O’Keeffe Almond, Jennifer

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

In support of Jennifer O’Keeffe Almond's MFA thesis.

Travelling to the Peace River Valley from Vancouver, I saw firsthand the impact upon the land, from large mining enterprises leaving polluted rivers, streams, and lakes; the clear cutting of forests, and the introduction of industrial work camps disrupting the structure of communities with economic and social impacts resulting from a disproportionate change in regional gender ratio with the introduction of a mostly male, transient resource work-force. This thesis support paper serves as but a brief investigation of the complex – and contentious – aspects created by authoritarian landscape architecture with respect to the Site C Dam in North Eastern BC. It is my hope that this project has added a little to the record of documentation regarding the Site C Dam. In the future, I look to further explore and create an analysis of structures of power and authority. In addition to paintings mentioned in this text, I have also been painting a series of gift portraits and landscapes of places at risk from the Site C Dam. I will be returning with these to the Peace River in 2019, to give them back to the people who have been fighting for the future.