Love Letters was designed by Oddside Arts in collaboration with Waterfront Toronto, Waterfront BIA and STEPS Public Art in collaboration with artist Curtia Wright . Augmented reality designed and created by Never Gallery Ready artists karen darricades, Ai & Bayan Chacra. Inspired by the 4 elements fire, wind, earth and water and the stages of love, video and animated works remix CC0 licensed works and original video with crowd-sourced audio recordings.
Love Letters is a 150-foot visual record of experiences that speaks through pattern, text and audio to detail how we come to know and understand love in all of its layers of complexity. Augmented reality activitations of each Love Letter can be viewed with Artivive App at Love Park, located at the foot of York Street and Queens Quay West on Toronto’s waterfront.
Love Letter L
Inspired by the element of fire representing the passionate stage of love.
Audio for Love Letter L incorporates crowd-sourced audio recordings about love. This letter features the voices of many including @queenkukoyi@bayan_chacra@deb.singh@ai_dezign_@sarah_switz@findinnico@nadia.y.saad and myself among others.
Love Letter O
Inspired by the element of air, representing romantic love.
Audio for Love Letter O incorporates crowd-sourced audio recordings about love. This letter features the voices of many including @queen@natencomic@deb.singh@ai_dezign_@senaura_1111 among others.
Love Letter V
Inspired by the element of earth, representing familial love, the work of love that yields harvest and community.
Audio for Love Letter V incorprorates crowd-sourced audio recordings about love. This letter features the voices of many including @queenkukoyi@nadia.y.saad@_recespieces_@aminrehmanstudio
Love Letter E
Inspired by the element of water, representing love of self and community.
Audio for Love Letter E incorporates crowd-sourced audio recordings about love. This letter features the voices of many including @queenkukoyi@nadia.y.saad@_recespieces_@aminrehmanstudio