@studio__rat

world-building with plastics and inflatables ⁣⁣⁣ 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁 ✺ @em.allan & @garbagem0use ⁣⁣⁣
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new studio, new headshots 👯‍♀️ taken by the wonderful @aaailles
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1 month ago
wrestling with plastic to announce our upcoming show ᴀɪʀ ᴀꜱꜱᴇᴍʙʟɪᴇꜱ at @sid_tmu for @designtofestival 
this clip is from 2024, when we endeavoured to turn a 248’ long tube inside out so excited to bring this work back to where it all began 
opening + artist talk thurs jan 22, 6–8pm
curated by the wonderful @evanpavka hope to see you there. more info in our link in bio 🫶
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4 months ago
[EN] Windsock, 2025 🍃 mixed plastic sheeting, reclaimed bicycle parts, steel @studio__rat x @fermegranite During a three-week residency at Ferme Granite 1981 last July, Studio Rat explored new ways of working with waste plastics, shifting toward wind-driven, low-tech mechanisms shaped by the farm’s landscape and infrastructure. This windsock was sewn from scrap plastic sheeting and mounted on a custom structure co-designed with Rémi, adapting a reclaimed bicycle wheel into a multi-directional spinning frame. Together we installed the windsock in the north field… with only a few bumps along the way. A project rooted in experimentation, collaboration, and curiosity… it was a lot of fun. Photos by @vickie.gr Graciously supported by @lecalq /// [FR] Manche à air, 2025 Plastiques en feuilles mixtes, pièces de vélo récupérées, acier Lors d’une résidence de trois semaines à Ferme Granite 1981, en juillet dernier, Studio Rat a exploré de nouvelles façons de travailler avec des plastiques résiduels, en s’orientant vers des mécanismes simples, activés par le vent, façonnés par le paysage et les infrastructures de la ferme. Ce manche à air a été cousu à partir de plastiques récupérés et installé sur une structure sur mesure, co-conçue avec Rémi. Le dispositif adapte une roue de vélo récupérée en cadre rotatif multidirectionnel. Ensemble, nous avons installé le manche à air dans le champ nord, avec seulement quelques embûches en cours de route. Un projet ancré dans l’expérimentation, la collaboration et la curiosité, et surtout, beaucoup de plaisir. Photos par @vickie.gr Avec le soutien du @lecalq
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4 months ago
These snowy days got us thinking back to our summer workshop at @espacetransmission ❄️🌞 Thank you to everyone who came out and supported Inflatables 101. It was definitely a highlight of our year. This edition felt especially meaningful as we dug into local inflatable histories in Montréal and Québec, and experimented with DIY heat-lamination techniques to build a collective inflatable. As always, the piece lives on, being cut up, quilted, and woven into new workshops and projects. Merci ❣️ Supported by @conseilartsmtl 
Photos by @aaailles
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5 months ago
𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝟙.𝟘 🦋 Part of 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, curated by @laura.nanni for @nuitblancheto 2025 𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝟙.𝟘 is a suspended installation built from more than 3,600 handmade tiles of fused, reclaimed plastics. Created through open workshops in Montréal and Toronto, the work reflects on the abundance of plastic in our lives and the collective agency involved in transforming waste into something that carries memory, labour, and care. Thank you to the many contributors who shaped this piece, and to the Nuit Blanche North York team for their support. Special thanks to Masumi Rodriguez @_masu for her gracious fabrication support. Many thanks to @davidjumpshot @cath_laporte @to.ko.ha.ra @kaylikoonar @nikarthur 
📸 by Gennelle Cruz @cruz.shipp Grateful acknowledgment to the @fluevog Emerging Artist Grant for supporting this project. ——— 𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝟙.𝟘, 2025 mixed plastic sheeting, aluminum and stainless steel hardware. 30’ x 30’
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6 months ago
These artists turned 3,600 of scraps of plastic into a stained glass masterpiece 🚮 Montreal-based designers @studio__rat make large-scale, otherworldly installations by recycling a much-maligned material: single-use plastics. “It’s in the nature of the word plasticity. Its ability to transform, it’s kind of the stuff of magic.” If you missed it at Nuit Blanche, you’re in luck: The project is on display at North York Centre until Oct. 13. 📺 Watch Studio Rat’s full interview on the @cbcarts YouTube channel. Link in bio.
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7 months ago
[FR] @studio__rat x @fermegranite Pour une deuxième année, la ferme accueille des artistes invité·es à puiser leur inspiration sur ses terres vivantes. Nous avons le plaisir d’accueillir @studio__rat pour une deuxième fois, pratique partagée des artistes Emily Allan et Dom Di Libero. Ensemble, iels transforment le plastique récupéré en sculptures gonflables ludiques et sensibles, à la croisée de l’écologie queer et de l’imaginaire collectif. À la ferme, leur travail explorera les potentiels poétiques et critiques de ce matériau omniprésent à la fois vestige du passé et trace du futur. Par la couture, le jeu et le recyclage, Studio Rat compose des paysages gonflables qui invitent à penser autrement nos liens aux objets, aux lieux et aux autres. /// [EN] @studio__rat x @fermegranite In collaboration with @arteacentre For a second year, the farm welcomes guest artists to draw inspiration from its living landscape. We’re delighted to welcome @studio__rat for a second time, the shared practice of artists Emily Allan and Dom Di Libero. Together, they transform reclaimed plastic into playful and sensitive inflatable sculptures—at the intersection of queer ecology and collective imagination. At the farm, their work will explore the poetic and critical potential of this omnipresent material both a relic of the past and a marker of the future. Through sewing, play, and reuse, Studio Rat creates inflatable dreamscapes that invite us to rethink our relationships to objects, places, and each other. 📸1️⃣ Iain Ailles 📸2️⃣ Kostadin Kolev 📸3️⃣ Studio Rat 📸4️⃣ Nik Arthur 📸5️⃣ Nik Arthur
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9 months ago
Après avoir présenté leur travail lors de l’exposition collective Mur Mitoyen en 2023, nous sommes ravi·es de partager 𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝟙𝟘𝟙, un atelier pratique gratuit proposé par @studiorat 📅 Le 14 juin - de 13h à 17h (EDT). Ouverture des portes à 12h45 📲 Voir le lien dans leur bio pour s’inscrire ! 🔗 Rejoignez-nous à Espace Transmission pour explorer les qualités ludiques et éphémères de l’architecture gonflable et des plastiques récupérés. 🪡🌬️ Le duo commencera l’après-midi par une brève présentation de leur démarche artistique et de l’histoire des structures gonflables au Canada, suivie d’une construction collaborative d’une grande structure gonflable habitable, entièrement fabriquée à partir de plastiques souples récupérés. 💥 Gratuit et ouvert à tou·te·s 📍 En anglais avec supports traduits en français ☕ Café offert par @trafficcoffeeco 🗓️ Venez quand vous voulez ou restez toute la journée — inscription requise ! - - After presenting their work during the collective exhibition Mur Mitoyen in 2023, we’re excited to share 𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝟙𝟘𝟙, a free hands-on workshop by @studiorat 📅 June 14 – 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT. Doors open at 12:45 PM 📲 See the link in their bio to sign up! 🔗 Join us at Espace Transmission to explore the playful, ephemeral qualities of inflatable architecture and reclaimed plastics. 🪡🌬️ The duo will kick off the afternoon with a short artist talk on their process and the history of inflatables in Canada, followed by a collaborative build of a large, inhabitable inflatable made entirely from reclaimed soft plastics. 💥 Free & open to all 📍 Hosted in English with French-translated materials ☕ Complimentary coffee by @trafficcoffeeco 🗓️ Drop in or stay all day — RSVP required!
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11 months ago
Montreal! We’re excited to share 𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝟙𝟘𝟙, a free hands-on workshop 🌷June 14 Link-in-bio to sign up. Join us at @espacetransmission to explore the playful, ephemeral qualities of inflatable architecture and reclaimed plastics. 🪡🌬️ We’ll kick off the afternoon with a short artist talk on our process and the history of inflatables in Canada, followed by a collaborative build of a large, inhabitable inflatable made entirely from reclaimed soft plastics.  💥 Free & open to all
📍 Hosted in English with French-translated materials
 ☕ Complimentary coffee by @trafficcoffeeco 
 🗓️ Drop in or stay all day, RSVP required! 🔗 Sign up now via our link-in-bio Supported by @conseilartsmtl Images from our workshop last fall with @sheeep.school 💕🐑🐁 #Inflatables101 #StudioRat #PlasticCrafting #Inflatables #Plastic #InstallationArt #CircularDesign #MontréalEvents #InflatableArchitecture
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11 months ago
2019 with @_moneyphone 🌾
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11 months ago
𝓅𝒾𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, 2025 Prototype for an inflatable table light. 💡 ↳ made with salvaged drop sheeting, frosted PMMA, aluminum, electronics 11½” x 11½” x 18”
 Presented in 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 by @pluralprojects for @designtofestival 📸 by @aaailles
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1 year ago
A lil 𝒫𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 moment for you. Part of our solo show Parachute at @arsenalcontemporary last August. Curated by @erikadelvecchio_
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1 year ago