The windows in Curnoe’s studio gave him a view across the Thames River in London, Ontario, to Victoria Hospital, where he and so many of his family and friends had been born or had died. View of Victoria Hospital, Second Series is accompanied by an audio tape and a text that records the time and date of sights from his window during the two years it took to complete the work—the lights he saw at night; the birds and insects that flew by; the windows of the rooms where artist Jack Chambers (1931–1978), his father, and others were patients.