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Solar Fields (Winter Fields) | Public Sculptures by Tonya Hart | Ontario Place Corporation in Toronto. Item composed of synthetic
Solar Fields (Winter Fields) | Public Sculptures by Tonya Hart | Ontario Place Corporation in Toronto. Item composed of synthetic
Solar Fields (Winter Fields) | Public Sculptures by Tonya Hart | Ontario Place Corporation in Toronto. Item composed of synthetic
Solar Fields (Winter Fields) | Public Sculptures by Tonya Hart | Ontario Place Corporation in Toronto. Item composed of synthetic

Created and Sold by Tonya Hart

Tonya Hart

Solar Fields (Winter Fields) - Public Sculptures

Featured In Ontario Place Corporation, Toronto, Canada

In designing a sculpture installation for the Ontario Place Winter Festival, I took inspiration from the sun. The presence of sun in winter is always a cherished sight; bringing warm and memories of summer into view. During the Canadian winter the sun is often perceived as low, dim and distant behind forever grey clouds. Many people don’t realise that the earth’s perihelion, meaning closest to the sun, occurs during winter. The earth’s aphelion (furthest distance from sun) is actually during summer. It is the earth’s axis which accounts for seasonal fluctuation. This year the earth’s perihelion will take place on January 3, 2018 at the same time as Ontario Place Winter Festival. Winter Fields highlights the sun’s proximity to the earth during winter to become a point of discovery, vitality and brilliance for festival goers.

Winter fields will take the shape of magnetic fields. Much like the magnetic fields that radiate from the sun’s surface, Winter fields will appear to emerge from sunspots in a burst of energy. The fields themselves will be made with stainless steel and acrylic rods. During the day the sculpture will appear as static motion – like icicles formed out of the earth’s magnetism frozen in place. Then at night, LEDs charge light through the rods in a blaze of color. The magnetic fields will be bright against the winter night, glowing yellow and orange and red. The aim will be to portray light as elemental: as a source of energy.

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Tonya Hart
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Wescover creator since 2020
Over the past decade my artwork has continuously explored new media, including light-based mediums to express the nature of magnetism.

Tonya Hart is an artist based in Toronto. Her art is inspired by light, energy, and magnetism to form a connection with the natural world. Over the past decade, she has exhibited in Toronto, New York, Venice, and Seoul; and created large-scale, light-based sculpture installations with cities across Canada. Some past commissions include working with Ontario Place, Daniels Corporation, Nuit Blanche and National Capital Commission to create unique sculptures and light-art installations.