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Promote awareness of Asian-hate crimes.

This presentation was part of a panel discussion titled "On Non-Human Futures, Instruments, and Stories" which took place online on November 22, 2021. The panel was a part of the Conducting Creative Research series, a collaboration between…

Online Classes is a fun take on the new experience students today have when attending their classes online, from home.

莫 (Mò) represents absence. Something that isn’t there or isn’t able to be done. I was drawn to this character when it appeared in a movie to represent the spirit realm. This piece was also a way for me to process the feelings and philosophical…

As the title suggests, this piece takes things slowly, using fades to move between locations at Wreck Beach. We begin on waves stirring kelp, moving to a tidal pool, then to the rustling of long grass in the beach's brackish soil.

Vanessa Andreotti, PhD, talks about how modern education tends to imprint four constitutive denials: 1) The denial of the historical and systemic violence that is necessary for modernity to exist 2) The denial of the limits of the planet 3) The…

In support of Kathleen Roger's MFA thesis.

A movement between several distinct flora of Blue Mountain Park, and the insects gathered within. Pillbugs and ants dance within bark recesses, bees hover among windswept flowers.

In support of Genevieve Robertson's thesis.

The people of Oke respond to Ahọn Dudu’s warning. ... This audio is part of my Master of Design thesis project which uses Yorùbá storytelling to speak about my experience with lack of black communal culture here in Vancouver, Canada. In the story,…

"""COVID・Snowfall・nin4 jaa6 cat1"" is a 2 minutes silent short film about COVID-19 quarantine and family connection. The film is inspired by an original voice message sent by my father about being cautious of the COVID-19…

Our piece 'Smoke and Mirrors" is a collage of movement and emotion that expresses how we felt during quarantine. It is an intimate, visual dance film about the longing for one’s touch, the inescapable desire to connect with another person…

In support of Hoda Hamouda's Master of Design thesis.

Rita Wong talks about how rivers and their guardians can teach us so much about how to be humbly human in this precarious moment. From illegitimate pipelines on unceded Coast Salish land, to fertile valleys and destructive hydro dams in Dane Zaa…

The motions of the titular windy forest serve as a backdrop for several small, gentle displays. The slow drift of a mat of moss over a pond, ants marching between looming thorns, finally coming to rest on the stillness of a translucent-winged…

Considering citation ethics and professional standards: Documenting collaborations and acknowledging contributions to research. This presentation is a part of a collaborative series between Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECU) and OCAD…

I wrote this piece in March of 2020, in response to the news, and how Covid was impacting our sense of community and way of life. It was just after all the houses of worship were closed. I created 3 in my 2020 Series and uploaded them on YouTube,…

Recorded at Alice Lake in Squamish, Yumeng's piece is floral and fungal, focusing on mats of moss, mushrooms sprouting from logs, and ending with an undulating mass of leaves and detritus.

The inspiration of “The Wall Speaks” is first sparked by the conversation between Sarah and her mentor, Dr Cissie Fu on how the pandemic can magnify or shrink oneself. Sarah remembered when hate language/racial slurs were painted on a wall near her…

Filmed in Snezhinsk, Russia, this piece observes a change in the environment as snow comes to blanket the local flora. Wind, perhaps as an agent of this change, is featured heavily, moving quietly over a pond, stirring among a spiderweb.

Cecily Nicholson speaks about her relationship with education and research, and shares some examples of community-based research practices that she’s worked with: Red Women Rising, the Open Access Foundation for Arts & Culture (OAFAC), and Emma’…