Winter Snakes/Serpents d’hiver

Interactive sculpture, 2026, created in collaboration with Saskatchewan artist Jean-Sébastien Gauthier
3′ × 3′ × 7′
Scavenged roadside extension cords ("winter snakes," from the Yukon), cast tin-bismuth, chainsaw-milled pine and spruce (from Saskatchewan), standing dead pine, computer, speakers, subwoofer, microcontroller, power bar
Exhibited: PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, SK

"Winter snakes" are block heater extension cords that drivers forgot to unplug: ripped from the outlet, dragged down the highway and finally tore from the block heater, they end up scattered along roadsides. The sculpture takes their colloquial name literally, turning the cords into snakes with cast metal heads. Touching the tin-bismuth snake heads or cast electrical plugs triggers manipulated recordings of clanging metal, so visitors play the sculpture like an instrument.