This photograph is of the main room in U of T's multi-faith building/centre/whatever it is. The building (or maybe just interior space) was designed by Moriyama & Teshima, and I can say after having spent some time in the building this past summer, I'm officially a fan of theirs.

The image is from a few months ago when the building was pretty much deserted. I was out mapping GPS and Wifi points on campus and the Koffler Institute building (the multifaith centre now) was on my list. I had the place to myself for at least an hour. Wandering around and doing wifi scans, I saw someone had left this chair perfectly aligned with the wall panels in an otherwise empty room.

I didn't like this image at first, but I think the austerity and isolation of the chair sort of mirror my feelings about being in the building in the first place. I suppose I unconsciously rejected it at first because I'm not used to my photographs evoking my own emotions like that. It is interesting to hear what people have to say about the photograph without the personal context. For the most part feedback has been positive and to the effect that the feeling is of an aged photograph from the 50's or 60's.

Anyways, here it is: