Gold Leafed Weeds

Installation for Nuit Blanche in Victoria. Individual plant leaves were gold leafed and covered with a protective sealant. Installed in a public courtyard under a tree, among weeds.

Dimensions: approx. 5" x 5"

Date: 2009

360 Degree Video: A Guided Tour of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

By presenting a view of the gallery space from multiple angles, I devised a low-tech approach to a 360 degree view. In the project, I combine perceptual interests with a literal (anthropological) examination of the gallery site itself, using a documentary approach to filming.

A detailed tour of the building, its structure, history, and contents, is led by Jon Blair, the senior security guard of the museum. The footage is recorded using a portable, homemade steady-cam and four cameras. Pointing in opposite directions, the cameras film and move simultaneously in one long continuous shot. Much like the approach of the early documentary-styled filmmakers (Kino-Pravda, Cinéma Vérité,) the project involves using hand-held or lightweight cameras and portable equipment that can follow a subject and move quickly through various environments. Exhibited as a split screen (quadrant.)

Dimensions: variable, digital prints 12" x 12"
Date: 2007

come and go

Painting installation for Deluge Contemporary Art. One hundred individual paintings exhibited in a compact mass.

Dimensions: variable, each 6" x 6" - 24" x 24"
Date: 2006

chair, coffee table, lamp, etc.

Miniature furniture made from foamcore and a glue gun. Concern with scale was largely ignored, though there was some effort at consistency. Exhibited both as three dimensional objects or as digital photographs.

Dimensions: variable, each approx. 1" x 0.5" x 0.5"
Date: 2006

The Wonderful World of Ants

"The Wonderful World of Ants" was shot with a high-8 camera and edited digitally. For the duration of two days, I filmed ants in my studio as they made their way across an invisible path, leading from the window sill, up the wall, and into the ceiling. I added pencil marks to trace their steps, and stepped back to see how closely they would follow the lines.

During the four hours of tape, new routes were developed, old routes erased, objects moved, and detours suggested. What unfolds visually is a cross between scientific analysis and adventurous imagining.

Dimensions: variable

Date: 2005

Room of Snow

Installation of a small cluster of trees with an abandoned snowmobile nearby pointing in a direction leading away from them. Narrative missing key ingredients. Installed at Mercer Union as "Room of Miles and Feet" along with the video work "The Wonderful World of Ants" in 2005.

Dimensions: each approx. 1" x 2.5"
Date: 2001/2003

record needle

Photographic image I did for a fundraising exhibition.

Dimensions: variable
Date: 2007

various photographs

An assortment of digital photographs, using only natural lighting.

Dimensions: variable
Dates: 2006 - 2012