Thursday February 5 to Sunday February 8, 2009
Now in its 6th year Come Up To My Room is an alternative design show focusing on the diverse practices that work outside the norms of traditional design: multidisciplinary, independent, emerging and self-taught. Temporary room installations fill 11 exhibition rooms on the hotel's second floor. Public space projects are featured in the hotel lobby, stairwell, and second floor reception gallery.
Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen Street West Toronto ON www.gladstonehotel.com
2009 PARTICPANTS
Room Installations:
Bruno Billio& Matt Nye
Matt Carr & Joyce Lo
David Chang, Andrea Chin & Amrita Takhar
Derrick Hodgson
Andrew MacDonald
MADE presents Eric Mathew & Andrew Ooi
MADE presents Jeremy Hatch
Erin McCutcheon, Einav Mekori, Annie Tung
& Andrée Wejsmann
Mauricio Affonso, Christiane Klappert& Liz Wolf
Studio Junction
Motherbrand presents the Souvenir Shop featuring exclusive new work from Douglas Coupland, Marian Bantjes, Burton Kramer, and more.
Public Space Projects:
Bakery Group Founding Members: Marcin Padlewski & Anissa Szeto
Evan Bare
Nicholas Bruscia & Patricia Schraven
coe&waito
Pietro Gagliano & Peter Wehrspann
Adam Harris & Parimal Gosai
Andra Hayward, Shannon Linde & Christina Ott
commissaries presents Kwangho Lee
Laura McKibbon & Jasna Sokolovic
Derek McLeod
Eric Quebral
Maté Szemeredy
Grace Yang
Plus selected chair projects from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture
PREVIEW: Thursday February 5th 4-8pm
Exhibition Hours
Friday February 6 12-8pm
Saturday February 7 12-10pm
Sunday February 8 12-5pm
RECEPTION Saturday Feb 7th 7-10pm 2nd fl
Feat DJ's NEP & TODD
LoveDESIGN Party: Saturday February 7th 10pm 'til late - Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
FREE ADMISSION
ADMISSION
Exhibition and Reception $8.00 (includes catalogue)
LoveDESIGN Party FREE ADMISSION
NEW Curatorial Collective!
Katherine Morley, Caroline Shaheed, Jeremy Vandermeij and Deborah Wang.
NEW Come Up To My Room Design Blog
Keep your eyes peeled for the release of the Come Up To My Room Blog: where the dialogue of the show is extended beyond the event itself. It's a place where you can keep tabs on past and present participants, burgeoning local and international talent and inspiring advances in the field. The true spirit of the show will be accessible from anywhere in the world, at any time of year.
Our 2009 curatorial collective has challenged artists and designers to take something other people consider garbage, turn it into a desirable design item and make a video about the experience.
Come Up To My Room is one of several annual exhibitions/events produced by The Gladstone Hotel. The hotel produces these events in order to showcase artists, community groups and like-minded local businesses. These events are also meant to inspire other individuals, groups, and organizations to bring their creative ideas and cutting edge events to the Gladstone Hotel's multi-functional venue spaces.
For curatorial information contact:
Come Up To My Room 2009 Curatorial Collective: Katherine Morley, Caroline Shaheed, Jeremy Vandermeij, and Deborah Wang
Comeuptomyroom2009@gmail.com
For press information contact:
Chris Mitchell, Marketing and Exhibition Coordinator
416 531 4635 ext. 7105 | chrism@gladstonehotel.com
SPONSORS: Design Lines, EYE WEEKLY (exclusive urban weekly sponsor), CIUT, Mill St Brewery