An essay from Open Space’s exhibition catalogue, Robert Youds: For Everyone A Fountain, published in 2018. Other essays in the publication include “Words, thoughts, and actions that shape time: Thoughts on building For Everyone a Fountain” by Robert Youds; “Event Planning: For Everyone a Fountain” by Lisa Baldissera (Senior Curator of Contemporary Calgary); and “Robert Youds: For Everyone a Fountain, Urban Space and Storage, Displaced Nature and a Telematic Approach to Reality” by Diana Freundl (Associate Curator of Asian Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery).