The Touring Exhibition · Anchorball

Low Orbit City Tour

A traveling sculptural exhibition bringing twenty-two physical characters and six augmented-reality residents from the Anchorball Universe to your city, venue, garden, or mall. Monumental, colourful, character-driven — ready to land.

Bring the Tour → Read the Mythology

22

Physical Sculptures

6

AR Residents

5

Narrative Series

Up to 10 ft

Piece Height

The Show

A city that lands, then lifts again.

Low Orbit City is the touring chapter of Luminal Pop — Ken Kelleher's body of bold-colour, exaggerated-form character sculpture. Twenty-two sculptural residents and six augmented-reality figures travel together, arriving as a floating-city mythology that descends on a venue, runs for a season, then lifts again.

The residents inhabit five narrative series — Venus Florealis, the Core Characters, the Flower Series, the Tulip Dancers, and the indoor Interior Works led by Ghost Mawse — with an Augmented Layer of cloud-borne characters reachable only by phone camera. Each one is built in the same Luminal Pop language: high-gloss composite, hand-applied colour, and emotional clarity at every scale from edition to civic monument.

Every installation is tuned to its host — gardens, malls, civic plazas, museum forecourts, private estates. Pieces arrive in custom crates, assemble on engineered bases in under a day, and depart the same way when the city lifts. This page is the dossier: who's in the cast, what the host provides, and what it takes to land.

Series 01 · Venus Florealis

Bloom and figure, fused.

Botanical-divine forms that stand at the threshold of flower and figure — the goddess-residents of Low Orbit City. Each piece is built around a central bloom, with the gloss and body of a Luminal Pop character.

Four works · 7 ft each · Outdoor composite

Series 02 · Core Characters

The recurring cast.

The Anchorball Universe's signature figures — Willy, Winky, JellyMochi, Bunni B & Danny, Quantum Leap. Same identities you'll meet across editions and civic commissions, scaled to monumental for the touring chapter.

Five works · 7 ft each · Outdoor composite

Series 03 · Flower Series

Blooms at building scale.

Standalone botanical residents — Hue Shine, Kung Pao, Mystiflora, Petal Nova, Spire Blossom — at the upper end of the touring height range. Built to anchor a plaza, atrium, or garden axis.

Five works · 7–10 ft · Outdoor composite

Series 04 · Tulip Dancers

A four-stem ensemble.

The Tulip Dancers travel as a quartet — Blue, Orange, Purple, Red — a colour-keyed rhythm that can be installed as a cluster, a line, or scattered across a garden footprint.

Four works · 7 ft each · Outdoor composite

Series 05 · Augmented Layer

Six residents, no truck required.

The cloud-borne cast of Low Orbit City — DreamBloom, DreamWeaver, Moki, Tommy BearCloud, Txix, Yabba BearCloud — appear through any phone camera at QR markers placed across the venue. No app install required.

Six AR characters · Phone-camera activation · Web-AR

Series 06 · Interior Works

The city goes indoors.

Four interior-scale sculptures — the three Ghost Mawse works, Jimmy, Steve, and Ray, plus JellyMochi at interior scale — designed for visitor centres, conservatories, galleries, cafés, and retail. The outdoor city has an inside: the indoor layer keeps the show open and photographed on days the grounds are quiet, and turns the store into a natural end to the visit.

Four works · Interior scale · Fiberglass

Press & reviews

What the Critics Are Saying

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Ken Kelleher has transported his spectacular, candy-coloured universe to Burlington — a pop art spectacle in full bloom.

CBC ArtsHillary LeBlanc, June 2026
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The artist’s cartoonish style turns the gardens into another world.

CBC ArtsHillary LeBlanc
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Something magical happens when art, nature and curious humans come together.

Oakville NewsBrenda Jefferies
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Nature, art and some nifty tech create a magical journey at RBG.

Oakville NewsHeadline, June 2026
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Set amongst the gardens at their peak, they provide a stunning complement to the natural world.

Oakville NewsBrenda Jefferies
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ANCHORBALL is one of the most unique ways to explore one of the greater Toronto area’s most beautiful destinations.

EFOSAToronto

From the team behind the premiere

Why RBG Said Yes

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Everyone on the team just loved the work so much they said, ‘Let’s skip straight to the big and weird stuff.’

Jeremy FreiburgerCultural Development Lead, Royal Botanical Gardens
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Just all of it just sings RBG.

Jeremy FreiburgerCultural Development Lead, RBG
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The best garden in the region, maybe in the country — it’s just such a no-brainer.

Jeremy FreiburgerCultural Development Lead, RBG
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This is my first exhibition in Canada, in an incredibly beautiful formal garden space on its 85th anniversary. I love the contrast between the formal elements and the pop art pieces — the bright colors in the dense green and the color splashes of the flowers. The characters feel like they belong here.

Ken KelleherArtist · Anchorball
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Something big and quirky and different for our audience.

Jeremy FreiburgerCultural Development Lead, RBG

Visitor voices · #RBGanchorball

Straight From the Gardens

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Part art exhibition, part outdoor adventure, part digital scavenger hunt — one of the most unique experiences I’ve found in Ontario this summer.

@by.sarahmeiVisitor · via Instagram
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Endless fun, beautiful memories, and an experience truly worth it for all ages.

@thetiltedumbrellaVisitor · via Instagram
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Toured the latest exhibit and it did not disappoint.

@meetthecallaghans_Visitor · via Instagram
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A whimsical universe filled with playful characters and oversized blooms — equally captivating for kids and adults.

@activeparentscaVisitor · via Instagram
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One of my favourite spots to visit is always RBG — and now this.

@kate.ontarioVisitor · via Instagram
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Colourful and joyful, for sure — a fun combination of art and nature.

@youngfreepressVisitor · via Instagram
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One of the most unique ways to explore one of the GTA’s most beautiful locations.

@efosaonVisitor · via Instagram
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A joyful reminder that public spaces can spark wonder, creativity, and conversation.

@save.thecbcvia Instagram

In the News

The Premiere in the News

Press coverage of the tour’s premiere season — ANCHORBALL: A Curious Art Journey at Royal Botanical Gardens, the largest exhibition in RBG’s 85-year history, June 20 – September 20, 2026.

Included

What the Tour Brings to Your Venue

01 · The Sculptures

Twenty-Two Physical Works

All five narrative series — Venus Florealis, Core Characters, Flower Series, Tulip Dancers, and the Ghost Mawse Interior Works — arriving pre-finished on engineered bases. Plus six AR-only residents in the augmented layer.

02 · The Bases

Fabricated Plinths

Each piece ships with its own custom round base, weighted for outdoor use and ready to set in place. Bases are uniform in style across the series for visual cohesion.

03 · Crating & Logistics

Custom Shipping Crates

Purpose-built wood crates with artwork metadata, handling icons, and reusable interior framing — one piece per crate for safe global transit.

04 · Installation Team

On-Site Assembly

Studio install crew manages placement, levelling, base securing, and final lighting cues. Typical full-exhibition install time: one to two days.

05 · AR Layer

Augmented Experience

QR-triggered augmented reality for cloud characters and masterpiece moments — no app install required. Works on any modern phone.

06 · Canon & Wall Text

Curatorial Package

Exhibition narrative, character field guide, wall text, and press-ready marketing assets. Adapts to your venue's tone — museum, mall, garden, or gallery.

Host Venue

What You Provide

The tour is designed for flexibility — outdoor gardens, civic plazas, mall atriums, museum grounds, and private estates have all worked. The following is what we need from the host.

Base Fabrication & Crating

Built to travel. Built to land.

Every sculpture in Low Orbit City ships with a purpose-built base and a reusable crate. Bases are uniform across the series — round, weighted, bolt-down-capable — giving the installation visual continuity wherever it lands.

Finished sculpture on fabricated round base
Sculpture base detail
Custom shipping crate
Crate interior with framing

Base Material

Steel-reinforced composite · matte white · bolt-down ready · uniform diameter across the series.

Sculpture Material

Rotocast polyurethane with UV-stable automotive-grade coatings. Engineered for 5+ year outdoor installations without colour shift.

Crating

Custom wooden crates with handling pictograms, reusable internal framing, and ISPM-15-compliant heat-treated lumber for international transit.

From Inquiry to Install

The Booking Timeline

Investment

Pricing & Packages

Low Orbit City travels as one complete exhibition — the whole city lands, or it doesn't. Two options extend it: a longer season, or new work made for your site. Final pricing is quoted per venue based on duration, location, logistics, and host marketing obligations.

Detailed pricing available on inquiry. Use the form below to request a current package sheet.

01 · The Full Tour

All twenty-two sculptures, six-character AR layer, full curatorial package, install crew, marketing assets.

On Request

02 · Extended Run

Hold the city past the base season. Priced per additional month and locked early on the touring calendar.

On Request

03 · Custom Pieces

Add new work made for your site, subject to fabrication lead time. Commission early and it travels with your season.

On Request

Start the Conversation

Bring Low Orbit
City to you.

Tell us about your venue, your timing, and the audience you want to reach. The studio replies to every serious inquiry within five business days.

Request the Package →

studio@anchorball.com · +1 (studio phone on request)