Two layered ghost signs in Winnipeg’s Exchange district have been restored through a projected light display, as part of the city’s annual Nuit Blanche contemporary art show. Photo by Dano – CC 2.0
Two layered ghost signs in Winnipeg’s Exchange district have been restored through a projected light display, as part of the city’s annual Nuit Blanche contemporary art show.
According to a report from CBC News, the installation is part of an ongoing project—titled Light Capsules—from Portland, Ore.-based artist Craig Winslow. It features alternating light-based restorations of the Porter and Co. and Milady Chocolates ads painted on top of each other at 165 McDermot Ave.
Winslow partnered with local ghost sign researcher Matt Cohen to create the display. It was one of 85 installations featured at this year’s event, which began on Sept. 23.
“We have a really unique opportunity to highlight these … multiple layers that we can sort of discern and see,” Winslow told CBC. “For me that’s the favourite, like, excitement is being able to pull one that you can barely see back to life and into the present view.”
The light projection will be Winnipeg’s second permanent display, and it is expected to be in place until 2030.
