Explorations in Sound, Ecology and Post-Geographical Art
"Could this be a new form of impressionism? At the Canadian Cultural Centre, three artists (Brady Marks, Mark Timmings and Stephen Morris) portray a place, the ETESEN marsh in British Columbia (Canada), through an immersive sound and visual installation. In other words, they reinvent landscape painting by inviting the visitor to a complete, sensitive and troubling low-tech experience. A very beautiful project, which is part of an acoustic ecology approach and wants to raise awareness of the preservation of wetlands." Beaux Arts Magazine "A science fiction novelist, a sound artist, and a Member of Parliament walk into a marshand thats not the set-up for a joke. Its the modus operandi of the beautifully designed multimedia book Wetland Project: Explorations in Sound, Ecology and Post-Geographical Art." Wire Magazine "Wetland Project is a book that immediately engages the senses." BC Studies "As a book, Wetland Project is an ecological adventure that doesn't recognize the limits of the traditional print format." photoED Magazine
Brady Marks is a digital media artist working primarily in audiovisual practices, new media and kinetic art. She has collaborated with Geoffrey Farmer on seven works, including And Finally The Street Becomes The Main Character (Clock) (20052008), a sculptural installation with computer-generated sound presented and acquired by the Art Gallery of Ontario; and Lets Make the Water Turn Black (201315), a 24-hour computer-generated installation composed of 50 light fixtures, 26 audio speakers and 18 synchronized, animatronic sculptures presented at REDCAT (Los Angeles), Migros Museum fr Gegenwartskunst (Zurich), Nottingham Contemporary (UK), Kunstverein (Hamburg), Prez Art Museum (Miami) and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Mark Timmings is a multidisciplinary artist and acclaimed graphic designer. In 2015, an audio installation of Narvaez Bay, including Timmingss monumental illuminated score and a recording of the Vancouver performance, was exhibited in Montreal at Pierre-Franois Ouellette art contemporain. He has received over 100 awards for his publication designs and has collaborated on artist book projects with Roy Arden, Christi Belcourt, Cedric Bomford, Shary Boyle, Hank Bull, Geoffrey Farmer, Robert Houle, Eleanor King and Etienne Zack. He lives and works on Saturna Island, British Columbia.