Description: "Oil, in a sense, is the very absence of grain, but the products it makes possible break down into a microscopic granularity that clouds the oceans as a kind of synthetic and indigestible plankton." - Noel Begin, 2011
Artist: Vicki Chau is a media artist based in Calgary, working mainly with photography and video. She graduated from the Alberta College of Art + Design, earning a BFA with distinction in Media Arts + Digital Technologies. She is currently the Programs & Outreach Coordinator at EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society.