Between the Earth & the Sky / Measuring the Immeasurable

Location: Bankers Hall, Turtle Park, 315 8 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB

About the work

Between the Earth & the Sky / Measuring the Immeasurable is a multifaceted sculpture in Bankers Hall’s Turtle Park. It juxtaposes bronze human figures, stone, and natural forms to explore time, nature, and perception. Two figures stand back‑to‑back atop a tall cone of local Rundle stone representing mountainscapes, while another figure below holds a large ammonite, gazing upward. Oversized bronze fossils lie across the ground plane, evoking ancient seas that once covered Alberta.

The work contemplates humanity’s impulse to define the boundless: measuring order, history, and nature’s scale. Light, material contrasts, and positioning invite reflection, both backward into origins and forward toward infinity. Through mythic geometry and symbols of timelessness, the piece mediates between earth and sky, reminding viewers of how much lies beyond full comprehension.

Rundle rock and bronze

About the artists

Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew have worked collaboratively since 1997 as Mets & Chew, creating conceptual artworks grounded in place and public space. They met at UBC in 1986, bonding over shared interests in architecture, landscape, and cultural thought.

Metz, raised in northern British Columbia, was shaped by nature, light, and seasonal change, later exploring photography, archaeology, and literature. Chew, a first-generation Canadian from Vancouver Island, grew up navigating Chinese, Western, and Indigenous worldviews. With backgrounds in visual art, architecture, and curation, their combined practice explores perception, context, and the layers of meaning within built and natural environments, shaping thoughtful, place-based works in the public realm.