Eight local designers have created unusual furniture pieces for the Fictions exhibition that was set in dystopian surroundings in Montreal, Canada.
The thirteen pieces, which were shown online as part of Fictions, include chairs partially encased in bronze glass, secretive cabinets carved in limestone and totem-like clay works.
Described as "fictions of mutated furniture," many of the pieces have shapes and functions that seem unusual or otherwordly.
Top image and above: the furniture was shown in a bunker with a dystopian feel
Curator Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte said the coronavirus pandemic had lead to the digital initiative, which was organised by non-profit organisation Canadian Creators Collective (the CCC).
Fictions shows real furniture by eight designers ? Atelier Zébulon Perron, Claste Collection, David Umemoto, Lambert & Fils, Loïc Bard, Pascale Girardin, SSSVLL and Yannick Pouliot. All are Montreal-based and were initially supposed to show their pieces at Salone del Mobile 2020, which was cancelled due to the coronavirus.
The furniture has unusual shapes, such as Zébulon Perron's "spineless" chair"
The pandemic also influenced the theme of the virtual show, which was envisioned as being set in a nondescript post-apocalyptic environment at the heart of Montreal.
The pieces were filmed inside a bunker-like space in Montreal where some of the artists have their studios and broadcast as an immersive virtual exhibition over two weeks...