Audio from the exhibition: "A Convenient Vehicle For Miscellaneous Discussions" at SPARE ROOM, Vancouver.

The title has been appropriated from Charles Darwin’s account of Alexander Von Humboldt’s “Personal Narrative of a Journey to The Equinoctial Regions of The New Continent”, a historical pseudo-scientific document that commemorates the vision and dedication of one of Europe’s most relevant pioneers of speculative travelling.
The project will present a new configuration of the inhabited space in conjunction with diverse educational apparatuses to better exhibit the gathered research material. Tonal qualities will increase sensorial attention while experiencing the previously proposed juxtaposition between professor Alan Reid’s extensive knowledge and alternative biological, botanical and cultural axioms.

Dr. Alan Reid is a biologist, botanist and a distinguished contributor at the Bloedel Conservatory (part of the VanDusen Botanical Garden). He has implemented many key programs for bird and plant biology and has achieved: VanDusen’s Botanical Gardens Award of Distinction (2009), Award of Merit (2009) and Volunteer of the Year (2014). Dr. Reid currently teaches Biology at the University of Fraser Valley.


Jacobo Zambrano