Spirit Fish Project 2009
Imagine standing on the shores of a local lake at twilight listening to music drifting across the water as hundreds of tiny illuminated boats appear from the mouths of several streams. The flotila of exquisitly decorated glowing Spirit Fish drift past guided by paddling stewards on its way to meet up with more Spirit Fish from the Faser Basin watershed on their way to the sea.
Carmen Rosen and Tamara Unroe are currently in the development stage of Spirit Fish which is a watershed awareness and art project. Artists and community members will create their own spirit fish boats, with lanterns illuminating their prayers for the water, that they will float down their local streams to discover their watershed and and how it links to other watersheds as the circulatory system of the land. Eventually large flotillas of Spirit Fish will float to the sea surrounded by art and music.
Please come to a Water Day Spirit Fish celebration
Sunday March 22nd – World Water Day
Noon - 4:00pm
Spirit Fish Stream Voyage adventure with our Spirit Fish boats down Still Creek to Burnaby Lake
5:00pm
Local Abundance dinner party co-hosted by the Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute at the Burnaby Lake Rowing Pavilion
6:00 – 8:00pm
Spirit Fish lantern celebration on Burnaby Lake
Live music with stringed instruments, and voices
“traffic jam” music improvisation
Spirit Fish lanterns illuminate and float their prayers on the water
Kayak and floating puppet dances
If you want, create your own Spirit Fish lanterns for the event
- Children can sign up for the Spring Break Day camp at Renfrew Community Centre or at Wesburn Community Centre in Burnaby. Carmen Rosen and Tamara Unroe will be hosting special guest Spirit Fish workshops at both camps.
- Artist drop-in creation sessions March 8th and 15th 1-5pm at 1000 Parker St., Studio 350.
