Victoria-based artist Robert Youds will discuss his work and its relationship to his influences in a free public lecture entitled “Now is Not the Time,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in room 115, LeBel Building.

“The presentation is comprised of a non-linear sampling of my recent art coupled with images of other artist’s works, says Youds. “In addition, it is also my intention to drift current discourse around art practice today from its partitioning of the present, towards a broader notion of how we might reconsider the irregularity of time embedded within our perception of things.”

Youds produces art that engages with and crosses the conventional jurisdictional lines of painting, sculpture, architecture, and design. He promises Thursday to deliver a spoken travelogue of his thoughts, perceptions and practice.