Site specific installations outside the Dawson Daily News building in Dawson City, YT.
Adventurer plays with the impressions of an old camper printed in gold amidst the boomtown facades, tourism, and housing crisis of the former gold rush town.
August features the worn impression of the siding and boarded up window of a derelict mercantile warehouse built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush. The print hangs in an empty lot slated for development into tiny homes.
These works were made and presented in conjunction with the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture and Dawson Daily News Print and Publishing Festival.
Adventurer, relief prints of camper on fabric, scaffolding, wood, rope, rocks, 132”x108”x72” (fabric dimensions)
August, relief print of exterior wall of Dawson City warehouse (est. 1898) on bedsheet, scaffolding, rope, 72”x93” (fabric dimensions)
Exit Strategies features the monoprints of ten doors salvaged from the sites of demolished homes in Vancouver BC.
Exit Strategies was presented at SNAP Gallery (Edmonton AB) in 2021.
The Our Park Project was a summer-long community art and harm reduction project in Vancouver’s Andy Livingstone Park. In collaboration with Elder Les Nelson, the project enabled collective creation and screen printing of imagery by the different communities that use the park, many of whom are severely impacted by the city’s gentrification and opioid crisis. The Our Park Project concluded with a final celebration during which screen-printed banners and a 20 foot bird puppet were flown throughout the park. Amidst the pressures of displacement, this project was a reminder of the possibilities for meaningful place-making through creative collaboration. The banners and puppet hang at the Carnegie Community Centre and the Round House Community Centre.
The Our Park Project was made possible by the support of the Vancouver Parks Board, the City of Vancouver, and the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society. Special thanks to Nicole Bird, Naomi Brand, Atty Gell, Ricardo Hardy, Marie Lopes and Erin Scarr for their tireless efforts and creativity.
Open House Press features monoprints of demolished architecture collected in Vancouver BC.
Open House Press was presented at the Port Moody Arts Centre (Port Moody BC) in 2020. The project was made possible by the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Kwi Am Choi Scholarship (Port Moody Arts Centre).
