Smoluk a Montreal-based artist, says “Sneaker addicts accumulate tons of kicks and often don’t wear them at all: shoes are turned into pieces of art. I wanted to represent my collection of kicks in the same way”. “Additionally, using cartons [waste cardboard] was also a way for me to denounce mass consumption. It usually takes me 20 hours approximately to produce one shoe, and all my creations are handmade.”