Artist Talk with Paul Walde In-Person
Join us for a talk by intermedia artist, composer, curator, and UVic Professor Paul Walde at the Legacy Gallery, 630 Yates Street, in downtown Victoria, host of Walde's current solo exhibition Weather Conditions.
Walde’s work suggests unexpected interconnections between landscape, identity, and technology and often offers alternative modes in which to traverse the overwhelming scale of climate change.
Learn more about the video installations Of Weather and Tom Thomson Centennial Swim, both of which transport weather conditions from their apparent distance in the natural world to the immediacy of the gallery space.
Best known for his interdisciplinary performances often staged in challenging locations in the natural environment, Walde’s work involves music and choreography that are both meditative and suggest both endurance and survival.
Seating is limited to 75 people, with a small number of seats reserved for Elders and guests with accessibility needs. For specific accessibility concerns, please email legacy@uvic.ca, or feel free to request assistance from event staff at the time of the performance. We will work to ensure that guest needs are met. Free and open to all.
Learn more about the artist at: https://paulwalde.com/
- Date:
- Saturday, March 14, 2026
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Legacy Gallery (Map )
- Library/Gallery:
- Legacy Art Gallery
- Audience:
- General public Open to everyone
- Categories:
- Exhibition Lecture or talk
About the Exhibition: Paul Walde: Weather Conditions curated by Dr. Carolyn Butler Palmer, brings together two video installations, Of Weather (for Geoff Hendricks), and Tom Thomson Centennial Swim, by interdisciplinary artist and University of Victoria Visual Arts Professor Paul Walde. Prominent within the exhibition are the large-scale photographic prints of cloudscapes from Of Weather. Each artwork in Paul Walde's Weather Conditions documents site-specific performances accompanied by original soundtracks also created by Walde. These works transport weather conditions from their apparent distance in the natural world into the immediacy of the gallery space.
The exhibition runs until April 11th, 2026
About the Artist: Paul Walde is an interdisciplinary artist living in Victoria, Canada on lək̓ʷəŋən territory where he is a Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Victoria. Walde is a graduate of Western University Visual Arts program and received his master’s from New York University. For the past 30 years, his work has been engaged with addressing environmental issues including: exploring non-human activity and communication, global warming, deforestation, land use, endangered species, and the art world. Originally trained as a painter, Walde’s music and sound compositions have been a prominent feature in his artwork for over 25 years. He is best known for his interdisciplinary performance works staged in the natural environment, and documentation of these events is frequently used as the basis of Walde’s sound and video installations which have been the subject of exhibitions nationally and internationally.