Each and every project was brilliant in its own way, so judges Sean Gryb, Hooley McLaughlin and Crystal Mowry had a difficult time choosing their three favourite displays.
The three winning projects of the 2010 Too Cool for School Art and Science fair are (in no particular order): art drug dRT by Willy Le Maitre, What Kind of Person am I? by Lisa Smolkin, and Table-top Mathematics Lapidary Unit by Elissa Ross and Patrick Ingram.
They each received a prize bag containing a free membership to the Ontario Science Centre, a free pass to the Subtle Technologies Festival, a gift certificate from Above Ground Art Supplies and a gift certificate from Active Surplus.
Congratulations to the winners!
art drug dRT
by Willy Le Maitre
The art drug dRT is an ingestible object used to induce an art work within its consumer. The artwork is a life size sculpture of the world. The drug posits its consumer into a myriad of world states. The project situates artworks within the body, exploring the notion of communicating ideas through the digestive system before entering the mind.
What Kind of Person am I?
by Lisa Smolkin
I will piece together clues using personal, collected ephemera of various mediums to come to some sort of working conclusion about what kind of person I am. There will be a live, experiential component on fair day including strangers interviewing me.
Table-top Mathematics Lapidary Unit
by Elissa Ross and Patrick Ingram
The table-top mathematics lapidary unit is a specialized instrument for refining rough scraps of mathematics into condensed capsules of truth. It is a truth machine capable of converting vast accumulations of facts and non-facts into polished gems of indubitable certainty. It is crank operated.
