Residue: Dialogues in Seasonal Time

My practice is built around a series of gestures toward the land where I live and careful observation of the responses that follow. The work is site-specific in a rural location on treaty 8 territory – specifically, Beaver, Cree, Métis and Dene territory. Each gesture begins as a kind of mimetic echo of phenomena that I observe. I try to embody moments on the land as a way of learning from these moments and acknowledging their significance. These gestures sometimes take the form of simple sculptures made with materials found in the forest, different forms of writing on and with the land, as well as lens-based work that includes my shadow as both haunter and hauntee. My influences include artist Peter von Tiesenhausen, author Nan Shepherd, Blackfoot researcher and educator Leroy Little Bear, and most importantly, the many entities that I encounter in this part of the world. The responses that come from the land and other entities are the most significant aspect of my work, and I am presenting only the residue of these encounters through my documentation and sculptures. I am devoted to exploring various experiences of time and how they overlap, as well as how this relates to political, historical and ecological concerns. All the while I am trying to understand what it means to make work and live in a state of flux.