I recently completed an MFA at OCADu in which I focused on how the Caribbean landscape can be reimagined outside of the tourist eye. After my MFA, I looked to continue my practice around island culture and landscape while shifting my attention back to Canada. Island Time 01 at Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Islands and Island Time 02 at 2 Rooms Artist Residency in Duntara, Newfoundland
For these residencies, I continued and expanded my research on how the landscape of islands is perceived and imagined, and how it can be renegotiated. I explored similarities between islands, such as small communities which are both close-knit and insular, tourism as a necessary but problematic industry, living in a landscape that dominates one’s existence and is susceptible to the elements, and existing in a state of being considered apart from time (standing still) which is usually untrue.
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| Duntara |
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| Duntara |
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| 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects in Duntara |
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| Main living space in the residency |
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| Studio Time |
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| Working in the shed |
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| Research |
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| Research |
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| Wild Blueberries |
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| Research at the Ryan Premises National Historic Site |
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| Bonavista |
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| Keels, Bonavista Penisula |
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| Keels, Bonavista Penisula |
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| Lichen |
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| Emily and Natalie presenting their project |
During my stay at the residency overlapped a few days with Emily Pittman and Natalie Field of
The Gathered Gallery.
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| Trinity Historical Sites |
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| Trinity Historical Sites |
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| Trinity Historical Sites |
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| for my Bajans |
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| English Harbour Arts Centre |
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| Rock Sculptures in English Harbour |
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| Rock Sculptures in English Harbour |
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| Coaker Factory Building in Port Union |
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| Coaker Factory Building in Port Union |
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| King's Cove |
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| Catherine Beaudette, director of 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects |
