Sat Jan 17 to April 11, 2026
Curated by Dr. Carolyn Butler Palmer, Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Studies and Williams Legacy Chair at the University of Victoria.
Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St.
Lekwungen Territory
Paul Walde: Weather Conditions features two video installations: Of Weather (for Geoff Hendricks), 2018-2024, and Tom Thomson Centennial Swim, 2017, by interdisciplinary artist and University of Victoria Visual Arts Professor Paul Walde. Each artwork documents site-specific performances accompanied by original soundtracks also created by Walde. Prominent within the exhibition are large-scale photographic prints of cloudscapes from Of Weather (for Geoff Hendricks). Both installations transport weather conditions from their apparent distance in the natural world into the immediacy of the gallery space.
Walde’s artworks also pay homage to two art historical figures. Of Weather (for Geoff Hendricks) references the work of Geoffrey Hendricks (1931-2018), a member of Fluxus, who was nicknamed “Cloudsmith” for his long-term interest in depicting the sky and specifically clouds. Tom Thomson Centennial Swim of 2017 memorializes the life and death of Tom Thomson (1877-1917), a canonical figure in the history of Canadian landscape painting. In 1917, Thomson drowned while canoeing on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park, Ontario.
Image: Paul Walde, Of Weather (for Geoff Hendricks), 2018, photo by Laura Gildner.
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Weather Conditions Programs & Events
Opening Reception – Paul Walde: Weather Conditions
Date: Date: Sat., January 17th, 2026 Time: 2:00 – 5:00pm
Location: Legacy Art Gallery Downtown
Join us at the Legacy Art Gallery Downtown for the opening event celebrating the exhibition Paul Walde: Weather Conditions curated by Williams Legacy Chair Dr. Carolyn Butler Palmer.
Performance
Date: Sat., February 28th, 2026
Times: Two timed-entry slots available – Registration is required:
- First Performance @ 1 pm (12:45 pm entry) – Register here
- Second Performance @ 2 pm (1:45 pm entry) – Register here
Location: Legacy Art Gallery Downtown
Free & open to the public
Of Weather Movements: the pictures in the exhibition are activated by a team of art handlers in a performance based on motion-picture camera movements and editing techniques.
Artist Talk with Paul Walde
Date: Sat., March 14th, 2026
Time: Times: 1:00 – 2:00pm – Registration is required – Register here
Location: Legacy Art Gallery Downtown
Free and open to the public
Join us for a talk by intermedia artist, composer, curator, and UVic Visual Arts Professor Paul Walde, whose exhibition Weather Conditions, is currently on view at Legacy.
Performance
Date: Sat., March 28th, 2026
Times: Two timed-entry slots available – Registration is required:
- First Performance @ 1 pm (12:45 pm entry) – Register here
- Second Performance @ 2 pm (1:45 pm entry) – Register here
Location: Legacy Art Gallery Downtown
Free & open to the public
Of Weather Movements: a second activation of the Cloudworks accompanied by a live performance of the Of Weather music score by a string quartet.