Enter a world at once familiar and uncanny. Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo invites visitors of all ages into an immersive reimagining of her home at the Gardiner Museum. Brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures, this is no ordinary house. With the pandemic as a constant presence, the colourful dioramas furnishing each room prompt reflection about the challenges we face as a society, from food insecurity to the climate crisis. On the kitchen countertop, a line of people, masked and socially distanced, await access to a food bank. In the bedroom, the drawer of a dresser opens to reveal rows of masked factory workers hunched over sewing machines. In the laundry room, a forgotten iron causes a forest fire, forcing animals to flee their habitat. Direct and incisive, Giboulo’s microcosms articulate unexpected juxtapositions—playful and sad, poetic and political—prompting a range of emotions from delight to profound empathy.