<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Date:
February 29, 2016</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">From:
Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic
Site of Canada</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Contact: Mimi
Horita, 604.664.9006 mimi.horita@pc.gc.ca</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>New Outdoor Salmon Projections at National
Historic Site in Steveston</b></font></div>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b>Richmond, BC –</b> The Gulf of Georgia
Cannery National Historic Site has launched an exciting new presentation
of artwork about salmon, projected in large scale on the outside of its
historic buildings.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">On display starting February 29, 2016, the
projection of the video <i>Flow,</i>by artist Ruth Beer, beautifully weaves
images of salmon spawning in the Adams River with footage recorded in northwest
British Columbia and archival images of salmon canneries. The video combines
the movement and underwater environment of salmon, the transparent and
reflective qualities of water, and the dynamic flow of rivers.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">The four-minute film is part of the exhibition
<i>Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil</i> currently showing at the Gulf
of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site until March 9<sup>th</sup>, 2016.
The exhibit focuses on the ecology and cultural changes caused by industry
and development along Northern BC’s "grease trails”, the First Nations’
eulachon oil trading routes. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">To mark the grand finale of the <i>Trading
Routes</i> exhibit, <i>Flow</i> will be projected on the outside of the
Cannery building for the final two weeks of the show. Passersby in Steveston
can enjoy the artfully created piece, which will be shown between 6 and
10pm each evening. <i>Flow</i> is part of the research and creation project
<i>Trading Routes: Grease Trails, Oil Pipelines </i>led by artist/researcher
Ruth Beer and supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada. Special thanks to the Pacific Salmon Foundation and
365 Productions for their support in this project.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Sponsored by the <i>Georgia Straight,</i>
the exhibit shows daily from April 11, 2015 to March 9, 2016. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><i>The Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic
Site of Canada is operated by the non-profit Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society,
on behalf of Parks Canada.</i></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b><i>Location:</i></b><i> 12138 Fourth Avenue
at Moncton, Richmond (Steveston Village).</i></font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"><b><i>Hours:</i></b><i> Open daily, year
round from 10am-5pm. </i><b>Call 604-664-9009 for details. </b></font>
<br><a href=http://www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial"><i><u>www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org</u></i></font></a></div>
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