Beside a wall of round black-and-white drawings, an older man in a plaid shirt gestures as he speaks to listeners gathered close around him.

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Encounter as Medium

Encounter is the medium through which

cultural change becomes possible.

I use paint to make images in public space.
Those images become part of the places people inhabit.

I am responsible to the people who invite me and to those who will live with the work.

I am responsible to the people who invite me and to those
who will live with the work.

The image takes shape through listening. Conversations, observations, and time spent in a place give it direction. As that direction becomes clear, I paint with greater confidence.

I shape the conditions for encounter.

The encounter shapes what I paint.

The wall gives people a reason to gather.
The work gives relationships a place to begin.

The wall gives people a reason to gather. The work gives relationships a place to begin.

What should this mural look like?

What kinds of encounters might this project make possible?

Both questions shape how I listen, who is invited, and what I count as success.

Murals are invitations. Structures that make encounter possible. Places where strangers can become collaborators.

Murals are invitations.
Structures that make encounter possible. Places where strangers can become collaborators.

A classroom.
A park.
A festival.
An institution.
A neighbourhood gathering.

Each offers different conditions for encounter.
Who is invited, how people participate, and what they can influence are decisions within the work.

Each offers different

conditions for encounter.
Who is invited, how people participate, and what they can influence are decisions

within the work.

What becomes possible when encounter itself is treated as the medium?

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