307 | Map Room

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Room Features

The room features double bed, North View, Bathroom with small shower, ethernet and wifi, 180sq ft  (17 sq m) of space and free local calls.
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Artist Statement

A visitor will survey the surface of a city and construct their own physical and mental picture through experience. The Map Room sets out to engage with these ideas of “mapping”- to acclimatize and then to disseminate.

In the Map Room, a whitewashed ceiling and headboard wall schematically chart the city streets surrounding the Gladstone Hotel using traditional mitered frame moldings to define city blocks, parks and major streets, and allowing the visitor to make connections with their closely held bible: the city map.

Set against this three dimensional wall and ceiling detail, a mid-century inspired mobile tracks the movement of travel from point A to B using counter-balanced and rotating black spheres.   This kinetic sculpture pin points the location of the Gladstone Hotel and the visitor’s “you are here” starting point.

The room’s color scheme and detailing takes cues from the city map, framed and magnetized above the writing desk. A stitching detail in the headboard for example, defines the paths of the Toronto Island Ferry routes. A line drawing of the ferry route and street grid repeats on a drawing in the washroom, allowing the visitor to make connections between details. The picture of the Queen above the headboard close to the ceiling, acts as a visual clue marking Queen Street, and plays with the meaning of the old adage – “just lie back and think of England.”

THANKS | Peter Kingstone, Suanne McGregor, Christina Ziedler, Lesley Kriekle, Louie De Luca, Gerald Hannon, Lilly Liaukus, and Alana Boychuk.