Ecological awareness is saturated with nothingness, a shimmering or flickering, a shadowplay of presence and absence intertwined. — Timothy Morton
Cyclical emergence events bring attention to insects that have always been present in the environment. As emergences make us pay attention to certain species, they also reveal human interference in insect life cycles.
Globally, considerable resources are spent to control the presence of insects in the environment with pesticides, traps, and bio-controls. Indirectly, artificial light, electromagnetic waves, urban infrastructure, pollution, and climate change resulting from human activity are responsible for plummeting insect numbers.
Cyclical Emergence was presented as part of Mediations at the Poolside Gallery in Winnipeg from January 17 to February 21 2020 along alongside work by Karen Asher and Daniel Shane. The piece is an augmented reality exploration that uses open source technology. It is an exploration in AR.js to understand and push the limits of this technology.
Media:
2020: Émergence cyclique part 1 and 2, Jeremy Laniel, Radio Canada
2020: Interview on Eat Your Art and Vegetables, Derek Brueckner, CKUW http://station.ckuw.ca/24/20200116.17.30-18.00.mp3