GO FISH a video installation

07/09/2026

If the herring set the table, who comes to dinner?

We are excited to announce that GO FISH opens tomorrow, July 10th for a six month engagement at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, B.C., running all the way to January 10, 2027.

GO FISH is a video triptych with thrilling visuals and an immersive soundscape set inside the annual Pacific herring spawn.

Many thanks to Michael Barnes and his team at RBCM for inviting and installing, as well as Elizabeth Vickery and Sylvia Burkhardt for kickstarting this wonderful opportunity to share GO FISH with audiences of all ages.

Prices subject to change seasonally. Free admission for personal attendants to assist visitors with disabilities or any other special needs.

05/23/2026

Some exciting news to share soon!

03/21/2026

Just a little over a week to go at the Paul Kyle Gallery in Vancouver.

Lovely gatherings around GO FISH at the Collaborators show these past couplemof weeks.

GO FISH runs on a loop 11:30-5:30 Tuesday to Saturday until March 28th

258 East 1st Ave.

www.paulkylegallery.com/the-collaborators

03/12/2024

Hey Sechelt -- its herring season and GO FISH, our video triptych about the herring spawn, is swimming your way! Opening this Friday March 15 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre and running until April 13. Both of us (Scott and Nettie) with curator Sadira Rodriquez and her fab crew will welcome you between 5-7pm. And then come back -- many times -- to see our fish swim on 3 screens.

Gallery hours are noon - 4pm Wednesday - Sunday. GO FISH is 14 mins long and runs on a loop.

On Friday, April 12, 5pm, we will be back for an artists talk hosted by writer Valerie Mason John. The price is right -- Pay what u can

Trailer: www.vimeo.com/scottdhsmith/gofishtrailer

GO FISH is very proud to help kick off THE SALISH SEA ARTS FESTIVAL. Help us get the word out. Spread the word. And see you soon!

Scott Smith and Nettie WildVelcrow Ripper Dagmar Kaffanke-Nunn Sunshine Coast Arts Council Naomi Klein Avi Lewis

02/28/2024

Last few days to see GO FISH at the National Gallery of Canada!

If you're in Ottawa this week/weekend check it out! We're in the Lower Comtemprary Gallery until Monday March 3.

Thursdays admission to the Gallery is free from 5-8pm.

Many thanks to Andrea Kunard, Ellen Trokiatis, Jean-Philippe Fortier-Lazure, Ken Campbell and everyone at the Gallery for an amazing setup for our fish.

02/21/2024

Thank you to the fine peeps at the first Victoria VMF Winter Arts for a wonderful install of GO FISH this past weekend at the Fairmont Empress! Sunshine Coast you're next! News to come...

02/16/2024

As the 2024 Pacific herring migration begins so does GO FISH at Winter Arts Fest in Victoria!

Starting at 5pm today and for the next four days thru Monday, GO FISH will be screening in the iconic Fairmont Empress Hotel (2nd floor in the gorgeous Library Room) from 5pm - 9pm nightly as part of the SOUTH ROUTE ART WALK - Admission is FREE.

This presentation is also made possible by the Comox Valley Art Gallery and Comox Valley Arts.

GO FISH was created with the valuable support of the BC Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada

A kaleidoscopic journey into this incredible natural phenomenon, come ponder the wonder of the annual herring spawn and our relationship to it.

TRAILER: www.vimeo.com/scottdhsmith/gofishtrailer

02/15/2024

Our continued gratitude to CVAG for these screens! They've really allowed GO FISH to travel. VMF Winter Arts this weekend!

The screens we purchased for 'GO FISH' are on their way to the Winter Arts Festival in Victoria. Production coordinator Ellen Kibble picked up the screens at CVAG today, and tomorrow she’ll be installing them. If you’re in Victoria, you can watch 'GO FISH' from February 16 - 19.

Find details on the WAF website: https://winterartsfest.com/.

02/13/2024

Art installations aren't like films, there's no credit scroll at the end -- but like all film productions we couldn't have made GO FISH without the help of some fabulous and talented people, and without the support of and .council. So here's our credits!