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dredge11[retrograde]

installation, 2023

installation user sitting in chair with vr headset on

dredge11[retrograde] is the culmination of a year’s-worth of learning and experiments with new technologies and techniques including visual programming, generative video, VR design, 3D modelling, photogrammetry, phytogrammetry, modular synthesis and artificial intelligence.

The piece consists of three stages or components:


dredge11[pre-shadow]

35mm Photos, Digitized

Eco-processed & hand developed

control handles on dredge11 deck wide shot of dredge11 exterior large metal wheels inside dredge11 rollers and cables from dredge11 converyor system pile of old wood and cables from dredge11


dredge11[retrograde]

Digital Video, 3mins, looping

16mm phytogram prints, digitized & heightmapped, overlaid on pointcloud model



dredge11[storm]

Virtual Reality + Audio, 10mins looping

Interactive dredge11 point cloud + generative soundtrack & field recordings



Together, these pieces explore the liminal nature of the Klondike Goldfields, encapsulated by a burned-out and decaying Dredge #11, presented as an explorable and manipulable object in a 4-dimensional space, interwoven with aspects of artificial intelligence and plant-generated celluloid motifs.

This project was supported by the Yukon Government’s Advanced Artist Award and the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture.

person in chair with vr headset on and hands up person in chair with vr headset on, another person standing beside person in chair with vr headset on, pointing