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Fugue
(1984) Two part soundwork installed at 1230 Hamilton Street, Vancouver BC.

Reconfigured in 1985 for Charles H Scott Gallery at the Emily Carr College of Art in Vancouver British Columbia, curated, with catalogue essay, by Ann Morrison.

Shown in 1986 as part of Vancouver Now at Walter Phillips Gallery,Banff; London Art Gallery, London Ontario; and Optica Gallery, Montréal Quebec, curated with catalog essay by Manon Blanchette.

Walter Phillips Gallery
Charles H Scott Gallery
London Art Gallery
Optica Gallery

Fifty years ago, downtown Vancouver was a city of Arts & Crafts style wood frame houses. The downtown core has been redeveloped into a city of glass towers and condominiums.

Fugue was presented in 1984 as one of the last blocks of single family houses located in the downtown/west side of the city was demolished. The house numbers were peeled off and embedded into a sculptural model.

As the houses were demolished, the sound was transferred live to the installation site, a derelict warehouse half a mile away. Later the sound of the house demolition was incorporated into two other sound layers in concert: a piano being slowly pried apart and a series of piano exercises. This arrangement was presented as 45 minute recitals.

The piece has been reconfigured and shown across Canada; it is now in the collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.