Framing perceptions

"Breathtaking: Constructed Landscapes" was a three-month exhibition at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre that endeavoured to explore the ways in which architecture can create a bridge, rather than a barrier, between the built and natural environment.

IN.SIDE.OUT considers the threshold conditions that determine our perceptions of interior and exterior. A window or a door, for instance, can frame an exchange between contained and boundless space. These openings can be considered as perceptual lenses that effect our understanding of the space on either side of the opening as with the artwork of James Turrell. IN.SIDE.OUT thrives on contrast and exaggerates the distinction between inside and outside to create a moment of transcendence. Through the use and manipulation of intense light and darkness, the installation investigates how architecture can both define and expand perceptual and physical space, testing its inner and outer edges, and reaching towards sublime moments.