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Between 2014 and 2018, I had created a group of references, studies, and wooden low relief sculptures that reflected my interest in water held in reservoirs behind hydroelectric dams. I also gathered together a few found objects, scraps of visual poetry and a series of oversized caddisfly cases that I made out of cardboard, sticks, pebbles, reeds and pine cones fragments. I made one such carapace with crushed oyster shells. My wife, Sue Hopkins, took the notion of aquatic insect 'dwellings' even further, fabricating charming examples out of tiny seashells, beans, and spices.
I digress.
An enchanting parlour, the front reception area of Mile Zero Dance (Edmonton, Alberta), a local modern dance company's studio, was the the ideal showcase for my quirky developments. I installed Side Channels at Spazio Performativo's space in September of 2018. It was displayed for a month.

Side Channels   2018
Installation view
Dimensions variable
2018
Hot Dam
oil on cardboard
5 x 5.5"
2017
Dam Construction
Wood
7 x 10"
2015
Vapour study
oil on panel
6 x 6"
2016
Blurscape
oil on brake pad
approx 3 x 7"
2016
Caddisfly Case 07
cardboard, acrylic
9 x 2.5 x 2.5"
2017
Caddisfly Case 06
wood, pebbles, cardboard
8 x 3 x 2.5"
2017
Caddisfly Case 05
wood, reeds, cardboard
7 x 2.5 x 2.5"
2017
Caddisfly Case 04
wood, reeds, cardboard
8 x 2.5 x 2.5"
2017
Caddisfly case 03
Reeds, cardboard
8 x 1.5 x 1.5
2017
Caddisfly Case 02
Cardboard, wood, pebbles
7 x 3 x 2.5"
2017
Caddisfly case 01
Cardboard and wood
10 x 3 x 3"
2017