SITUATE
5th Parallel Gallery, University of Regina, SK.
OCTober 14-31, 2014
Situate was a participatory project about people place and things, and the culmination of a two year master of fine arts degree in Intermedia/Visual arts.
Project Website/Blog: www.situate2014.weebly.com
Project Website/Blog: www.situate2014.weebly.com
Loft - Participatory conversation structure.
A raised loft, was installed at the back of the 5th Parallel gallery, at the University of Regina. Over the course of the project, I hosted a series of 24 one-on-one conversations in the loft, with a group of prearranged participants. Participants were asked to bring in an object that they lived in close proximity to, and felt a certain sense of personal connection with. In a workshop within the gallery, I created personalized, textile based sculptural objects, in response to each participant/object/conversation. The completed textile objects were displayed in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition, and then returned, along with the original objects, to each participant.
A raised loft, was installed at the back of the 5th Parallel gallery, at the University of Regina. Over the course of the project, I hosted a series of 24 one-on-one conversations in the loft, with a group of prearranged participants. Participants were asked to bring in an object that they lived in close proximity to, and felt a certain sense of personal connection with. In a workshop within the gallery, I created personalized, textile based sculptural objects, in response to each participant/object/conversation. The completed textile objects were displayed in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition, and then returned, along with the original objects, to each participant.
Participants:
24 volunteer participants who contributed personal objects and stories to the project. A half an hour conversation with each participant occurred in the loft space (shown above) over the course of the exhibition.
Object Cozies:
A series of 24 hand made textile objects, made in response to conversations around personal items, brought in by participants, over the course of the exhibition.
Suitcases:
A series of suitcase-based installations displayed a collection of objects and ephemera, gathered over the course of my recent history, traveling and in various places around the continent. Screens were embedded in the cases displaying a series of super 8 film loops, which were digitally transferred to video.
Documentation of 24 of the items in the cases, through drawing, writing and film, created a visual archive, on the surrounding gallery walls.
Documentation of 24 of the items in the cases, through drawing, writing and film, created a visual archive, on the surrounding gallery walls.