‘The path of the caterpillar' is a visual diary that emerged from the road trip artist Karin van Dam made through Canada in 2017. Not only do we see sketches of her observations, the dairy also shows us ideas for new installations.
Karin drove past utopian landscapes, entered abandoned coal mines and witnessed a plague of caterpillars. During one of the stops, she took part in In the hole residency organized by artist Linda Duvall. The residency site was a big space carved out of the ground. In the different layers of sand, countless insects were busy building structures. This open pit was like a microscopic city, which became her inspiration.