'Cyber Tree' - 2025, Luminous Paths, Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo, BC

Constructed of translucent fluorescent green plexiglass panels which allude to the digital age, ‘Cyber Tree’ juxtaposed the past with the future to highlight the juncture in time as the City of Nanaimo celebrated its 150th anniversary.

From inside the over seven foot tall Cyber Tree which appeared to emerge from the ground like a crystal, a looped montage of hands touching real trees was projected onto its inner translucent surface, while simultaneously illuminating the viewer. The projected hands that “touched” the inner surface of Cyber Tree, without actually touching it, extended to the viewer’s body, stirring philosophical questions about our affinity to nature and an entanglement with artificial intelligence. 

 ‘Some Things Can Only Be Felt' was an interactive wall sculpture centered upon nostalgic artifacts from childhood. The fabric that must be pushed into in order to experience the work alludes to barriers and distortion of memory, and to the fabric of time. 

Participants felt with their left hand while simultaneously drawing what they were feeling on the corresponding surface with their right hand. Taking the two days of drawing layers and visualizing placement of them onto the actual scene that existed behind the fabric touched the vastness of experience we share simultaneously. 

Last, but not least, I was happy that I was able to create something which grazed the experience of what it may be like to be blind, for people who have no visual impairments. 

The fawn of 'Cover/Uncover' symbolizes the inner child - inviting visitors to  be present with their inner child in the moment and either cover it, to protect it (leaf me alone), or to uncover it, so that their inner child can experience the moment more fully.