Our Work The Metastasizing Chair
Breast Cancer Canada
A chair that challenged outdated screening guidelines
In Canada, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, but in many provinces, screening still doesn’t start until age 50—despite rising diagnoses among people in their 30s and 40s. To confront this dangerous delay, we partnered with Breast Cancer Canada to create The Metastasizing Chair—a grotesque, sculptural installation that showed what happens when breast cancer goes undetected over time. Placed in public waiting rooms, the chair made the risks of waiting impossible to ignore.
Built with input from researchers and artists, the piece sparked national conversation, amplified survivor voices, and helped pressure the government to lower the recommended screening age to 40. Because cancer won’t wait.
