When the Salmon Return is a three-channel video installation created in Unity and edited and exported in Premiere Pro. It was created to coincide with the annual salmon run and displayed throughout October on the Light Up Kelowna urban screens in partnership with Artsco, bringing an underwater view of the salmon run into the centre of downtown Kelowna.

The installation brings an underwater view of the salmon run into an urban setting, making a natural event that can be easy to miss more visible to passersby. I intentionally created clearer water and greater visibility than viewers might experience in real life, allowing the movement of the salmon to remain visible across the installation.

The project was created with the hope that seeing the salmon in an unexpected setting might encourage viewers to seek out the real salmon run, or simply keep the salmon in mind as they moved through the city.