Location: Sculpture Garden, King & Church
Date photo taken: 29 October 2024
When the months are dark I have a special fondness for installations that brighten the night. I also love space epics and science fiction so this sculpture, installed in the Toronto Sculpture Garden as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art last fall, brings me joy. Rajni Perera creates a futuristic-looking spacecraft from modern materials such as acrylic and LED lights while evoking the look of a traditional paper lantern.
From the descriptive panel: The work explores themes of spacefaring and immigration, incorporating the Sanskrit term vimāna (which has various meanings related to flying) to challenge Western narratives of advanced aerospace technology.
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