Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas is a room-scale, semi-site-specific installation centered around a monstrous humanoid chimera that is composed of a writhing mass of invasive species overtaking native species, moving across a marshy Great Lakes landscape and leaving behind a literal trail of damage (muddy footsteps encrusted in quagga mussels, weeds, toxins). This work speaks to the unintended consequences of our passage, as a species, around the world, and all the tiny apocalypses we leave behind.

In Hindu mythology, the Kali Yuga is the age of darkness, signaling the destruction of the world and the eventual rise of a new cycle of creation. It is my hope that both the sorrows and the wonders of living in these times will be reflected in the exhibition, where we may pause to consider and re-consider the traces we leave upon the world around us.

Image credit: Jean-Michael Seminario

Soundscape by Steve Bates

2022
three room installation at the Galerie d’art du Parc

Mixed media (silk, found textiles, reed, resin, silicone, epoxy, faux greenery, soil, handmade quagga mussels, driftwood and native mussel shells sourced in Trois-Rivières)

Image credit: Jean-Michael Seminario

2022
three room installation at the Galerie d’art du Parc

Mixed media (silk, found textiles, reed, resin, silicone, epoxy, faux greenery, soil, handmade quagga mussels, driftwood and native mussel shells sourced in Trois-Rivières)

Image credit: Jean-Michael Seminario

2022
three room installation at the Galerie d’art du Parc

Mixed media (silk, found textiles, reed, resin, silicone, epoxy, faux greenery, soil, handmade quagga mussels, driftwood and native mussel shells sourced in Trois-Rivières)

Image credit: Jean-Michael Seminario

2022
three room installation at the Galerie d’art du Parc

Mixed media (silk, found textiles, reed, resin, silicone, epoxy, faux greenery, soil, handmade quagga mussels, driftwood and native mussel shells sourced in Trois-Rivières)

Image credit: Jean-Michael Seminario

2022
three room installation at the Galerie d’art du Parc

Mixed media (silk, found textiles, reed, resin, silicone, epoxy, faux greenery, soil, handmade quagga mussels, driftwood and native mussel shells sourced in Trois-Rivières)

Image credit: Jean-Michael Seminario

2022
three room installation at the Galerie d’art du Parc

Mixed media (silk, found textiles, reed, resin, silicone, epoxy, faux greenery, soil, handmade quagga mussels, driftwood and native mussel shells sourced in Trois-Rivières)

Image credit: Jean-Michael Seminario