Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting

FIELD RECORDINGS OF ICEBERGS MELTING

Artist Michael Campbell’s multi-media exhibition “…brings into play its place in the cultural imagination of a frontier zone of extreme conditions, and its history during the period of European expansion from the 16th to the 20th centuries. The allusion conjures the stream of survey ships that sought the north-west Passage of the North Pole, strove to classify species and peoples, and to map the New World. It further speaks to present day resource extraction and climate change monitoring, the forays of animal rights activists and increasingly, military survey flights asserting territorial claims. …Its steam punk ethos with its fusion of Victorian Era and future technologies sets an undercurrent of planetary emergency in motion…”  – Jan Allen

EXHIBITION

Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting | Michael Campbell | June 19 – August 29, 2026

EVENTS

Art Opening Celebration | Friday, June 19 | Doors open at 4:00pm | Artist Talk starts at 5:30pm | Followed by a Celebration + Reception

The Comox Valley Art Gallery is committed to creating safer spaces where everyone can participate.

All ages are welcome.

CVAG spaces are accessible. Efforts are made to make presented programming contents available to all by using approachable audio and visual technologies to aid in experience and wayfinding. Staff are available to answer any questions and to provide orientation to the presentation and gallery spaces.

Programs are barrier-free (no cost). DONATIONS are appreciated and contribute to ongoing community interactive programming.

PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS: We ask that visitors choose not to visit if they are experiencing symptoms of colds and flus.

Hand sanitation dispensers are available at CVAG. Wearing a mask is at the discretion of the visitor.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Comox Valley Art Gallery is grateful to operate on the Unceded Traditional Territory of the K’ómoks Nation.

This convergent program was made possible through the support of our FUNDERS: City of Courtenay, Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, Government of Canada, Province of BC, Comox Valley Regional District, Town of Comox | LOCAL SUPPORT: ABC Printing, Hitec Screen Printing, and SD71 Printshop.

MICHAEL CAMPBELL would like to thank the following for their ongoing unparalleled support:  Janice Rahn, Moragh Eilish Rahn-Campbell, Janet Cardiff, George Bures-Miller, Mary Kavanagh, Melissa Moore, Jan Allen, Joanne Marion, Steve Van Vugt, Catherine Ross, Scot Bullick, Stacey Armstrong, Dr. Rob Countess, The University of Lethbridge Art Department, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Canada Council.

IMAGE: Art by Michael Campbell. Image courtesy of Paul Litherland.

Exhibitions

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  Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting

  Michael Campbell is interested in obsolete technologies, remote landscapes, purposeless inventions, suburban boredom...

  June 19 - August 29 2026