Spending six hours in a derelict Victorian terrace house, blindfolded, examining the front room and whispering to its presences.

Spending six hours in a derelict Victorian terrace house, blindfolded, examining the front room and whispering to its presences.
An inquiry into the history of the land that the Fine Arts Gallery of the University of Alberta occupies, assisted by gallery visitors.
For six hours I lay under the floor and read aloud the book 'The Borrowers,' which could only be heard by lying on the floor of the library and listening through a vent.
Walking across the tundra, negotiating the waterways, carrying an armful of vegetables for soup.
Darkness: the sound of water dripping, rocks abruptly falling, the ringing of bells, moving lights, a figure disappearing into black, the smell of seaweed. Lost.
Staring up into a very old and tall Indian fig tree, we waited for the leaves to fall, trying to catch them in mid-air. I sewed together the leaves that we had captured.
A six-hour walk along a railroad track in a public park.
We are sitting atop the remains of previous generations. What survives? What disappears? What changes?
In exactly the allotted time, the shadow moved from the tip of my toes, up my body, and across the top of my head.
Screaming in unison with the riders of AtmosFear in the adjacent Liseburg Amusement Park...