The images above showcase some historical rivers and former sea areas that have been submerged or filled in, including China Creek, Brewer’s Creek, and First Creek. These waterways were once crisscrossing, richly endowed, and vibrant ecosystems, home to a variety of fish, including sturgeon, mullet, halibut, and salmon, and were essential routes for salmon migration. Today, most of these waterways have been filled in, urban construction has replaced the original natural landscape, and even the Emily Carr campus beneath our feet was once part of a river.     
In this work, I attempt to explore the impact of urbanization on the ecological environment and the ultimate legacy of this process—once-vibrant rivers now bear only stony marks, life forever frozen in that moment. The small fish fossils in the artwork symbolize these vanished ecological memories, and viewers are free to take and collect them. Perhaps, with each fish taken away, a piece of history that has been filled in and forgotten is remembered by one more person. In this way, I hope the work can awaken people's awareness of cities' ecological history and allow future participants to become bearers of that memory.