Weighted Companion Cube mid-Portal in Toronto

39 Comments by Christopher Grant Mar 25th 2008 10:00PM
Filed under: Culture

A leftover from last week, but too great not to share. Posterchild is a "street artist" creating public installations in the city of Toronto. His latest and greatest: two Weighted Companion Cubes (as seen in little-known video game Portal) entering and exiting a portal. Or is that exiting and entering? And, yeah ... it's really just one WCC then, right? Note: you can figure out where the "companion" Companion Cube is through visual hints in the portals. Video embedded after the break.

[Thanks, everyone!]

Look – Weighted Companion Cube blue side
Look – Weighted Companion Cube orange side

Tags: Art, companion-cube, Portal, Valve, WCC

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Naota: Mar 25th 2008; 10:10PM

huh...

John: Apr 13th 2008; 9:21AM

Check out this game about the WCC sum guy made, wat a douche

http://www.the-wcc-game.co.nr

coolforever4537: Mar 25th 2008; 10:10PM

Great stuff.

And at Anime Boston, I also saw the world's biggest companion cube (I think)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/coolforever/Anime%20Boston%202008/100_2168.jpg

jackbauer(ssbb:0087-2222-7531): Mar 25th 2008; 10:11PM

ingenious!

Curtis the Claw: Brawl Code 1075-0441-3284: Mar 25th 2008; 10:12PM

Please refrain yourself from quoting the song in an attempt to be funny.

ApolloIV: Mar 25th 2008; 10:19PM

Was this a triumph? Should I be making a note her, Old meme

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994): Mar 25th 2008; 10:19PM

oo oo i know i've been trying to halt some other meme jokes but what about combinations
for example

this is A TRIUMPH!!

....no?....nothing? *sigh* ok i'll go now

ComradeTrotskii: Mar 25th 2008; 10:28PM

This guy is doing what he can. Because he must.

Rollins: Mar 25th 2008; 10:58PM

I guess we shouldn't quote the song then. You know, for the good of all of us.

Except the ones who are dead.

EMOruffino: Mar 25th 2008; 11:36PM

i was just thinking about that part of the song!

triumph!

rTwelve: Mar 26th 2008; 12:00AM

look guys, that was probably a joke

HA HA

FAT CHANCE

Donald: Mar 26th 2008; 10:02AM

Anyway, this cake is NEW AND EXCITING!

XanthouS: Mar 25th 2008; 10:13PM

WAY too cool. If I had any talent myself, I'm make one in my room. How cool would it be to have those hanging from your walls?

Thierry: Mar 25th 2008; 10:22PM

At which intersections are those located, they look like 2 different parts of Toronto. My guess one of them is around Eaton centre.

Penguin Warlord: Mar 25th 2008; 11:10PM

The one you're thinking of is at Bay & Bloor, I don't know where the other one is.

Steve: Mar 25th 2008; 11:25PM

It's up at Bloor and Bathurst.

arrrgh: Mar 26th 2008; 11:09AM

YEA! I saw this on my way into work!@

NES FANBOY (Yes my console is better than yours): Mar 25th 2008; 10:26PM

Nice idea but could be better

NukeAssault: Mar 25th 2008; 10:46PM

Shoulda had one in one state come out another. =P

SeannyD: Mar 25th 2008; 10:37PM

Let's just hope nobody confuses this for a bomb that shuts down Toronto for a day.

Neebs: Mar 25th 2008; 10:40PM

Oh god, that would make my day. The WCC has a HEART on it.

Xizer: Mar 25th 2008; 11:46PM

Fortunately, Canada's police force does not consist solely of idiots.

Penguin Warlord: Mar 25th 2008; 11:11PM

@NukeAssault

I hope that was a joke. Canada = Provinces.

Derick: Mar 25th 2008; 11:25PM

Better yet, have one in the US and one in Canada. Can a WCC get arrested for border jumping?

mistian: Mar 25th 2008; 11:19PM

the other one is on bloor st. just west of bathurst

Owyn: Mar 25th 2008; 11:48PM

Toronto looks bleak.

xtremesniper: Mar 26th 2008; 12:30AM

We've had our worst winter in a loooong time. Third most snowfall ever for our city. Everything is bleak for that reason.

ScottyGEE32: Mar 26th 2008; 12:05AM

It was annoying when the cube got caught in a portal...
>=(

SonicRift: Mar 26th 2008; 12:14AM

Thinking about going downtown to check these out tomorrow. Take a picture of myself beside one... Perhaps I'll bring a ladder... This is too cool

Anticrawl: Mar 26th 2008; 12:15AM

I won't lie, if I lived in Canada I would strongly consider lifting those for my bedroom.

Jeff: Mar 26th 2008; 12:39AM

The orange portal one is in Toronto's Korean town....get off the subway at Cristie station and take a left. Turn left at the lights...it will be on your left side after about 5-7 minute walk. Its after a big grocery store.

Don't swipe them.

Borsi: Mar 26th 2008; 9:42AM

Blue portal is stitting on what used to be "Toby's" till that block was bought out for condo space... on Young just south of Bloor, east side of the street.

Starsmore: Mar 26th 2008; 1:20AM

Am I the only one that noticed that the orange portal is bigger than the blue one?

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): Mar 26th 2008; 1:22AM

WIN

Paulmichael: Mar 26th 2008; 2:18AM

I've gotta make something like that for my house or room. Maybe something on a smaller scale, with those cut-out WCCs available on the internet...Pretty cool!

Booxatron: Mar 26th 2008; 10:53AM

Anybody here watch Kenny vs Spenny? The orange portal is right next to Goldfield's "Magic Health Food Store"!

David: Mar 26th 2008; 11:13AM

Awesome...

Here in America, everyone would be screaming, "Its teh bombz!" Nice to know not all countries are consumed by fear.

J. Evans Turner: Mar 30th 2008; 12:20AM

"It's so highly visible, what else *COULD* it be?!"

hvnlysoldr: Apr 13th 2008; 6:52PM

WCC lied about cake and should be killed by fire.

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