Title: Line Connects Us
Artist: Alek Phan
Year: 2025
Venue: Arts Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada
Exhibition Type: Juried Exhibition
Medium: Mixed-media participatory mural (painting, text, and digital components)
Description:
Line Connects Us (2025) was presented as part of Arts Etobicoke’s juried exhibition “Flow”, a showcase exploring themes of movement, connection, and transformation. The work invited community participants to contribute written reflections and drawings about how they experience “flow” in their daily lives, emotionally, culturally, and environmentally. These personal expressions were then integrated into a collaborative mural on the window.
The project reflects Alek Phan’s ongoing exploration of storytelling, cultural identity, and collective memory, bridging Southeast Asian sensibilities with contemporary Canadian contexts.
Documentation / Publication:
The work was recorded and digitally archived by Arts Etobicoke for exhibition documentation and social media publication.
Title: Line Connects Us
Artist: Alek Phan
Year: 2025
Venue: Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Canada
Exhibition Type: Public Art Installation – Pride Month
Medium: Participatory installation
Description:
Line Connects Us (2025) is a participatory installation inspired by the Vietnamese belief in sợi dây định mệnh—the thread of fate that connects all people. Created for Pride Month at Evergreen Brick Works, the work invited visitors to contribute lines of string or paint, each representing their own story, identity, or path. As participants added their lines, intersections formed organically, visualizing the invisible connections that bind communities across differences.
The installation transforms a public space into a living, evolving map of shared experiences. By engaging participants in co-creation, the work physically manifests the concept of collective fate and interconnectedness, echoing both personal narratives and universal bonds.
Documentation / Publication:
The installation was documented and featured by Evergreen Brick Works through digital photography and video highlights on their Pride Month programming channels (2025).
