Port Lands Flood Protection documentation commission (2019 - 2026)
Port Lands, Toronto, looking west. November, 2019
In June 2019, Ryan Walker and I were awarded an initial five-year public art commission (2019-24) by Waterfront Toronto to document & creatively interpret the largest and most complex climate change adaptation project ever undertaken in North America - the Port Lands Flood Protection Project (now finishing in July 2026). It entails reconstructing the mouth of the Don River in conjunction with the building of a new public park. For a selection of some of my personal photographs taken while carrying out this project go HERE. To read more about the broader context of the project and to see a selection of both Ryan's and my photography you can go to Waterfront Toronto's Port Lands website by clicking HERE. As well, go HERE for information about our first public installation for the 2020 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, HERE for our 2021 public installation and HERE for our 2022 installation. And HERE for our 2023 installation, our last using this site as construction has taken over significant parts of our former installation site.
NOTE: a publication based on our work, titled How to Build a River, is scheduled for release by University of Toronto Press in September 2026.