Huge Log, from the series Wood work.
Seven short video segments of historic logging and sawmill activity in the Vancouver area, based on digitized, altered 16mm film footage shot in the 1930’s by Alfred E. Booth. Commissioned by the City of Vancouver Public Art Program with the support of Vancouver 125 and the participation of the Government of Canada. Alfred E. Booth footage courtesy Dudley Booth.
Exhibition history:
2020 Public Art Program, City of Vancouver. Inserted into the flow of advertising on the outdoor screens at Robson and Granville Streets, downtown Vancouver. Part of a series reprising the original artist commissions, before the original screens were replaced.
2018 Supernatural: Art, Technology and the Forest. Curated by Haema Sivanesan. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia.
2015 Silva: Booming Grounds. Curated by Jesse Birch. Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, British Columbia.
2012 Public Art Program, City of Vancouver. Inserted into the flow of advertising on the outdoor screens at Robson and Granville Streets, downtown Vancouver.
2011 Commissioned by the Public Art Program, City of Vancouver. Inserted into the flow of advertising on the outdoor screens at Robson and Granville Streets, downtown Vancouver.