The Unfrozen Toy Box

OVERVIEW

Created for LUMINO at Montréal’s Esplanade Tranquille, The Unfrozen Toy Box reimagines the outdoor skating rink as a large-scale interactive experience where movement, light, and play converge. The installation invites skaters to move through a series of visual worlds evolving in real time beneath their blades, turning the ice into a playful, living playground.

ROLE

ROLE

ROLE

Creative & Art Direction

Creative & Art Direction

CLIENT

CLIENT

Quartier Des Spectacles (Montréal)

Quartier Des Spectacles (Montréal)

AGENCY/STUDIO

AGENCY/STUDIO

Ottomata
Doki

Ottomata
Doki

The installation plays with perpetual motion, transforming gravity into a hypnotic visual dance. Each captive sphere becomes a note in a dynamic score, where bounces and oscillations compose a poetry in movement.

The installation plays with perpetual motion, transforming gravity into a hypnotic visual dance. Each captive sphere becomes a note in a dynamic score, where bounces and oscillations compose a poetry in movement.

Kinetic Poetry

Digital Mosaic

The digital mural unfolds across 35 screens, assembled to form a modern mosaic. Between these panels, LED tubes punctuate the composition with luminous pulses, creating a link between pixels and light.

The digital mural unfolds across 35 screens, assembled to form a modern mosaic. Between these panels, LED tubes punctuate the composition with luminous pulses, creating a link between pixels and light.

Kinetic elements interact in a dynamic play of light, textures, and color across the installation. The vibrant hues emphasize the movement and physicality of the spheres, creating layers of visual depth and energy.

Kinetic elements interact in a dynamic play of light, textures, and color across the installation. The vibrant hues emphasize the movement and physicality of the spheres, creating layers of visual depth and energy.

Bouncing Colors

Spatial Audio

With four distinct audio channels, the installation offers an immersive sound experience where every sound finds its place in space. The main challenge was to reproduce the subtle noises of the moving spheres without creating cacophony, while integrating a meditative soundscape that envelops the listener.

With four distinct audio channels, the installation offers an immersive sound experience where every sound finds its place in space. The main challenge was to reproduce the subtle noises of the moving spheres without creating cacophony, while integrating a meditative soundscape that envelops the listener.

Concept & Creative Direction  —  Ottomata, Doki
Art Direction  —  Jean-Christophe Henry, Stefano Gemmellaro, Josselin Bey
Motion Design  —  Jean-Christophe Henry, Stefano Gemmellaro, Josselin Bey
Creative Programming  —  Charles-Éric Gandubert, Sophie Schulz, Hugo Laliberté
Technical Direction —  Jonathan Jeanson
Sound Design  —  Hugo Laliberté
Drone cinematography & Photography​​​​​​​  —  Jean-François Savaria, Hugo Laliberté
Production​​​​​​​  —  Quartier Des Spectacles (Montréal)
Financial Support  —  Tourisme Montréal, Ministère du Tourisme du Québec

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