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I have my friends, therefore I am

Independent Project
Window Installation
In-person
Dec 19 2026
–
Mar 17 2027
Free
Window installations are viewable 24 hours a day from outdoors.
Stantec Window Gallery 401 Wellington Street West #100, Toronto.
jamiepm.format.com/blog/stantec-window-gallery-installation

‘I have my friends, therefore I am’ by artist JamiePM is a large-scale installation made entirely from Rainbow Loom, a medium popular with children, particularly girls, in the 2010s. In the heart of the garment district, the carefully woven colourful elastic bands of Rainbow Loom envelop and transform the window gallery into an explosion of pinky promises. JamiePM’s ode to her best friend centers the gently expanding, growing, and evolving nature of eternal friendship.

JamiePM is a Toronto based artist whose art practice is expressed through sculpture, installation, and film. JamiePM studies at OCADU, and works at Muse Gallery. Her experimental documentary films are practices of accumulation and repetition, while her sculptural works incorporate elements of parody and the body. Along with private collections, JamiePM has shown work at 1234DanceArts, NSCAD, OCADu, and in the ravines.

‘I have my friends, therefore I am’ is on display at Stantec Window Gallery from December 19, 2026 to March 17, 2027. The work is free to see and experience throughout the duration of the exhibition. Rediscover the friendship bracelet, tune in to the elasticity of your strongest bonds, and bring your best friend along if you can.

Participants

JamiePM (Jamie Paradi-Maropakis)

Accessibility

Who should visitors contact with questions regarding accessibility?
Robyn Whitman
[email protected]
Is this venue accessible by wheelchair or similar mobility devices? This includes access to washrooms and all aspects of programming/events.
The window is viewable from the street/sidewalk, however, for closer viewing there are a couple of stairs and there is no ramp infrastructure.
Are designated parking spots for persons with disabilities close to the entrance of the building?
Yes
Can people get to the venue using accessible transit?
Yes
Woven strings of small multicoloured elastic rubber bands are pinned to the corner of a white wall. This photo shows only approximately two feet of the wall from a low angle, looking up. The woven strings follow an informal pattern of draped and pinned shapes, mostly right angle changes of direction with some squiggle shapes.
Close up of "I have my friends, therefore I am" (2025). Photo by JamiePM.
Woven strings of small multicoloured elastic rubber bands are pinned to the corner of a white wall. This photo shows only approximately three feet of the wall from a low angle, looking up. The two woven strings in this image follow an informal pattern of draped and pinned shapes, mostly right angle changes of direction with some squiggle shapes. The strings climb up the wall, the strings are more white and less colourful the further they are from the center of the work.
Close up of "I have my friends, therefore I am" (2025). Photo by JamiePM.