Forecast
2019– 2023
Forecast was part of the Vegetal Encounters Residency with the UBC Outdoor Art Program, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
Forecast (2019-23) was a series of short poetic texts using the language of weather reporting to speculate on collective responses to environmental changes. Printed on vinyl with a mirror finish, Forecast reflects the surrounding environment and explores the effects of weather patterns and seasonal shifts on the local campus ecology, including its plant, animal, fungal and human participants. Originally installed on the windows of the AHVA Gallery at UBC and presented as part of the exhibition …we can know more than we can tell… curated by Christine D’Onofrio, changing Forecast texts have appeared on the Belkin’s clerestory windows as well as on those of the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS).
The Vegetal Encounters Residency and related projects have been made possible with funding through UBC’s Matching Fund for Outdoor Art through Infrastructure Impact Charges. The Belkin gratefully acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council, and their Belkin Curator’s Forum Members.
Photo Credit: Rachel Topham for the Images of the Belkin Art Gallery & CIRS. Nigel Laing for the AHVA Gallery.