Painted Piano – Brookfield Place

Brookfield Winter Arts Festival | Interactive Public Artwork

As part of the Brookfield Winter Arts Festival, I transformed an upright piano into a vibrant, contemporary artwork – an invitation for the public to not just view art, but to sit down and play it.

My design speaks to the unseen, where music breathes and meaning lingers. This interplay reflects my deep connection to music and its interconnected relationship with my art. I listen and translate, blurring the boundaries between sound and vision. People can pause and create their own music in response to the artwork. It becomes a living dialogue – music shaping art, art inspiring music – a circular economy of creative exchange.

Text has always been part of that conversation. As a designer, I’ve long explored the visual weight of words. I’ve published zines, magazines and books. Writing has always run parallel. The piano became another surface to test that interplay.

I’m currently working on a new body of text-infused paintings and a book of short essays and poems, which will also cross boundaries into video and music. A continued merging of disciplines, driven by intuition and a deep curiosity for how we communicate across form.

Thanks to @blankwalls__ for the opportunity