current work
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GHOST WALKER (2022) An homage to the hardships of winter in the forest, this video follows the strange procession of a ghostly white figure, seemingly communicating to us through ritualistic actions.
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EDNA (2021) sets the stage to examine the process of grief through nostalgia. Amongst a warmly lit arrangement of objects, the artist paints a fragmented picture her late grandmother's identity through a display of her treasured and intimate items. Using performance, the artist highlights her own genealogical traces inherited from her grandmother by putting on her grandmother's clothing and jewellery and immersing herself into her objects.
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FESTOON (2020) Woodland inhabitants decide to decorate the remnants of an old dilapidated cabin by adorning it with colourful flagging tape. Festoon is a performative video piece created in the field by myself. In this video, I use costume, improvisation and a special appearance from my dog Chaya to create an intuitive performance recorded through video.
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MOOSE CALL (2020) Moose are endangered in Nova Scotia. The artist attempts to call for moose using hunting techniques that imitate the bull moose's cry and antler rubs during mating season as a symbolic gesture inviting the moose back to the land. A bobblehead moose toy is playfully captured in the style of trail cam footage.
older work
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SNOW BLANKET (2020) measures the length of an unbroken field of snow using pink flagger.
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TRAIL MARKER (2019) depicts the artist marking her path in the woods using orange flagging tape.
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FREEWHEELIN' (2019) depicts the artist taking a joy ride between trees with an old tire found dumped in the forest.
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SEA GRASS (2017) is an experimental video engaging with the landscape of Kanaka Bay on Saysutshun Island, BC through a found washed-up section of astroturf. As the tide slowly rises, the video documents my attempt to carefully incorporate this piece of artificial grass into the landscape by “planting” it. I meticulously place handfuls of sand around the fabric edges protruding from the astroturf and gently pat and smooth the sand until the object has been fully incorporated into the beach. This small green rectangle of faux-nature pasted into the landscape resembles a doormat leading into the ocean.
*Filmed during my time participating in the Murmur Land Studios: Wanderlines field-school.
*Filmed during my time participating in the Murmur Land Studios: Wanderlines field-school.
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RED CARPET (2010) The landscape is presented to the viewer by rolling out the red carpet.
*Video produced while participating in the Full Tilt Artist Residency in McIvers, NL.
*Video produced while participating in the Full Tilt Artist Residency in McIvers, NL.
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WOODLAND (2017) is a quiet, meditative video remarking on the colours, textures and sounds of the forest.
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SHORELINE (2018) is a video collage documenting a walk around the shoreline of a small island.
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A Fool's Errand (excerpt) (2010) documents the journey of two travellers hitchhiking across the Gaspé peninsula in Quebec, lingering on the roadside non-spaces of the highway waiting for a ride and searching for tucked away spaces where they can pitch their tent for the night.
*This short-film was made with the help of Faucet Media Arts Centre and Strut Gallery's Summer Production Honorarium.
*This short-film was made with the help of Faucet Media Arts Centre and Strut Gallery's Summer Production Honorarium.
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Library Cards (excerpt) (2010) Artists examine discarded library card from the NSCAD University Library in order to find their old signatures from long ago.