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Go Fish

July 10 - January 10
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GO FISH is a 14-minute immersive video installation viewed across three screens, inviting visitors to experience the annual herring spawn in the Salish Sea. Each year, millions of herring return to the coastal waters of the K’ómoks First Nation, transforming the shoreline into a striking milky turquoise as they spawn.

Co-created by Scott Smith and Nettie Wild, the this video triptych is free of narration and interviews, relying on breathtaking cinematography and immersive natural sound to place audiences in the middle of this extraordinary spectacle. GO FISH celebrates the beauty, abundance and ecological importance of one of the west coast’s most spectacular natural events, offering a powerful moment of connection with the marine world.

Thank you to the team behind GO FISH:

  • Scott Smith and Nettie Wild, Co-Creators
  • Michael Brockington, Editor and Sound Designer
  • Scott Smith, Cinematographer
  • Owen Belton, Composer
Destination Greater Victoria is honoured to be based on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples of the Songhees Nation and Xwsepsum Nation, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.