MATTRESS CITY

1997

February Group: Adrian Blackwell, Kika Thorne, Luis Jacob, Christie Pearson, Cecilia Chen, Derrick Wang, Michael Lawrence, and others.

Nathan Philips Square

The mattress raft acts as both a warning of the possible homelessness and migration brought about by a megacity, and as a utopian structure inviting citizens to occupy the plaza.

Published: Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada, Toronto: The Unknown City, MIX Magazine

Exhibition: Toronto Free Gallery Creative Activism 2008