Documentary, 12 min, color, stereo

This documentary is a small sampling about the life work of biologist Dr. John Todd
(recipient of the 2008 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award) and the ecoactivist writer Nancy Jack Todd.

It is part of the process-oriented cycle of microevents entitled light, sweet, cold, dark, crude LSCDC (2006-ongoing) that includes
immersive sound, moving image, drawing and light that is informed by the transformations of waste water in various states of
composition, decomposition and recomposition.

The source material and catalysts for this unfolding artwork include: the Eco-Machine™ system as installed
in the rest area of Sharon, Vermont, in the United States; and the Station d’épuration des eaux usées,
the industrial-scaled municipal wastewater filtration plant that serves the Island of Montreal, Québec. T
his project also finds inspiration in the concept of “transduction” as defined by French philosopher
Gilbert Simondon (1928-1989), whereby nature, information, and technology are inextricably linked.

Playing and disrupting the root meaning of ecology, where eco- or oikos, means home or dwelling in Greek,
this cycle of microevent was initially performed in an intimate home setting in Montreal in the summer of 2008.
It has since been peformed at various festivals, conferences and residencies in Berlin, Germany (2009),
Montreal (2009 and 2010), Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand and EcoBio Festival
Prague, Czech Republic (2011).

Shot on location at Sharon North Welcome Centre, Sharon, Vermont, USA,
La station d’épuration des eaux usées, Montréal, Québec, Canada and
the Aquarium of the Pacific, Los Angeles, USA.

Produced with the assistance of The Canada Council for the Arts, Media Arts, and
l e programme d’aide à la recherche-création de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (PAFARC-UQAM).