This is brilliant. If you live in Victoria, seize the chance to visit before it closes on Sunday!
– Guy Dauncey
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This is the first time that a home slated for the wrecking ball has been used as an exhibition space in Victoria. Aryze Development has given artists and students free reign of the house to create the unique installation. The off-beat haunted house is named Waste Land, with the theme of ‘Climate Anxiety’. Each room represents different aspects of our global predicament, featuring a fish farm room, a giant plastic wave, a forest fire and much more.
This very unique scene catalyzes the bridging of communities, age demographics, backgrounds and worldviews, and offers space for collectively grappling with the important issue of climate change, what to do about it, and how to manage all the emotions that naturally emerge when confronting the complexities of our modern day.
Waste Land was instigated by local artists and UVic education students Kate Brooks-Heinimann and Kay Gallivan. They came up with the project when students in their education program at Esquimalt High School expressed interest in climate change activism, which was the impetus for creating Waste Land.
Waste Land includes visual art using reclaimed materials, murals, soundscapes, multimedia exhibitions and live performances from hip hop and DJ shows to folk music and poetry. It will be open one final weekend: November 15, 16 and 17th. The hours are Saturdays 1 pm – 11 pm, Sundays 11 am – 8 pm, and Friday Nov. 15 6 pm – 11 pm. The house is located at 2566 5th St – it is hard to miss.
Waste Land acknowledges that this installation is on the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.
Admission is by donation, with no charge for anyone who would otherwise be unable to attend.
For more: https://www.wastelandclimateanxiety.com.
For More Information and House Tours Contact: Kate Brooks-Heinimann and Kay Gallivan.
wastelandclimateanxiety@gmail.com