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The Story of You

2018

Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland; Tucson, Arizona, United States

The Story of You is a meditation on connection and lost ties. It functions as a mind, scanning through moments of personal history, and marked by uncertainty, desire and regret. It considers the stories we tell about ourselves as the messages we send to one another. These images are the experience of both a person, and a particular frame of mind in which clarity itself is suspect.

A note on process:

Between December of 2017 and February of 2018, I participated in a residency at Listhús Artspace in Ólafsfjörđur, Iceland. Surrounded by mountains, Ólafsfjörđur is a northeasterly town, about 40km from the Arctic Circle.

This residency was part of a local festival known as Skammdegi, or “dark days”. The term refers to a time when the sun never rises above the mountains and shines, in the darkest weeks, for under four hours each day. During this festival, artists respond to the experience of living with darkness, culminating in a series of exhibitions that celebrate the eventual rising of the sun.

With few exceptions – the Arizona desert, a Calgary hotel – this work was photographed in the Icelandic winter.

Installation View (OCAD University Onsite Gallery, Toronto, Canada), CONTACT Photography Festival 2018, Media: Neon Sign, Silver Gelatin Prints, Silver Chloride Prints
Vilma, I, 2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Mouth, I,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Rams, I,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Hyunji, II,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Rock Formations, IV,
2014,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Jakub, Skin, I,
2016 (Negative),
2018 (Print),
Toned Silver Chloride Print
Yannis/Yumo,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Installation View (OCAD University Onsite Gallery, Toronto, Canada), CONTACT Photography Festival 2018,
Silver Gelatin Prints, Silver Chloride Prints
Hyunji, I,
2018,
Toned Silver Chloride Print
Northern Lights, II,
2018,
Toned Silver Chloride Print
Jakub, Bed,
2016 (Negative),
2018 (Print),
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Hands, I,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Installation View (OCAD University Onsite Gallery, Toronto, Canada), CONTACT Photography Festival,
Toned Silver Gelatin Prints in Plexi Casing.
House, Iceland,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Mouth, II,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Fire, I,
2018,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
Installation View (OCAD University Onsite Gallery, Toronto, Canada), CONTACT Photography Festival,
Toned Silver Gelatin Prints in Plexi Casing.
Rock Formations, VI,
2014,
Toned Silver Gelatin Print