Reflecting Vibrations explores sound and nature through abstract reflections of foliage and distorted audio representing vibrations of living organisms.
Reflecting Vibrations (Video, 00:01:35, 2022)
Presented at the Detours (juried) exhibition, Asbury Park Avant-Garde, M. Christina Geis Gallery, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, New Jersey, 23 March-27 April 2023.
Now You See Me examines traditional domestic craft as a response to the increasing level of surveillance in the twenty-first century and apprehension in the current situation.
Now You See Me (Video/performance, 1:27, 2020)
Black crochet blanket (45”W x 112”L), Arduino-programmed red flashing LED light, and re-engineered wooden box painted with black acrylic.
Presented at the Experiments (juried) exhibition, Asbury Park Avant-Garde, M. Christina Geis Gallery, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, New Jersey, 26 January-23 February 2022.
The short video Heartbeat and White Noise examines the all-encompassing emotions surrounding grief and attempts to visually articulate the preoccupation and dissociation in navigating one’s mortality and the enormity of loss through connection with nature and the elements.
Heartbeat & White Noise (Video, 01:50, 2020).
Presented at Dying.films (juried) exhibition during the DesignTO Festival, a collaboration between the Health Design Studio (OCAD U) & Taboo Health, in Toronto from 20-29 January 2023.
Seasons & Time provides an audiovisual representation of human behaviour, nature and the passage of time.
Seasons & Time (Video, 04:12, 2020)
Presented virtually at the Lumiere Arts Festival Sites & Seas (juried) in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 12-25 September 2021.
Video still from the work entitled, Tulips - an Excerpt, from the poem by Sylvia Plath.
Tulips – An Excerpt (Video, 01:13, 2019).
Exhibited at the Hands Dancing Exhibition, Inverness County Centre for the Arts, 1-30 July 2021.
Exhibited as a projection at the Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College Student, Staff, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 6-19 December 2019.
Eulogy involved the installation of wooden stocks in front of the Halifax Memorial Library on Spring Garden Road near the unmarked burial ground for victims of a mid-18th to 19th century poorhouse in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The stocks represent aspects of colonial rule and punishment in Halifax and impart a sense of confinement indicative of the omnipresent scaffolding surrounding the current widespread redevelopment of urban historical spaces. The stocks also act as a prompt for educational scaffolding to facilitate and promote increased knowledge of the location and history of heritage buildings.
Burial information and sidewalk chalk were made available to the public who were encouraged to outline their bodies, take photographs and leave ephemeral tributes to the former inhabitants of the poorhouse, many of whom are buried near the site. Postcards with QR access to relevant information were freely available.
Exhibited as part of Scaffold (juried) for Nocturne 2019 by Community Group Settlers in Solidarity, Bruce Barber and Shannon Donovan.
A catalogue has recently been published documenting the event.
How It Is, How It Was is a series of ten 16x20 metallic chromogenic prints documenting former industrial areas in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. Where a thriving steel plant once stood, children meander through remains of brick and stone. An exploration of the region’s history and urban morphology is juxtaposed with the natural environment in an attempt to provide an emotional connection to the landscape and capture hidden perspectives of their fading significance.
Presented at the Corridor Gallery, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 4-26 June 2019.
Three prints (Return to Nature 04, 05, 08) were presented at the InFocus Photo Exhibition & Awards (juried. Curated by Alexis Marie Chute), The Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta, 3 February-14 May 2020.
Ten photographs in the series How It Is, How It Was
Breathe In Breathe Out examines the impact of widespread urban morphology, its effect on the environment and the integration of nature for increased wellbeing.
Breathe In Breathe Out (Video, 03:21, 2020)
Presented virtually as part of Echolocation (juried), for Nocturne 2020, Halifax, 12-17 October by Community Group Settlers in Solidarity, Shannon Donovan & Bruce Barber.
Demarcation: Counter Mapping as a Means of Redefining Colonial Boundaries
For centuries, colonizers have attempted to control territory of interest in an effort to dominate the other. The notion of place directly correlates and is integral to culture and identity. Violation of treaty rights to lands, hunting and fishing grounds are a continuing barrier to reconciliation. Counter mapping is used as a means to speak back to dominant powers and colonial ideas of property ownership and incorporates visual truth of unceded ancestral Mi'kmaq territory in Nova Scotia.
Demarcation (Moving Image, 01:17, 2018)
Demarcation is a moving image rear projection presented for Nocturne 2018 by Community Group Settlers in Solidarity, Shannon Donovan and Bruce Barber.
Leavings is an exploration of aspects of food consumption, the marks we leave behind and what they represent.
Remnants are washed away and repeat as metaphor for the ephemeral marks made in life. Over time, similarities and differences are revealed creating an aesthetic whole.
Drawing on the current preoccupation with foodism, food remains speak to the availability of food and the need for food in order to survive.
Leavings (Triptych 80”x91” pigment prints, mounted dinner plate, audio recording, 2017)
Presented at the Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College Student, Staff, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 11-28 January 2018.
Mortality is an exploration of the idea of memory, time and change. Certain aspects of life become part of long term memory and retain strong connections. Nostalgic feelings surround people and places and are intertwined over time through related objects, sounds and images. With age, thoughts gravitate toward existence, experience and mortality.
Mortality (Moving Image, 5:08, 2015)
Articles of clothing represent major stages of life. The tee shirt is frequently worn to represent aspects of a person’s personality, self-expression and point of view. In this context, it is used to expose hidden aspects of invisible illness, revealing detailed images of anatomic abnormality and providing an often unseen view.
Stages (Video, 4:07, 2015)
