6×9″
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Open Canvas Project, Toronto 2001…ongoing
The Open Canvas Project is an ongoing series of unsolicited public interventions which were initiated in 2001 in collaboration with Charlie Green. Working with the public and consulting with community has been part of my practice for over a decade. The Open Canvas Project has evolved from a spontaneous intervention into public space to classroom…
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Visual Jazz, Victory Cafe Mural, Toronto, 2001
Public Art Mural sponsored by the City of Toronto Graffiti Transformation Program. Produced in collaboration with Francesca Nocera, Michael Brown, Erin Zimmerman, Roxanne Musterer, Carlie Waksdale and Ronnie.
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WORD!, World’s Biggest Bookstore Mural, Toronto, 2001
Public Art Mural sponsored by the City of Toronto Graffiti Transformation Program. Produced in collaboration with Francesca Nocera, Michael Brown, Erin Zimmerman, Roxanne Musterer, Carlie Waksdale and Ronnie. Exterior latex on stucco. 100′ long x 25′ tall. Mixed media collage artwork for proposal with F. Nocera: