Cause and Effect (2022)

Area: East Richmond
Location:

Materials: Acrylic paint on primed concrete block wall

Program: Community
Ownership: Community
Sponsored By: City of Richmond

Description of Work

The brightly coloured mural is intended to add colour and identity to the Hayer Demolition Site.

It is approx. 7 ft. tall (3 blocks high) and approx. 100 ft. long. It is a straight wall and wraps

around one corner, which is the entrance to the site. It does not extend the full length of the

frontage of the business. The mural includes the site address for identity (emergency, package

delivery and visitors to the site), and was added at no extra charge by the artist team.

Reading from Right to Left, the mural describes the origins of Mitchell Island from when it was

underwater to mineral deposition over time as the

Fraser River meanders through the delta. In the case of Hayer Demolition, the business

functions to deconstruct materials and recycle building materials to become resources once

again. Hypothetically, these building materials are returned to the earth and nature is

regenerated through this process. It demonstrates a cycle of resource, extraction, construction,

demolition, and re-generation.