Jon Sasaki: Everything in Balance – Niagara 2026

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Toronto-based artist Jon Sasaki will be spending the day making a collaborative hanging sculpture in St Catharines, Ontario. With your help.

Over the course of several hours in the outdoor lot behind the Niagara Artists Centre, Sasaki will assemble a large, suspended mobile sculpture, incorporating objects contributed by visitors. Each object must weigh 5 lbs or less, and act as a stand-in for something that is important to the donor – not a treasured, sentimental object or irreplaceable family heirloom, but something that might symbolize a personal set of values or priorities. For example, a person who is interested in cooking or food security might arrive with edible plant cuttings. Someone who values responsible journalism or the printed word might bring a copy of last week's newspaper. Throughout the performance, as new objects arrive, they will be added to the suspended armature, incorporated carefully into its overall structure, with thought and care taken to avoid tipping and affecting its equilibrium. The sculpture will be in constant flux. Every new object will necessitate a rebalancing of its overall assembly. Every donor’s “important things” will belong, and the constant reconfiguration of objects to accommodate new, disparate additions will be the focus of the artwork. Everything In Balance will strive to place everyone's “important things” in a state of harmonious coexistence.

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Everything in Balance is part of the 2026 Niagara Festival Hub made possible by Tourism Niagara-on-the-Lake,the Province of Ontario, the Tourism Partnership of Niagara and the Ontario Arts Council. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and producing partners Niagara Artists Centre and the City of St. Catharines.

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Ontario Culture Days

Ontario Culture Days is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to championing and supporting arts and culture across the province.

Each fall, we present the Ontario Culture Days festival, a province-wide celebration featuring free arts and cultural experiences in communities of all sizes. Working with artists, cultural organizations, municipalities and community partners, we help bring performances, exhibitions, workshops, tours and other participatory events to audiences throughout Ontario.

Beyond the festival, Ontario Culture Days supports the cultural sector through year-round programs, resources, partnerships and professional development. We connect people with the artists, stories and places that make Ontario’s communities vibrant and distinctive.

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