A public art piece by artist by Will Cuthbert. It’s wooden piece in the shape of a hand, with several slats coloured in the form of a rainbow.
A view of the fingers at the top, with a blue sky with clouds behind it.
Colourful Embrace (©2026, Peter Crock)
=======
📷 Nikon FM
🎞️ Cinestill 400D
=======
#35mmfilm #nikonfm #cinestill400d #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #publicart #winterstations #toronto
A public art piece by University of Waterloo School of Architecture and the Department of Architectural Engineering: Clay te Bokkel, Isabella Ieraci, Matthew Lam, Sasha Rao, Simon Huang, Oskar Peng, David Shen, Professor Fiona Lim Tung. Crest emerges from the sand and snow of the Toronto Beaches as a sweeping wave positioned moments before break. From afar, the installation resembles a mere pile of driftwood washed up on the beach. As one approaches, the geometry of the wave gradually reveals itself. The waffled plywood form acts as an illusion where individual pieces appear and disappear with different directions of arrival, merging with the landscape beyond. The cantilever of the wave envelops and invites visitors to gather, sharing a moment to pause and take in the vast Lake Ontario coastline. Like the fleeting moment of a wave crashing onto shore, the installation serves as a reminder that reality is finite, and fulfillment is found in being present.
A view from the side of the piece, towards the view of the beach and Lake Ontario. A forced perspective with two people walking on the beach with the curvature of the wood making them look diminutive.
Beach Crest (©2026, Peter Crock)
=======
📷 Nikon FM
🎞️ Cinestill 400D
=======
#35mmfilm #nikonfm #cinestill400d #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #publicart #winterstations #toronto
(5/5) 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 by Denys Horodnyak & Enzo Zak Lux (Ukraine & Germany) is the star of the show at this year’s #WinterStations. It was my last stop on my walk down the beach, and it does not disappoint. I am multitudes.
#WoodbineBeach #ArtInstallation #PublicArt #Toronto
(4/5) 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 by TMU’s Department of Architectural Science in collaboration with Ming Chuan University School of Design (Canada & Taiwan) has lake water in its panels, creating an elusive visual, whether looking inside or out.
#WinterStations #WoodbineBeach #ArtInstallation #PublicArt #Toronto
(3/5) 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 by Tornado Soup (USA) has five windows to the world, with four showing you distortions of reality and only one providing a true view. I found myself mesmerized by the flow of the curtains in the breeze.
#WinterStations #WoodbineBeach #ArtInstallation #PublicArt #Toronto
(2/5) Here we find 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 by the University of Waterloo School of Architecture & Department of Architectural Engineering (Canada), an intricately crafted, curved wooden lattice shaped into a wave at its peak. Surf’s up, Cody! 🐧
#WinterStations #WoodbineBeach #ArtInstallation #PublicArt #Toronto
I hit the beach! #WoodbineBeach, that is, for this year’s #WinterStations, on until March 30, 2026.
(1/5) This is 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 by Will Cuthbert (Canada), the most striking installation of this year’s five. I’ve already called HR.
#ArtInstallation #PublicArt #Toronto
A public art installation at Woodbine Beach. The piece is called “Chimera”, by Ukrainian and German artists Denys Horodnyak & Enzo Zak Lux. It consists of multiple cylindrical mirrors on four sides (12 mirrors on each side). The frame shows six mirrors at the top, reflecting the blue sky and clouds.
Mirrored Sky (©2026, Peter Crock)
=======
📷 Nikon FM
🎞️ Cinestill 400D
=======
#35mmfilm #nikonfm #cinestill400d #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #publicart #winterstations #toronto
Sun setting thru a sculpture of a hand.
Light slips thru your fingers like grains of sand.
Toronto winter stations.
#WinterStations #WinterTO #sunset #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow
A person wearing a black face covering, touque and sunglasses with a blue hooded sweater stands in front of an art exhibit on a beach. The exhibit has imperfect silver cylinders atop red metal rods of varying heights.
If you are human art will inspire.
#photography #art #WinterStations #Toronto #HumansOfBluesky #ECK
Chimera engages with the notion of mirage through a twofold perspective. On a material level, it offers a direct, tangible interpretation of illusion, employing fisheye mirrors as aesthetic modules that distort perception. On a sensory and conceptual level, it serves as a dialectical reflection on the fragmentation of physical and digital realities, exposing the delicate imbalance between control and security – two cornerstones that define modernity. From a distance, the installation blends seamlessly with its surroundings, dissolving into space through a cascade of mirrored repetitions. Moving closer – the illusion unravels, revealing the framework that sustains it. In this encounter, the viewer meets their own reflection multiplied and displaced, a shifting constellation of selves that provokes an uneasy awareness of being observed. The viewing platform becomes a temporary sanctuary – a cocoon of quiet detachment – from which the gaze can wander freely into the open expanse beyond.
Two shapes emerge from frozen ground. At first, shimmering slivers against the sand. They move as you do, looming silhouettes against the sun. Colossal hands, reaching out. To hold the horizon. To present the day. An invitation to behold and to be held. Welcome their embrace. Change your point of view. Gain a vibrant new perspective. A prismatic reflection of the warmth and light of the day.
Two shapes emerge from frozen ground. At first, shimmering slivers against the sand. They move as you do, looming silhouettes against the sun. Colossal hands, reaching out. To hold the horizon. To present the day. An invitation to behold and to be held. Welcome their embrace. Change your point of view. Gain a vibrant new perspective. A prismatic reflection of the warmth and light of the day.
Hit up the Winter Stations at Woodbine Beach. Everyone and their feral children are out here today.
#winterstations #woodbinebeach #publicart #eastcoastkin #toronto
Photo of an art installation consisting of a structure like a creating wave on a beach with Lake Ontario visible in the distance.
Crest, by #UniversityofWaterloo School of Architecture and the Department of Architectural Engineering
2026 #Winterstations, #WoodbineBeach, East End, #Toronto
#publicart
Photo of an art installation consisting of a wavelike structure made of wood on a beach.
Crest, by #UniversityofWaterloo School of Architecture and the Department of Architectural Engineering
2026 #Winterstations, #WoodbineBeach, East End, #Toronto #artpublic
Photo of two multicoloured sculptured hands near a lifeguard station on a beach with a man kneeling on the sand and photographing it in the foreground.
Embrace, by #WillCuthbert, 2026 #Winterstations, #WoodbineBeach, East End, #Toronto - #2 (with anonymous photographer)
Photo of part of an art installation featuring a giant hand with vertical lines of various colours on a beach.
Embrace, by #WillCuthbert, 2026 #Winterstations, #WoodbineBeach, East End, #Toronto
Detail of Chimera, Winter Stations on Woodbine Beach showing grid of convex mirrors in red plastic holders reflecting the beach
The simple structure had 12 round convex mirrors in a 3 x 4 grid on each of the 4 sides, with slight differences in mounting angle. So views were slightly distorted & combined a little unexpected & changed greatly with position. Very simple but intriguing.
#WinterStations #publicArt #Toronto
two multicoloured hands about 8 feet tall emerge from snow covered beach
sign for "Embrace" public art made of two wooden hands
under stormy sky on a snowy beach two giant hands emerge from the sand beside a lifeguard chair
#WinterStations are up at #WoodbineBeach. #PublicArt #Toronto
Embrace Description Two shapes emerge from frozen ground. At first, shimmering slivers against the sand. They move as you do, looming silhouettes against the sun. Colossal hands, reaching out. To hold the horizon. To present the day. An invitation to behold and to be held. Welcome their embrace. Change your point of view. Gain a vibrant new perspective. A prismatic reflection of the warmth and light of the day.
Chimera Chimera engages with the notion of mirage through a twofold perspective. On a material level, it offers a direct, tangible interpretation of illusion, employing fisheye mirrors as aesthetic modules that distort perception. On a sensory and conceptual level, it serves as a dialectical reflection on the fragmentation of physical and digital realities, exposing the delicate imbalance between control and security – two cornerstones that define modernity. From a distance, the installation blends seamlessly with its surroundings, dissolving into space through a cascade of mirrored repetitions. Moving closer – the illusion unravels, revealing the framework that sustains it. In this encounter, the viewer meets their own reflection multiplied and displaced, a shifting constellation of selves that provokes an uneasy awareness of being observed. The viewing platform becomes a temporary sanctuary – a cocoon of quiet detachment – from which the gaze can wander freely into the open expanse beyond.
Self Portrait in Glaciate The lifeguard stand has become the fixed marker of the Winter Stations competition: an element that survives each annual installation, anchoring every design to Woodbine Beach. A series of vertical polycarbonate panels, filled with water from the lake nearby, creates a set of ice lenses that glaciate the stand. As the lake water freezes and thaws, the panels cycle through phases of transparency, translucency, and full opacity. The stand is never wholly visible or wholly concealed; instead, it appears through fragments, outlines, and momentary flashes of red. This collage of visual clarity creates a celebratory mirage of the lifeguard externally, and a mirage of Woodbine Beach from within.
Winter Stations
Art on the Beach! Free! Until the end of March.
winterstations.com
#toronto #winterstations #x100vi
"It's so nice to see so many people out, enjoying the #artwork," Sarah, a neighbouring resident, tells blogTO, noting that she didn't expect such a big turnout on day one. www.blogto.com/radar/2026/0... #Toronto #Beaches #WinterStations
Firth & final station is titled Chimera.
winterstations.com/archive/chim...
Rather simple, but also cleaver design consisting of mirrors. Certainly a place for some photo creativity.
#winterstations #publicart #parksTO #winterTO #Toronto
Fourth station is titled Glaciate
winterstations.com/archive/glac...
A translucent maze, also future photo opportunities.
#winterstations #publicart #parksTO #winterTO #Toronto
Third station is titled Specularia
winterstations.com/archive/spec...
I found this one underwhelming & from past experience the fabric curtains will not last long.
#winterstations #publicart #parksTO #winterTO #Toronto
Second station is titled Crest.
winterstations.com/archive/crest/
It reminds of a funky locker-room design with built in seating.
#winterstations #publicart #parksTO #winterTO #Toronto
High five in waiting.
Big hands in the fog.
First station on the route is titled Embrace.
winterstations.com/archive/embr...
Thought personally I prefer to call it rainbow hand. This is a fun one, which might present future photo opportunities.
#winterstations #publicart #parksTO #winterTO #Toronto
Somewhere in that soupy fog lie the Winter Stations.
The Winter stations are officially up at Woodbine beach
This has become an annual winter tradition to wander about & see what ideas they've come up with.
Except today fog rolled in making it hard to see much of anything
But we'll try anyway
#winterstations #publicart #parksTO #winterTO #Toronto
On a gray day, shot from a beach on Lake Ontario. On the left are blue ropes hanging from a public art display, part of Winter Stations, an annual art event in Toronto.
Lake Ontario blues.
#photography #winterstations #toronto #BlueskyMonday #EastCoastKin
A twilight image showing a public art installation which involves mirrored surfaces.
Looking east at twilight, reflecting west.
#photography #publicart #winterstations #toronto #BlueSkyArtShow #alternating #EastCoastKin
the Slice of Sun winter station, reflecting the setting sun, through two giant trees and a person walking by on the boardwalk
slice of sun winter station closer up, with it reflecting the final light of sunset.
Slice of Sun at Sunset
Part of the #winterstations
Final weekend to enjoy them, until the 21st.
winterstations.com/archive/slic...
Woodbine Beach, #Toronto
#photography #x100vi
Woodbine Beach: Geometric #WinterStations #JesseBeus (2025) Parade, celebrates self-acceptance of distinctiveness. Named Boxy (red), Slippy (orange), Sunny (yellow), Jadey) green, Shady (blue), and Big Purp (purpole). Extra support of last shape from shifting sands?
tmblr.co/Z8nXYyhFjzHh...
Winter Stations 2025: Frosty Art at Toronto’s Waterfront
dannabananas.com/blogs/blog/f...
#blog #toronto #canada #winter #uniquegifts #art #art not #digitalart #WinterStations
