In the trace series, Peter Dušek presents aerial photographs of boat wakes on the lakes of Ontario’s Muskoka region.
Viewed from above, the trails left by moving boats become abstract lines and forms on the water’s surface. The photographs record transient marks of passage while the boats and their occupants remain unseen.
Patterns from Dušek’s Water Music series occasionally appear within the wakes — circles, loops, and organic lines formed by light, wind, and current.
Through precise framing and reduction, the works examine movement, temporality, and the relationship between structure and fluidity.
