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Through the lens of contemporary artists\u2019 engagement with the metaphorical and literal processes of fire and the spaces it creates and displaces, The Structure of Smoke<\/em> includes works that problematize the poetic, structural and political aspects of fire. These works complicate the inherent contradictions of wildness and domestication, technological progress and social control, colonial conditions, rebirth and death. Holding a smoked mirror to contemporary society, the works in this exhibition offer ways to undo the familiar in how we approach our uncertain future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speculative in nature, The Structure of Smoke<\/em> is associative, contextual and driven by artistic practices that disturb existing power relations and question their own conditions and structures. With a focus on ecologies, interconnectedness and relationality the works and curatorial premise consider relating to land, community, family and wildfire ecologies including the non-human. As we have seen with the migration of smoke across the globe and the birth of a regular fire season, the ways in which we live with fire require new strategies that embrace specific Indigenous and ecological knowledges and the ability to develop relations with fire beyond the spectacle and devastation of its impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Structure of Smoke <\/em>is curated by Melanie O\u2019Brian and Tania Willard and made possible with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and our Belkin Curator\u2019s Forum members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 9 Jan \u2013 12 Apr 2026 The Structure of Smoke asinnajaq, Geoffrey Farmer, Amber Frid-Jimenez, Art Hunter, Brian Jungen, Heraa Khan, Germaine Koh, Evan Lee, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Other Sights, Pratchaya Phinthong, Susan Point, Samuel Roy-Bois, Kathy Slade, Laura Wee L\u00e1y L\u00e1q, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and others Artist Talks with Germaine Koh and Evan Lee: … Continue reading Exhibition: The Structure of Smoke, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery<\/span>