I first met Mike MacDonald online, while preparing web pages for “Breaking Borders,” an exhibition at the St. Norbert Arts Centre. I put together a simple grid of images from Mike’s photography and video.

The Butterfly Garden was the only web-based work on our site at the time, and I felt it needed a more substantial treatment. Mike and I worked together starting while he was in residence during Breaking Borders, then continued during the following months via email correspondence.

The original Butterfly Garden was finished in May 1998. After almost four years, Mike’s gem of a web site still stands proudly.

I hope you enjoy the Butterfly Garden.

Michael Zajac
April 2002

Michael Zajac

Text, photography and video by Mike MacDonald
Graphics and code by Michael Zajac