247 Denison, 2015
Exhibition Documentation
Wall + Video + Kinetic Sculpture
On Sunday June 23rd 1946, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Vancouver Island. With an epicenter south-southwest of Campbell River, it is the largest onshore earthquake known to have occurred in the region. Victoria’s seismograph, formerly under the supervision of the city’s first seismologist, Francis Napier Denison, was shaken so intensely that the instrument was damaged and the record of the quake was lost from the moment of the first onset. Denison was eighty years old when he died the following day.
One hundred and fifty meters from Denison’s Gonzales Hill Meteorological Observatory, along Denison rd., Fred Richardson Sr., the owner and operator of the Canadian Christmas Cracker Company, along with his son, Fred Richardson Jr., were beginning construction on their Streamline Moderne home.
Seventy years later and the house on Denison rd. is being renovated by its fourth owner. Among the improvements, the building is being seismically upgraded.
Exhibition Documentation
Wall + Video + Kinetic Sculpture
On Sunday June 23rd 1946, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Vancouver Island. With an epicenter south-southwest of Campbell River, it is the largest onshore earthquake known to have occurred in the region. Victoria’s seismograph, formerly under the supervision of the city’s first seismologist, Francis Napier Denison, was shaken so intensely that the instrument was damaged and the record of the quake was lost from the moment of the first onset. Denison was eighty years old when he died the following day.
One hundred and fifty meters from Denison’s Gonzales Hill Meteorological Observatory, along Denison rd., Fred Richardson Sr., the owner and operator of the Canadian Christmas Cracker Company, along with his son, Fred Richardson Jr., were beginning construction on their Streamline Moderne home.
Seventy years later and the house on Denison rd. is being renovated by its fourth owner. Among the improvements, the building is being seismically upgraded.
Christmas Cracker Crepe Paper Light Baffle Wall, 2015
Christmas Cracker Crepe Paper, Lumber.
16' x 4' x 16'
Christmas Cracker Crepe Paper, Lumber.
16' x 4' x 16'
Principle of Original Horizontality, 2015
10:00 min HD video with sound.
10:00 min HD video with sound.
Earthquake Machine, 2015
Aluminum frame, aircraft cable, Dewalt laser level, servo motors, contact microphones, micro-controllers, and subwoofer.
Aluminum frame, aircraft cable, Dewalt laser level, servo motors, contact microphones, micro-controllers, and subwoofer.
Richardson's Pocket Seismometer, 2015
Artist Multiple of 40
Custom matchbox with Christmas Cracker toy inside. 1" x 1" x 1/4"
Artist Multiple of 40
Custom matchbox with Christmas Cracker toy inside. 1" x 1" x 1/4"
Installation Documentation Video