Exhibition
Allied’s corporate head office, located in Toronto’s former garment manufacturing district at Richmond and Peter Street, is constructed directly on top of an old red-brick factory. In this new high-rise construction the original factory is encapsulated by an ultramodern glass and steel cage, and aestheticized by its frame. According to Allied’s website, the new construction “intensifies an under-utilized site, rehabilitating the existing urban fabric and creating new, high-performance commercial spaces.” The office reception on the 17th floor offers a panoramic view of the city’s skyline, pictured within this curtain.
After the exhibition’s close, the curtain is to be used by galerie CLARK as a privacy curtain during install and deinstall periods, applied to the glass doors between the gallery and the Allied-branded interior-facing corridors.